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Retired school teacher, Jean McEwen, of R.R.5, Clinton, near Brucefield, is surrounded by
blooms in her garden outsie her farm home. Miss McEwen, who won many prizes in the Seaforth
Horticultural Society Flower Show last week has what many consider one of the loveliest gardens
in the area.
Brucefield area gardener
demonstrates green thumb
SEAFORTII 'OMAR 0, r,rit.JRS,1),AY AUGtT 117 30, 1978
Whole No. 5503 Rein mean •
•When the schools open on
Tuesday, September 4, there'will
,be some new faces in evidence,,
although little increased enrol-
lment is expected in Seaforth
schools.
"our enrollinent will be in
about the 400 range, the same
as last year", said John Talbot,
principal of $eaforth Public
School, oil Monday. "Of course
we won't know exactly what our
enrollment• will be :until the
children register next Tueday".
Some of the new faces at
S.P.S. will belong to four new
teachers, Mr. Talbot said. Paul
Carroll,' from Goderich, will be
the new vice-principal. Mrs.
Marie Webster, Clinton, will
teach grades two aid three while
Mrs. Georgina Reynolds, Sea-
forth, will teeth phys-ed and
grade five part-time. Also teach • -
ing graieftre part-time, as well
as musk-, fill; be Miss Firmer •
Santos • Members of the Huron Horticultural Society from Seaforth were, aniong those who took advantage
Sisier Mary principal of a Wkabout Tour.sponsored by the BayfieldHistorical Society lastirednesday evening. A crowd. of
Expect little
change when
schools ()pep
of over 150persons from Hayfield, Gotterich,-Clintoni Seaforth and surrounding areas -took_part.,
Thirty-three homes or stores of historical interest were visited' eiti brief - histories on each were given by the present owners or by members of the Hayfield Historical Society. Shown here as they
obey 'the stop sign are-left to right, Miss Belle Campbell, Rev. J. -Ure Stewart, Orville Oke, Mrs. Stewart, an unidentified lady and Mrs. Harry Pretty.
Meeting finds
KIndergarien pupils who live
in mcKillop, Township,: will
continue attendance under a
policy set two years ago which
requires that they attend classes
in Walton.
A Huron County Board of
'Education . meeting in Clinton
Monday was, told that since
Kindergarten registrations con-
ducted at Walton public School
roiects:
or Walton pupil
Tu ersmith plans ,addition
ancistrct streetlights •
roadways:, be asked to repair malfunction-
o objection'
'to Cdr wash;
No Objections were presented
at a public meeting held, Monday
to discuss and comment on a
proposal to establish a carwash
on Lot 35 and the north half of
Lot 36- in. Gouteloeles. Survey.
The land is sibiated.on Railway
Street on the Southeast corner of
Main Street opposite the Fina
Station..
The land is in an industrial
area ,and 'an amendment to the
•pfficial plan fOr the town is re-
ccioinial. u:ed ertcocha.e it to highway
- Ken Coleman of Egmondville
hohes to construct a three or t .
four bay cement block - building
if. final approval of the amend-
ment to the official plan is given
by the Ministry of the Treasurey,
Economics and Intergovern-
mental Affairs.
The meeting Monday held by
the Seaforth Planning was 'at-
tended by three members only
of the Planning Board -Chairman
Lloyd Rowat; Mayor Frank Sills,
Dr. John 0. Turnbiall and Secre-
tary, fen Oldacre. Also at the
meeting wereL, Mr. and Mrs.
Ken • Coleman;, one. spectator,
Ape. 'Jan Bach; and the .preSs
representative.
Susan Van Egmond, 5, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Aran-
Egmond, Clinton • unveiled a
plaque Saturday afternbon, mark-
ing the Van Egmond house in
Egmondville as an historic, site.
Susan is a great,' great, great,
granddaughter of Col. Anthony
VanEgmond, the original owner
of the land.a The house itself
was built by the Colonel's -son,
Constant, in 1846, and the large
Georgian-style -house was the
community's social centre as
well as a grand showplace. The
VanEgmond family owned many of
the industries in Egmondville.
When the last direct descen-
dant, Earl VanEgmond, died in
1952, the furniture was sold at
a public auction .and the house
was- bought by another family.
Since thartime the house's con-
dition has deteriorated as well
as the beautiful grounds. It was
put up for sale in 1972.
Concerned residents, hoping •
to restore its former grandeur,
formed the VanEgmond Founda-
tion which plans to restore the
house snd furnish it with period
antiques. However, more money
is needed from public donations
St. James Separate School,
expects enrollment there to be
aboupthe same as last year's
with about 200 students report-
ing for classes on Tuesday. No
new staff members have been
added to.St. James Sebeol.
S. D. S. will have ,slightly
fewer students than last year,
according to principal L. P,
Plumsteel. He expects about 440
to enroll at the high school.
HruCe Shaw, formerly head
of the English Department af
South Huron District High School
will come to S.D.H.S. as the
new Vice-Principal. He replaces
Herb Murphy, Goderich, who
moves to South Huron as vice-
principal. Mr. Plumsteel noted
that Harry Scott returns to S.D.
H.S. on Tuesday as director of
the Commercial Department
there after two years as a teacher
in Germany with Canadian
Forces.
.r •
• Rev. A. R. Yielding
of Stratford who on Sunday
will assume the pulpit of
Bethel Bible Church here.
He succeeds ReY. Dwight
Patterson who ha$ gone to
Kitchener.
to
Any homeowner in Brucefield
who has not subscribed to the new
water,. system presently being
constructed will pay the same
price in the future as the-ori-
ginal subscribers.
Five Brucefield homeowners
attended the Tuckersmith Town-
ship. Council meeting Thursday
and presented a formal request
that if, after construction.of the
eyeitenif a homeowner wants to
Julte„„thg,,watOr _line installed Co
the purchaser's property line,
he will be charged the initial
service fee paid by the initial
subscribers.
• The formal request states
that in the future this money
accumulated from this payment
of the initial service fee should
be used as a mainte nance fund
to help pay the cost of operating,
'the system. •)"
The five Brucefield residents
were Robert Dalrymple, Robert
Caldwell-, Arthur Dutton, Elliott
Layton• arid Clifford Henderson
representing his mother.
Council concurred with the
request frpm the homeowners re-
garding charging the same initial
fee for future subscribers.
' The council also agreed to a
motion that Ontario Hydro will be
notified that the Township of
Tuckersmith is willing to 'accept
as of September 1, 1973, the cost
of operation of the present street
lighting system t Vanastra for
the residential drea (Registered
Plaint 22) with the exception of
any lighting fixtures ion private
property, and to maintain only
those lights on pathways and
Ontario Hydro also will be
requested to install a new mer-;
cury•vapour lighting system with
an individual lamp wattage of
175,„ to service the residential
area to replaCe the former 80.
or so 300 watt bulbs presently in
use.
preparation for the time •
when the plan of Subdivision will
be registered 'for the corn m ercial
area at Vanastra., at which time
7110,0re:114h Will, accept the cost
of operation of the street light-
ing sygtem in 'that area, council
will request Ontario Hydro now
to prepare a plan and estimates •
for the installation of new mer-
cury' vapour lighting with, an in-
dividual lamp wattage of 250. It
will be several months before •
Tuckersmith will be responsilile
for the commercial area.
Walter Palmer, Clinton, area
Manager for Ontario Hydro, at-
tended the Council meeting to
discuss the lighting, at Vanastra
and to advise council on, its plans
to improve the lighting.
Ontario Water Resources wilt
Water system.
is, now in use
The Brucefield water system,
has bee n completed and at noon
on Wednesday was cleared by
engineers for use by village con-
sumers according to .contractor
Fred McGregor.
. Already a number of users
are hooked into the system.
Indicate that thirty orptore pupilS
will be enrolled there in Sep-
tember and in accordance with
Board practice of limiting
-kindtrgarten cl Ses to 28 pupils,
, the operati of va full-time
kinciergar • with two classes
would be necessary.
With Seaforth Public School
registrations indicating. that
fewer than 20 pupils will be
attending kindergarten there in
September 1973, D. J. Cochrane,-.
Director of Edication remot;
mended as an alternative that
possibly five students who live
in mcKillop Township adjacent
to Seaforth be asked to altend
school in Seaforth. He said
tr'ansportation would be provided
to and from school. These pupils
would be permitted to continue
to attend Seaforth Public School
in subsequent years.
• John Henderson, Board
member reprebenting McKill9P•
opposed the suggestion 'and made
a motion that all kindergarten
students be required to attend
'the first day of school and if
registration exceeds 28, then
the class is to be split and the
teacher at Walton hired on a full-'
-time basis. He asked for a re-
pordecrvote and his motion car-
ried, eight for and five opposed.
Mr. Henderson said he was not
In favour of using One ;area more
than another, "If the situation was
reversed in Seaforth, you
wouldn't . go into the -town and
move some out to the ruralarea,
Why bump them around for a
• half, teacher's salary? Trans-
portation to •-take •Childreni to
Seaforth would cost about $1,400
and the teacher's salary for the"
extra half time would amount to
approximately $3,900."
Brian Kennedy Of , Seaforth
was made head of the Mathe-
matics Department at Seaioith
'District High School.
A vice-principal may be ay-- '
pointed for elementary schools
of eleven operating classrooms
and over.
Due to deeliding enrolments,
some schools where a vice-prin-
cipale been appointed' may be-
redu d to fewer than eleven
classrooms.
The Board recomthended that'
the position and finannial allow-
ance for vice-principal in' the
elementary schools be discon-
tinued if 'in the ensuing year,
after the decrease iffentolinent
occurs, it is still less than the
eleven operating classrooms.
J. p. Alexander, Board
member from wingham, re-
bolded et the addi on to; the
ported that 'work tvite
*Winghlue Public School which is
Costing appro414atelY $00,750_ for the alterations by
Smith Construction of Seaforth.
Mr. Cochrane --said
pupils the younger children)
would be left in 'the old school
for the two weeks and the
older pupils would be in another
location.
High costs ,in food are affec-
ting'the contractors who supply
the food for the varlouacafeterias
in the. High Schoolsit is re.
ported.' There is difficulty in
getting help. Board- chairnaan,
E. Cayley Hill suggested that
the possibility of 'having
machines to supply the fthad
should be investigated.
Mr. Cochrane informed' the
Board of additions- to teaelking
staff: Mrs. Dawna Baker from
Esse* County to Exeter Public
School (Special education );
Domenico Diagregorie . from-
Hamilton to Clinton Public'
School (Phys. Educ); Blaire G.
Fisher froM North BaYt011Owick
Central Public School (Phys.-Ed
Marlene Kalbfleisch„ University
to Colborne Central andHolmes-
vile; Mrs. Marian Pullman,frOm
(continued on Page 10)
ing fire hydrants at Vanastra.
Fire Chief, Stewart BrOadloot of
the Bruiefield, Fire Department
reported the trouble. The Bruce-
field Department is responsible
for fire protection at Vanastra.
Council is going to clamp down.
on homeowners in Tuckersmith
who are sloW to secure-their
building permits and start con-
struction or repair work without
one. The present permit is $2.00
- • (Continued on Page 13)
Unveil , historical plaque
at VanEgmond residence.
to carry out this work.
The plaque was provided by
the Ontario Historic Sites Board,
About 100 spectators attended
the unveiling ceremony Saturday
which was preceded by a luncheon
for lOcal officials and other
guests who had been Identified
with or assisted the foundation.
Several descendants of.Col. An-
thony VanEgmond attended, in-
cluding Mrs. Ann (VanEgmond)
Moore of Mount Morris, Michi-
gan, a great granddaughter; Mrs.
Moore's son, Jim of Flint, Mich-
igan, and her daughter, Connie
of Saginaw, Michigan.
Dr. 'Rodger Whitman was
master of ceremonies,. Others
taking part were James
chairman of the Foundation; May-
or of Seaforth, Frank Sills; Reeve
of Tuckersmith Township, Elgin
Thompson; Jack Riddell, M.P.P.
(Huron); R. Alan Douglas, re-
presenting, the Historic Sites
Board of Ontario; Reeve of Sea-
forth, John Flannery; Harold
Turnert of Goderich, president of
the Huron County Historical So-
ciety; and Rev. Clifford Britton
of Hensall, a descendant of Col-
onel VanEgmond,
Maple Leaf Dairy here
is under new management
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anu•if ruariliery, (left), a teacher at St. COlurnban School, checks out the hearing of Denise
Culligan, a teacher at St. Patrick's Schoo4.bithlin, as part of a short course in speech disorders
sponsored by the Huron...Perth Separate Seli901 Board at St. jainee School here this week. Dr.
Seppe Tuomi, assistant professor at the U.W.O., who is condtieting the course, gives the teachers some guidance.. Twenty-one teachers from the board's schools in Huron and Perth attended the course which will help thena .to detect and remedy problems in their pupil's apeedh.
The manage ent and products
at,,,Ma.ple L Dairy, Seaforth,
will-change his weekend.
Clarence "King" McDonald,
announced this week he has pur-
chased the shares of his two
partners, ,Lee Learn and Norm
Stanlake in Exeter •Dairy Ltd., -
the owner of Maple Leaf. The
latter, two plan to retire.
At the same time, he reported
that Exeter Dairy and Maple Leaf
would become distributors of
Sealtest dairy products effective
September 1.
In, making his announcement,
McDonald said the firm had teen'
eoncerned for some time that they
had been unable to provide cus-
-tomers with a complete dairy
product line' in all package sizes
because of the limitations of a
small plant.
For some time now, Exeter
Dairy acid Maple Leaf Dairy have
been distributing Sealtest pro-
ducts, such as cottage cheese.
All milk will be brought into
-the area already bottled in Seal-
test containers and ail sizes,
-including jugs,will be available.
SealteSt dairy products are
processed by Dominion Dairies
Ltd.
in recent years, many small
dairies bye dropped their own
production facilities to distribute
those of larger firms.
Exeter Dairy Ltd. was formed
in 1958 with the amalgamation
of the two •existing dairies at
that time.
Mr. McDonald and Mr. Learn
had purchased Hatter's Dairy in
1947 and amalgamated 'With High-
land Hill Dairy, owned by Mr. ,
Stanlake. In 1960 the firm pur-
chased Maple Leaf Dairy in Sea-
forth from the late Harvey
Traviss.
The Stanlake operation had
been started in 1935.
At that time, there were five
dairies in Exeter and Mr. Stan-
lake recalls delivering milk for
the price of eight cents per quart.
During , a couple of "price
wars" the price dropped as low
as five cents. •
Today the price is 40 cents.
Mr. McDonald also noted that
before milk was pasteurized, the
Customers at the end of the res-
peetive routes were able to buy
large quantities at discount
prices.
The dairies attempted to get
What they could for the balance
Of their loads becaute it would
only, spoil anyway.
What is the secret to a garden
of prizewinning dahlias and other
horticulturalists' favorites? Ask
Miss Jean McEwan of Ite R. 5,
Clinton, near Brucefield; who has
one'oft the loveliest country
gardens in the county.
In front of her two-storey
white frame farmhouse is a bed
of geraniums that make you see
red.
On the verandah among the
potted plants is one called 'Moses
Boat' a green plant so named for,
the little boat-shaped pods which
grow along the stem.
The front yard and around the
side is laid out in neat rows of
different varieties of flowers in
colour combinations of white,
red, purple and gold. Miss Mc-
Ewan's favorites are marigolds
but enjoys growing all kinds of
flowers.
It's hot1
"Hot enough4V you?" "You !
could fry an egg on the sidewalk;"
All those time-worn cliches apply
this week as Seaforth and area
suffer under one of the hottest
heat waves in several years.
Record maximum temperatures
are being set all over the pro-
vince with daytime temperatures
in Western Ontario remaining in
the mid-nineties since Sunday.
(Continued on Page 14)
Her flower beds change with
the seasons. In the spring the
bulb plants like tulips and daffo-
dils are in bloom, one of her
bulb plants of which she is espec-
ially proud is Amaryllis which
win Elmer
Elmer is an elephant and he
teaches children safety rules
through a series of cartoons
printed weekly in the Huron
Expositor and the Brussels Post.
Jim McDonald, R.R. 2,
Brussels and Darlene Dobson,
R.11.1, Ethel were second prize
winners in the first Elmer"S1973
Summer Safety Contest spon-
sored by the Huron Expositor and
the Brussels Post. They won
CCM bike accessory kits by
ideritifying broken safety rules in
a Series of Eimer cartoons. one can use hydraulic equip-
LOule Belfour, R.R.2, Dublin ment," she says about her skill
also won a CCM bike accessory on the tractor seat,
kit in the Second Elmer Safety In winter she his tittle to
Contest and a similar kit was on pursue her other hobby which Is
by Gertie Sellinge, R. R. I, reading. However 'Whig dere
Londesboro in the third Contest. of 3 horses, dogs and 5 tatit
The fourth and final Safety'Con- plus the care of it int ge firths
test is'now prOgrees and entry house keeps her -busy
forms are in entrant- copies of getting plants reedy to plant *Oa •
the Post and , the EXpOSitOr.
has a to 5 huge "exotic" flowers.
"You have to like flowers in
_order to grow them" said Miss „
McEwan. "For they require
care and attention, I was water-
ing the dahlias all day yester-
day and I have the hose going
again. today." The work pays
Lo cai kids off for Miss McEwan was runner-
up with 47 points at the Seaforth
• Flower Show this month.
"This year the garden is as
good as it has ever been, maybe • • better," said the lady with the safety prizes 4 -green thumb. In order to
maintain a..good sized garden it
is essential to have a good drilled
well for lots of water".
Raised on the farin she says;
'31 prefer living in the country".
The MeE wen farm has been in the
family since it was cleared by
Jean's grandfather in the 1850's.
An arts and -crafts teacher in
Toronto, Miss McEw .n returned
home in 1886 after a broken
arm forced her into early retire-
ment. Now her time is Spent
raising prizewinning flowers and
preparing the bean fields."Any-
spring.