HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-10-23, Page 1William' Wood, a navy service-
. man home on leave from 'Hall-
fax, and James Brown, both 20,
.are in St, • Joseph's 'Hospital,
London, with severe lacerations
and multiple fractures. The at-
cident •oecurred ' on the first
sideroad in McKillop, east of
Seaforth, just north of No. 8
Ighway.
, Mr. Wood said his son under-
went a seven hour operation
Tuesday. He has a fractured leg,
ankle and arm as well,. as cuts
to the face. The Brown youth
has serious eye lacerations and'
fractures of a knee and both
legs
The car was demolished. Pro-
' vincial police 'from Goderich
are investigating.
A Busy Weekend
Seaforth police had a busy
time last /weekend with a series
of five 'accidents. Damage in
to
casc-'.1vp according
to beaforth Police Chia Gordon
Wkly.
',The 'Series began Friday mor-
ning when cars driven by Aage
•Marcussen of Harriston and
Mrs. G,,„ Beuttenmiller, Seaforth,
were ineollision at the corner
of George at. East and Main. -
_Later Friday cars driven by
Don Papple, Seaforth and Halph
Fischer RR 4, Walton, were in '
Collision 'on North Main Street,
opposite Seaforth Motors.
'Despite the five vehicles that
were involved in a pile up on
Jelin. Street late Friday after-
noon, surprisingly little damage
resulted, Chief Hay said.
It all began as Robert Wal-
lace, Seaforth was attempting
to start his truck which had
stalled on oho Street just toff
Main. He brought his car into
position intending to push the
-Condition of two Egmond-
vine youths insured Friday:
night when the car they were
driving left a MoKillop Twp:,
,a road' 'and collided ith tie r continues to be serious. accor -
inittx, Chas. Wood, the father of
• one of the boys. ,
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Plans were revealed this Week
by the Seaforth-Clinton Curling
Club for a monster 5-week hen-
spiel.
NearIF 54,000 in eat& prima
will be offered for the event
With top prize amounting to
$1,000 ,cash.
A bonspiel 'committee, under.
chairman Dave Cornish and. in-
cluding Laurie Slade, Ken Cooke
Don EllWood. all of Clinton and
Claire .0anaell of Seaforth,
have sent. invitations to clubs
as far north as Midland and Or;
ilia and south to Windser and
Sarnia.
The first 134 flab *411 be ac-
cepted for the event and they
will compete over a four...week
period with finals being held
trashes In McKillop
Two Egmondville youths received serious injuries Friday evening when this car in which
they were riding,, crashed into a tree in McKillop: William Wood and James Brown are patients
in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, with multiple fractures and severe lacerations. (Staff photo).
Two Egmondville Youths
Suffer Multiple Fractures
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Hou Historic Log se Leaves Home
,This sturdy house, erected' by William Scott on Lot 11,
Con. VI, Tuckersmith, In 1882, was purchased recently by John
iithadniarsh, Gederich Township and haliled to a site on Lake
This picture, taken at the new sitb, shows the new roof in
course of completioh, and the soundness of the' squared logs,
.20 inches wide. The Simpson family kat used the house on the
Rippe)) road. Buten south of Goderich.
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A, suggestion at a • previoni
meeting, by John. Broadfaot!
Brimfield, representative of
Tuckersmith, Stanley, Seaforth
and Bonfield on Huron County
Board of Education, for infoV
go-Sion to be presented to man-
Weal officials or ratePayere
meetings this fall, did not Move
his colleagues to action, at this
particular time.
However, at Monday evening's
meeting in Central Huron Sec.
ondary School, Clinton, on' rec-
ommendation of D. J. Cochrane,
director or education, it was de-
cided, on a show of hands, "that
the board and its administrative
staff be prepared to hold meet-
ings with municipal *officials
and/or ratepayers of Huron ,
Education
Staffi Plan
Name Bank
For II of E°
Account ,
Clinton Branch of the Bank
of Montreal was established as
the . board's "authorized bank"
at a meeting of Huron County
Board of Education in Central
Huron Secondary School,' Mon-
day evening.
A note in connection with the
actual resolution, said: "The
omission of the words 'interim' -
and 'permanent" . . . makes it
possible for the board to amend
or rescind the motion at any
time."
Since the Huron County
Board of Education was organ-
ized early in 1969, the board's
banker has been the Goderich
Branch of the Bank ,of Montreal,
but removal of the 'head office
of the board to Clinton was a
factor in changing over from
Goderich to Clinton, it was stat-
ed,
The payroll is handled by the
Canadian „Imperial Bank of
Commerce under contract, en-
tirely separate from the gener-
al account in the Bank of Mont-
real,
In this connection, the board's'
cheque number 889, for $363,-
202.4'7, was payable to the Can-
adian. Imperial Bank of Com-
merce. R. B. Dunlop, business
administrator of the board, ex-
plained that this was part of
the September payroll, process-
ed by this bank.
Before the resolution was ad,
opted, Robert M. Elliott, Coder-
ich Toinship, Nice-chairman of
the board, inquired what service
was performed by the Bank of •
Montreal other than the usual
service performed by a bank.
It was stated that the Bank of
Montreal accepted their own
/Cheques at •par anywhere in the
county.
D. J. Cochrane, director of
education,d stated that a repre-
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A playboy is a fellow who
stopped counting his birth-
days when they reached 21 a
couple decades ago.
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striking the truck and swinging
north into a parked vehicle
owned Malcolin D Clark,
Clinton. The Clark vehicle
turn struck a car owned by Pet-
er Bannon, Seaforth and the
Bannon vehicle in, turn was for-
ced into a car owned by Stewart
Butt, Seaforth.
Hit and Run
Police hav6 charged Wm.,
Stapleton with a hit and run
offence following ,a crash on
Goderich Street West, late Sat-
urday night.
A car owned by Walter Car=
ruthers and driven by 'Roderick
William Foster, both of Strat-
ford, was proceeding east when
it was struck from behind. At
striking the Carruthers' ear
the second, vehicle turned and
raced north, on Anne Street. A
trail of broken glass from
smashed headlights on the hit
and run vehicle marked the
crash scene on Goderich Street.
Plans for a full Christmas
program in Seaforth were out-
lined Monday evening when the
Chamber of Commerce exetu-
Christmas Program
board covering was applied
when the house was built, or
soon after. The house was last
owned by James B. Papple, of Dot 11,- who sold it recently. to
Mr.. Hindmarth, a well-known
specialist in the reconstruction
of good log houses. The William
Scott house, travelling on a huge
flat truck along the Kippen
road and various sideroads to "
Highway 21, now stands close
to the bank 'of Lake Huron at
the end of Black's Point road,
between two and three miles
south of Goderich. '
William Scott died in 1885,
aged 86. lielied made a will
16 years earlier, leaving Lot -11
and half of Lot 12 to his wife
and "all personal property" to
his three sons, with $100 each
to two daughters, Elizabeth
on to them. William, who died
in 1922, left an estate valued at
$91,258, rimch of it comprising
27 mortgages on farms in Grey,
McKillop, Tuckersmith, Hibbert,
Hullett, Stanley and property
in Seaferth. Stocks were valued
at $26,000. This will was made
in 1910 and witnessed by F.
Holmestead and James Scott.
Matthew was made sole' execu-
tor, but he died in 1916, and
under provision of a 1916 cod',
ell Dr. James G.. Scott and
Francis Holmestead "or the
survivor of them" were named
executors.
for rinks travelling from a dis-
tance, upon request. C of C Agrees on
Entries should also request
which Saturday they would pre-
fer to play on , and an alterna-
tive date. '
Friends 1-11Olior tive met in the Town Hall.
, The committee agreed the
program , will include new
Main Street decoration,' pre-
Christmas visits, by Santa Claus
and a shopping incentive draw.
Sontribnfions to offset, costs
• Will be invited from business
and industry. There will be no
parade this year.
Decisions :concerning Christ-
mas shopping hours were post-
poned until preferences of mer-
chants could be determined.
Acting on a proposal advanc-
ed by Seaforth Branch 156, Can-
adian Legion concerning Re-
membrance Day, it was agreed-
that stems would close Tuesday,
Nov. 11, Remembrance Day, and
remain open the next day,
Wednesday in tribute to the
dead of th'e wars in which so
many area citizens had taken
part.
Write Bell Telephone
cern that the Bell T
The. meeting expresip&a
Company had not lived up to
an agreement of several years
ago and made lists of Dublin and
Century Old Cabin Leaves Tuckersmith Twp.
ory of Williatn, and Matthew
Scott, of the Township of Tuck-
ersmith."
William and Matthew retired
from the Tuckersmith farm in
1914 'and spent the remainder
of their lives in Egmondville.
Miss Margaret Henry was their
housekeeper •and the Egmond-
ville house 6-subsequently be-
came hers. The bachelor broth-
ers were thrifty, had their own
pecular way of living, but were
well thought of and respected by
their neighbors.
"They were brawny men,"
(Miss Campbell reports) "but
very gentle and kind. It is told
that Matthew once struggled six
miles on foot through deep snow
over unplowed roads,„ carrying
an injured dog to a veterinary:
It is also told that the brothers
William Scott from Dumfries
built, his hodie in Tuckersmith
of rock elm .1iign 20 inches
square. When it was hauled'
away more than a century lat-
er — by mechanical transport
which Scott did not live to
see — the foundation beams
were so sound that they were
not disturbed; but continued to
support the house during a jour-
ney of twenty-odd miles to' a
new site, and' are still on the
job.
This house reflects the quiet
strength of "the Scot who built
it. It is related that he "thought
nothing" of carrying a hundred,.
pound sack of flour .from Og-
mondville to his home.. He was
a man, his Obituary stated, "of.
great ,muscuar power".
That obituary article, almost
certainly written by Murdo Y.
McLean, publisher of The Hur-
• on Expositor, presents William
Scott's personal qualities in the
warmest terms. Not many, even
of our pioneers, have earned or
received such, tributes. Here is
, a short quotation:
"He was noted for his, indus-
try • and good Management, and
had accumulated- a comrpetencY.
He was a than of few words and
of a retiring disposition, and
was thoroughly upright and hon-
orable in all his dealings. His
Word was as good as his bond
He was, en ., obliging neighbor
and a good citizen, and in poll
tics Was an unflinching Liberal!'
Born in Scotland in 1109, Wjl-
liam Scott and .Henrietta Little,
his wife, came to Canada in 1,982
and settled first in the 'Galt
neighborhood, where their three
sons were horn. In 1844 they re-
moved to Huron, being among
the earliest Settlers in Cancel-
Sion VB. After the custom of
the time, Scott ho doubt built
an unpretentious log house and
devotee himself to farming. His
"industry and good manage-
ment" enabled him to replace
the -pioneer dwelling 18 years
later with one 32 ,by 22 'feet, a
storey and a half structure
which must have been the pro-
duct of a .neighborly "bee".
When the window frames were
put in, newspapers were used to
hold the mortar. Removecka few
days ago by John• Hindmarsh of
Goderich Township,' the new ow-
ner, they were found to be cop-
ies of the Weekly Globe of 1862.
Prominence was given in the
news columns to New York
Times reports of what was des-
cribed as the "revolutionary
war"—the war between the
States.
It is believed that .the 'clap-
the followiniTridaY and 'SOO
day. • — •
The bonspiel is 'scheduled: to ,
begin Saturday, November 16th
and continue for four consecu-
tive c SatUrdays ands entries
be accepted.'. until Satlirdqp 110,
:vember 8th.
The event which Is the rich-
est • of, Its kind in this -part Of •
Ontario, -Will attract. the
limes top competition. Entry
fee has been set at $100 per'
rink.
Sixteen rinks will play
each of four Saturdays and
top four rinks will advance
playoffs. TEO remaining "rin
will be awarded good consola4..
tion prizes.
The top four rinks from each
Saturday will enter a two-daty
playoff competition,December.
12 and 18 for the rand'irlze
of $1,000. Second place team re.,,
ceives $500 and third $2504 The
fourth team receives $125 • ands
allremaining teams receives"
$100.
All rinks entered in the coma
petition • will be guests' of the.;,..
local club for dinner and the..
top sixteen rinks in the playoffs
will be guests for • cocktails and'.
a„banquet on the final Saturday: •
Entries may be mailed to the,
bonspiel. chairman, Dave Cor.-
nish, or directly to the Seaforth-
Clinton Curling Club, East Wil-
liam St; Seaforth and must be
accompanied by a certified
cheque for $100.
The committee will Make ar-
rangements for accommodation
ew roup
, Huron, County Board of Edu-
cation will' hold its next regular
meeting on Wednesday evening,
November, 5, instead of Monday
evening, November 3,, it was de-
cided at.. this weel) meeting in
Central Huron Secondary
School, Clinton, Monday eve-
ning.
Reason is that the top officials
of the board were authorized to
attend „a founding conference
of the Association of School
Education Officials of Ontario
in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on
November 2, 3 and 4.
At the discretion of D. J.
.Cochrane, director of education,'
the board authorized hfin, R. B.
Dunlop, business administrator,
I. W. Coulter, superintendent of
schools, and the two assistant
superintendents of schools, to
attend the conference.
'Mr. Cochrane wondered if
there should be someone home
"to keep store".
John-•11,-Lavis, -Clintonr board,
chairman, jocularly asked "Per-
haps there isn't a "store to
keep?"
Mr. Cochrane explained that
a number of groups of associa-
tions existed to "represent the
boards, and InereAparticularly
the view of the body of officials
each represented, to the Ontar-
. io 'Department of Education.
"With the coming of the
County Boards of Education, 'it
was decided by each of the
groups that amalgamation into
one body that would speak with
one voice, was necessary," the
director stated. ,
Two important meetings were
announced by the board: Tues-
day, October 28, Board Room,
Clinton — Advisory Vocational
Committee, which includes a
number of appointed members;
Thursday, October . 30, 'Board
— Rooms, Clinton Advisory
Committee on Schools for Train-
able Retarded Children.
D. J. Cochrane, • director of
education, announced that the
Arbitration Committee, now
that all necessary figures and
data are available to them,
have met and seem to be laun-
ched into their task. A letter
addressed to the chairman of
the beard from the abritrators
of Middlesex County, in which
a joint meeting was suggested,
was referred to the Huron.
County arbitrators,
H-P Board
Clears Bids
For Oil, Gas
The Huron-Perth Separate
School, Board at its meeting in
St. James' School, Seaforth, on
Monday night, approved dispos-
ing of the convent at Our Lady
of Mount Carmel Sbhool, RR 3,
*fluor prgaroli 10,„107$!
miusi4r740*°-thel,:tosTv.irt:PillSer4°Hili
his vote rag
he
inst the motion H4 . woo planni to
ISm
present his own .report , at
ater ml' he nlwaye had don wh tsnember of the preiiim. a •
m ereril ike'P: tetig(leh r4,:laerega -;1.7.1deh.:::"(.01").:14'5104t such a meeting explained; Abs.*,
the executive . council of the
board had discussed the matter'
at • some length and "it is our
feeling that:
"Financial operations for the
yestii%196:ndmuetundtstandwavaitabole tor.o
board members. before. .such
meetings are helot:'
"The anticipated financial
picture for tow must be avail-
able for study and understand-'
hag by board members- before
such meetings "are held (bud-
' gets, salaries, results of arbitrt
tion, municipal levies, etc.):
• "Accomplishments in .1960
' and. aline and Objectives (both
academic and . financial) for
• 1970, must be studied and stat,
ed by the board before melt
meetings can ;be held
John S. 'Levis, Clinton, board
chairman, said: "If we want the
figures,. we should ,reqUest they
be brought up on the agenda..
Mr.. Broadifoot -had asked for
figures.
, Mr. Cochrane felt' that ir one
board member received the fig-
ures,- then all board members
were entitled to . the same • fig-
Urea.
Mr. Broadfoot questioned the
value of a- meeting in March of
next year. Now is the time they
are needed, at the time of the
ratepayezi? meetings before the"
local elections.
Chairman Laois felt 'it was
impossible to . compare only
pert of the year; the board must
wait" for the entire year before
:.•an authentic assessment could
result.
Cover SDHS News,
geata Means (seated) and' Margaret Elligsen 'are handling,
Seaforth District High School news this year for the Elipositor.
Both are students in grade 12. (Staff photo). •
Seaforth exchange subscribers
available to each other and the
secretary was instructed to write
the company.
While Bell had made direc-‘•
tories available for a time, the
practice was discontinued last
year. As a result Seaforth sub-
scribers wishing to call the Dub-
lin, area, must now go through
an involved process to obtain
the number to -be- called. Dub-
lin area subscribers calling Sea-
forth face the same-problem.
Family MoVes
To. Stratford
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maloney•
were honored Saturday evening
when 70 friends and neighbors
gathered in. the St. James'
school hall. Mr. and Mrs. Mal-
onek have moved to Stratford.
. On behalf of • the gathering,
an address was read by 'W.
Whittaker aiidJanies Kelly pre-
sented the couple with a chair
and purse. .Mr„ Maloney replied
' and, ',expressed their regrets on
leaving the community.
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begin, the ear moved forward
truck and as . he was about to Seaforth Couple
Former friends and neighbors!
called pn" them el; itew
of Mr. and_ 'Mrs. Jo Murphy
Seeferth reildence ednesdv.*
evening to honor them follow,
ing their recent move from St.
ColuMban.
, On 'behalf of the gaihering •
Angus Kennedy read an address
and Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs.
Len O'Rourke presented' them '
with a pole lamp, Eta' tray and
vase.
Announce Gifts
To Park Fund
'Recent gifts to the Seaforth
Lions Park include:
Don Brodie, $5; Miss Margaret
Grieve, $5; and, Seaforth. Branch
156, Royal Cahadian Legion, $50.
Scott MacKay and Agnes Scott
"or Campbell." The document
was witnessed by C. L Van Eg-
mond, mill 'owner, and Robert
Fulton, blacksmith. The son
Thomas died in 1879, before his
father, and Mrs. Scott in 1878.
Much more could. be written•
of this • Tuckersinith -pioneer,
but it is equally interesting to
follow the careers of the sur-
viving sons, William and Matt-
hew, as brought to light through
the untiring research of Miss
Belle Campbell, Seaforth. The
one thing well-known is that
William endowed Seaforth gen-
eral hospital, known as Scott
Memorial Hospital, established
in 1929 and the Seaforth Com-
munity Hospital has mounted in
the waiting-roem a tablet "To
- the Glory of -God and in Mem-
once worked all night to steak
a neighbor's wheat, not only
without payment but without
letting the neighbor know 'Who
had done the good deed . . .
They had no vehicle in which
to go ,to town, but walked the
distance, three to four miles.
Their sister -Agnes was mar-
ried to William Campbell, who
farmed only a few lets east, in
Concession VI. When Mr. Camp-
bell died, in the early 1860s,
Matthew went to that farm and
worked there for 18 years. The
neighbors used to say that Mat-
thew feneed the Campbell place
in his noon-hour. He would put
his team in the stable to feed,
eat his own dinner, and then
go, out and put up a stretch of
,fence.
If William Scott, the father,
"acc'd'ntulated a competency,"
as stated in his obituary, his
sons were not ones to bury in , Dashwood, to the local parish
the ground the talents handed for $1.00 and the parish is to
pay legal fees.
The board named its chair-
man, Vincent Young of Goder-
ich, and vice-chairman, 'Keith
Culliton of Stratford, as dele-
gates, to represent the board at
the Western Ontario Area Trus-
tees' meetings.
The board accepted the resig-
nation of • business administra-
tor, Paul Franck of Stratford
and will advertise the position.
•The tender of • Ross Scott
Ltd., *waled, to supply 'No,
2 fuel oil required for heating
in eleven separate schools in
Huron and Perth, was accepted
Bequests of $2,000 were made• as well as a tender for supply-
to nieces and nephews McKay,
in Elk:7 N.D., and to Marg-
aret He , housekeeper. No
such ce as Mimed is now
listed' in North Dakota or any
adjoining State; there may have
been a change of name. ,
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ing gasoline for the three board-
owned school buses in the Zur-
ich area and the one school bus
at Rit 1, Britton, beginning Nov-
ember 1. The • tender amounts -
were 15.4 cents pet gallon 'for
oil and 24.1 cents plus 18 cents
tax for gasoline.
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