HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-11-23, Page 1McKillop farmer wins
world's hay 4:ward
The worlds hay championship
came to Huron for the 9th time
when Russel Bolton, ,kt.11.1., Sea-
s forth was awarded top honors at
the Royal Winter Fair.
Mr. Bolton gained the award
for his entry of second cut hay
85% legume -: SeCond place went
to Reeve Elgin Thompson of
Tuckeramith.
Last year Russell,•Dallas of
Brucefield won the title for the
third time, claiming wins in 1963,
1989 and 19'71. Before that,
Robert Allan of Brucefield won
in 1958 -and 1962; Robert F o-
theringham, R.R.4, Seaforth, won
in 1965 and 1966; and Wilber
"Keyes, R.R.4, Seaforth won the
title in 1964.
Farmers from the Staffa area
also have claimed several top
awards for grains at the Royal.
Lorne Fell, R.R.2, Staffa, re-
ceived a second for his Garry
oats in competition with farm-
ers. from Ontario and provinces
east of Ontario. He won a third
for Herta barley in conipetition
with farmers from the sam e area,
and' a third in world competi-
tion and another sample of two-
row Herta barley.
Mr. Fell's sample of Store-
mont oats placed fifth in world
competition at the Royal.
Neighbors of his, A. H. Day-
nard, Staffa, won first with two-
rowed barley, pedigreed seed,
sample drawn by a government
inspector, and William Butson,
R. R. 2, Staffa, placed fifth in
the same class,
Spencer Jeffery, R.R.2, Staf-
fa, came second with his sample
of pedigreed white beans. All
pedigreed seed winners, men-
tioned had their samples Pro-
cessed by Mr. Fell.
Other area winners were
Charles Rau, Zurich, who took
3rd place with Seafares white
beans, Robert Pryle Hensall, 1 st
place for Genesee soft winter
wheat and John Peck Kippenthird
in the same class with Talbot
soft winter wheat.
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Russell T. Bolton of It.R.1, Seaforth was the winner of the world hay championship, as part of
the field crops competition at this year's Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. It is the 9th time the
' championship has been brought to Huron. In the picture are, (left) Mr. and Mrs. Bolton and D. A.
Stewart of white Farm 'Equipment, presenting the White Farm Equipment Trophy.
Board qualifies policy
on student field excursions
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There is lots of action at Seaforth Town Hall as Seaforth Senior Citizens compete in a euchre
series that continues each week day In accommodation made mailable on' the second floor in rooms
overlooking Main Street. The games are a continuation of those that go on all summer at a, shady
street side spot at Market and Main Streets. While thesames go on without interruption, the
players change from time to time and participate 'on a first come first served basis. Busy last
Wednesday in the main •11300m were (clockwise) Zack McSpadden, Peter Dunlop, Joe Oliver, JoSeph
White, Alex Dennis and Russel Carter. At play in the second room are (left) Andrew Crozier,
John Trefneer, Ed. Brady, Wilber Godkin and John Johnston. (Staff Photo)
Philippines offer variety
S.D.H.S. graduate reports
Father Jack McIver., formerly of St.Columban and presently
at a parish in Southern Leyte Island, one of the Philippine
Islands,- chats with Margie Whyte during her visit to the
Philippines last summer.
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SEAYORTH„ ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23,- •1972
Some additions were made to
the present policy on Field Trips
and Excursions within Huron
County Schools. Decision on the
matter was reached Monday
evening at the boarcPs regular
November meeting in Clinton.
It was agreed -that students
participating in trips which occur
either entirely or in part during
It vacation periods from the school
do so as private individuals and
not as members of a group spun-
sored by the school. Teachers
who accompany the students- are
also considered private individ-
uals and not repreientatives of
the board.
Teachers who may be absent
from school as a result of partici-
pation in such trips will be sub-
ject to loss of pay for any school
days for which they are absent.
The matter of School Safety
Patrqls was also discussed. It
was decided that parenti must
• give written consent for their
children to act as Safety, pa-
trollers; such students will be
properly trained by the police;
administration of the patrols will
be through the co-operation of the
principal of the school and the
local police; and students in-
volved in•Safety Patrols are to
be specificalrY instructed that
they have no authority to stop
vehicular traffic.
Three new custodians were
hired. They are Grant Turner
beginning duties atGoderich Dis-
trict Collegiate Institute and T.
Nethery and C. Finnigan, start-
ing at F.E. Madill Secondary
School in Wingharp. These new
duties commence December 1,
1972.
Contracts for snow removal
were accepted. They gb to Carl
D'Arcey, Howick Central, $125
per month for months of
* December, January, February
and March; John Carmichael,
East ,Wawanosh PS, $10 per hour;
Robert Galloway,Stephen Central
$8 per hour; Grey Central, J. E.
Struthers, $10 per hour; and
Huron Centenpial PS, James Nott
Jr., $10 per hour.
Alterations will be made to
Wingham Public School to accom.
modate Golden Circle School and
the services of Kyles, Kyles and
Garratt have been retained by
the board for the project.
At Queen Elizabeth School in
Goderich, an additional room has
been leased from the Huron.
Perth Separate School Board ef. .
• fective January 1, 1973 at $25
per month. months' although it is more than
The former AinleyvilleSCheel six years since the town first
Threat of Inclement weather
forced a ribbon cutting ceremony
planned for Seaforth's new
sewage ptunping,.., facilities
indoors on Wednesday.
When officials decided cold
and snow would hamper an on the
site ceremony proceedings were
moved to the Town Hall.
The $410,000 treatment sys-
tem has a capacity of 500,000
gallons a day. The facilities
include a pumping ,station of a
prefabricated, underground
design, and 3 lagoons of 15 acres
each. Provision has been made
for an additional 3 lagoons.
Total .construction time was 12
The following resignations
were received by ill; board: Mrs.
M. Jean Keith, Usborne Central
teacher and Mrs. :Edith Taylor,
Clinton PS teacher; and non-
teaching personnel Mrs. Lois
Lee, Howick; Mrs. Joanne Ivic-
Calturn, Huron Centennial; and
property in Brussels will be
returned to, that community the
board decided.
approached the then soWRC for
approval for the plant.
With the bringing into use
of the disposal facilities, the
town now awaits action by the
department on plans for extend-
ing sewer service across the
town. The province has been
considering the matter for
nearly two years pending sub-
mitting a proposal -which „Sea-
forth has requested.
The contractor on the project
was C. A. McDowell, Centralia
and the consulting engineer was
J. F. MacLaren Ltd., London.
The short ceremony held in
the council chamber included an
invocation by Rev. M. E, Reuber
of Northside United Church anc .,
meeting.
The policy sets forth that the
curriculum will include such pro-
grams as will ensure that
students are made aware of the
physical and psychological dang-
ers incurred through the
improper and illegal use of drugs.
Principals, teachers andnon-
teaching school employees will
be requested to co-operate fully -
with law enfbrcement agencies
and report to them any infor-
mation that would be beneficial
in their efforts to stem the in-
crease' in illegal use of drugs.
Principals will be informed
that any pupil or employee com-
ing upon the campus of any school',
in possession of ar under the
influence of illegal drugs of any
kind, or attempting to sell or
use illegal drugs on the campus
of any school shall be suspended
forthwith and the facts reported
immediately to the Director of
Education.
Principals will then present
to tile board, for consideration or
expulsion. or dismissal, the name -
or names of any pupil or employee
,convicted of an offence involving
drugs.
In a brief discussion about the
drug problem believed to exfst
in the county schools, Chairman
R.M.Elliott told the board that
there is some speculation among
parents as to whether or not the
recent drug film shown in the
high schools by the HuronCounty
Health Unit served any useful
purpose.
He said ..that it is the opinion
of some parents that students
need something "to .scare them".
They should see "the gory de-
tails of results of drug abuse
habits", Elliott felt.
James Coulter, superin-
tendent of program and planning,
said that the Art Linkletter film
recently in the high schools was
"really not very instructive".
Hi said the county schools are
planning to purchase a film which:
he described as considered
superior to the Linkletterfilm.
The death occurred at his
residence R. R. 2, Zurich on
Tuesday Nov. 21st, of Herbert
Alvin Rau in his 62nd year.
Active in the community for,
a number of years he served
on Stapley council - and repre-
sented the township at county
council as deputy reeve. He
was a member of Fr. Stephen
!Eckert 's council of Seaforth and
the General Assembly 4th 15e-.
gree.
He 1S ,,euivivd!' by • his widow
the former Esther Duffy of Mc-
KillOp and a, daughter Pamela at
home. He also is survived by
a brother Roy Rau and a sister
Beatrice, Mrs. John Regier of
Seaforth.
Remains rested at the West-
lake Funeral Home, Zurich un-
til Thursday morning when a
funeral mass was conducted in
St. Peter's R.C. Church, St.
Joseph. " Interment followed
in the adjoining cemetery.
Huron Board acts
to curb drug use
in county schools
A detailed policy for drug
education in Huron County
Schools as well as to curb the
,abuse of drugs in the county
schoolS; especially as it relates
to the pupil population, was
passed Monday evening in Clinton
at the board's regular November
Investigate
robbery at
Staffa store
Ontario Provincial Police in
Sebringville are still inves-
tigating an med robbery which
occurred i S fa Friday night.
Two y uths on armed with
a revolve walke into the John
A. Sadler nd Son general store,
and demanded money from Robert
Sadler, owner of the store.
Mr. Sadler, reported $150
to $1'75 stolen in the robbery.
One youth was described as
five feet, eight inches tall and
the other about five feet, five.
inches, and may have been a girl.
Both were wearing jeans.
• The two left the store and
went west on County Road 16
in an old-model car.
Approval for
official
plan nears
Approval of seaforths official
plan came a step nearer Monday
night wrien planning board and
council considered a series of
modifications which the Ontario
department considered desirable
before providing ministerial ap-
provaL
The modification - 14 in
number were discussed with Hur-
on planner Gary Davidson and
since no changes in principal
were involved were recom-
mended for approval of council.
Council in turn .advised the .
ministry of its concurrence.
The plan has been under con-
sideration by departmental offic-
ials in 'Toronto for nearly a year.
Wins prize
Ed. Daly, Seaforth, has won
the second weekly prize of $25.
in the Lions Car Club 3,
Miss Judy Hulley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.-
Eldon Hulley, Seaforth has
recently graduated from
the School of Nursing at
South Huron Hospital, Ex-
eter.
She has been accepted
on the nursing staff at
Exeter,,
HERBERT ALVIN RAU
Former
Stanley
reeve dies .
invocation by Rev. H. J. Laragh
of St. James Roman Catholic
Church. Mayor F. C. J. Sills
in welcoming the group recalled
details of the program and the
involvement of the town:
D. S. Caverly, assistant de-
puty minister of. the ministry of
the environment, congratulated
the town for realizing its old
system was inadequate and tak-
ing ,the steps to get the new
treatment system installed.
John Root, MPP, chairman of
the environmental hearings board
of the ministry, ass6red the town
rapid growth would follow this
expansion of its sewage treat-
ment facilities.
(Continued on Page 14)
(Miss M e Whyte spent
the summer in the Philippine
Islands doing volunteer work with
Canadian Crossroads. In this
article she continues her story
of her experiences and impres-
sions of the Islands and its
people with whom she is working.
Following . the completion of
her work with. Crossroads she
travelled to Australia as the first
step in 'See the World' route
back to her Hullett home.
Miss Whyte , who graduated
last spring from the university
Of Guelph with an Honors B.A.
Degree, left Canada at the end
of May. She is a daughter of
Mrs. W. L. Whyte and the late
Mr. Whyte, R.R.2, Seaforth.)
By Margie Whyte
Hello again from the other
side: of the world! In my
first article, I related to you
the unique learning experience
that Heather Blair of Saskatche-
wan and mySelf had while
spending five weeks on a Negrite
reservation in Northern Luzon.
Thig we enjoyed while in the
Philippines on a volunteer sum-
mer project with Canadian
Crossroads International.
For the remainder of .our
stay in the Philippines, we were
most fortunate in having the op-
portunity to stay in a number of
other typical Filipino communi-
ties, and it is these experiences
I wish to• relate to you now.
The variety of life and scenery
of the Philippines offers a great
deal to any traveller. I was most
impressed by the courtesy,
friendliness and sincere hospit-
, ality of the Filipinos. Though
Filipinos speak about 87 dialects,
and Tagalog is the nationll lang-
uage, English is taught in all
schools, and spoken and under-
Stood in most places. Thus, in
general, we did not experience a
very strong language barrier .
there'd always be someone
nearby that could hail us out.
Sometimes, when the natives
found out that we could not under-
stand their dialect, they'd have
a great discussion on us two white
"Americanos"! Once, just in
retort, Heather and I started to
converse in French!
Manila, the main port of en-
try to the Philippines is a city
full of life. Crowded streets
and market places, colourful
transport and heavy traffic with
its incessant horn-blowing,
sweepstake ticket sellers and
cigarette pedlars, the art gal-
leries, historic 'buildings and
quiet parks, the P lace, the
magniflcient hutldin of.the new
commercial centre a akati -
all these things reflect the many
facets of life in Manila.
Traffic in Manila always
seems continuous - cars, buses,
taxis and the bizarre jeepneys
which by far.„, minate the traffic.
Jeepneys (converted jeeps) carry
eight to ten passengers; sitting
along each side of the covered
vehicle . . . These jeepneys are
gaily coloured and spectacularly
ornamented, often carrying
amusing slogans. Taxi cabs are
plentiful, and wlththousands of
cars and other vehicles on the
road„ I saw surprisingly few
ac dents . Believe me, I'd
never have the , nerve to brave
driving in this city's dreadful
traffic.
In the country, other means
of transport are the slow,
horse-drawn calesa, and tricy-
cles, which are motor bikes with
a carriage attached to one side
big enough to carry two passen-
gers. Absolutely no peace is
obtained while riding in one of
their buses . . . at every stop
people jump an with goods to
sell, or if the bus is too crowded
they'll sell their products through
the windows.
In the streets, boys sell new-
papers, food, cigarettes, and soft
drinks to those in vehicles pas-
sing by*. As well, shoeshine boys
hang out at the airport and bus
terminals carefully inspecting
everyone's shoes for likely cu-S-
tamers.
We met a few beggars on the.
streets or in the markets. On
one occasion in San Marcelino,
an old lady came to the home •
in which we were visiting, with
a paper typed in English giving
her permission to beg.
And another aspect that I
found amusing was that the Fili-
pinos who have a golden-brown
skin colour would use umbrellas,
and the girls would wear long
sleeves and long paets at times
to protect themselves from the
sue . . as they didn't wish to
get too dark. And yet we white
people want dark tans 1 1
I also encountered, with mixed
feelings, the sellers of balut.
Filipinos consider Balut ,(a
boiled, partly-incubated duck'
egg) a delicacy. In Rizal prov-
ince, ducks are raised solely for
making balut. The unborn duck-
ling, surrounded by a thin
brownish fluid, is eaten feathers
and all. It supposedly is very
nutritious, but I never had the
nerve to taste it!!!
The home of the country
people iS the typical "nipa hut
on stilts". The houses,usually
with 3-4 rooms, are built two
feet off the grounds 'to: evade
flood waters during the rainy
season. Bamboo slats for the
floors, weaved palm partitions
for the walls and a thatched roof
on top makes a cosy little hut!
In the homes that I visited, they
had no electricity, thus no re-
frigerator, stove, washer or
dryer, lights, hot water, ktc.
"Wow! it sure "opened my eyes"
as to how we take for granted
so many of our luxuries back
home.
AGRICULTURE: In the country,
the rhythm of life is slower, but
the farmers work hard - planting,
sowing, cultivating, and harvest-
ing their crops. The main crop
in the Philippines. is rice, but
other important products are
sugar, abaca, tobacco, pineap-
ples, coconuts, bananas and some
dairy products. .
Agriculture is characterized
by small farm cultivation. Except
for rice, the farmers do not plant
secondary crops in large scale;
rather, they diversify their farms
by growing a few other crops, or
(Continued on Page 10)
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Andrew Bremner, Grey Central.
Two items have been put onto
next month's agenda. The matter
of Henry Pulsifer's request to
give guitar lessons in the school
will be re-examined. As well,
a high school bus parking problem
in wingham will be discussed with
an, eye to finding an alternative
solution to the present system of
parking the busses on town-owned
property.
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Mayor Frank Sills, centre, cut a ribbon Wednesday to officially open the town's new sewage
treatment facilities. Cold weather-forced the ceremonies inside the town hall where D. S. Caverly,
left, assistant deputy minister, ministry of the environment, and John Root, chairman of the
• environmental hearings board of the ministry, right, assisted Mayor Sills. Rev. H. J. Laragh, who
also • took part, is 'seated at the far left. (Staff Photo)
Town has opening ceremonies for
new sewage disposal facilities