HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-04-02, Page 3correspondent
Mrs. Ken Elligsen
Mr. 'and Mrs. George NineHer
g attended the special Convocation
of the Law SOCi,etY of Upper
Canada for conferring of the
honorary degree and the call
to the bar of Richard flaalboom,
husband of their daughter, Jean.
This special event was held.in
the O'Keefe Centre at Toronto.
e Mrs. Lavern Wolfe accom-
paniedUrs. Paul McCoOl °Mit-
chell to attend a bridal shower
for Miss Linda Henderson, Lis-
towel, preceding her marriage
tO Grant Wolfe. The shower was
held,,at tbe home Of Mr. and Mrs.
Orval Wolfe,Waterloo.
Mr. an Mrs. Robert French,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Vock and
family attended the confirmation
celebrations of Robert Hender-
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Henderson, RR. 5., Seaforth.
Seaforth Native
, Accepts Award
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mination and elect a woman". later I find the layers of scien-
A second line reads "Grim bal- , tific achievemeat-we ha.ve •arnas-
lot box action". The story goes' • sed and other changes that have
on" Fighting mad over come about since those mid-.
what hey termed male thirties so ast&nciing it isi4eally ...., t •discri-
mination in the holding of elec- fhard to. believe,,, •
tions more than 800 Ontario Newspapers of the day said
men teachers at the O.E.A. yes- delegates *the 75th Conven-
terday swamped male voters 2 tion asked that teachers salaries
to I and elected a woman - Mrs. be pegged at a set level - not
F. D. Walker of Peterborough
to the superannuation commis-
sion.
These next few-days will see
the close of one of the most suc-
cessful years in the low history
of the 0.E. A. - under the, able
leadership of a very competent
• woman, 3,014 President,•
Gwen. Rorke.
I attended Seaforth public
School as did my father. it was
an old school vtith a leaky roof,
'• loose windows 41d a heating plapt
that waS alwaYs" breaking dawn',
'As soineone saidat the time -the
11" termites had to hold hands to keep
it from falling 'down;
When a Move gdt under way to
build a new school to replace it
there was a counter move and
great pressure to rebuild the old
• school. It was due mainly to the
help and foresight of the inspec-
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to that Seaforth got a new Pub-
lic .School with more open land
on the edge of town.
This inspector hats been one
of the Chief Architects 'of the re-
vitalized Q.E.A. now moving into
the' 1970's. I 'am, 61 coarse,
Speaking about O.E.A. Liaison
• Director, James Kinkead.
He was for many years an
officer. In the O.E.A. and had the
great distinction of becoming
president of the Association in
Canada's Centennial year.
/ had the honour of speaking
at one of the testimonial dinners •
held for Jim when he retired
after over 30 years in the ser-
vice of 5 different Ministers of
Education in Huron County:
On that night a young lady
who started her teaching career
In- „the area told an interesting
story to the gathering. She had
I heard that Inspector Kinkead was
coming to her country school the
next Monday morning and told of
' worldng very hard for long hours
all week-end preparing a lesson
' for his visit.
She said, "Monday morning
came and by noon no inspector
• had arrived - so I had to waste
the lesson on the kids."
We are tonight opening a con-
vention whose roots go deep into
the fabric of our province and
our country.
110 Years Ago Today
Clare H. Westcott, Execut- "Fairy Tales" opened a whole
tve Assistant to the minister new world of fantasy and adven-
of Education in Ontario recently litre for young 'people for many was honored when he received generations to come.
the 1970 O.E.A. Greer Award for Since • its inception in 1861
his outstanding contribution to when it was originally called'
education in the Province. "The Teachers Association of
The Greer Award, a fund es- Canada West", the O. E, A. has tablished in 1947 as a memorial built up an enviable record of
to the late Dr. VA K. Greer, a achievements.
senior provincial 'academic fi- The 'first meeting was held
pre, is presented annually by 110 years ago in the Mechanics
the Ontario Educational ASSOCia- • Institute - then a new institution
tion.
it
Mr. Westcott , a native of
Seaforth, is the son of Mrs.J.
A. Westcott, and the late Mr.
Westcott.
In accepting the award Mr.
Westcott spoke as follows:
Thirty-four years ago my fa-
ther Was Chairman of the sea-
* forth public School Board. It
was suggested that if I saved
enough money from my paper
route, could accompany him
to Toronto to the 75th cenven-
tion of the O.E.A.
I might say that in 1936 con-
templating a four day trip to
Toronto was at least as exciting
as it would be today to plan a
• journey to Europe.
'I did indeed attend., .
For the record - I was twelve
years old. Our present Minister
of Education wasn't able to make
a it that year ,as he was only six.
It is' interesting to me meeting
tonight in this historic building.
My bit of reseerckaneovered that
110 years ago tonight a' Mrs:
' Blackwell of Toronto spoke with
some vigour on Women's Rights
in this very.halL
go A headline in the Globe 'and
' Mail at Easter in 1936 points tip
how far the fair sex had came in
that75 years - or'rnaybet should
sa.YAO What limits they were pre-
pared to go. The headline read
"Teachers charge male discri-
4r Visitors
for adult education and also the
home of our first public library.
Truly serving a great social need
in that day. It was located at
the corner of Adelaide and Church
Streets.
This same ..site today Is • in
its own way serving the social
needs of our day - it's a parking
lot.
In those days, although edu-
cational leadership in the pro-
vince was centered in Toronto
r no more than half the children'
in the city were attending school.
Average attendance Often did not
exceed 4 months of the year -
average class size was 70 pupils
ajthough classes of 80 to 90
were not rare.
Teachers salaries were
rare.
about $150 a year al-
though Principals were paid the
great sum of $400.
'Seventy-five years later •=1.n
1936 to be exact - Mr. A. T.
Morrow, newly elected presi-• • !
dent of the O.E.A. said "I think
I an safe ,in saying that during
the lifetime of this Association
the world has advanced more
scientifically, mechanically and
industrially than in all-the.pre-
viOus periods since the begin-
ning of.time".
Mr. Morrow was no .deubt
correct, but as one who attended
that meeting and now having the
privilege of being here 34 years
. ,p , en _ Easter
There's never a shortage
of baby sitters for minding
other .people's business.
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Holidays 4 At Brodkiagen
and Ryan and Mr. and Mrs. Real
Us and Perry of Walton, and Mr,
and Mrs. c. W. Leonhardt of
Brodhagen.
M. Dan Beuermann, paul,Phylr
Caledonia,. Mr. :George Jacob,
home of Mrs. Bill Pegg. The
Mrs. Irma Murtagh, Kitchener,
hagen 4-11 Club was held at the
Doti Lochrane, Donna and Paul,
/Ogres of Sarnia, Mr. and Mrs.
iIffrs. George Vincent, Roncialyn
The fifth meeting of the Brod-
Joyce Vock thanked Heather and
Mrs. Pegg for their hospitality.
sampled some peas that were
Canada Fancy and,Choice brands.
tables and found that there were -
three different grades; fancy,
of processing and preserving'
choice and standard. They
vegetables, They also studied
Some labels from canned vege-
leaders dlsellaSell vegetables all
year round and the different ways
The meeting* then closed and
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an uncommon suggestion even
today - except then they were
to be pegged to keep them from
going down.
Many high school teachers
earned less. than $1,000 a year.
That same Easter' Week Wil-
liam Powell was appearing at
the Royal Alex 'in the Great
• Shirley Temple was in a pic-
ture at the Imperial..
• The Trail of the Lonesome.
Pine- was on at the Uptown.
Leopold Stokowski and the
• Philadelphia Orchestra was play-
ing at Varsity Arena and the
Toll Brothers were showing
slides at Eaton Auditorium and
Syl Apps signed with the Maple
Leafs and won the first Calder •
Trophy as • the Rookie 'of the
Year. ••
The Moose River Mine disas-
ter captured and held the head-
lines all that 'Easter Week and
General Motors were adv.ertleing
their new 1•936 PontiaC Silver
Streak with 101 fine features -
fully equipped - for $1005.
Maybe they really were the
good old days. •
In the Globe classified sec-
tion Easter Week an ad appeared
with the bold heading F‘ Teachers
of Ontario take advantage of these
low priced used car values. Drive
home from' the 0.E: A. In a new
used car - A Nash sedan for
$140 - A, Pontiac sedanfor$150"
• And as if they knew that
moonlighting was a necessary
activity for some teachers those
days, in the same ad they adver-
tised an International dump truck
for $175.
One of the O.E.A. speakers,
a University of Toronto profes-
sor, in his forties, made a strong
plea for more emphasis on adult
edueation. His name was William
Dunlop.
C. G. Goldring spoke out
'against homework la elementary
school.
The main 0,E, A. speaker that
year wee Dr. A. E. Morgan,
president of McGill University.
He said, "The bonds of family
life are becoming slacker and
the' influence of the home -is
rapidly waning. Teachers will
be our greatest single social
influence."
Now here tonight In March
of 1970 vie surely must have a
saber awareness of the truth
of Dr. Mcrgan's remarks.
I was. there, but I don't re-
member his remarks nor even
that he spoke.
For 'I was only 12.
But today, thirty-four years
later, I am made more aware
every day of the awful truth o
them.
And the awful, but exciting
challenge they mean to the On-
tario Educational Association of
the. /070s.
O Queen Victoria was 42 and
was yet to reign for another 41
years.
George Brown was editor of
the Globe ad was vigorously at-
tacking the John ,A, Macdonald-
Efien Cartier alliance. -,
D'Arcy McGee was adding
much colour to Canadian life.
The American Civil War
broke out - with Abe Linceln a
new President only, a few montha
VI office.
' The classic "Silas Merrier"
Was finished by George Eliot,
and Hans Christian Andersen's
Others attending were Mr. and
Mrs. George Rock and Warren,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl ROck, R.R.4.,
Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Eiruce
McLean and family, St.. Marys,
Mr. Ivy Henderson, R.R,43., Sea-
forth, and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Church rd from Toronto.
This week Kathy Leonhardt,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross
eoxtha'dt, is attending +'The
Easter Holiday Figure Skating
School" in Stratford. Recently
she passed her preliminary bast
In figure skating which was held
at the Adastral Park in Clinton.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
lard Benneweis following Kevin's
confirmation were Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Dietz, Mitchell, Mr. and
Mrs. ClareAolph, Dale and Brad-
ley, Ottawa, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Stinson,-St. Clair $hores, Michi-
gan, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dietz,
Bornholm, Mr. and Mrs. 'Barry
Dietz and Kimberley, Paul Dietz,
Bornholm, • and Dianne Diegel,
'Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wess-
man, Mitchell, and Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Ausman, Keithaand Karen,
Galt.
Miss Bonnie Hoegy returned
home Monday having undergone
an appendectomy' at Seaforth
Community Hospital early Fri-
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith ,
had es their guests following the
coafirMation of their daughtler)
Sharon, Mr... an Mrs. Ralph.F1S-
cher and family, R.R.4., Walton,
Mr. Rudolph Pischer, Mr. MO
M.rs. &Ivan Scherbarth,IViitchell,
and Mrs. Howard Famine and
Debbie, Stratford, Mr. and Mrs,
Harold Wurdell and Wayne, Born..
- holm, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Luding-
ton, Kevin and Karren and Mr. and
Mrs. Barry Baillie and Bradley
of Monkton.
Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Wolfe
held a get together following the
confirmation of Marcel and Dar-
rell Wglfe, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Loran Wolfe. They had as their
guests Mr. and Mrs. John RUIZ,
Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Hinz, St. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Wolfe, Steven and fiamie,
London, Dale Wolfe, Kitel ener,
. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wolfe and
Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Hearold, Jacqueline and Ste-
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Michael Connolly, Watburg, Mr.
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. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Buuck.'
Mrs. Jack Bauermann, Sea-
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family, Tavistock, Mr. and, Mrs.
John Koehler and family, Mount
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Schprbarth , Sr., Bo rithel m •
Following the confirmation of
Kathy Marie Leonhardt, daughter
of Mr., and Mrs. Ross Leonhardt,
they had as, their guests Mr. and
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