HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-08-23, Page 1%tele NO. 5602
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• the Canadian vernacular
interpretation of the n ecrgta "
• _style seen ' in 'he.ny „of.
Ontario's . early nineteenth
' century buildings. The head-,
' some door with 'its rec
elder transom and s1deltghts'
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LIST 23 1,973
oAlltith luck Teen ers
t HPROchools y red or opening injure In
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. actident Workmen are busy completing Mary School. lie said work had .Facillty a Medicine, university ToWashipg, to the ne,arest sepaei; •,, • •
encevations to • s1owed,dur1ng the of Western Ontarie rate Cchocdp., e. 4 • weeks • •
in Stratford putting eVerything behind sche- ,„. Mr.. Vintar kaid a survey on . TWo new ' separate sehO -ttl ' .
area accidents kept ' - a Mary School dule, . - e speech and hearing facilitiee 'te zo ees ,are heing .forrned in the Two • .
classes begin ' ' Mr; Ball reported that the Southwestern' Ontario is to ,be Brussels and Blyth areatbY Ed O.P.P.. C,One, . . y table .Ra Primeau,
1 the new school term on Septeme workmen were now making.prp- held. It will deal with early de- • Rowland of the Seaforth hoard,bus h , , e '
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Two 'Seaforth area teenagers
were admitted to the Seaforth
Community Hospital early Sunday'
morning as the result Of a Single
'car. accident neat' Winthrop.-ee,
• The driver of the car, Marvin
Kale, 17, .of H.R. Seaforth,
was admitted tethe lepepital with '
laceratiohe. Mary Loir DeGroot,
, also o • H.R. , Seaforth,
was admitted withe .a fractured
right leg and- lacePatiens.
The accident happened at 12:30
a.m. Sundayi 2 1/2 miles east
of Winthrop on Huroll C Minty Road
17, When the car wept off the
and •
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the additions and
St. Aloy.siuS'Schoo
and Holy Name of
irrSt. Marys befOr
• HoWard ' Shantz, Stratford,
chairman of the ad hoc corn,'
mittee On buildihg, projects, re-
ported at ea meeting of the Huron-
, Perth County . th Homan Caolic
Separate School Board in Seafarth •
Mondey night thatjhere'ire Still
quite a number of reams tofirdsh
at SteAloYsins.
It's f'quite a prohlem" he
said, as he eletalled all the week
to he completed in construction,'
• decorating and furnishing the
$202,000 addition at St. Aloysius.
Mr. Shantz expressed the hepe
that the school , wpuld be Made
ready for the. pupils, even if
all the work -was not completed.
Gordon Ball, St. Mars,
member of the ad hoc ,c,ommittee
• on building projects, reported on
the situation at Holy Nerrie of
gress in the work tie the$315,000
.addition. "I donerthink every!.
thing will be finished when school
starts. There area Jot of &mall
Jobe to, be done, and a lot of
cleaning," he said as' he. Mite '
-.lined ,the work still to be done
M . all said h'e is hopeful
that he furohshtngs will, be put"
back p 'the rooms. next week. ,
,He sta ed hat the builder is Mak-
-"ingeev effort "tb have as much
work done as possible so that the •
teachers will not be ie ,coriven- . ,eienced too meth"; e ..,. .
John Vietar, Superintendent Of t
'Education, told the board mem- ,
b,ers that ail 1n-service progrem..
N for 22 teachers will•••bee held in ,
St.. James' SchoolP,Seaforth on . authorized to make satisfactory!' out cost, in the use of educe- •reed n .
speech dieorders frothAugust " arraegements for tratisporting tional material produced, or Hilda E. Smale, of
27-31. l'-• lecturer. will be Dr. school children from Several new leased by the .C.BC. If the Hill ' Hensall, escaped injury Saturday'- Ca night when the car she was driving „S.-. Tuomi, Assistant Professor, families in Fullerton Grey (c ontinued on Page.75 , went offethe concessiOn. road 13 . e
and .14 .Tuckersmith Township.
tection eand general preventive office.
methOds of speech and hearing Jack Lane, Beshiesa Adminea
problems. It will consider istrator, reported the curaeW
velopment and articulatiop- pro- Interest rate is '8 1/4 per Mite
beerns; deviations in languagede- This is an 'increase of 21/4 per
velopment; and will deal, with spe- • cent more th ea •budgeted 'for
c1fc voice problems by the Board.
cleft palate, heed; Of hearing, • Mr. Vintarread'three letters
e.„stuttering, therapy, etc. , 're c ved from the office Of lion.e
Tai service will he used to , Gerard Pelletier, eViteipter ofs
provide, transportatioe for one Communications; Bill Jervis?'
kindergarten 'Pupil- to Precious M.P.,' Perth-Wilmot; and R.E.
Blood School in 'Exeter. Last e' M• cKinley, M.P., Hurtm, in reply
Year the rate for this .was 75.-"hto letters-sent them saying the
cents a day.. ' H• uron-Perth 'Board supports the
• .Trustees ,Francis private members c143 (Dan
1/,,k; '5, Seaforth, and Oecar kW- Macieetilie e PC from Manitoba).,,
.far, H.R. 1, Bluevale, both on.lhe This, bill will, if passed,', give
transportation hennmietee, were schoo1. boards a free hand with-
Sebringville 0.P.P. investigated
a third accident in Debling SetUr-
day night.
, "We've had trouble with the
roof leaking since the hospital
Opened in Sept. 1965'," said Harry
Pellar, Plant • Superintendent of
Seaforth Community Heipital. A
new roof tor the hospital is now
under coristructiolibySmith-Peat
Roofing of Exeter. Mr. Pellar
say the job shpUld take about_
15 working day's to complete.
A working day, he went on to
explain; is a day without rain,
for the roof must be completely
dry to insure against evaporation.
The original roof was put on in
January in sub zero tempera-
tures, •
"The tar does not flow
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cord ignited a wagon load of
straw at the farm of Earl Papple
Oh the rKippen road' Thursday
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No these aren't tiddlers on the roof! Construction presently is-underway at seeforth Community
'Hospital of a new roof for. the building. The work is being done by Smith-Peat -Roofing of Exeter. Glenn Stire is foreman on the job.
New, roof for 8 year oldlopital
Firerne,n- Ogte 'straw-11re
morning. • Mr: PapPle '"encl his • Tom Papple managed to get
son's Jire arid Tem were loading , the wagon load of Straw away
strew into ,„tfw 'bah) when fire from the barn let° an adjacent
broke Out. ' field Where .the Seaforth Volun- . . • „
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' died Suddenly in BreWer,Maine, • .
protect'. Coast. Mr."Dick wag 63,
while :on a trip tu: :East .
• - Always intereated in public `• •• • e affairs,, th Mr. Dick served -on e --,:reported:ct success . other organizations.
Hibber•t ToWnehle council afid
A police spokesman repolted _ ship F,C
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CJ Mayer . of belongs to the style of the
the McCarthy car was crossing . °oiler der , , Seaforth; . Mr. Ft. V. Pattisont classtcel _Revival which
Perth County Road 107 when it . Warden of HurOn,County; Mr. E.' dominate d the prtevincek: -
Thompson Reeve, Tlickersmith •• architecture-in the 1830hsaier '
Township; Mr. Hebert MeKlegey, 1840's. lilt, etteteture,
M.P. ,(Huron); Mr. Seek Mae% &betide for its effect . on ,
,„P.P. (Huron)e Mr.e1G Alan' igood prophrtiong and; 'aide '
Douglas Curator, Hiram Walker, from thedoor, the only arch!-
Historical Museum,- who -will tectur -eteiling consists Of
represent Ontario's Historic , a dec rative brick frieze
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blowing away from the,, barn church, $200, ' : ' Scott, the noted historian; Dr. as a good example hi the
Word has been rece4ved that' Rodger Whitman, Vice-Chairman. region's -early arehitectuee.
was in collision with the Brosene
car. The McCarthy car weet
'of control, onto .the lawn. of
• 'St. Patrick's Church and. streck
•'" the stone pillars on the chutch.
the blaze to the •straw elide/age:1n. is reported by Oidetb be $1,000,
teer Fire alikertment ,cetptained.• -Damage to ,the McCarthy car
1, • Earl Dick Of 2, Staffa,-
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f O FY senior-4s * •
' operation running moothly. ,
The project iembers feel
that the goals se out in the be-
ginning were a pl shed. This
is shown in t 'ma "homes-that
have been p nted, 15, all, told.
. A' further 'breakdown of MA per-'•
"formed are:, • "
21 veranda and steps' painted
gl. 'window, washing jobs and
'"storms removed. .
4 picket fences painted-.
31-Weeding and garden cleap-up
Jobe,
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street in Dublin . which da.maged
.the stone pillars at St. Patrick's
church there. .
Mrs.* Mary McCarthy, 58, of.,
R.R. 1, . Dublin, driver; ,of, one•
car,_ was admitted with neck in-
juries and , a bruise to the left •
leg. Mrs. Kathleen Monaghan,
75, of Dublin, a passenger in
the •McCarthy vehicle,' wak
admitted-for oheervallon.
Jae Brosene, 17,- Of Dublin,,
driver of the ' second car,' escaped
injury. . ' - •
$300.
'Constable Ray Primeau qthe
Seaferth detachment of the Cr:le..P
investigated the •Inishap•which Another step toward the establishment of • the Van Egmoed house as a museum and major.
occurred 'at 11:30 p.m. Saturday. e tourist, attraction takes place Saturday when a 'plaque will be unveiled ithfront of_the hottge.
TWO Dublin Women Are ad- • The Ontario Historic Sites Board have provided the plaque which lists the-historic contributions
mitted to titeaforthCornipUnity . to the area of the Van Egmond family. The Van Egmond Foundation is continuing their Campaign'
Hospital Sa rday night following for Nog to repay the ba.nieloan which purchased the building.- ..
a two-car collision on the.Main •
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On Saturday, ?Augiist • 25,
at 3:00 p.m„ an historieat plaque
marking the Van Eginoed House
will 'be unvelleclecii n, front of that
.structure in Egm ndville. '
of - Bibbed
nveil Van Egniond plaque
Fortunately, a 'strong wind was the Bresens ear, $4cio nd the , . Sites Board; ' Prof: James , under the eaves. It rerigns on In
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.. Saturday's ceremony Is'beieg
arranged and sponsored by the
Van t gmdfid FoUnda.tion, whose
chairman, uMr.-James.aotg, wIll
act as Master of hererhonies.
Among thdse Who, have been in-
'lilted to take part are: His Weir-
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Van 'Emend, 'one' of the men
of the Van Egmond Folindation;
Mr: John -Flannery, Reeve* and ,
former mayor of Seaforth; Mx-.
Harold 'Turner; President,Huron ,
County Historic al -Society e and
the Reverend 1Harold Snell, a
member of t1b Feundation and a
descendant °1 Ci Anthony Van
Egmond: 'rte plaque -will be
unveiled 'by Mies Susan ,Van
Egmoechea d cendant of, ea?
Colonel. • th ,Reyerend Clifford
Britton, a re red United Church
minister, and a descendant 'of
Colonel an Eginond; will
dedicate th
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HISTORICAL, BACKGROUND ,
T,his large attractive housg,
situated on a hill emerlookingeehe
Hayfield River, was at , the• time
of' its construction the most 1,
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2 persdns moved to Senior-CI-
' tizens Development.
60 lawns mowed.' •
. 2 .hemes where' eavestroughs
, were cleaned.:
21 indoor jobs Le„ floor scrub-
bing,' silver polishing, painting,
,sewing,hing woodwork.,
10 'mi cellan )1 ous jobs Le: plumb-
ing, rug ,a curtain cleaning,
cutting down trees, planting-floW-
• ers, putting, up 'clothes lines.
-The members ,also helped at -- a barbeque • Sponsored by, KU-'
barchin Nursing Home.
Accidents, were 'few, but need- .
less to say the few minor oce
.,actiner_part.ces were covered by insur-
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. . -. . Luekily, the weather co-oper- - e ated, but if 1 . ained the time was
smoothly under those., condi-,
tions," said Mr. Pellar who is
Supervising the abuildin of the
roof. "That may be the rason
why the roof was faulty but we
Wren't know for sure until con-
structionstarts on the main sec-
tion 'of the roof."
"Mid stimener when the temp-
eratures are high is the best time
to roof," said Gordon Mackenzie,
Hospital Administrator. "There
is less chanCe of rain seeping
into the insulation." His own
office has -a temporary w6Oden
drain 'buil from the ceiling to
the Window to divert water leak-
age.
Since the weather has been
dry and hot this year the 'Hos-
pital Board decided to go ahead
with a new -roof rather than a
patch -job for it was difficult to
determine where .the leaks were
and hove-extensive the damage
was in the ineulation and ato
the coping, Mr. It/McKenzie x-
plained.
The new roof IS guaranteed
ter two years and 2" fibreboard
overlap insulation IS being +used.
The cost of the 'new' roof 'which
is approXimately $27,000 Will be
two-thirds financed by a pro-
vincial grant and the remainder
by the Seaforth Community Hos-
pital.
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' Improvement program ,for sen-
' eors, written by project-organi-
zers.'
,This prejectewas Conceived
andejnitiated by a group' of local ,
high school students who felt the
senior citizens 'ph this toWn de-
-served-fie benefit from a:governe
ment sponsoredeprojecte The
senior citizens would benefit by
receiving various services. arid
the youth, by o tattling a. eumener
rob. •
• - Before e project aetpally
'began, there was much research
eo be don-e. This involved con:-
sultatienewith the town clerk and
eMaybe, Hum n County Health Unit 7
'end a few local groups and peo-
ple.. This .resulted in informe-
tton regarding these who needed
help, 'pro'reises of transportation
and musele power, and also sug
kestions 'as to how lo.keep r
o riss.
are over
The seven Summer Band
ConcertS sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce and
Seaforth Jr. Band concluded with'
a concert by the Seaforth Band
and local talent Sunday evening
before a large ard very apprecia-
tive audience.
After '0 Canada' and 'The
Maple Leaf', Mayor F.C. J.Sills
reviewed the, history of Band
*este in Seaforth. After a half
hour of band niumbers, a short
program was presented. it in-
cluded: The Town and Country
Male Quartette under the leader-
ship of Marten Vincent; a vocal
solo with. guitar by Diane
Schneider of Bornholm; Highland
ances by" Sylvia Wilson from
Varna; a . vocal quartette w ith
guitar by the 4,0sborne sisters
from' Monkton and fife and drum •
selections by Mr. Athol Bruce
of 13elgrave and Dr. Toll.
The Banet3emmittee wishes
to express their sincere thanks
to the visiting 'heeds and per-
formers for ,their efforts and
to the support given by the public*
during the past weeks.
, EARL PICK
tie was elected to tee,Hibbert
Counall in 1948 and served as
a councillor until 19e8, when-he
was elected reeve. IleAirected
council affairs as reeve Until
1966. .
He was a mefnber of the'
Seaforth Community Hogpi tal
Board for over 20 years. lle,
was a member of the Ausable-
Baytield Conservation Authority,
and served on the Hensall,
'and Seaforth Fair Boards.
He was a director of the Van-
Egmonci. Foundatien.
Mr. Dick was a member of
Mitchell Branch No. 128 of the
Royal Canadian Legion and-of
Loyal Orange Lodge In Mitchell.
Born in Hibbert Township he,
was a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. George Dick oJ Hensall.
He was married i Staffa in
1935 to the former Velma Mc
Nichol.
Surviving are: s wife, three
daughters, Mrs. L,ouis (Shirley)
Kramer of Dublin; Mrs. Wayne
(Donna) Reirof R.R, 1, Aylmer,
and Mrs. Larry (Bonnie) Kelling-
tbn of Springfield; three *.sons,
Reginald of Seaforth, and Gordon
and Douglas at home.
lie is also survived by four
sisters, Mrs. Wilmer (Grace)
Broadfoot of Seaforth; Mrs. Jack
(Jessie) Verbee m ,Port Lambton;
Mrs. Charles (Helen) Forrest of
Sarnia, Mrs. George (Margaret)
Lytrigoe of Strathroy; a brother,
Edwin of R.R. 2, Staffa, and
11 grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are in-
complete and are• in charge of
Bonthron Funeral Home, 11 ensa/1.
spent at indo r jobs and keeping
up the record . The main peter
that contributed to the success
of thevroject was the co-opera-
tion from town workers and in-
(Continued on Page 9) .
k Major gets
Forces award
Major Fee. (Frank) 'Golding
has recently been awarded the
second clasp to the Canadian'
,Forces Decoration (CD), by Na-
' tipnal Defence Headquarters.
' ,' The award Waspresentedepon
his completion of 32 years meri-
torious service with both the
regular and reserve _Canadian
Forces.
'Major Golding joined the
Royal -Canadian Airforce in 1941
afid was the last commander of
'Canadian Forces Base Clinton.
He is presently Senior Staff
Officer at Cahadian For ces Camp
-Ipperwaski, Ontario.
• Major Golding and his family
Sea-forth,
ihde0inttar125i0. Market Street, Sea-
.
Many Seaforth senior citizens
have enjoyed servecee provided
by an Opportunities for Youth
. Grate thiS' summer. The fol-
• lowing is ,a report on the Home .
• substantial 'house in the area. It & '
wag built by john-Dietrick con-
stant Louis Van Egmond, the
eldest ' son of Colonel Anthony
most preeminent ine the settte- ' '
'ment_pf-the Huron Tract. '. . eeee.„--)
' Of Dutch birth, the elder Van,
.Egmond" came to ,America In'
plaque. , , . • 1819, settling 'in Indiana County,
The inscriptitm on„the plaque pennsylevania. In 182'7 he moved .
.', reads. . ' • • -to Waterleo County, ' . Upper ' ' •
hCeanabdeag,anane hdis thaesfsoolclioawaionne ear '
THE VAN, EGMOND HOUSE
contract for the con
1846 by Constant VanEgmorich . the Buren Than When he secured
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the general e'. , . 'This house was built about.
Van Egmond, a leader of rebel .struction •of,
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eldest son of Col. Anthony a road through thi
' miletary forces in the Rebell-
newly , surveyed region. - Van.
' lion of .1837. It has the acre lot in Hullett Township, a,
Egmond secured a oneehuridre
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sturdy peoportions1typ1cal of Continued on pegea0) '
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Heads Community Papers •
Andrew Ye McLean, publisher of the Huron Expositor and
the Brussels 'Pest, was. mined president, of the Canadian
Community ewspapers Association, Saturday in Calgary.
Mr. McLeai is presently in Calgary where the CCNA,
country-wid organization of weekly newspapers, 'is holding
its annual c nventicm. -
'Commenting. an the increasing role of weekly newspapers,
Mr. McLean said at the convention that weeklies are becoming
'more- influential because 'community residents regard, there as
"a friend of the family".
Actiere in local affairs, 'Mr. McLean is foenier dhairenah
of the Seaforth planning Board and Was ohairinan of the iniard
of the Seaforth Community HOSpital. For tiller 2,0 3lpart he
has been involved with the Lions park Committee et th*Seafo -
Lions Club. Be is a former, Litreral M.P,: for iltitteh4ntihii
The car struck aehydro pgle. '
, Damage to the car amounted to
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