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SE.AFORTH. ONTARIO. May 17, 1973
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Letters to the Editor
May 3, 1973.
Sir:
I would like to enlist yourcb-operation
in assisting us to carry outAa researci,
program on Ruffed Grouse, supported by
the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
If you could bring the following information
to the attention of your readers, we would be most appreciative.
As a part of a ,continuing research
project on Ruffed GroUse at the University
of Giielph, we are attempting .to collect
a sample of 'eggs from 'the wild. The
eggs are required to produce grouse for use in the research project.
Due to the great difficulty in locating netts, it is necessary to have the co-operation of as many people as possible.
Any person ilocating a neat within one
hundred twenty-five miles of Guelph is
asked to mark the location, bat net Wills-
turb the nest. They should contact tia by phoning collect to:
Miss Pauline Corcoran (519) 824-4120,
Ext. 2703 during business hours
or at other times,
Dr. A.L.A. Middleton (519) 822-3832
Mr. Don Price (519) 824-2276
Mr. Allan Garbutt (519) 823-5534 -
we will come to pick up the eggs as
soon as possible and will pay the locator
one dollar per egg for his trouble.
The number of eggs collected in any
one area will not be sufficient 'to harm the
local grouse population. Al captive birds
are, of course, given the Best possible
care.
A. L. A. Middleton
Associate professor
University of Guelph
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st .er.11 Pr4r,orl trkr,p-r v.
The use of-committees
in carrying on the busin-
ess of Municipal Councils
and area boards can result
in the saving of much time
and in a more informed
consideration 'of matters
before such bodies.
Instead of a coun
wrestling with an invotVed
propoSal about which mem-
bers have had little ad-
vance knowledge, a com-
mittee of council Which
has studied the matter in
detail can make recommen-
dations and be in a posi-
tion to answer questions.
Council or a board then
can make a decision based
on fact, not on personali-
ties or as a result of
surmise.
While there are many
a . . :les to the commit-
tee sys there alscLAre
hazards. There is an in- ' "
creasing trend in many
municipalities towards
the decision making pro-
cess'being undertaken in
committee of the whole
with a terse decision then
betng announced in open
Council.
Thus the public is
denied detailed informat-
ion t'oncetnIng matters
that.' af.'e'of'publfc concern
Members are able to hide
behind the committee
screen. Their views are
not known nor are the
reasons upon which they
base their decisions.
Certainly there are
areas where private com-
mittee meetings are proper
and necessary but these
occasions should be con-
fined to matters dealing
with personnel and per-
haps, in slome -cases, with
discipline and with cer-
tain negotiations where_
prior knowledge would pre-
judice the Tublic. In all
other cases the use of
the committee system to
short circuit the right of
the public to know is a
travesty of the democratiC
process as we understand
it.
Such would appear to
be the case in the an-
nouncement concerning the
Huron Board of Education
budget.
At no time was the
budget discussed at a board
Committee decisions
meeting. The public has
no knowledge as to why a
tax increase of 2.1 mills
was necessary. 'It 'has not
been told if there are
fewer students or more or
whether the number and ..,
salaries of the adminis-
trative staff have in- .
creased or decreased pro-
portionally and by how
much. Huron taxpayers
are in darkness as to
whether the trustees they
elected favor or are against
the recommendations of its
committees and the ad-
ministrative staff. For
that matter it is not
known whether ,om not re-
commendations were made.
' The budget of any pub-
lic body is the very foun-
dation upon which its ac-
tivities are based.
On it depends not only
the taxes which ratepayers
4're—called on to pay but
also the extent of the,.
services which those taxes
will provide. As far as
Huron tax payers are aware
this vital function was
carried out without any
consideration, without
discussion.
The budget was not dis-
cussed alt-'.the at %1
April meettn0 %A r Was.,ony,
refereffee k Mide tirqt fh "
discussion with the press
following the conclusion
of'a committee of the
whole meeting the same
evening. Yet ten,days
later a news release over
the signature of the Direc-
tor -of ,Education. indicated
the Board had approved its
estimates of expenditures
" and revenues.
While the ratepayers
of Huron in effect may be
shareholders in the county
education system, board
members should remember
that they are members , of
a Tublic body and not the
directors of a private
company, no matter how
convenient such a concep-
tion may be for those con-
cerned.
Carefully sterilized
announcements by staff
people concerning board
decisions are not suffic-
ient under our system and.
deny the taxpayers of
Huron information to which
they are entitled.
4ce
Sugar. and Spice
By Bill Smiley,
MAY 20, 1895.
The other- day, the Allen boys, of Hat:-
lock succeeded in digging.'six young foxes
out of their den. They intend to raise
them as pets. • •
. Harry Rutson, 'While working on the
piers at Hayfield harbour met with a very
painful i.nd serious accident, One of
the heavy 4imbers rolled on his foot,
crushing the instep badly. •
The veteran painter, D. Clarke., was
a busy man in Egmondville. Among other
'residences improved are these of Messrs.
W. Bickle and R. Hicks. He also has
the contract for painting the woodwork
outside the manse.
. Mrs. Wm. Allen of Egmondville has
purchased "*"a nice buggy, the comfort of
• which she mad' be loogr_.spared to enloy.
A x1411 iblea 1011 "AV,. HX6s
pu itc i‘sed thp a nd OP*Ore'side nee of, the':
late Mayor 666 Gettit'h St. paying
therefor the sum of $150o.00'.
ThOs. E. Hays has rented the Baechler •
farm in Colborne Township and is stocking •
it with three hundred head of light stockers
which he expects to ship to theOld Country
in August.
Miss Nettie Wilson of tow n has returned
from Toronto where 'she has 'completed a
successful course in domestic science.
Albert Coates of Constance showed
us a curiosity in the shape of a double
headed 'turkey.
Abe Davidson went to Mitchell, where
he will be in parinership with his cousin,
and will take charge of the Hicks House.
Jacob Weber of Egmondville, has pur-
chased the hotel property of C. P rendergast
in Dublin.
John Walker of Roxboro, well known
florist, has the most beautiful bed of
pansies we have ever seen.
The barns of, M. Hill, Hullett, west
of Londesboro, and W. Robinson. near
Clinton, were struck by lightning during
the storm and with their contents were „
completely consumed.
The little' four year old son of James
McConnell of Tuckersmith,. had 'a mir-
aculous escape from death by drowning.
A man was engaged in digging post holes,
when the child fell head first into one of
the holes, which had two feet of water in
it.. The dog noticed and made such a fuss
that the man hurried to the spot and the
boy was saved.
Philip Murray, of Blake, Is l.earning
the watch making business.
Business is commencing to boom again
in St. Joseph. Mr. Cantin is making
preparations to do a large season's build-
ing and operations have already com-
menced. deo,,campbell has just returned
from Georgian Bay and brought with him
a vessel laden with lumber, shingles and
posts.
Special services in connection with
the laying of the corner stone of the new
Methodist Church at Londesboro, are being
held on Sunday.
MAY 18, 1923.
• The trustees of Union School Section
No. 1 McKillop and Logan, have let the
contract for their new school to John
Querengesser of Brodhagen for $5,520,
the trustees are to supply the brick,
gravel, cement, and do the excavating.
Edward Pryce has a fine herd of
steers, numbering about 40 on his pas-
ture lots on the Leadhury line.
Wm. ,Bristow of town has taken the
contract for the erectidn of a fine rug-
brick dwelling for James Cowan, Centre
St. 4," The Seaforth Highlander's Band has
been engaged for the Brbssels cele-
bration on June 4th,
The bowlers in town will open the
season with a tournament on May 24th.
The club has taken down the old picket
fence an d erected a wire one aroemd
the greens. •
D. Fotheringham of Tuckersmith, re-
cently purchased froth Robert NarriS of
Hibbert, a three year old filly for which
he paid $225.00.
Duncan Johnston of Walton has pur-
chaSed the Sparling farm west of _the
village, and intends putting in a crop.
Armour Utindas of Walton is running
a truck for w. Neal, and gathers cream
and eggs.
Robert Elgie of Chiselhurst has had
his fine large barn protected from light-••
ning by having it rodded in an up-to-date
manner,. •
H. Drehman of Hayfield, whoSe place
was burned last year, recently purchased
the office formerly occupied by Dr.Smith
and is having a storey built on and the
ground floor fitted up for a store.
Misses Beth Barton, Evelyn Adams
and Elizabeth Keating of the London
Normal School spent the week end' at
their homes here.
Miss Thelma Pethick of town attended
the graduation exercises at Victoria Hos-
pital in London.
Messrs. Everatt Rivers, Arch Hays
and Ted Merner, of the Toronto Dental
College' were home for the holidays.
J. H. Smith, who purchased the Lease
of H. R. Scott's shoe store, will open
with an entirely new stock of boots and
'shoes.
Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge, Seaforth;
marked its 11th anniversary when, visiting
lodges 'from Goderich, Mitchell and
Stratford, numbering 200, came to cele-
brate. During the evening, Sister
Aberhart was presented with a set of
Burns poems.
MAY 21, 1948.
Barbara Reid, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Reg. S. Reid of Stratford, established
a record of 10 seconds in the 75 yard
dash at the Waterloo- College track and
field games held in Kitchener. Fifteen
years old, she is a granddaughter of 'Mrs.
J. F. Reid of Seaforth.
Seaforth Public school choirs, .under
the direction of Miss M. F. Turnbull,
captured top honors and wire awarded
three shields in the_Huron County Festi-
val of Music at Goderich.
An agreement for the operation of a
Seaforth dump was entered into between
Seaforth and Tuckersmith after a four
hour meeting in the Town Hall with mem-
bers of the two councils in attendance.
Two Seaforth residents were honored at
an investiture held in London Armouries
when awards were presented. They were
Squadron Leader Alfred Copeland and
Squadron Leader A. Y. McLean, who each
were inducted as members of the order
of the British Empire.
Rev. W. A. Young of Fergus, a former
minister of Carmel Church, Hensall, was
the guest speaker at the Centennial ser-
vices on Sunday.
Elgin Short, principal of Hensall Pub-
lic school, has accepted a position as
principal of a six-roomed school at
Palmerston.
Douglas Lawless, teacher in Walton
, School for the past four years, h a s
bought a home in Peterborough and In-
tends moving during the sum:1w holidays.
A temporary bridge is being erected
west of Egmondville which will mean a
slight detour from the main road. The
Egmondville bridge will be torn down and
an up-to-date structure will be built in
its place.
Thos. Flanagan, 7th line of McKillop,
recently caught a coot on a ditch bank.
The bird apparently had been injured
as it had a broken wing. It is similar
in size to a pigeon and is blue in color.
It is now being fed at the home of
Fred Herbert.
George McGavin of town is attending
a services• 'manager school at the Ford
Motor Co. in Windsor.
Norman Lamont, son" of Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Lamont left for Delhi where he
will engage in the tobacco industry.
Donald Munn, who completed his year'
at the University of Western Ontario, left
for Shilo .Army Camp, Manitoba, or a
16 week C.O.T.C. Course.
word was received by, Miss Belle
Smith that George Murray, ' a former
well known resident of Sea-forth, had died
in Brandon, Man.
The fishing tug H. Misener" owned
and operated by H. H. Misener & Sons of
Port Dover, moved to Bayfield and will
fish out of there. It is a large steel tug
carrying a crew of five men.
On Sunday morning a large seaplane
was forced to land on the north side of
the river at Bayfield, owing to the dense
fog.
pl.:amber*
What would you like to see U ydu
were going to England this summer? The
changing of the Guards? The Tower of
London? Shakespleare's - • home town?
Wordsworth's lake country? Winchester
Cathedral?
This is• not yet a bUrning question
around our house, but I've been giving it
some thought. Somehow, tramping around
with a clump of tourists while some guide,
spieli,off a bored monologue doesn't appeal,'
to me.
I spent many a leave in London during
the war, and never did get around to
seeing anything historical beyond a few
ancient pubs.
And when I think of the south of
England, and Scotland, all that comes to
mind is piles of picturesque pubs.
I did spent an afternoon in the cathedral
at Chester. But that was because I.
was with a girl, and it was cool and
private in there. And the pubs weren't
open yet.
I spent a month within a stone's throw
of ancient Kenilworth Castle, and didn't
get near it. The castle was in the': Op-
posite direction to an ancient and venerable
thatch-roofed pub, out in the country.
Another two- Months was spent near .
Shrewsbury, one of the very old country
towns,, no doubt crawling with history.
All I can remember . are two pubs, the
Red Lion and the Old Post Office. When
we didn't go there, we nipped across the
nearby Welsh border to the little town of
Oswestry, where there was a pub with a
roaring open fire and a constant game of
Tip-It, an old game that is as psycholo-
gical as poker.
' One of the few historical sites I did
visit was in the old market town of Dum-
fries, in Scotland. The site was - you
guessed it - a pub where the bard Robbie
Burns spent most of his eveningswhen he
lived near there. I felt pretty cultural
about that. .
When in London, do as the Londoner&
do, was my motto. And you don't find them
standing around gawking althe guards or
limping on weary arches through the
Tower. You find them in the, pubs.
Sound like one long, alcoholic orgy?
I 'hasten to assure you that it wasn't.
It was a 'matter of choice, not a boozer's
delight.
You could hang around the officers'
mess. This Was a bleak,, draughty place
with a few ancient magagnes. The only
source of heat was a fireplace with
about three bits of coal sputtering in it,
and, standing in front of it, three or four
fat senior officers with whiskies inhand.
Or you could get on your bike, with a
few kindred souls, and huddle off through
the rain to the pub. There you found
warmth, . both physical and social. Girls -
Navy, Land Army, Waaf. Local colour.
Games - darts or shove-ha'-penny. And
if' you hit the right night and knew the
berme( the'? might Vie, en be F s at?4 s d-
e w
e , of ve
chosen, if you were a young man? No
question. Right?
However, that brings me tomy present
predicament. I can't very well take my
wife all the way to England and expect
her to be wildly enthusiastic over nothing
but an extended pub crawl.
Somehow I can't see her being ec-
static about bicycling through the rain
to get to The Gate Hangs High, up in North
wales. It has room for twelve customers
and we used to get about thirty in there.
She might enjoy the Cheshire Cheese,
on Fleet St. Or the wagon Shed, at
Horley, the Nag's Head, behind St.
George's Hospital on Kittygut St., or the
Star and Garter, St. John's Wood.
But one interesting pub becomes much
like another after a while, unless you
just want to get in out of the rain,
or unless you have memories.
. What it comes down to is this. If
a man's going back to his old haunts, he
should leave his wife at home. Other-
wise,, he'll hear something like, “What
in the world do you see in this place?
The 'Golden Lion' my foot. It looks
more like a brindled dog. When are
we having lunch at Claridges?"
So, I guess the only choice is to
leave her at home. I'll miss her bid I
won't be lona... I'm going to calla pour;
of old buddies, Jack Ryan and Bill
tor, who have sentimental memories al,
the same pubs. Take them along.
Woops. Ryan has six kids. Might be
a bit awkward for him. And, oh • yea,
Proctor took his wife to England a ,few
years, ago, introduced hereto some of his
old girl friends, with disastrous results.
He's forbidden ever to. go again.
Oh, well, I guess me and the Old
Lady can sit and feed the pigeons in
Trafalgar Square. Or go to Bourne-
mouth and watch the old women whizzing
around in their electric carts.
F.
"You're being transferred, Hawkins,"
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