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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-02-27, Page 17 Smile of the Week "bid,/ ask to 'be borrif 4 cried the son. - "You -didn't -saki" replied his father, "but if you . had; the answer would have been 'no' o „ `14 hours to hand sew 'it,: as well Mariare.t.....SlliSi..• Tracy'' .,B a4:. the 4,904, spe nt T(100141 the ,Wegs...ket::.:jtiii0,.,•;i3ntli pattern, dying, the ,:material, 443044 the haSte oat,t 7 .01' tail 944 1403.e.e.:404Wire so '''g#0411-,•:.);iabbie:7;00puisi: thht and ri bkirk, Kathy lowera as a real Peacock's, 04: -40a*: Too • there was - a 20-foot • .14teti1C•:. ,SnAani!,kgg affe; a six. footrsix kangaroo; - Denise Larle; Monkey and ten little kanaroogers who • Michael Scott, Brian,. :Aft.' cavorted all over the ice. There Brian Ritchie f t was. a gorgeous,pccorn from Arnie out of the past wit .,,.„,elve baby ....illa. Tigers; Nancy:: t2' unicorns. As we..„ :there were_ ;•- Sandra •Raston, •Mar3t ;Was zebras, tigers -"and', monkeYs• Stinnissen, Ann , HoSte, Dianne: These .provided the theme Phillips, Mary HagWert,411 "Talk to- the Animals" for the Jayne Cardno.- TheSe girls junior saters. , • also zebras in another--M040.. Local skaters in •this group - For the senior skaters, more A, colorful show was Provided for the 700 spectaters on Sun- day _afternoon at the Seaforth Community Centre by. the 92• skaters 40E108 part in the 49th tinAMil'aariltval of the $eaforth Figure Skating, Club, was au !Ater-Club show fiat 0 participants from clubs Goderich, Clinton, and St.' Marys.. as well as all the members; of the Seaforth club. The ,youngest member of the Seaforth club is two years- old. Highlight of the• show was the elaborate cositurning, esti- .mated value abaft* $9,000. Es!- PeclallY 'kelerftiliiiere'T'the ani- mals Created by 111.r .I and Mrs. WilliaM Craven of 004eriCh, all made ,o-f woo& and „Wire, thin paper, thiP15L,PaPer,,81lie, ,pasto and 'pain. IPA 'Joyce, Goderich, assisted' with the meehanization of these animals. Work on the costumes was begun last, April by Mrs. Cra- ven. As an indication of their beauty is that, in the Birds of Paradike number the 14-foot tail of the fabulous peacock-re- quired two people working cwt 'I Catherine -Ribey, Jamie Ritchie, Scott, Mark iMeLlwain, Robbie Smith, Bobby Espey, Lynn Mc- Latighlin, Mark Pinder and Eli- zabeth Scott. Kangaroos: Bar- Were 'unicorns: -Jane Merton, Bobbi Dale, John Dale, 'Jim sophisticated numbers were from scenes of the BroadwaY productien, "Funny, Girl" and a Chicago Fire Dance tiacte. very realistic by bright red in Wile dresses with flaming etint- son chiffon capes and ,red and bara Chesney, Ellen Stewart, yellow feathered headdresses.- Lori Savauge, Joanne Schenck, . (Continued on Page -4) r. Legion Sponsors Brothrhood -Night (By Leo II{;gan) sistance programs—all this. is The ,Legion sponsored Broth:- erhood blight •was successful when large representative groups from the various 'ledges, churches and service clubs met at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Wednesday evening to Asking what haS this to do hear Frazer. George. Earle, Na- ,with Canada, Mr. Earle said he • tional Program Director in On wondered •• whether we h a v e tario for the Canadian Council been aroused as we should be of Christians and JewS. by the continuing evidence of true, but we' face the, appalling prospect that we• Shall use our , new scientific knowledgeinend all life On earth. It is possible we are last-generation of the human race". - listed bin-in a Ptiinber: of cases, several properties were asses,' sed to the same •ewner., The old records, carefully written' :In • ink, are as 'legible as when Mr. Martin' inscribed them " 28 years ago. (Staff photo): - Tuckersmith Taxes In 1841 Mrs, Jean Cairns is examining the tat roll for Tuckersmith Township for the year 1841. Her grandfather James Martin was the first tax collector in the township and continued in that office for a number 'of years. There were 122 properties 'Help ..Minor Hockey • .k f Seaforth.OPtimists awing other activities•this year, have assisted in'the minor-hockey program. Here president Alf Ross presents minor hockey secretary Jack Eisler with a cheque . for $100 as a contribution to the program. (Staff photo). Few Tuckersmith Buildings hen 1841 Taxes Collected religious, radial and social dis- crimination inCanada. Afr. Earle, introduced by Gor- don • Wright, congratulated the various.organizations on being "Canada is important today," present for the occasion. He he continued, "Not for material ' stressed the point of his topic reasons, but essentially because "Canada the vast country with of the fact that her outlook, af -- the small population, everi_ATOffie and abroad is widely ap- though it is in the Millions"-:'He predated. There is an apparent .pointed out that, we live in a answer in history. Canada is not world of fantastic, almost in- hampered in her presentation credible, contradictions. of democracy. "We have, in our history, nev- er injured or attacked anyone. We maintain a desire to be free from' imperfections which crip- (Continued on Page 4) Grows Better Bulbs Ontario Weeklies Meet in Ottawa There is a secret in grciwing beautifully colored and sweet - smelling hyacinths in the win- , ter time according to John Tre- meer. Its all a matter of keep- ing the bulbs where its not too, light and not tpo cold he says. As an indication that he knows how best to grow the flowers he brought an example with him which is om display in the Expositor office,, It, is one .of seven he has grown this year. Mr_ Tremeer gromls the bulbs in glass jars of water which re»- sults in long stringy roots but lots of 'bloom. ' Weekly newspaper publishers and their wives from across On- tario attended the_ annual 'On- tario Weekly-Newspapers Con- vention at the Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, last week. Earl Morrison of the Nap- anee Beaver was .Convention chairman. Official Welcome Delegates were welcomed on Thiirsday - evening by W. R. Workman, publisher, of the Win- chester Press .and president of the association. • Irwin McIntosh of North Bat- tleford, Sask., president of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, addressed the dele- gates. There were speakers on all aspects of weekly newspaper publishing during the business cleared and were under some form of cultivation. Many of the names appering on the list are those of families who through the years have con- tinued as residents of the town- ship and who today continue to be represented. These include the family names such as Moore, Carter, Townsend, Carnochari, C5mpbell, Breamont; Lcndesborough, finish Wilson, Murray, Chesney, Bell, McLean, C o op er, McKenzie, Westcott, Nott,' Rattenbury, Mc- Donald, Munroe, MeKay, McGre- gor, Walker, Van Egmond, Dor- sey, Chalk and McCann. acres of which - on the average less than 10 acres were cleared. Few properties contained' build- ings, there' being but nine build- ings assessed in the township. These included two timber houses, 3 frame houses, a stone house, two grist mills and a saw mill. By the next year the total had risen to 11 buildings includ- ing a merchant shop opened by George Worzley on cont. 1, lot 16. In 1842 the assessment reveal- ed there were 32 horses, 107 oxen, 186 ,milch cows and 145 horned catille in Tuckersmith. There were no vehicles, no dis- tilleries but 1661 acres had been_ Organize V ootball "Never before have human beings known so much about or exerted such extensive con- trol over the national forces a- mong which we live," he said. Continuing. he said, "The school boy today knows more about the world , than Plato ever dreamed. We know about Our- selves—our bodies—our minds —mu relations to one another. We have the knowledge and re- sources to provide a good life for all. "We could end poverty, re- dupe disease, abolish the grosser forms of ignorance by' applying knowledge and teehniques that are already available. We live at a time when there "is more • kindness and charity in our re- lations with one another.. "Our record of public and private altruism .has no preced- ent—never before has there • been anything to equal the his- tory of public decency and pri- -vate kindness that marks social welfare activities in many lands — the Christian Missionary movements --z• the work of the great foundations—the national and international technical as- • Toronto Exhibition t'• Was Feature in '95 sessions. Dorsey Biggs, Atlanta, Ga., foremost authority on newspap- er make-up, was a guest speak- er. There was "keen competition amongst all the newspapers, particularly for the general ex- cellence and photographic awards. • General Excellence Ugder 2,500 circulation: 1, Actdfu Free Press; 2, Durham Chronicle; 3, Beamsville Ex- prest. 2,500-5,000 circulation: 1,.. Renfrew Advance; 2, Fort Erie Times Review; 3, Grimsby Inde- pendent. Over 5,000 circulation: 1, Newmarket Era; 2, Stouffville Tribune; 3, Tillsonburg News. Tabloid under 3,500 circulation: (Continued on Page 4) Can you imagine the finest hotel accommodation in Toron- to for as little as $1.00 per day? Well, that was the rate quoted in the official progrIm of the 1895 Canadian National Exhi- bition,. The old program was recently uncovered in a Brucefield house • .The St. Columban fOotball team held an organization meet- ing for the coming season Sun day afternoon with a good turn- out of interested• fans. Officers for the year are: President, Jim Malady; secre- tary, Kennejl Galloway; treas- urer, John Moylan; publicity director, James McQuaid. Hairy Ryan and Dave Mclnally are co- captains of the team. Theteam will continue play- ing in the London and District League. Anyone interested in playing soccer should contact any of the officers or the co- captains. 'Compared to rates today taxes in Tuckersmith were a bargain 125 years ago, The rate then. was one penny per pound of assessment, which would lie the equivalent of about two mills today. The 'authority for this is the collector's roll for Tuckersmith for 1841 and 1842. The rolls are in the 'possession of Mrs. Jean Cairns of Seaforth. Her grand- father, James Martin, was the tax collector and the rolls have always been retained by mem- befs of her family. Mr. • Martin's commission in 1841 was issued by John Askin, Clerk of the Peace, in dearly legible „handwriting. It reads: "You are directed to collect the several sums of moray set forth on the four preceding pages being a true copy of the assessment taken for said TOwn- ship for the year 1841 amounting in the whole to the sum of twen- ty-five,poundS, eighteen shillings and ran pence 2/5th and that you pay the same into the hands of the treasurer John Harris, Esquire, on or before the first day of October next. By order of the Magistrate." The. commission for 1842 is in a similar form but is signed by Dan. Lizars, as clerk of the peace on behalf of "The Court of General quarter sessions of the Peace and - of the District Council." While the tax roll was rela- tively small the trend towards increased municipal.. costs al- ready, was apparent.. In . 1842" there was added "343 penny to- wards the erection of a lunatic astilifein TIC, as' directed, by Act of Parliament" as well as a penny per acre and an unspeci- fied amount as may be "levied by 'council". This. latter amount totalled over 59 pounds and in 1842 represented nearly half of the total taxes levied., In 1841 total taxes were £25. The assessed value in 1841 was £5527 and this had increas- ed to £6025 by the next year. The records indicate that in .1841 most of. the lots were 100 'Presents Budget On Television' A first in parliamentary pro- cedures will be established on Tuesday when TV' cameras re- cord every moment as Huron MP? and Provincial Treasurer Charles 112acNaughton presents, the Ontario budget. It is the first time the actual presenta- tion of a provincial budget has been recorded by TV. The,„program in color will be carried -by CBC and cTv and efts underway at 2:30. It is ex- pected to' continue for approxi- mately two hours. SPS Students in Speaking Honors 0'. KAREN COUTTS 17. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Coutts, Walton, has won the senior typing cham- pionship for district 10, com- prising 20 district secondary schools. She attained a net speed of 65 words a minute. Miss Coutts and Janice Sil- lery, also a SAS student,,, took team honors at the meet (Staff photo), Naine .Public ,Speaking Champions . ;Winners in the Public speaking :centeSt at Seafertli Putb- are Joanne Bode, Suian MaxVielf, Dawn Woo& Jane Baker, Sehonl received ilieh4 prizes from Mra. Don Ktinder,4 Mem- Barbara Brady, Anne Itibey; :can Hildebrand and Elizabeth her of the Huron County. Board of 'Education. Shown (left) Johnston. (Expesitor photo by Phillips): • Many 'of the parents with Children attending Seaforth Pub`' lie School took advantage of the open house last Thursday evening to see the displays of work, arranged by the children hi each classroom. After visit- ing the rotims they were able to hear the final round of the pub- lic speaking contest conducted throughout the school in re- cent weeks. Silsbee/11 speakers, form groups took part and results by Arthur Alexander, a former McKillop Township farmer, who now resides in Brucefield. Two Toronto hotels, the Queen's on Front St., 'and the Rossin House at King and York. Streets, must have been the luxury hotels of the day as they advertised rates as high as $4.50 per day and could ac- commodate up to 350 patrons. Private boarding houses were also available to accommodate" the flock of visitors attending the exhibition, They posted rates from $300 to $5.00 .per Week. Admission to the fair grounds in 1895 was only 25c and if you- hid a five cent piece you could ride the newly asphalted Tor- onto streets all day on the elec- tric street car, which the pro- gram describes as equal to the hest on the continent". The ,program says that dur- ing 1895, the 17th year for the exhibition, attendance figures were expected to near 300,000. This represented an increase fro rn Ow P0 000 visitors who at- tended the initial exhibition in 1P79. Modern day attendance exceeds 3.000,000 'visitors. The program went on to say that, the Exhibition had at this time attained the position of being the world's largest an- nual fair and thgt visitors and' °exhibitors alike came from all across Canada and the United States, as well 'as many from Europe. The grounds were described as covering over 100 acres with many buildings erected at a total cost exceeding $600,000 The population of Toronto was given as, almost 200,000 in 1895. Metropolitan Toronto's popula- tion today exceeds 2,000,000: The highlight of the 1895 fair was the "Grand Pyrotechnical display entitled "The Belief of Lucknow" ". The program des- cribes .it as follows: (Continued on Page 4) were: Primary Jame Raker 1st Anne Ribey, 2nd; Stephen Hilde- brand, and Jeff McPherson. Junior —Elizabeth Johnston, 1st; Susan Maxwell, 2nd; Hea- ther McPherson' and Michelle Savauge. Intermediate —Joanne Bode, 1st; Dawn Wood, 2nd; BM O'- Shea, and Barbara Chesney. Senior —Barbara Brady, 1st; Joan Hildebrand, 2nd; Cheryl Benntwies and Ken Doig.