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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-08-27, Page 1ST. COLUMBAN LANDMARK REMOVED' e Whole No. 5346 111th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27,1970 --12 PAGES . KIrOar Prepare 'for- 125th Fall Fair officially open the 1970 fair at 8:30 p.m. The official opening will be followed by a program featuring area talent. Program chairman Don McKercher said he is now in the process of rounding up entertainment. Activities Friday will com- mence with the traditional parade for schopl children. This year the area children will be joined by several hundred more from the Hullett Central School at Londesboro , The parade will be led by the S.D.11,S. Girls Trumpet Band. Mr. Murphy said negotiations were underway with two other area bands, includig a Pipe band, to participate. This year the school children's par- ade will place more emphasis on floats and decorated vehicles than in previous years. A major change this year is the allottment of space in the Arena. The 4-H displays will be in the middle of the floor, bee n talking to her daughter and that Mr. Smith was suffering from several fractures including a fractured arm. The North Bay Nugget des- cribes the incident in the fol- lowing story: - Two North Bay men and a pilot from Willie are in Miserie cordia Hospital at Haileybury today, after their Cessna 170 Skyhawk crashed just north of Temagami late Wednesday. " Injured were: R. A. (Rody) Warren, 691 Norman Ave., North Bay, , who suffered a fractured arm. Norman C. • Smith, 590 Mc- Intyre St. W., North Bay, who suffered scalp injuries, John Death, of Orillia, pike Of the aircra3t, a concussion. Both Mr. Warren and Mr. Smith were reported in good condition , and the attending physician in Haileybury said he believes they will remain in hos- pital only another 24 hours. Eyewitnesses to the acci- dent were two members of an Ontario Northland Railway extra crew, Conductor R. J. Green and Engineman R. L. Church, both of North Bay. They saw the plane making- a souttila ound course, flying low above the railway line, through a heavy overcast. Police said they were told the plane appeared to be wobbling from side to side. The railway employees re- portedly saw a wing hit a high tension power line before the plane flipped and nosed into the, ground. The area, of the crash was about 250 feet from the line, and all three men avere able to make their own way out of. the craft. The two railway workers quickly uncoupled their engine and took the injured men to Tem- agami. From there, they were moved by ambulance to Halley- bury hospital. The crash occurred at 6:10 p.m ,, about two miles north' of Temagami at a .jenction point for the ONFC and the Ontario Hydro. The break in the power line cut off electricity in Temagami until 9:10 p.m. The plane is an Orillia Air Services Ltd. craft based at Trout Lake in North Bay. The extent of damage to the aircraft is not yet known. OPP from Temaganli maintained an all-night shard on the wreckage pending an in- vestigation scheduled to begin today by Department of Trans- (Continued on page 10) Crashes Girl John Murphy, president of the Seaforth Agricultural Society, looks over the infield at the fairgrounds. Plans are well advanced for the „event which is the 125th annual Seaforth Fall Fair. The dates for this years ''fair are September 17 and 18. Work is now in progress at -the grounds behind the arena-in-preparation.for.the event., (Staff Photo) Husband of Seaforth Escapes as Plane PREPARE FOR BACKATO-SCHOOL Even the Town of Seaforth is preparing for the Back-to-School rush. Here town foreman, Harold Maloney (right) and Alf. Price, paint crosswalks across Gederlth Street to the St. Ni James Separate School t playground. The walks will be put to good use en September 8 when school begins. ' (Staff Photo) An old log cabin behind the home of Jack McIver of St. Columban was removed recently by FranleStratil of Windsor who plans to restore, it at Black Point south of Goderieh. Mr. Mclven said he believes the cabin was well over 125 years old. It was used as a. home until about 20 years ago and since Plans for the 125th Annual Seaforth Fall Fair are well under wl way according' to John Murphy, President of the Seaforth Agri- cultural Society. This years fair will be held on Thursday and Friday, September 17 and 18. The format of the fair has been changed little from pre- vious years. The official . open- ing on Thursday night will be preceded by a director's dinner with special guest Murray Gaunt, MPF, for Huron-Bruce, who will C C • A North Bay resident, Norman Smith, son-in-law of Mr. and • Mrs. John Regier, Seaforth, had a narrow escape from death on Wednesday when the -plane in which he was apassenger crashed near Temagami. Mr. Smith is the husband of the former. Doreen R4gier, of Seaforth. He was taken from, hospital in Haileybury by ambu- lance to 1at:93 Bay Hospital.Mrs. Regier said Wednesday she had Receive Park Gifts Further gifts contributed to Lions Park and pool maintenance fund include the following: Pat Troutbeck, $10.00; Anony- mous, $4.00; Afionyrnous,$10.00; Sally. Cosford, $2.00; Sally Sil-, bt lery, $5.00; Vincent F arm Equip- ment, $25.00;, L.B. Melanson, $5.00; Anonymous, $5.00;Clara M. Brugger, $5.00; Seeiorth Br. Can. Legion #156, $145.00; Roy McGonigle, $10.00; Mae Moffat, $5.00; Annette Sinclair, $5,00;• Seaforth Farmers Co-op,$10.00; Township of McKillop, $25.00; Geo. A. Sills & Sons, $10.00. A change' in the rules this year provides society members with admission to the opening program Thursday evening or to the grounds Friday, but not both days. • Last years fair saw $7500 in prize money awarded of $8600 offered. Mr. Murphy said approx- imately the same amount will be offered this year. Prize lists for this years fair have now been published' and are available from Mr. Murphy, Jim Keys, secretary of the Society, or from the Huron Expositor office. Friends Gather for Christening Friends and neighbdrs of Dr. . - Charles Moyo and Mrs, Mayo gathered' at Zimbabwe, the Moyo residence in Tuckerstriith on Saturday in honor of the christen- ing of their .daughter, Masasa Eugenia Bassoppo Moyo. An ecumenical baptismal mass was held in St. James Roman Catholic Church Satur- day morning conducted by Father H. J. Laragh and Rev. Jeffery Kapnzi of Boston. In a short program during the afternoon, Dr. Moyo welcomed the, guests and said the event was a way of perpetuating the traditions and the pattern of life as he had known them in Afriaa and to show appreciation to the community for the many, kind- nesses which had been extended to him and his faintly. James R. Scott, replying for the guests, emphasized the necessity of all peoples every- where getting together and corn - menicating if mankind was -to survive. The gathering, he said, was an 'indication that despite color, race or creed, people could corn a together. Ezra alcwana of Ottawa was chairman. Guests who numbered about five hundred were present from Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, New York and Boston as well as from the Seaforth area. See Beef Selling Pool In- Huron If the new proposed plan for a marketing and price system for beef producers is approved, it might be named Huron C ANF AX Beef Marketing Pool, m9.m')ers of the Huron county beef producers association learned at a meeting in Clinton Tuesday night. It would appear that a least one pool, consisting of 30 mem- bers, could get underway in the county. Locations could be set up , at Gortie in the north and Exeter in the south. Over 60 beef producers, all members of the county assoc- iation, attended the meeting which was chaired by Eric An- derson of Londesboro.. Mr. Anderson said that While the operation would be that, the sponsorship of the county as- sociation, the service would be available to only those who joined CANFAX. If telex machines, are going to be bought, it would take be- tween three or four weeks to set them up in the two locations. There are some telex machihes in the county now which could possibly .134 rented for the opera- tion. Accidents Send Two To ' Hospital Sally O'Rourke, 9, the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack O'Rourke, R. R. 1, Dublin, re- ceived a broken collar bone, three broken ribs and a punctured lung as the result of a farm accident on the week end. She was riding on the front of a wagon load of straw when her foot became entangled with the tongue of the wagon causing her to slip off. The wagon then passed over her inflicting the injuries. Her brother, e3rian,15, was driving the tractor. She was brought to Seaforth Community Hospital by her,par- ents where she remains in good condition. INJURES FOOT'IN AUGER - Twelve year old Ann Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Clark of Walton,, had her heel -'and ankle badly lacerated by a grain auge r last week. The family was unloading the last wagon from this year's crop when the accident occurred. Fortuhately the young girl was wearing a heavy pair of work boots so more serious injury was avoided. She was brought to. Seaforth Corn -nunily Hospital by her parents where she remains in good condition. Bank Names Seafortli Son trade, much to the chagrin of the Chinese people who resisted all hree powers. The lead editorial in, the paper, which is unfortunately in- complete, presents several argu- ments for and against the union of all British North America (i.e. Confederation). The arguments were centered around the quesl. tion of representation which was a very contentious issue at the' time. It mist be remembered that at this time (1858) Upper and Lower Canada (Ontario and Quebec) were united but fun con- federation was still twenty years away. The, editorial presented the argument that the only way the pepple of. lower Canada would achieve fair representation was, to embark on an immediate cam- paign to complete the federation. This was the attitude taken by the "true Grits" or ,Reform party. Unfortunately the ansWer' to this argument from. thagne- servative camp of which the News of the Week was a supporter is - not with the fragment of paper that was found. It is, however, interesting to note that the politi- cians were' actively arguing about Confederation as early as 1852. The remainder of the fragment of the paper is devoted to reports of the proceedings of.: the various levels of Government from • the British House of Commons to . the provincial houses. The debates of the pro- vincial house center around the problem 'of long delays in the ef- fective governing of the country. At least one problem hasn't changed much in a hundred years! Unlike most'of today's news- paper journalism„ many of the stories found in The NO/a of The Week require extensive know- ledge on the part of the reader. They are, in effect, only progreas reports and as such make little sense to a reader a hundred and twelve years later. The old newspapers are par- ticularly interesting to readers of today accustomed to world (Continued on Page 4) CofC To Curb Pollution Protests concerning Pot*. • lotion both water and air in , the Seaforth area were raised at a meeting of the Seaforth Chamber of Commerce board on Thursday, evening. Members instructed secre- tary, Ken Oldacre, to write the Ontario Water Resources Com- mission and draw 'attention to the algae growth which has re- sulted in an unsightly condition in Silver Creek as It flows through the Lions Park. First apparent thirty years. ago, the condition has become worse and on• some occasions4enerates an odor. At the same time the board agreed to corn eiunicate with the council as to what action could be taken to control smoke and odor originating from the dis- posal area adjacent to the Doig golf course. The meeting named J. J. Will- kinson to head a committee to make arrangements for-the next meeting and dinner dance. ''he event is scheduled for Wednes- day, September 16, in the Legion Hall when Mrs. Jean Henderson, a former president of the Chamber of Commerce will be the guest of honor. Dance Aids Family Without the 'modern com- munication devices of to-day the newspapers of the mid-nineteenth century, were often months behind in reporting the news of the World. In fact, the arrival of , a news carrying ship from Europe was heralded as an event in itself in an 1858 issue of The News of The Week or Weekly Colonist which was published in Terontq. • An old paper dated M arch 12, 1858 was recently brought into the Expositor office by ten year old Gordon Geddes of Egmond- vine. , A son of M:. and Mrs. Charles Geddes, he located the paper in a pile 'of discarded material in the village. One • of the lead stories is headed "The Europa's M'ails". It describes the contents of the mails of the ship Europa which had recently arrived in Canada. The news covered World events dating as far back as December 12 of the previous year. ' The maltnnews,was from India where native rebellions were numerous. Three ore four incidents involving attacks on British outposts or action by the British against the rebels were reported., Repercus- sions from these incidents in the British Houhe of Commons were alSo covered. The contentious issue was the dual nature of the , Government in the sub-continent. It was ruled both by the British Colonial office as a crown colony and, to a large extent, by the Brit- ish East India Company which was chartered by the British Govern- ment to run the affairs of the country in the same manner as the Hudson's Bay Company had official control over the Canadian West before Cohfederation. The government; while praising the Work of the. Company, Censured it for interfering in the govern- ment of the colony and laid much of the blame for the insurrections at its feet.. • Action in China was also re- ported. via the Europa mails. The City of Canton had been captured by British forces who were at the time vying with the French and Datch for the lucrative china Planning Underway while merchants and industrial exhibits will be accommodated along the perimeter. Mr.Murphy Said that Ed Taylor, chairman of the merchants and industrial committee, told him that there was a big demand for space in the arena and that it was already at a premium.. Mr. Murphy ,also pointed out that classes for poultry and sheep have been 'eliminated from this years fair. More emphasis will be .placed on the popular Heavy Horse classes which will be fea- tured much earlier in the day than in previous years. The same midway as last year will be in attendance to the south of the Arena on Duke St., which will be closed to traffic for the event. A Pet Show is also planned td be, run by the Lion's Club. Plans are also well underway toRASORIelete Women's section. MISS "Vorothy Parke, President of the Women's Division of the Society, is in charge. The Cabaret Dance, a,popular feature last year, will again be held on Saturday night in the Arena.' Music will be provided by The Blutitones with dancing from ahto 40,4,. A licensed bar will belietlip for--the occasion. GORDON WILLIS Gordon Willis, a native of Seaforth and well-known banker, has been named Rancho Bernardo representative of Escondido Nat- ional Bank in California. A graduate of the American Institute of Banking and the Gra- duate School of Banking at the University of Washington, Mr. Willis began his career in Can- ada in 1921. He later moved to Detroit, Mich., where he spent 35 years with the National Bank of Detroit, retiring as vice pres- ident. Mr. and Mrs. Willis haye been Rancho Bernardo residents since 1968 and live at 12171 Bellota Place, He is a director of the RB Lions Club. He is a brother of Mrs. F. J. Bechely, Seaforth. Ten year old Gordon Geddes reads an interesting story in an old newspaper he found 'recently. The paper was the -, March 12., 1858 issue of The News of the Week or Weekly Colonist published in Toronto. One feature was an editorial discussing the pros and cons of union of all the British North Ameridan colonies. (Staff Photo) Old Newspaper Recalls Early Days A large crowd attended a benefit dance held in the Brussels Legion Hall for Mr. and Mrs. William Thamer and family. Prior to lunch Walter Bewley , expressed the community's feel- ings on such an urtfornate happening as the Thamer aniily • had just experienced in the loss of their home due to fire. Douglas Kirkby made the presentation of a purse of money to Mr. Thamer .who replied with a sincere thanks. Mr. Bewley presented Miss Judy Thamer with a donation on behalf of 'Seaforth Teen Town. A special thanks was, given to Ian Wilbee's orchestra who supplied music for the evening free of charge, also to the Brussels Canadian Legion for donating the hall. Lunch was served by Mrs. Doug. Kirkby, Mrs. Ross Bennett, -Mrs. Percy Dalton, Mrs. Nelson Marks, Mrs. Ralph McNichol, Mrs. Howard Hackwell, Mrs. Walter Bewley,' MrS. Mac Sholdice and Mrs. Don MeDenald. Hold Shower Mrs. Wm, Hooper and Mrs. Clarence Farwell sponsored a, miscellaneous shower for their cousin, Miss Donna M. Snfitle of London, at Mrs. Wm. Hooper's home in Grand Bend on Sunday. The gifts were brought in by Misses Kathryn Farquhar and Shelly Stephan. The guest of hon- or received many beautiful and useful gifts for which she ex- pressed thanks. A hat was made for Donna by the girls out of the bows and ribbons, and many 'pictures were taken of the bride-to-be wearing the, fancy hat. Lunch was served by the hostess Mrs. Wm. Hooper. then has served as a barn and storage shed. Shown here es they disassemble the house are (left to right) 'Bob MOIVIairi of Amberly, Neil M:Adain of Goderith and Clayton rtilek`Of • Clinton. The timbers retrieved from the house will be used in the construction of a similar cabin at the Ooderioik Oat Phdte)