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"SPEAK, SOFTLY AND: CARON; A Ei STIOK",-Here Shawn Kyle,
Benny,Bjerg, Bill Joe Hoy and; DaVid MOCprdy try to keep the home fires
burning an a recent otitdoor education' field trip that waS held for
Vanastra Public School pupils. .
Logan, 'Elma sign agreement on
Monkton Community Centre
the Upper Thames River
Conservation Authority and
the Maitland Valley Conser-
vation Authority will also be
paid.
The The next meeting of coun-
cil will be held on June 15 at
8 p.m.
Recently some pupils from the Vanastra Public
School were engaged in some out of classroom
activities. Here Shelley Maxwell, Darlene Smith ,
and -Lori Simms appear a bit "stumped."
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR,.. 0 1901 tm,
of E decides on school
At its last meeting, Logan
Township Council decided to
renew the agreement with
the Township of Elma re-
garding the Monkton Com-
munity Centre. This. agree-
ment is up for review every
five years with respect to
Sharing the costs of capital
expenditures and the opera-
tion and maintenance of the
Monkton Arena, Hall and
Athletic Pield. The percent-
age remains the same with
Elms TownShip assuming'
60% of any deficit and Logan
Township assuming the re-
maining 40%.
The Council received a
report from the Ministry of
Housing concerning a 'stinky
taken in December to ascer-
tain the current need for
Senior citizen housing in the
north part of Logan Town-
ship- including that part of
Monkton located in Logan.
The report identifies a cur-
rent need of ope rent-gearedi
to-income housing unit and
one market rental housing
unit in this area. Since the
survey was undertaken to
supplement a similar study
in Elma Tovinship, the provi-
sion of housing will depend
on the results of the current
,Elma Township study.
Logan Council recently a-
warded the contract for exca-
vating a netv trench at the
Sanitary landfill site to the
Robert Nicholson Construc-
tion Co. Ltd. for $1,200.00
This was the lowest of three
bids received. The contractor
was to begin the job on June
1 anchready for operation
on the following Saturday.
The cleaning out ,of the
open portion of the ,Itunt
Municipal Drain has been'
completed. On May 19, the
revised report of the North-
east Municipal Drain.
Branches D and H. was
provisionally adopted and
"Farmers nowadays are technologists.
"I hear them disCussing such things as cost efficiency,
weight-gain ratios. nutrient values', fertilizer formulae and
genetici with Obvious knowledge and understanding. ,And
in their daily work they use mechanical equipment of
astonishing cost and complexity."
These are words quoted from a delightful little booklet
which arrived at our home last week. It's called' Down On
the Farm and is written -501`.6 -Disinnwe. a former
teacher who has been retired Mr a number of years.
-I term, it delightful because it is a nostalgic glimpse of
farm life in Western Ontario during the years from 1901 to
1925. It is published by Phelps Publishing Co.. 87 Bruce
.St.. London, Ont.
H.B. Disbrow& is an old friend of mine. He taught in
Elmira and was principal of the high school here for 20
years before retiring. The 16 chapters in the book are
vignettes, really. glimpses of what it was like down on the
farm. in the early days of the 20th century.
A chapter on those everlasting pesky chores is a delight
to read'and will: I'm sure, be read with a chuckle and a
grin by anyone who has ever had anything to do with a
farm. Although my Carly years were spent on the farm, I
do not go back as far as Harold Disbrowe. But those pesky
chores are a dreadful part of life even for eight-year.olds in
the Dirty Thirties.
He recalls an era of which I had no recollection but many
oldsters certainly can remember it: road work. It was a
form of municipal taxation. Sarmers were required to
contribute a designated amount of work each year to keep
Country roads in reasonable condition. The amount of work
was determined by the size of the farm and the frontage
involved.
I wonder how many city people contributed to the
building of roads in their boroughs? h suggests to me that
many of the.country roads still being used were probably •
kept recognizable as roads by the farmers in the township.
Disbrowe is a native of Elgin County in Ontario.
INODES NEED .
MOISTURE
If you applied a herbicide
,without •any—fficOrporation,
you'll have a particular inter- .
est in the weather. Surface
applied herbicides must get
into the soil solution before
they can kill the germinating
weeds. This means you need
at least 1 cm. of- rain to
activate the herbicides.
If 5 to 7 days go.by and you
still don't have the rain yOu'
need, a shallow incorporation
will help.. A harrow or rotary
hoe will kill scinie of the small
• germinating weeds and help
to activate the herbicide. If
__._yoo work more than about
an ineli,-.Or -SO Of iolf. YOU-
may be diluting .the herbicide
too much. If you incorporate
is
these treatments, keep it
hallovi. "
His education included a stint at the Ontario Agricultural
College. now part of the University of Guelph. He taught.
would you believe, at the college of Izmir, Turkey, for a
couple of years before coming hack to Canada. By 1932. he
was a teacher in the town of Norfolk County before coming
to Elmira.
"1 could hear the sound of crosscut saws, milk splashing
into pails. smell Model T eihausfs and feel winter winds
and the welcome heat of the glowing box stove when head
Down On the Farm." said Derek Wing of the University of
Guelph.
When 1 came to Elmira more than 25 years ago. one of
the first people to contact me as editor of the local
newspaper was H.B . Disbrowe. He was active not only in
education but in recreation. He and his wife were the chief
officers of the local recreation committee: I have fond
memories of this couple who went out of their way to help
me. rwa's an experienced editor-reporter but a stranger
then in a small town.
He had an imposing exterior, almost aloof. When you
knew him, you knew a warm, kind man dwelt behind the
twinkle in his eyes.
The book speaks of sugaring off, of haying time and
harvest, of threshing bees and. cheese making, of little
One-room schoolhouses, of the rural itinerants who used to
ply up and down cothirry roads, of death and dying and of
life and vigor at the turn of the century in rural Ontario.
For anyone with an interest in Canadiana, these 16
essays provide an interesting look an• life when farming was
a lot simpler and perhaps more wholesome than,it is today.
I wish, though, that he had included a chapter in the
book on' the remittance man. 4 recall helping him to edit
such a story a long time ago. The remittance men were a
large part of the rural Canada years ago and his story was
yet another glimpse of life when ii was simpler and less
complicated than it is today.
Andif you have to ask what a remittance man was, you
are not familiar with rural Canada from 1902 to 1925.
BY JASON AINSLIE
.Human biases were the essence of dispute among
members of the Huron County Board. of Education en
Thursday afternoon, when the board met for its final
regular meeting of this school year.
The-discussion was over 'the establishing of a
citifen review committee to oversee school closures
. and course cuts, and Director of EdUcation, D.J.
Cochrane, conceded that it is Xsensitive issue.
He reminded board members that board
must adept qpplicy...whicirfoiloy4vertain Ministry of
Education iti4topt. and which, a er receiving
piiltl#e input, may, or may not leattIO a decision tit
close aseboar Prtlasv,904.• • ' In usli,olicy proposal to cogbiatio.
suggested :that .,y0.44'ger.nber4,of a settool a.
Orot.74904,0jtt.to,Osc..00,044v, vq444,:irteliW
members 'of ,a Home and l roof A tactatian or toor
Parents of clAdren.Atterith_ng: the, school to.'quosticto'i.
these to be elected at apiblie:MeatiP tw9citizerlifa
the area served by eschoolin qUestien, Also elected
at a public Meeting; one 'school' board trustee, op-
pointed 'by the board chairman, to repreient the
public school electors' of the area served by the.
school; and one trustee, appointed by the board
chairman, from another area.
It was this last provision which caused concern
among some board members.
Board Trustee Frank Falconer opened the debate
saying "this committee would be useless", unless the
final provision allows for three trustees to be ap-
pointed by the chairman of the hoard.
He' suggestedthe committee should have an equal
number Of „ board trustees as outside members
because ',-we'd never get a recommendation from
that sort of a committee (two trustees and four
citizens) that a school be closed."
"The top- brass (board) doesn't have any say in that
sort of syftern," he said. "What is our purpose of
being here,"
Board Trustee Jean'Adams agreed. "If a parent
has a child in that.system, you can't explain closures
or course cuts to him. Parents are biased. People who
come to the public meeting - and you know who they
are going to be - are completely biased. We have to
educate them." 1,
But Trustee Eugene. Frayne said "somewhere,
we've got carried away with the power of this review
committee. What we have is the public presenting its
side, its feelings, and bringing recommendations to
the board. The committee has no authority."
"We want the public to be biased," he said, "to
Prevent•the• board from making hasty decisions."
Director Cochrane. elaborated on the power of the
committee. He said there are two safety valves on the
route to a school closure: first, there must be op-,
prove) from 'the „reviewing committee for any
recommendations to be presented,to the, board; then
the entire board must approve the recommendations.
"I weighted the representation specifically to give
the citizenry more say 'at the committee stage," " he -
said. "The memo from the ministry requires that the
public have input.," • .. -
"If we load the committee with trustees, we'll lose
that input," Trustee John Dewitt said, . • • •
Board Vice-chairman • Bert Morin said, after-
considering the needs of the studentsand community,
the purposeut tne review is to examine details of cost.
He said if outside citizens understand the costs of
courses or schools, then they can be directly involved
with the solutions to problems. "It's more than fair
with the community.r
Board Chairman Don McDonald reasoned that
where the public elects two people to sit on the
committee, those elected members will be informed
and rational.
Trustee Marion, Zion added some perspective on
tbe discussion, saYing Who Past der4 ctrOftne
4000 7,ve.5 closed' 00 vr44,40sed ,b,Y the Orgt914,
The 113th annual Hensall
Twilight Spring Fair Tuesday
was successful, although at=
tendance is thought to be
lower than last year. accord-
ing to Gladys McGregor.
secretary-treasurer of the
Agricultural Society.
In an interview Wednes-
day morning, Mrs. McGreg-
or said that although the
receipts from night's event
had pot yet been totalled, she
heard comments from var-
ious people that there were
fewer people than in prev-
ious years. "1 didn't get a
chance. to look outside but I
know that there weren't as
many in the , arena as last
year."
The calf show and sale.
and the sheep show were
held in the arena. Participat-
ion in these events was, high
and organizers were pleased,
since this was the first year
, for the sheep shdw. "We
never dreamt of the response
being that good, especially in
our first year." said Mrs.
McGregor.
The winner of the Hodgins
and Hayter trophy for the
best ram was Mr. L. Emke.
There were five--classes and
seven sections in the sheep
show, which continued for
almost four hours. "We were
really tired, but were pleased
with the response," added
Mrs. McGregor.
ThAe Grand Champion fin-
isheLkalfin. the cattle show
belong_ed to Les Consitt and
it went- for•St.:50 lb. -in the
auction to Canada Abattoir.
The Reserve Champion was
owned by Allan Pym, and
sold for S1.25 lb. to- Darling's
IGA in Exeter.
The Grand champion gain
was owned by Barbara Mc-.
Gregor. Paul Hoggarth won
.for senior showmanship and
grand champion thoWman.
Allan Pym won the junior
showmanship trophy. In the
for
n 4:•H cslhaosws . mLaynl es htti s manedn wBoi
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Kinsmen won the 'Huron
Expositor trophy- for eon.,
firmation and. type. Tops in,
market cattle was Brad-Fal-
coner.
• - --Mrs. --McGregpr _reported
the horse show was very
successful, and there were
several entrants in each of
the 35 classeS. Most horses
also participated in the, par-
"e: There were approximately
SO entries in the parade and
there were many spectators
out to watch.' Entries includ-
ed several decaratedfloits, a
Legion' pipe band, clowns,
bicycles and fire engineS.
The baby show :was she-
cessful,With several mothers
entering their children. In
the ,six months and under
competition, first prize was
won by Brian Alexander, son
of•Linda and Paul; second by
Phillip Elder, son of Brian
and Mary; third by Steven
Forest. son of Bill and Hea-
ther. In the six months to one
year competition, first prize
was won by Blake Joseph
Ryan, son of Joe and Lynn.
Aliso Craig; second by A-
Manda Dawn Preszcator.
daughter of Marsha and
Wayne, A r va; third by Mat-
thew Paul, Moran, son of
Mary and 'Paul, Henson.
, The Junior, Talent show
had 20 entrants who each
received money prizes of
equal value. Step-clancerk,
soloists, accordian ,layers.
and and pion `players " enter-
tai wd of about 100
in e hall. The ladies also
het demonstrations in cer-
amic flower arranging and
basket wing in the hall.
m iT hd wearye, aalnsd wit s ma a csnom small
ald's farm for the )ounger
crowd. The crowds appease d--- -
to be enjoying all the dis-
plays and events. and Mrs.
McGregor said that, the or-
ganizers were pleased with
the day's events.
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requirements to read that ail tne trustees. serving
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will sit oil the
committee (be it one trustee or three) as welt 45 one
other trustee not serving that area,
The county's secoridarY schoois were not included
in the aseussion; .1*4,414p with Only fi,••,#1k,Ogs
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--the-Courrofitevision-wilf - CHIEF-AND Marjorie (left) and Diana (right) Claus, wife held ontilane 15. The tenders and daught4.of the new Seaforth police chief; Hal Claus; joined him at for construction of the Brod-
hagen Municipal Drain were the swearing in ceremony in Goderich last week., Ingrid Claus was
opened and the contract for absent.
the clitsed portion was a-
' warded to Robinson Farm
Drainage of Ailsa Craig for'
530,990.36: The contract for
the' open portion was award-
ed to the Robert Nicholson
Construction Co. Ltd. for
$7,444.00.
Tile Drainage Loan appli-
cationS in the amount of
$54,200. were approved.
number of farmers have com-
pleted tile drainage projects
this year and a rating by-law
Or $21,800 .00 was passed
• in order to receive money
from 'the Province of Ontario
under the Tile Drainage Act.
The building and deMoli-
tion . permits issued by the
Zoning and Building admini-
strator to residents of Logan
Township in . the month of
May were reviewed. TWelve
permits were issued for
building projects totalling
$102,300 .00.
The road superintendent
reported good progress in
repairing the 'surface treated
roads and in preparing the
road ,s due to be surface.
treated this summer. Gravel
will be applied to the town-
ship roads-this month. Road
accounts in the amount of
$9,924.94 were approved for
payment.
General , accounts ' ofo
$225,293.61 were approved.
This included payments to
the Perth County Board of
Education` for $175,701.50
and the Huron-Perth County
Roman Catholic Separate
School iloarii for $19,609.00.
The half yearly requisitions
of the Mitchell Fire Area
Board, the Mitchell Protect-
ive Inspection Committee
and the Mitchell and District
Planning Board were also
included. The total levy for
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Sea forth
'naturally :•• Seaforth has a
variety of stores you would expect p
to find in a growing buyer-
conscious community.
Naturally...The best money saving
buys. are offered by local retail rit
ers
who realize that local prospey
means more civic improvements.
Since most of them are your
neighbors, they have their family
interests at heart, too.
Naturally...You'll save -gas monies.,
and there is parking just short
steps from where you want to shop.
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