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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-10-04, Page 1• RONALD LAUZON ' Harry Scott, head of the Commercial Department at S.D.H.S., who has recently returned from two years in Germany takes a look at a hand carved wooden bowl which was stowed awarn in his luggage by friends and which he discovered when 'he unpacked here. • (Staff Photo) SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1973 — 16 Pages a professional As. part Development week these Huron-Perth R.C. teachers rubbing (a direct imprint of the inscription Patrick's Cemetery, Dublin, are, L. to R. Ennis Murphy, St. McCreight, Mrs. Helen Krauskoff and Mrs. Joan McIver, (photo by Oke) District teachers explore development techniques Whole No. 5508 114th Year , A Varna merchant was killed and two Toronto men injured in a two car accident at the inter- section of Huron Road 12 and Highway 86 north of 'Brussels late Monday afternoon. John Elgin Porter, 65 , was pronounced dead at the\ dent scene. Charles Farquerson, 26, of Toronto, and a passenger in his car, Howard Alexander, 28, of Don • Mills, were taken to Wingham and District Hospital and are in satisfactory condition. Mr. Farquerson has head and internal injuries as well as a broken wrist and ' hand: Mr. Alexander suffered head cuts and back injuries. The accident occurred at the Morrisbank corner about 5 p.m. New constable begins duties At a 'special meeting of Seaforth Council last Thursday, Ronald Lauz on, 36, of Woodstock, was hired as a police constable for the town at a salary of $8,000 a year. Mr. Lauzon will be the fourth member 'of the Seaforth Police Force • which previously was 'a three-man force. He commenced his duties on Monday. The other members of the force are: Police Chief Arnold Vaughan, Constable John Cairns and Constable Wayne Dicy, lacks help • The Nursery School at North- side United Church may not get started this Fall because of a lack of volunteer help. Mrs. Gordon Rimmer, presi- dent of Group 5, United Church Women, informed members Mon- day night at a meeting at the home of Mrs. William J. Thomp- son, West William Street, that a (Continued on-Page 15) Monday as Mr. Porter In a• small car was proceeding north on Huron Road 12. The Farquer- son car was travelling east on Highway 86. The Porter car was demolished by the impact. Mr. Porter had operated a farm machinery supply business in Varna for a number of years. One son and four daughters sur- vive. Mr. Porter's wife pre- deceased him severral years ago. Funeral services were held Wednesday from the Beatty Fun- eral Home in Clinton. Interment followed in Bayfield Cemetery. Tells story of Cran brook beginning Some 25 teachers from St. Patrick's School at Dublin, St. Columban School, St. James School at Seaforth, and St. Rat- rick's School at Kinkora, ex- changed placeS Monday with their pupils, who were given a holiday,, while the teachers attended a Professional Development Day training session at St. Patrick's School in Dublin. The 135 teachers from the other 16 schools under the juris- diction of the Huron-PerthCoun- ty Roman Catholic Separate School Board were participating In similar workshops in Wing- ham, Stratford and Mount Car- mel. The focus at Dublin was on the three R's - reading, religion and report cards. Each of the four schools had a display of books for the read- ing program for pupils set up in the auditorium. There was also a display of Religious materials. ,In the afternoon sessions, the group broke up into smaller groups, choosing the workshop in which they wished to participate report cards, curriculum plan- ning, orienteering (compass and maps), language experience and graveyard study. Front the graveyard study stuaents learn local history and also gain exper- ience in creative writing, art, family names, nationalities,etc. The students discuss the, graveyard first and then visit it •to get answers to their questions. One pupil could write about the various types of markers erected granite, marble, or cement. Ano- ther pupil might write about the various inscriptions on the mar- kers and their popularity, such as R.I.P. (Requiescent in Pace or Rest in Peace). Another might write about family names which ofteyi indi- cate the homeland of the early settlers. In the Dublin graveyard Irish names predominated and in the newer stones there was evi- dence of the _arrival of Dutch families to the area. The Dublin students' display included rubbings of the various carvings on the tombstones and of other inscriptions. Further Professional Devel- opment Day programs will he held on November 21, April 30 and June 27 and_28. Retires from Fhil Church Rev Thomas C Mulholland of eafortn, a minister in the pulpit of First P resbyterian Church for the past four years, delivered his , final sermon Stinday. Mr. Mulholland has retired from the ministry after serving 46 years. He is a native of Belfast:Northern Ireland, where he received hiS early education. He attended college in Scotland where he graduated with honors in theology in 1927. He made further 'studies in tropical medicine and psychology in London, Englaaci. He served in China for many years before coming to Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Mulholland will take up residence, in Kitchener. At a short ceremony Sunday following the morning service, Mr. and Mrs. Mulholland were presented with ;ins from church organizations and a purse from the congregation. Those taking part were Clare Reith, Mrs. Margaret:Scott, J.E. (Continued on Page 15) Water consumption at Vanas- tra continues to increase, Clerk- Treasurer James McIntosh in- formed members of the Tucker- smith Township. Council at a meeting in Brucefield Tuesday. He said the water bill at.Va- nastra for September amounted to $1,872.00, up $512.00 from August. On September 3 a delegation from Vanastra charged that the Name Reeve to Thames R iver! Study Reeve Allan Campbell of McKillop Township was appointed to the Thames River Basin Study to be carried out by the Ministry of theLvuiyonment and Natural Resour McKillop was asked to appoint a representative as it lies on the edge of the Basin area. In other business at the council meeting Monday, Council-- approved six appli ations for $2,5,300 in tile drain loans. A debentured aiaount of $7,200 was paid out by council for tile drains. Four tenders were received for snowplowing the 107.9 miles of township roads and all were accepted: Neil McNichol, R.R,4, Walton, $13 per hour (snow- blower); Kenneth Glanville, R.R. 4, Walton, $13 per hour (snow- blower); John Ryan Bulldozing, R.R.1, Walton, $14 per hour (grader); and L. B., Ryan and Son, Walton, $13.50, per hour (snowblower). Standby time for snow equip- ment commences December 1 to March 31, 1974, at $10 per day when machine not in use. Above tenders are subject to approval of. Ministry of Trans- portation and Communication. General accounts for $10,510.77 and road accounts for $3,746.31 were approved for payment. Mr. and Mrs. George Hildebrand celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary Saturday evening with a background music by the band he leads. Married in Tuckersmith at the home of the bride's parents on September 29, 1948, Mr. and Mrs. Hildebrand have been resi- dents of Seafortli since that time. Active in the community where he is weIl'Indwn as the leader of the S.D.H.S, Girls Tru'mpet Band, Mr. Hildebrand also is a member of Seaforth council. During the proceedings Satur- day evening in the Legion Hall, the couple was presented with many gifts including a silver tray by the Girls Band. A brother-in-law, Ernest Talbot of Stanley was Master of Ceremon- ies. Guests at the event from Sarnia, London, Stratford and Goderich included the bridesmaid and flower girl of 25 years ago, Lenora Elliott McCowan of Brucefield and Lorraine Talbot • Betties of Goderich. Mrs. Hildebrand was the foi'mer Hazel Coleman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Coleman of.Tuckersmith while Mr. Hilde- brand's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Barney Hildebrand of Seaforth. They have, two sons, Doug and Stephen and a daughter Joan. On Sunday a family dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson Coleman. Single nopY 20 Penis Ye*4 in 40v4nn6 ure loan, $25,000; fire protection $973.00; road Ltect and Water,nts $7770.26; Vanastra garbag $2,267.32; municipal water sy* stem, $6,285.52; municipal drains, $15,861.74; refund on drain petition, $100.00. Deputy Reeve Ervin pinery of H.R. 1, Brucefield, was ippointed Tuckersmith repreSentative to the Farm Safety Council for Hu-' non which will be organized later this month. Council will inform Conestoga College located at Vanastra that it should direct its request for garbage pickup to William 'E. Little of Londesboro and pay him as Tuckersmith's contract with Mr. Little is only for the resi- dential area at Vanastra. Council- accepted a petition for a drain signed by Mrs. George Falconer and William DeJong, both of Brucefield. Council recommended forap- proval requests for land sever- ence from 260303 Holdings Ltd. of Kitchener for Lots 123 and124; Lot 101 and Lot 122 at Vanastra. The Huron County Health Unit notified the township that a sep- tic tank was approved for a new home .heing built by Robert Core of Egmondville on the south-west corner of the intersection of the Kippen and Brucefield roads. Mr. McIntosh reported to council that the prime bank rate is now up to 9%. The meeting adjourned at 12 midnight. Lions club is commended for activities . Seaforth Lions were congra- tulated on the achievements of the club when District Governor James Petabertoti of Cattibtidge paid his official Despite the week to weekpro- blems . 'of inactivity, lack,of int- erest and the inevitable selfish- ness of some, the work of the club had gone,on for nearly fifty years, he said, recalling the club's anniversary next year.. "It was a splendid sight to see the Lion's Park as I drove in." he told the members. Add- ing that while it is true the park creates demands on the club and is costly to maintain, it is nec- essary to look at results, at the, contribution it makes to the com- munity and the credit it brings the club. Mr. Pemberton told the mem- bers that while they were among more than one million members in 149 countries, continued growth was necessary. Appreciation, was expreSsed 'by Past Deputy DistrictGovernor 'Orville Oke, The meeting was in charge of President Clair Campbell who told the club of plans to visit Goderich Psych)atric Hospital. Varna merchant dies after crash us from the s were told s. Mrs. had of local in history graveyards. area of St ; School, ,Students at SDHS are under- way with their annual subscrip- tion campaign. The students this year are competing for cash prizes which are offered by The Huron Expositor to the in- dividuals obtaining the greatest number of new subscriptions and renewals to The • Expositor. In addition, each subscription oli- tained earns a cash commission for the school. • The campaign.provides the Cranbrook W. I. hosted the looked for September meeting of the Huron on paper) of a tombstone in St. County Historical Society in the.' Patrick's School, Kinkorai Mrs. C Cranbrook Community Center. all Patrick's The meeting opened with O Canada- and Mrs. Wilfred Strickler welcomed the guests to Cranbrook. Harold S. Turner, president, of the Historical Society, reported on the Society's summer events. He commented on the Bayfield walkalong and the bus trip to the Bell homestead. Mrs, Amber M. Popp, secretary, read the, June minutes and gave the treasurer's report. Mrs. Poth reported on membership and in- vited interested people to secare a $2 • membership ($3 for a couple) which would also entitle them to receive a copy of the Huron Historical Notes, Mrs: LeSlie Knight ,read a poem "When Mother Bakes" and by so doing introduced Sharon, Rosanne, Tracy and Susan Engel who told about Mother's apron of long ago in song. They were accompa -led at the piano by Mrs.,, SteWert ,Steiss. Mrs. Strickler introduced coratoi Engel from the Cranbrook w.i, who spoke on Pioneer Days in Cranbrook. Mrs. Engel's talk was based on the Plot. She made many references to the hdge map, pointing out locations and streets. It, was about 1855 she said when Cran- brook was surveyed into town nli,ts and park lots from lot 11 to lot 15 c sion 11 Grey. She pointed out T rmersville and the Mueller plan, explaining they were separ ate . p Nurser school Plot. Many anecdote about the early pione Engel told how the NV' researched all the town and park lots the past 'Winter and have recorded all the names from lite Crown to the present day. The meeting was invited to view their efforts in the Tweedsinuir Books. Mrs. Stewart Steiss directed and accompanied the junior choir in two numbers. "This Land is Ours" and "Everything is Beautiful" in which Barbara Cameron, Rosanne and Tracy Engel sang a solo part. SDHS Students Seek Subscription Awards eleste Dublin. student body with funds with which to carry on various extra curricular activities:" as well as making possible the purchase of athletic, musical . and other ,. equipment which is not provided from public funds. In co-operating with the SDHS students who call to offer a new or renewal subscription to The Expositor, the public can be assured that a worthwhile school activity is being aided. • Day Making a last man in charge of the water sy- stem was overpumping at a rate estimated about 50,000 gallons a day, and when' Council later in- formed him of this he had skid it would be corrected. ' With the rate of water .con- tinuing to increase, council won- dered if there might not be a major leak In the system. Coun- cill will investigate the cause. Tuckersmith buys water from the PUC in Clinton at a cost of 404 per 1,000 metered gallons for the residents of Vanastra and then charges it back to the in- 4tfdividual homeowners. Council approved three appli: cations for tile drain loans for $6,400. A request for a building per- mit for a feed room was approved for Gordon DeJong of Brucefield. A request for a permit from Wilhelmina Van Dorp of Seaforth for a chicken barn was refused because it does not meet the code of Practice requirement set by the Department of Agriculture. At a tax sale for property lo- cated at Lot 25 and part lot 26, ....plan_..16...Egmondville, Tucker- smith bought the property. Gordon Heard Construction, R.R. 2, Seaforth, was awarded the contract for snow removal the township with his grader at a tender price of $16.50 per hour, up $1.00 from last year. The Township road men also use their equipment for snow removal on the 101 miles of townshiproads to be cleared each winter. Council recommended forap- proval a request for land se- verence from Eric McIntosh of R.R. 3, Seaforth, for, house and one-acre of land on Lot 32, Concession 6, LRS. A 'by-law for the' Rehorst Drain was passed when Court of Revision was held for the drain and no appeals were made. It is estimated to cost $31,500. Ten- ders will be advertised for con- struction of drain in the spring. Passed for payment were ac-4 counts totalling $59,299.74, in- cluding general accounts $1041.81 Tuckersmith Telephone Debent- Seaforth councillor, wife, mark 25th anniversary Vanaorq water use dim and Tuckersniith asks SDHS teacher home from travel on three continents (By Susan White) Teaching kids who have lived all over the world with their mi- litary parents isn't ' really ter- ribly different from teaching ord- iriary students from a small town and rural area like Seaforth, ac- cording • to Harry Scott who's recently- returned from a two- year stint as a, teacher at the Canadian Forces Base in Lahr, Germany. Now back at S.D.H.S, as head of the Commercial Department after a two-year leave of absence he says that his students (who included some enlisted men in 40 uniform upgrading their educa- tion through the credit system) were more mature than Cana- dian ones. "They've beeri ex- posed to so -many different cul- tures that they're' very know- ledgeable aud aware," he says. In some ways though, Harry found his students less mature than their Canadian counterparts perhaps, he says, because the ar- my des everything for them. After Grade 13 or Quebec Grade 11, the students usually return to Canada for university or to look for employment and sometimes, he says, it's a rude shock and a hard 2d justment to make. plains that only about five peo- ties. played tennis in Jan- ple in the whole educational sy- uary," he said. stem, serving probably 2,000 stu- There is an excellent new dents, are permanent employees. officer's mess on the base, run These are the Director of Edu- by the French which was widely cation and the Superintendents. patronized by the Canadian tea- The school administration's chers. He and . the other teachers office was right next to his school had access to all the American and relations with teachers were bases in Germany, including the good. "If we had a question, we Pa( - that source of North Am- could walk into the office and ask erican goodies at low prices - it", he said. There are several in Heidelberg. schools on the bise: senior, Harry Scott really has nothing intermediate, a French school bad to say about his experiences which goes to Grade 11, and three as a teacher in Germany and his elementary schools. travels in Europe, Africa and Asia. It's obvious from his en- Same curriculum At the senior school on the Canadian Forces Base, Mr. Scott was head of the commercial department and taught the same curriculum taught at S.D.H.S., with other teachers from across Canada who were also teaching military and civilian dependents on a two-year contract. He ex- Congenkal Camaraderie was high -"I've nevet seen a group of teachers get along so well," he says. Al- though he was, as far as he knows, the first teacher from Hu- ron to teach with the Department of National Defense in Germany, the teaching jobs are very much in demand. About 2,000 teachers are re- commended lay their school boards every year, although there are only 150 teaching jobs avail- able. The physical facilities for learning there were inferior to those that Seaforth students en- joy. The Seaforth teacher taught in a converted German barrackk, left over from the last war, which hid gun racks, mounted trough- like on the walls. Gym facilities Were shared with the in-Jittery. The climate and other faci- lities at the base in Lahr more than compensated though. They had no snow, with the eoldest winter temperatures in the for- thusiasm that his students at S.D.H.S. will Aar about and be- nefit vicariously from his exper- iences. lie says their questions tend to be of the How's the beer over there?" or "How fast do their cars go?" variety, so far but that more important quest- ions are sometimes asked, Met Quebecois One of the unexpected benefits of two years in Germany at a Canadian Forces NATO base was a change to meet and get to know Quebecois - French-Canadians from his own country. "TheVan Doos (an • all French regiment from Quebec) were stationed at our base in Lahr," he says and added that many of the teachers and military had never spoken English before coming to Germany. Many of the people from Que- 'bec he worked with in Lahti, a city of 35,000 including 12,000 Canadians;..." were real sepera- tists when they first arrived," Mr. Scott said. "But personal contact between English and French Canadians changed our opinions about each other. They learned to speak English and we brUshed up on our French. It's hard to keep prejudices when you get to know people," He spent a weekend in, St. Jean, Quebec, after he got home a month ago and says "I spoke French all the time. Not quickly or anything, but I made myself understood. And if I had pro- blems, people talked slowly and helped me to understand:" 3 trips to Paris Other benefits of two years as a teacher under contract with the Department of National De- fense was a chance to really broaden his outlook by travel on three continents and by making friendships "with people I would never have met otherwise." Living in Lahr, in the south- ern part of West Germany, right in the Schwartzwald or Black Forest, Harry was 20 milesfrom Strasbourg in France and three- quarters of an hour from Swit- zerland, He was often in and out of all the European countries (including three trips to Paris in one month!) which were all within close driving range. Although the school where he taught was part of the Ontario school system and,had the same number of days' of classes per year, the holiday periods were spread throughout the year with two week breaks here and there rather than two months off in the summer. Consequently he was able to take trips on three continents. He says the most interesting place he visited was the Ivory' coast in West Africa where ne spent two weeks last February. After a 16 hour trip from Paris, he lived in a Club Mediterranean village right on the edge of the jungle. From the village's grass huts, he and the other vacation- ers took trips with African guides in dug out canoes. Ivory Coast was a French colony until 1960 and everyone spoke French. The Club Mediterranean vil- lage was very near the ,equator but the beaches of the South At- lantic were available for cooling off and no one wore bathing suits, he added. Israel is another area thatthe exchange teacher counts as a highlight of his two years in Eur- ope. Highjackings and the Arab- Israeli war have made it the most security conscious country he visited. Customs and immi- gration searched people more thoroughly in Israel than at Checkpoint Charlie on the way to East Berlin. Machine guns "We flew to Nicosia in Cy- prus and then to Tel Aviv. As soon as your plane lands in these countries, it is surrounded by troops with machine guns: In' Cyprus we were surrounded by Canadian troops. "The Cypriot Minister of Justice had beenkid- napped that day and seirity was - extra heavy." "At the Tel Aviv Airportthey squeeze out your toothpastetube, spray your deoderant and get you to hold your own camera in front of your face and take a picture. They figure that if it's set to ex- plode it will, blow up in your own face!" He found Jerusalem *'old and dirty, but ,nice." He reports that not too many religious sites are left intact and that the "various religions and denominations ar- gue about where the true sites are." He recalls one spot about which all religions agree though. It's the top of a hill where Jesus was crucified and is now inside a building in Jerusalem. While he visited here both Catholic and Greek Orthodox services were in progress. Istanbul bazaar He also enjoyed a trip to Istanbul where he was given great tours through the bazaars of the city by friends, a Canadian doctor and her Turkish law- student husband. He got "good buys" there, including a suede coat. Back in Germany, Harry found East Berlin depressing, still bearing many scars of the second world war. He describes a no: mans land of 100 yards between the east and west halves of Berlin and the famous wall, with German guards with INA all along it. Harry loved his home for two years, West Gertnany, and con- siders it, all in all, tothe picle* of all The countries he Saw. He lived in a three bedroom apapt.4, ment on the third floor ti! lt• (Continued on Page 9)