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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-01-08, Page 3r. ,,,,,penses were light, arid he had . ;-the satisfaction of knoViing that. he was no longert a young:Mail with' no capital. Then in 1910 the Saw Mill bought him Out at a handsome advance on the original cost. For the first time he had'a' • large ,cash balance and was free tor-'-do. as--he--44keeia-Plans-for---- . another venture in salt,were con- sidered, but his health was giving him some anxiety. Why should he _ fry to. inak.e.„more..money'-wheratie- could not spend the interest on' • what he had? salt works which he bought cheap- ly, completed, and then began to make salt at a fair profit. I have always thought this was significant a for the plant was no better than many others that were operating at a loss. Carter had served his long apprentice- ship, and was now working with the hand of a master. The Cleveland-Sarnia Saw Mills had put down a' salt well, and approved plans for a modern salt works with a vacuum pan, which would use the surplus steam from saw mill refuse. -Carter was engaged to supervise the building of the plant, but had hardly begun when he offered to take over the venture', upon conditions which were favorable to both parties. One could write a long chapter of his complicat- ed activities at this stage-. But he succeeded, got the plant into operation in 1905, and in the next five years paid fbr' it out of profits, . and put sway a comfortable surplus in cash. He • was a bachelor, with no dependents, his personal...ex-,,,,, Officers of the Women's Mis- sionary Fellowship of Bethel Bible Church have been elected as folloWs; ' a Past President, Mrs. Murray Dalton; President, Mrs. ,Gordon McGonigle; Secretary-Treasur- ` er, Mrs. Gordon Blahchard; Work Committed, Mrs. Jerry Doerr, MrS. Alex Pepper; SoCial Com- mittee, MrS. 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The first intention was to offer them to students of the Sarnia Collegiate, but after con- sultation with other teachers, Mr.' Grdnt advised that competition should be open to students in the County of Lambton. This worked out, and the next year a Mr. carter took in theeCounties of Huron, Middlesex, Perth and Wellington, giving $200. in each county. It was respectable but not lavish, and as far as he would go in his life-time. Then under his Will he extended the S'Ziteme to 25 counties, making an annual distribution of $5,000, in all, which the Ontario government pays as the interest on a capital sum of $100,000 bequeathed' by Mr.„Carter for the purpose. When a man who has had a liberal education sets "upa system of Scholarships' it may be assumed that he knows what he is doing, and what he is trying to accomplish. Now, Mr. Carter used to call himself an uneducated man. He believed that the lack of education had kept him back all his life , and perhaps defraud- ed him of his rights, but what he 'had in niind was Schooling.At ' the village school he had learned to read and write, and do arith- metic, and he did these things -*ell. It is doubtful whe ther he would have gone further with any subJecV'unless he had been con- , vinced of -the advantage from a business standpoint. He was an intensely practical man, with a good brain, and far frOm illit- erate. He wrote a good hand, dictated excellent letters, and for many years he kept his own books, accurately by double entry, and knew exactly what the beaks meant . when he did keep diem. Fie was, in fact, a good example of ,the self--made . man Who left school at what we Used to call the third book,' but there. He was in Michigan for who applied what he had learned fifteen years, and .returned • tea., alaieWith precision, and made it of- Cateda not Much richer; Incept feetiVe. 4 lb .eXperienefe. At Modretewn What he lacked, without quite there Was' a email, aindeestanding it, was the Mental A- recent announcement con- earning 1969 winners of Carter scholarships recalls that it was " a former resident of Seaforth who made the awards possible. Mr. Carter who died in 1912 is buried in Maitlandbanlf Ce-a metery. During the years in which the scholarships have been in existence a total of 31 Seaforth Collegiate Institute and Seaforth District High School• students e hav received the awards. Mr. Carter's career was recalled a number of years ago in an issue of the Seaforth Alumni Year. Book when a story 'that had appeared originally in the Sarnia Col- legiate year book was repro- duced. This is his story; ...• It may not be gene-rally known that the . Carter Scbol- arship:, originated in Sarnia. Mr. Carter was a resident of Sarnia for many years. The wealth that provided the Scholarships was pumped out, Of the ground as' good hundred per ;Cant. brine. ,The work 'of Sarnia Students suggested the, Scholarships, arid while Mr. . Carter supplied tap money,. it was Mr. D.M.Grant; the Clas- sical Master of •the Collegiate, who was technical adviser, and -7-helped toaget-the--seb into working order J.I.Carter, was born about the middle ofatheanineteenth, centurY in theavillage of_ Ethel,lia_the Cpunty of Huron. His ?ether ' was the postmaster, also a mil- ler and grain-buyer, store-ke- eper and farmer. In the Huron tract' eighty years ago, pioneers were clearing the. land, and cord-wood was the most, plenti- ful commodity. Roads were , sketchy, railways just beginning to push through and the con- ', ditions of life 'stern and:corn- lortless. - As soon as he could J. I. Carter went to Seaforth, and got a job clerking in a store. Then he set up for himself as a grain-buyer. Ontario grain was an • important crop at this time; prices were high, and much of it was exported. This business brought him into contact with all the merchants and . farmers. doing business in • Seaforth. He was observant, and was attracted . by the salt- works operating in a primitive way. He saw it as a new indus- try with a future, and after some experience in selling farm ma- chinery he decided to go into salt. Having no capital, he form- ed a company with himself as manager and built the salt works at Hensall, of which some traces may still be found. But he failed to operate it at a profit. • ,Then he repeated the ex- periment' at Parkhill with similar- results. The salt produced by the small makers was marketed co-operatively through the Canada Salt Association. When a new-plant came into the field, the Association could dictate terms, unless the owners. were• prepared to play a lone hand. Carter ' was • autocratic ' in temperament and Soon quarrelled • with the Association. They dee= pised me, he used to say, because I was a young man with no capital; brains didn't counts ' Then he fbund another investor willing to back him, and built the salt works at • Courtright. Here he had a free hand; and tasted his first success, but what he chiefly en- joyed was a temporary victory over.the Salt Association. , Yet he was not satisfied, and :said out and went to Michigan where he believed there were much larger opportunities. And . the C Median. S alt Takers who had foUnk him a disturbing element 1 sincerely hoped he would stay ( discipline that every earnest student gains, and the culture that is of increasing value as a man gets on in life. He used to say that he had never learned grammer, because the -book stated that grammar consisted • of orthography, etymology and syntax; 'and no one ever told him what these words meant. And' he worried because he thought he did not speak grammatically, and perhaps his speech was an object of ridicide. I was able to assure him thatthelised good English, for the excellent reason that he was constantly associating with people who did so, and further that as a child I had made considerable headway with grammar before the teacher thought it necessary to worry us with the hard words about the three divisions., Of course, he knew a few ordinary Mies of syntax, and was inclined to be .pendantic about them.. He thought a double ne- gative in a' sentence must be the mark of hopeless ignorance, and was surprised to learn that iritawa.a• good construction ip me- 'diaevai. English, and still 'used in 'Di le. 'day he '11,'Sked, "Me- 1 f What :book would recommend for study of absolutely good English, and the answer was the Book of Common Prayer. He waS'ancred- uleus. In his last illness he read -it a good deal and was surprised -to co beautiful._ We may therefore feel a real compassion for Carter, who-- fought his way up with limited opportunities', and with -no - one- at any, stage to give him useful mental guidance. And it must be remembered that at all times his own temperament isolated, him fromthose who might have helped him., He was autocratic, he never' suffered fools gladly, , and was always enveloped in' a -- -- protective 'cloud of suspicion. It is right- to add that as an em- ployer he was just and consid- erate. He always wanted things done in his own' way, and in no, other, but he always sapod by his instructions, and accepted full responsibility. It is therefore remarkable that he was able to make up his mind to the Scholarship scheme, and from actual contact at the time I must alWayS set a high value on the skill and di- plomacy of Mr. Grant. Here was one point on which Mr. Carter was not satisfied. He wanted to ensure that the Scholarships should go to students' who needed the money. But, on a large scale how could the point be decided? I think he was pretty well convinced' that all students need money, and that .a-hundred dollars may be of more Value to a yOung man than thou.:. sands to an old man. The Schol- arships did not exhaust his estate, and the residue was left to the' Hospital for Children in Toronto. I don't suppose he had ever seen the Hospital, but he believed it to be a worthy institution and well managed. Like many bachel- ors Carter had a tenderness for children. If one may moralize over his career ; and the spend- ing of his money, the lesson must be that "there is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hewthem as we will." Those fromseaforth,District High Schobl and Seaforth Col- legiate Institute 'who have been awarded - Carter Scholarships during the past thirty-five years include; 1968 - 3rd. Joanne Elligson 1963 - 1st. GiSsela Dorrailce 1958 - 3rd. McGregor cGregor 1958 a 3rd. Wm. Scott ipt-6 - 1st. Robert McLennan 1-949 - 2nd. John Wallace 1948 - 2nd. Jean Mills 1945 - 1st. Donald StephenSon 1943 - 1st. Winifred Russell 3rd. Wilma Hay 19411- 2nd. Teresa McIver 1939,- 2nd. Aldie Etkart 1938 - 1st. John G. Mills 2nd.Jean McDonald 1938 - 3rd. Dorothy Golding , 104 - 2nd. Winifred Savauge . Mrs.Ilarif'WalterS CorreSpondant - Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Hut- ;ton, Dennis and Diane had as their New Year's guests Mr. -and Mrs. John Hutton, Mr. and Mrs Albert Hutton and Debbie, gr. and Mrs. Floyd Hutton and -77fareilya Mrs. Co[island and Lorne, Miss Anna Johnson, Mr. and aXra, William Hutton, all' of Lis- towel, Mips Judy Hutton of Kit- ehener and Mr. John Gates of ; Ha-Milton, Mr: and Mrs: Murray J'aeray and Steven of Virrexeter, "Mr. and Mrs. Percy Felker and family of Elmira. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cole of London spent New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Horne. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Day- man and family of Kippen and Miss Wendy Ryckman of Exe- - ter visited on New Year's with 's ' Mr. and Mrs. William Walter and Danny, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hern and family and Mrs. John Coward visited on New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bibby and family -of Kirkton. Mr. and -MrS. Archie Web- ter and family of Stephen Town- ship , visited New Year's Eve with Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Kers- lake and family. Mrs. John Coward, Mrs, Tom "Campb.ell, Mrs. Freeman Borne, Mrs. Mabel Gilfillan and Mrs. •Newton Clarke of Exeter, visi- ted on Tuesday evening with Mrs. Phil Hern, celebrating her birth- day. ' Mr. and Mrs. FreernanHorne attended the funeral of a cousin in London on Saturday and also visited with 'r. and Mrs. Harry Sperling. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Bern and family and Mrs. John Coward spent Boxing Day with Mr. and Elect Officers Sale Up -1 From968 The 1969 operations of United Co-operatives of Ontario, the • largest co-operative• in the prov- ince, generated 'savings, before • tax of $1,020,477, President Robert McKercher, of McKillop, has reported. The, pre-tax 1958 saving was $975,533. A complete financial review for sortie 600 elected representat- ives across the Province was provided in London on Tuesday at UCO's annual, meeting, Co- Op Showcase '70. Income taxes, at $315,100, re- duced UCO savings for the year to $705,377. Of thisaamount, $443,600 will. be paid out as patronage dividends, half in UCO common shares and half in UCO 6 per cent preference shares. A further $137,258 has already been paid out as dividends on • UCO preferred shares. The re- maindef will be added to the co- operative's general reserves. Volume, or sales, for the year totalled $96,534,511, up from last year's $88,262,178. Assets increased $ 5 Million, from $ 35 million to $40 million. areasiteelleseemeersessisseessieeeseeeetame Invest Securely in' a 83A% GUARANTEED TRUST Certificate 3, 4 and 5 Years Colitaet John A. Cardno SEA FORTH Representing Huron & Erie Sterling Trusts ' Guaranty Trusts Crown Trust Co. of Canada Victoria and Grey. Trust Co. • These Low, Low 1. at - • 25 yew sieemailsito Torre-144 !Wm*: Age 25 — $157.66 Age 34 — $4i740.. " Age 35 4166:0() Age 40 $40x1Q. , Should husband and fat4er ithosi chief °estate" is his job,pay a hip premium for little pm, tection -- `'Or Or a lOw Pretuluut4or a lot of P40-. teetion? "Be Protection Rich — Not -InsurAnice-PICIOTAL -AND YOU CAN GET A USED CA12 THAT'S PRACTICALLY LIKE NEw,FROM ANDERSON 'MOTOR COLINC. AT GREAT SAVING ' RECONDITIONED USED CARS 1963's-1964's-1965's-1966's-1967's Theie Cars MUST Be MOVED OUT!! Buy a Bette Car — Buy Yourself a Second Car SA L. 4- senviese Nit•ts27-17so • *S APO 14 , " '''''" Lot Open Eirenings to "Serving Seaforth n4 District lot,psi 1960 . Christmas Lights - On' Main Street Former Seaforth Resident Founder of Scholarship Fund had as their guests 'on Cbrista Inas Day, Mr. and Mrs. grerry 4"' Grubber lViiehanir arfd Glenn, of Farquhar, Miss Ruth Herne of London and Mr, and ,Mrs. Ray JiOrne and Shelly Lynn of Kirk- ton. -y"Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Pehlke pf, Monkton visited ever Christ mas with Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Hutton, -Dennis and Diane. Mr. and Mrs. William Wal- ters and Danny, MisS Wendy, Rycknlan and Mrs, Joseph Day- os tlf r E. xe and t e r Mrs. spend C oward h r i s tDma ay winmiananth and family at Kippen. Mr. and Mts. Sanford Hutton Mjarys. Rweituhbemn rp,e • halnkde smpernst.BoAxliveign Dennis and Diane and Mr. and,.. Fulton and family of Elimville. Mr. and Mrs. George Frayne of Sunshine Line had as theirs guests on Christmas Day Mr. WHAT?. 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