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THE HURON
A solutelo -formih
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The second section Pages BI - 024 of this issue of the
Huron Expositor is a Salute to Farming. Below is an
introduction from federal agricultural minister. Eugene
Whelan
The farmers of Huron have chalked up an enviable
record of performance in agricultural production. but also
in leadership both in the development of modern
agriculture and. in farmer and commodity organisations.
You nearly 4.000 farmers ftaVe made Huron County
first in Ontario in white beans, barley, corn and turnips;
second in beef cattle dairy products. Now Huron farmers
are taking a leaderShip, role in designing official plans for
the county'. that-will protect the agrieuittiro industry and •
ensure the preerVetion-of our food-prodnction base tt
It is 4,reeord that fit tnotri all at 79.5 can look to:.
,4,,024nociel for action:'
office: fetlerAplioister Atkri4tittirt.'1, travel
;.• front 04144 0051-, and meet farmers off theitlarntS'aad IO
their orgarigatiOns,'ud I neveit'fait tote impressed with
their.national vision atilivmaiitilient to 4 strews:. united
Canada. ,
r
Fartneti can be int*eirioyalio their township; their
county and their provipce, but still ;be dedicated to the
future grovvth and development of their country. They
have an utideratandirig of the need for. and the itriportance
Of. to-operation in solving tough probletiss that I am
convinced is needed in Canada now more than ever before.
I am sure your SALUTE TO AGRICULTURE SECTION
wsli help all your readers appreciated the importance of
farming and the total agri-food industry to the strength •
and well-being of Canada.
Eugene F. Whelan. P.C.,,IvI.P,.
Minister of Agriculture
mow
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holiday. Thanks to its Irish
origin there's a devil-may-
care, kick-up-your-heels
atmosphere about the day.
just like there's a "relax and
enjOy the ilalPor10.1
life; plulgs.ophy held by
InAol MAO ate 41511.
EClit4ened by try Winter.
that seetV-s gone •IftreVer,
woke. 4.1/ to. field six
in.gb s"d,t'0,Pyr en thelield'at
wOrn: ki4i by flu. colds
heing qmfined in the, hottSe
With kids whO have chicken
Whit we need badly
about now is St. Patrick's
Day. March 17 to me has
always been a special kind of
alk on top of the worl
Londes4orois Gary Sottiaux hiked the Pacific Crest
standing, by then t t oukt
1 suggest viq In)%k start to
lobby IQ 0(411 St Patras:K\
tArtfulAyAs ott! n5stt,tual 4to
, The Irish ,ore gcuerous
pgORIgt ,,tftFYIAti40, ff ilsigo,
Partig4 110t1 19jY S, 01 0114
area ott,-Varfit
ProbahlY fail in test.al twos•
one veho'd aunt to NO r
Irish, 'at least for the di;'
pox. we heed St Pdi ra k • s
Day now.
It doesn't lot* hat Canada
will ever get- us tebruars
. Heritage Day (or d sse do,
there may be s•sttn little
historical siginfit mut soli anada turns Irish on
the I litr." ac could tell the
Irish parhatneut„ "could you
441414 share u'ur day aith
us?"
rhea, the (anadian
men' handled'and surely
the .Speedier ahem. St,
Pji' s • ,thati aboitt. heritage.;
Ak',.(,:t.a.Ithave clti) tiff (Or our
• fink Mara national holiday.'
Vei-yone wiso likes to liVe
it op on the 17th and is:
Something to say
by Susan White
plagued by, minor in-
conveniences like lobs. stock
to look after, children to •tenti
atahr:,th e 4tims0447 cleat', will go
off.
tf of the Ye 41' 400
,front' infor.tuation overload .'
The last few week i''ve had'
so much thrown at me. on
P4per. on the ,; phone, in.
speeehes and conversations:
that I want to let it all settle,
muse on it for awhile and let
What's valuable rise to the
top. The rest, when I've
sorted it out. I can forget
AboOt-
Thar; where St. Patrick:s
Day comes in: a day, when
a 'you can be whintOcat . party
and vat necessarily ttave to.
make sense 'land not neces-
sarily bl'aUs# YPierzt-tiO.t00
melt ter titrinki is yerit very,
good for the Ion', The Irish
realize this, ..P1.4, if St. Patrick
04101 thee .d haw
invented him.
$0 Oing-10 eh 0Y the
:arid 'thank not Irish
POSITOR,. MARCtt 1?1 19411
forebearerS (and yowl) for
having tbi-ense toend op in
a country where St, Patrick's
birthday core* at a season
when we'real it,
Now.. whet!.
40 official holiday, Ovhat,
ork,teri wa if 000":' says' a
•.ohortm ,ftoo . "ithlian,I we'll'
ie,atty'hage, a time,,
litery
,
wee..more .
xmre •,kt14011er',*
'44 • are a rte=
o4.0.'..y coat Huron
Expositor . Ads,
• 52-02402.
•
-WILLIAM JAMES
DEVEREAUX
William James' 'Dever-
eaux of "'.Rita Seaforth died
Thursday March 4. 1981 at
Seaforth, Conimunity Hospit-
al. He was in his 100th year.
A fife 'long resident of
Tucketsmith he had contin-
ued to live on the road
farm east of Seaforth where
be was born in• the township
on. June 13. :1881. His
parents; the late James
Devereaux and Ellep Shana-
han we're pioneer area resi-
dents, •
Throughout his long life
time Mr. Devereaux took a
keen interest in the commun-
ity. Interested in politics he
was a staunch Liberal. While
',in recent. yeats..he,,,was riot .
able to fully partifipate in
farm activities his interest- in
those activities never waned.
He was a member of St.,
jiffies"- Roman Catholic
Church, Seaforth arid was
the oldest members .in the
parish. On the Occasion of hiS
99th birthday last June he
recalled he had been a
subscriber to the Expositor
for 79 years.
His wife, :the former Marg-
aret Ellen Kelly to Whom he
was married at St. Michael's
Area's oldest
resident dies
Church. Blyth on October 17.
1917, predeceased him in
February'1962. Surviving are
a son, Joseph; seven grand-
children and six great grand-
children. He was prede-
ceased by three sisters and a
granddaughter.
Friends wete received at
the Whitney-litibey ,Funeral
Home, Seafotth. Funeral.
mass. was .lield11):30. a an.,-,ou
Monday conducted by Father
C. rarauna at- Su.-- -James
Ifiim an Catholic Church.
Seaforth.
Temporary entombittent
was in Pioneer Memorial.
Mausoleum with burial to
followan St. James Cemetery
Seaforth. „
Pallbeareri were: Joe
Devereaux Ferg Dever-
eaux, Mike Devereaux, Bill
Devereaux, Dan Devereaux
and Jim Hickey.,,Flowerbear-
er was Joanna Schotthoefer.
NeOd a prok
in Brussels. Eldrid Simmons. at' 61 Riverside
Dr. in Exeter. is the returning officer for the
riding of Huron-Middlesex.
The proCedure for voting by proxY is to
have the form filled out by the person unable
to make' it to the polls. The person who will
cast, his or her vote must then take, the form
to the returning officer in the electoral
district in which the vote will be cast. who
will certify the proxy. A person acting as a
prOxy must be , on the voters' list in the same
electoral district. ,
Those eligible must belong to one of four
categories. The first category is for members
of the armed forces involved in active
BY RHEA HAMILTON
It's like walking on the top of the world.
Hikers from around the world meet to
. sample and savour the ruggedness of the
trail and the breathtaking beauty. The
Pacific Crest Trail is uniqueip that it follows
a meuntain range for 2600 miles down the
length of the United States..
Gary Sottiaui; Londesboro. knows every'
toot on that trail after he, cottipleted his hike
from the Canadian border to the Mexican
border in a little over four 'months time.
It all started with an article some years
ago in' National Geographic on the Pacific
Crest Trail which started Gary contemplat-
ing takihg a hike, along that very same trail.
Three years ago he finished two thirds of the
trail but last 'fall finished the'whote trail from
start to finish.
Last spring-Gary was laid off from his job
in Stratford and decided this was the time to
make that hike. On July IS--he started his
trek at the Washington-British Columbia
border. But plannin- forthe moment started
six months. betnre
The trail-is •blifft and maintained 'by the
U.S. Forest service and follows as closely as
possible the range with smaller trails leading
off to ,siglits of spectacular beauty. Gary
came to regard those sidebar trails as jusaso
many more miles to take and kept, mostly to
the main trail.
• . Frionilswere-notas-eseitedasGraryabeor-
the trip and he couldn't convince anyone to
takekhehike With him so off hewent on his
owh.
• Like many trips there were some stories to
tell and Gary kept.a diary and packed a small
pocket camera to record the sites and friciiha,
he -mat along the way.
"Everyone is so friendly to hikers along
the trail" Gary-'remembers. So, friendly in
fact that in. some spots he was invited to
supper and ever! shared Thanksgiving with a
family in the California Sierras."
One of the most important items on the
hiker's list is the guide book which is
complete with .topographical mapS, pictures
and detailed 'description of the trail.
Bikers dims, ,tri refs also on dehydrated
foods and the small sillages along_ the trail
...timid %Het enough selection so parrelS are
mode up by the hiker and mailed before
hand to certain points along the trail. The
hiker merely plans his trip and picks up his
ramms at the postal Stops along 'the trail.
the guide. book includes' a list of postil
stations with addresses for hikers' conven- .... , ..
ss as concerned with the border
rcgu tallow, for •parcels and instead choose to
hate a California firm. called Trail Foofis box
up his rations according to his specifications
and send theni out 'to his ,propos'ed .stops.
Postal authorities, arc familiar with this after
ears of serving bilterS along the trail and
hold the 'parcels until the hiker shows 'up. .
• Dried foods included lasagna. Gary's,
lasouritc, and pork and beans and stews. A
little hot k% titer. mix with package contents
. and,- presto.' supper is served,. 'Breakfasts
included hot cereal like cream of wheat. Alf
f this was heated up with the aid of a
portable ;butane- 'tank' heater. The only
dray, back a as that Gary had to,takc the tank
in bed at night to keep it above freezing.-The
butane would not ignite in temperatures
iyoss free/Mg.
MOUNTAIN WEATHER
Whieh_brings. us to another thought. a
With lag-Y:16-nm) stifi.,10he weather
as ag•tinstilie toile _hiker or, a& li-e-becarne-
knov,ii,on idle trail. "The Pilgrini." But the
' eather did co:operate and sunny skies were
the order far most of The trip. Of the four
trionths the only bad weather was snow for
_,two -weeks in the high slopes of California
and forestry officials recommended ' that
Gars not continue't the trail but hitchhike
.around the difficult spot of 300 miles which
he did.
Photos of his site one evening show a
" small blue pup tent and pack in a forest
clearing. rhe nett shot is of the following
morning anti the ground and trees around
are white with fresh snow,. '
But that' Wasn't the only time Gary
crawled out of his tent to a surprise. During
the first leg. of his trek Gary stopped , early
one day to rest- up. Equipped with a pocket
book he crawled into his tent to read a little.
The time was about three' when he made
camp. The eext .thirig he noticed was that it
grew quite dark and he heard thcloft tatter
on his tent of what he believed Was rain,
After a thne he became aware that his tent
was not showing* any signs of wetness .and
when he crawled out a `surprise met his eyes.
"EvaYthing was white including my
tent.,- recalls Gary. For forty five minutes
Mount St. Helens spewed ash as' far as 'the
area, 45 miles away. where Gary had
camped -for the evening.
'Gary.,,,forget his fatigue and packed up his
gear. The nearest highway was five miles
further along the trail and a • campsite
another mile after that. Somehow Gary
found the energy and moiled that to
what. he felt was a safer location.
Fires areanot recommended along the trail
and forest fires hadbeen a prOblern on part
of the, trail Gary traversed. Some evenings
the temperatures .dropped to eighteen,,
degrees fat-el-Mehl. but Gary, kept reasonably
warm in his long underwear. thermal bopties
and down iacket. '
But after a,few hours on the trail the next
, morning he , would 'be stripped down to his
hiking ',1 and `shorts.
Anyone who travels• realizes the im-
portance of Packing it light. Gary kept his.
wardrobe limited to a set of hiking shorts
and Shirt and a "going to town" shirt and
pants ,and a few pairs 'of sockst -When-the
trail crossed over a highway with a village
nearby Gary would make a stop to a grocery
store first to treat himself to a bit of fresh
, fruit' of store bought baking and then to a
• laundromat.
It was d" , during these stops that Gary would"
enjoy a whole pie or a bite of hamburger:'
• Then it was back on the trail for a few more
days.
A maiprity of hikers choose to start at the
Mexican border and work their way north so
Gary met more hikers going the opposite
direttion to himself. The journey was made
alone with the exception of a father and two
sons who Gary trekked with for a few hours
and then carried on alone. -
The trail winds up,, down and around the
peaks-reaching to heights of 6,000 feet and
9.000 feet and upwards.
Wildlife abounded alcmg.the trail and deer
and elk were familiar sights. One night Gary
hung his pack and food up in a ,tree to avoid
attracting Sears.te, hiS sly , Some evenings
he would wake to hear shuffling Cr footsteps
outside of his tent but a,,shout would cause •
.. the movement to fade into the•birshas the
creature scurried away.
When.yott,.carry everything on your back.
souvenirs are kept to. a . light minimum.
Besides, a bit of volcanic ash'. Gary also has a
page from a small paper in' Wrightwood
South California which publishes pictures of
the. htkers that come through during the
year. Gary trastirelstrthennent flint od the
trail and included 'notes besides others.
While stopped,in WrightwoOd, the, owners
•. of a ski. shop, after diScovering he was a
Biker immediately offered him hot biscuits.
and a' lace for the night. Hikers are enjoyed
anti-residents have--a list htivernes-witere
hikers cad find accomodations for a change
of beddine.
For students or others planning to vote by
proxy in the March 19 provincial election,
the advice from the chief returning officers
in the three arearidings is to act early. •
the deadline' for havkng proxies certified
is 7 p.m. March ;8,. the' evening before the
election.
Proxy forms are available from any of the
three maler parties and from the returning
officer irl each electoral district. The Perth
office is manned by John Whyte. and is
situated in the St. James' Parish Hall on'
Mornington St. in Stratford. The Huron-
Bruce returning officer is George
McCutcheon, and his office is on Church St.
service. The second includes people 'Invoked
in long distance transportation- rail, plane
and shipping are examples given- who are
unable to' vote on election day. The third is
for those attending an, eduaational institu-
tion. The final eligible, group are people with
medical ceititleates stating they are unable
? Act early
to attend the polling place.
The three returning officers report they
have handed ontholy a few forms so far, and
none expects a heaVy demand for, pthxy
applications. ,'
Dates for the advance polls are March 12.,
14 and 16 from I I a.m. to 8 p.m.
PACKING-LIGHT
• Continued from page 1
food we could grow in Ca da,.
'Chitarlahatto be Dire o e few places in
the world where people sit .in front' .of
imported TV 4 eating iropcged TV dinners
White the family dog eats imported dog food:"
'he quipped. '
. -It all adds up to farmer's going out of
'business. farmland going out of produc tion
and proceSsing plants shutting their doots.• •
he stressed.
'Michael Cassidy told the luncheon guests
he believes we in Ontario can no longer
afford to squander our capacity to feed
ourselves. The NDP proposes to protect our
farmlands. rebuild our food processing '
industry and help Ontario's farmers get on
with the jobhf growing food, the NDP leader
Said. as he outlined the party's agricultural
policy.
, . FOODLAND TRUST
He drew attention to the Ontario Foodland
ver 1 11,000 area acres out
of production Cassidy says
Trust,. proposed by the ,NDP. which would
acquire land voluntarily for long-term lease
to existing farmers and new, generations of
farmers. This trust would ,help ease the
problem of high land and interest costs, said
Mr. Cassidy. He suggested, Ontario take
advantage of the fact that risingenetgy costs
make large. centrally located' food proces-
sing plants less economical, Slew Demo-
crats, he said, see a real future for smaller,
locally-controlled processing plants in' com-
munities like, Lucknow,- close' to producing
areas.
"We want to promote self-reliance and
create jobs in towns where there are few job
opportunities." explained the NDP leader.
Guests at the luncheon included loCal NDP
candidates Tony McQuail of the Lucknow
area, running ih Huron-Bruce; Gwen Pemb-
erton of Hayfield, the party's candidate' in
the Huron-Middlesex riding , and Scott
Wilson of Mitchell. NDP candidate in Perth.
•I
To the editor:
Concerned about
education in Huron?
Participate
orrn group
I
School. This meeting was organized by a Secondary School and more in the
small g'r'oup of people concerned about what elementary schools. Many people connected
is happening in the education field, that it with these students will need to become
costs more for less. It believes that some involved if this organization is to be effective
kind or action should be taken. in influencing the policies of the Board of
It is obvious that, with enrollment Education in Huron County.
continuing to decline, ,more teachers will
beCome redundant' and more courses If you care, participate. There .is still a
dropped. This year is just the beginning. chance to get some answers and it take only
This small group thought it had the a little effort on the part of each of us, Drop a
support of the 130 or so persons rho line or give a call to the undersigned and
attended the Board Meeting on the indicate if you agree someone should take
afternoon of Match 2nd plus the many others
who couldn't get to that'Meeting. The press
and T.V. and some political candidates and
board members were there laSt Monday
night. but only 70 people from the ,
coinmunity were present.
-Nletty-gooti7tdea
Monday night, March 9th; the first
meeting of the 'Citizens Action Group for
Education' was held at the Clinton Public
from those 70 people. but this small number .
was disapPrtintiOg in view of the fact that
. there are SOO siudents at Central Huron
the part of the students.
Sincerely
Mary Coventry, Ph. 482-3508, Clinton .
Brenda Whyte Ph..527431634caforth
Archie Cooper Ph. 565.2522 Bayfteld
McAdatrePh. 4824657 Clinton
Mn McLean irk. 78218 Clinton.'
Tuckersrnith council
Biassed a by-law Tuesday
night to confirm and
ttnaintain the same salary
structure for counci
Reeve Bob ne'.11 will
continue' to receive a yearly
".'tire' '
PRE-DINNER CHAT-I-Master of Ceremonies Fred Darling of Exeter
(StandIng) chats with PC candidate Jim Britnell of Goderich and Premier
, WiltiaM Davis at the PCTally hedd at Exeter Legion March 4. (Photo by
Gibb)
Tuckersmith wages set
$500 hohorarium and $55 per.
meeting. Deputy reeve Bill
Brown receives a $300 total
yearly along with S45 per
teting,
Couneillok John Brown.
ridge, Jim Papple and Bob
Ilroadfoot each get $300
If the
meeting lasts less than two
hours the fee is cut in half.
'yearly and/540 per meeting.
`Council must meet • for
more than two hours to
collect the regain rate.
Continued from page 1.
. try to make the 'system work_
CURRICULUM
It was suggested CAGE take a close look
it the high schoolS curriculum in an attempt
to trite off excess Mond Den Welsh, of R.R.
5. Clinton questioned the board's priorities.
He noted while the machine shop al CHSS
has been closed, the school still has a large
football field and good physical education
facilities.
He noted that during his high school
years, the phys ed class used the Clinton
Community Park as a playing field. Mr.
Welsh suggested too much emphasis is
placed on physical education and noted: "If
there are ,budget cuts to be made, perhaps
there would be (in phys ed) a plate to start."
A Seaforth parent noted because a math
had been dropped there, her son would have
to take two night school courses to get the
three maths required for his future in
engineering. She noted that perhaps if her
son had known in Grade- 9Thaf courses he
needed wouldn't be offered in Grade 13, he
would have studied different iubjeett.
'CAGE hopes to watch over edacatioe so
there Changes don't come unannounced,"
Mrs. Couper explained.
REPLACEMENT RIGHT
Mr. Schoonderwrierd suggested to avoid
future strikes, changes in the right to strike
should be made and if a teacher crittpriebs
hiritself, the board of education should be
able to find someone to replace him,
"We have no say at all," Carol Kerrigan
loifstC..l.inton added, "we just pay. The schools
are the reason our children are there. 'but
they seem to be at the bottom of the priority
•
Mr. Schootterwoerd also noted S26 Million,
was spent on education in the county last
year and 85 per cent of that went to salaries.
'1 We'd be better to keep thg.machine shop
open and not the administration," he
suggested.
Mrs. Cauper noted taxpapers are already
burdened enough and CAGE would . be
looking into the possibilities Of getting,
financial assistance from the governMent,
She said, "we've' come to a point where
we're going to have to make chokes. We
must alter the programs but there Must be
creative ways to make the best of these."
CAGE will be fooling at all Concerns
voiced et, the Monday meeting. The new.
organization is also looking for support and
is forming publicity, industrial, political
pressure. fund raising and students eomemit-..
While •Mrs. COUper is heading t ,
group; Oita& Whyte of Stiforth is, . the
Vice.clutirmatt and Mali Colidentty of dintop
is the secreitity-treasurer'.
Many present objected to the high salaries
teachers are-Ring paid and Bill Schoonder-
wireed said, "If the teachers don't get what .
they want, then our children don't get the
education."
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