The Huron Expositor, 1978-06-01, Page 14"
Lots.. to do planned as program
set for Dublin's July 1 Centennial
When Dubliners," former
Dubliners and ex-students' of the
village's old continuation school
gather for centennial celebrations
au the July '1 weekend', there. will
be a century of memories to. of Carronbrook was re-named.
recall. Dublin in honor of entrepreneur'
Although there won't likely be Joseph Kidd'S birthplace, there
any guests who can remember the will be, guests who have
entire 100 years since the village witnessed more than 80 years of'
Saturday is Mardi Bras • I.
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WEATHER WATCHERS -- Norman and Edith
Baird of R.R.1, Brucefield, who will be receiving an
award of merit for their work as voluntary
climatological observers, in front of the weather
station beside their-home. Three generations of the
Baird family have been weather observers.
(Expositor Photo)
Cornish. Walter
Cosford and ,Winn
Other memb
Armes, Ted
McLean.
ers ,,• of the
SDHS has
rate
A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH — That was the opinion of
74 architecturally knowledgeable people from all
over Canada who'toured Seaforth last Wednesday at
noon. The tour included St. Thomas Anglican
Church, shown above. (Expositor Photo)
Inside this week
littron: (fxpositor
Walton WI shows quilts P.10
Marten Vincent, President of the year PP:1131.
Old gaol a stinky place
Hensel, rummage sale P.19
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Staffa girl
killed in crash
cefield weather
orters honored
BUT MOM, IT'S A BARGAIN — Jason Harburn, 2
years old, of Hensel!, had eyes only, for one thing at
last week's rummage sale sponsOred by the Hensall
and District Kinettes and held in the new Hensalt
,Co`mmunity Centre. (Expositor Photo)
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events in the village.
Mary Litwiller, community co-
ordinator and a member of the
centennial committee planning
the weekend's 'events, said over
870 people have indicated they
will be here for at least some of
the centennial activities.
One of the highlights of the
weekend activities is the centen-.
Mal parade which starts at 1 p.m..
NOW THIS IS SOME TAKE—OUT RESTAURANT — Maureen Hutchinson and
Marlene Roberton opted to take their pork barbeque Supper' home, So Lois
McLiwain and Donha Ailontgornery packaged up the meal in the take-out tent
'behind egmondvikie United Church last Wednesday. (Expositor photo)
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p.m. and proceeding down Main Lincoln Green"vi.ill entertain in an
Street: afternoon concert. .
The bands include Seaforth's At three' o'clock, the ,Seaforth
own, S.D.H.S. girls trumpet band Saddle Club will present a show
and the Seaforth Dashwood. band at the agricultural • society 'fair-
as well as the Brussels Legion rounds.:
Band and the Kitchener At the same' time, the princess
Drum and. Bugle Corps. contestants will be asked to give a Saturd4 from the bridge south of
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sage, turns west on Hwy. #8 to the
Looby block and goes south on
that block before, dispersing.
To date, there are More than 96
entries in the parade, excluding
the beauth queen competitors.
Bob Cronin, chairman of the
parade committee, said these
entries include antique-cars, a
number of floats entered. by local
OrganizationS, the "Seaforth
District High School girls band
and the Seaforth-Dashwood band,
other miscellaneous entries,. .
He said 12 girls, between the
ages of 16 and 21 years, who live
within a 10 mile radius of the
village, have indicated they-plan
.
to enter the beauty queen corn-
, petition.
Following the parade,' the
group Lincoln Green will be
performing in the village and the
school' gymnasium will be open so
visitors can sit and chat. .
, In the evening, a dance will be
.held in the community centre.
A .beef barbecue is planned
from 5 to 7 p.m. in Dublin park,
followed by a dance later in the
evening at the community centre,
with music provided by Lincoln
Green.
'Also on Saturday afternoon, the
Dublin slow-pitch teams will be
-challenging each other to
tug-of-war across the river, with
the losing teams ending up in the
chink.
Sunday's activities include a
special homecoming mass in St.
Patrick's church at noon, followed
by a social hour where Dubliners
can discuss old times.
During the afternoon, the
Dublin girls' baseball teams will
be playing a series of games with
out-of-town teams or eisc the
teams they compete against in the
regular schedule. ,
Also, afternoon activities in-
, clude a hotly contested bed race.
lly students of St. Patrick's
School aft wotkingon a series of
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will be the entire artayof Sesame the' arena, for the panel of three
Street, characters including Big judges who include Dr. Ken
Bird. Cookie MOnster and Ernie-- Rodney, Sheila Morton and Vie
with members of the Optimist Fox. •
Club makihg "them come alive.. Later in the evening, .the girls
At 2 p.m. the Optimists' are parade past the judges again
sponsoring a Bong • Show. in-the evening gown competition.
modelled on Chuck Barris' Be', Eisler, who is organizing
famous Gong Show at the arena, a the princess competition, said the
and a'number'of acts have already girls will be judged on • three
indicated they're going to try things--their poise and appear-
their luck in not falling victim to ance during the parade, their
the bell. , speeches telling about them-
F allowing the Bong Show.• • (Continued on Page 11
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temperature during the day was
64°F and the day's low was 43°F.
The evening before, Master Baird
had noted hail at 6 p.m.
Far Lower
The 1903 temperatures were
farlower than last Monday's high
of 30°C or 90•"F.• which Edith
Baird Would record on her charts
that evening.
Although the temperature and
'Elizabeth Templeman, 21, of R.
R. #1,. Staffa, was killed early
Friday morning when the car she
was driving left Highway 83 and
• struck a tree.
• Mjss Templeman is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
i,Templeman, . of R.R.:#2, %aria.
A sister, Nancy Templeman,'
17, one of the two passengers in
the • car:" was admitted to.
• IJniVersity Hospital. London • in
serious condition.
She remains in hospital in ,
satisfactory condition.
The second passenger. Susan
Norris, 18, of Staffa." has been
released from St. • Joseph's
'Hospital, London, -
The girls, members of the
-.Cromarty Girls Softball team • • _ a_game When. •
tic one car accident occurred
about two kilometres east of
Exeter at • 1 a.m..
The „accident, which is being
investigated by Exeter O.P.P.
officer Larry Christiace,,is• still
under investi gation.
The, funeral for Miss
Templenian was 'held Sunday..
Elizabeth Jean Templeman was
born November 3, 1957, at Exeter
.and is a graduate of Centralia
• College. Miss .Te'mpleman was a
member of the tromarty PreSby-
. terian "Church and the Cromarty
Girls Softball team.
• She is survived by her parents
and • her fiancee, Hank Bertens,
four' brothers; Robert, • David,
Terry and' Richard, all of Staffa
and eight sisters: Joanne,' Mrs.
David 'Capling of Mississauga;
Fay, Mrs. Dale' Martyr.) of
Russcldale; Geraldine, Mrs.
James Nielson of Stratford; Ruth .
of Dublin': Mary Jane of Stratford
• and Darlene; Nancy and Barbara
' all of R.R.#2, Staffa. • " •
- ' The funeral service for Miss
Templeman watt' held Sunday,'
• May . 28. at", the Health-Leslie
Funeral -home in Mitchell. Rev.
Vernon ' Tozer' of St. Mary's
Presbyterian Church officiated,
• assisted by Rev:.A. H..Daynatd.of
, Skala.
'Members oldie Connally Girl$
Softball team were the floWer_
'annual one because it's the club's
10th' anniversary, Included are a
paiade, a Bong show for amateur
talent and a princess pageant this
webkend.
The festiVities all take place
• Safurday, starting wit a
• breakfast at 10 a.m. in the
Seaforth Optimist Park and
ending with Mardi Gras Ball at
night.
The anniversary parade. with. 50
floats-, beautiful girls and at least
five bands, will be starting at 1
bearers and guard of honour. Inc
Pallbearers were Brian Mayer,
Calvin Annis, Ronald Miller,
Donald Cole, Ed Van Roussel and
Adrian Bertens. Interment was in
Staffa cemetery.
Drill for
oil in
McKillop
Teledyne Explorations Ltd.. the
etappltny which explored for oil
and gas deposits in. the area last
year, has started testing farms in
McKillop Township.
Bob McDowell, patty chief for
• • :the-company, whiehltils' an effiee"—"
in Vanastra, said the company
was carrying out explorations
across farms north of Winthrop
beginning last week.
Mrs. Lorne GlanVille, R. R. 11,4.
Walton, said-. the Teledyne crew
had (killed a number of test holes
in their farm ,,.And on the
neighbouring Ryan farm. . •
-She said the 'crew were very
good and didn't drive .i.II over the
fields. She said, they, made one.
.. path, and,„"they. do respect the
cmps." '
She said farmers -were-compen-
sated for any 'Illossible crop
damage and that the"oil :drilling
was "no bother." . - Mrs. Glanville .said last year
the crew dug a number of test
holes along roads in. the area and
that cuit' . of the, crew told .her
husband, the decision to test fot •
oil on the farms "was a pretty
good sign that there " is .oil
someplace:"
[by Alice Gibb1
Norman and Edith Baird, R. R.
#17 -Brucefield,. can likely tell you
theeveathef on the day you were
both--that is, if you're 75 years of
age or under.
The..Bairds,•-who have_always
noticed the weather more than
the rest of us, are voluntary
eliinateological observers--a
chore'Atey've handled for more
than 20 years and, a chore which
will soon be rewarded with an
Award of Merit, presented by
Environment Canada.
There are curretnly 350
voluntary climatological
observers in Ontatio who take
daily readings of temperature
. extremes and precipitation
amounts and forward their
records' to the regional head-
quarters in Toronto at the end of
- each month for publication.
The Bairds are proud of
another record held by their
Eitieefield farm. The weather
records for their station are
complete back to 1903, when
"MaSter - George Baird,
Norman's grandfather, agreed to
start keeping records of local
weather conditions for -the
government. Norman and Edith
are the third generation of Bairds
"to do likewise.
Each day the "master" would
'record, the day's high and low
temperatures;' whether the day ,
was stinny or. overcast, and the
amount of precipitation that fell.
He managed to fi t in his
'weather-keeping chores'around
his teaching duties, still
7etneMbered in the area.:;
'Taught 50 Years
George Bafrcr earned the
nickname of "Master" by
teaching for SO consecutive years
in S. S. Stanley No. 1 . school,
about 21/2 miles from his farm-
house. .
When Mr. Baird retired in
1911, the Clinton News-Record
contained a lengthy report of the
ceremony honouring the man who
not only taught his students their
public school subjects, but also
offered high school level courses
before larger schools in either
Clinton or Goderich.
As the commendation said, "it
is not often that a teacher
succeeds in filling a position for
50 con&'ecutiye years and in
retaining to the end _the
confidence and the'esteem of
those amdng whom he has lived
and labored..."
In .addition to his teaching
duties through the week, Master
Baird also carried on a Sabbath
school for 40 , years in the
schoolhouse.
Today Norman and Edith Baird
proudly display the metereo-
logical records- with the teacher
started keeping in his precise
handwriting in 1903, starting a
tradition which would be
continued by his son George
Thomas and his grandson,
This year's race for two student
council offices at Seaforth District
High School is expected to be
close, according to Paul McClure,
out going student council pre-
sident.
The student council elections
were held on Wednesday after-
noon.-
This year, there are four
students . running for student
council president. -The students
arc -Gayle Vander Velden.
Grade 12 Student from Seaforth;
Jartis Van Vliet. a Grade 11
stupent from .R.R. 2. Brussels
Joanne Rimmer, a Grade k12
student from SeafortP and
Charles Stewart. a Grade 12.
student from Harpurhey.
The second position which is
being hotly contested is the office
o f social convener .
he caedidates are Ron Scott, a
Grade I1 studem; Dave' Ellis, a
Grade II student and Paul Bode.
a Grade 12 student, all from
Sea forth,
Mary Hak. a Grade II student
from Seaforth, was acclaimed as
modem council secretary.
George Norman.
. Fittingly enough, tAey keep
their meteorological records in
the beautiful big roll top desk
which was presented to master
Baird on his retirement by the ,
school trustees and parents of his,
studentS.
For e"*ample, 'accotding to
Master Baird's , records, On
Monday, May 29. 1903, the 'high
Although Seaforth residents-
may sometimes take their town's
architecture for granted, the 74
members of The Society for the
-Study of ,Architecture who tqured
the town for. two hours last
Wednesday were excited by what
they saw.
-Some praised the old public
school-="it was beautiful". others
were 'thrilled with Cardno Hall--
"especially being shown around
by a descendant of the original
builder" and still'others were'.
most impressed by Main Street-"-
"the main street . is very intact, ,
"Which is rare these days.-
Others were simply impressed
that "Seaforth is a delightful little
itown." .
These complirneuts--earne4rem-'
&embers of restoration group
from across Canada, from civil
servants involved in preserving
our past and from architects and
historians.
Among the distinguished,
visitors.' touring, the town were
Douglas Richardson, co-author of
'the'book Ontario Towns; Lynne
DiStefano, a London histo ian; his to
Ahlgren of the P blic
ARchives . of Canada and iana
Bodnar, inventory co-ordinatpr of
the Alberta historic sites services.
The members of the architec-
ture society were 'attending the
Learned Societies Conference '78
at the University of Western
Ontario.
Members of the society were:
presented with a brochure
featuring photographs of the
upper storey of Seaforth's Main
Street and an article on the town's
unique streetscape, written by
Bill Ritcey, a student who worked
with Seaforth's LACAC group as
part of the Experience '77
program.
George Kapelos, one of the
tour co-ordinators, said Seaforth
was included both for its
outstanding main street and 'for
the interest shown by Mayor'
Cardnoand council and the local
AreliitectUraT aiiiserva'ney group
in preserving . outstanding
buildings in the community.
Mr. Kapelos . said among' the
outstanding examples of early
architecture were the town's
attractive churches, a number of
residences, prticulrh the Scottish
dormer house owned by the
McIver family, Cardno Hall,
%%Well he labelled "unique"and
many-other outstanding examples
of Victorian architecture.
" Hospitality
Mr, Kapelos also praised the
Pleasantness 'and hospitality of
Seaforth people.
The LACAC guides who led the
walking tour of the town were
%II, it, a ..w \ '' .11:411 co,.
rainfall statistics of the past 75
years are fascinating in them-
selves, even more interesting are'
the short notes the Bairds have ,
-added beSide their charts down
through the years.
In 1903, Master Baird recorded
the first day the plum and cherry
blossoms bloomed, the fact the
iluturningbirds returned to his
farm on May 10 and the informa-
tion that the forest was in leaf on
May 15..
Edifh Baird said her father and
-rnother-in-la pontinued This
tradition, and now she also adds
small notes on family occasions or
sonic of noteworthy natural
happenings which take place.
This 'year. her notes include
"hUng clothes out today for the
first" on , April -17, "sap run
good" on April 1, ,and "first calf
born" on February 25. •
Mrs. Baird said laughingly,"
"You're apt- to find anything as
you go along (in. the weather
records.)"
Strictly Volunteers ^
The Bairds. have , kept their
Weather statistics. over the years.
strictly on a voluntary basis- - as
Mrs. Baird said, "We're not the
white collared guy,"
However, every few years an
inspector will drop in for a brief
visit to-check their record books
and inspeet theit thermometers
and precipitation gauge. .
This April, an inspector
dropped .by for another purpose,
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community who assisted with the
walk were Mayor Betty Cardno,
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• New Orleans may 'h ave theit
they share with,Seaforth. • ,
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French oqua rter,is,smoke-filledthe,
• Mississippi River. , but the
higg.(r than
jazz hideaways and the
Optimists are hosting a gala.
Mardi Gras is new -something
This year, the Sea fort It RI
Sedforth. prgised.
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