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The Huron Expositor, 1981-09-23, Page 3THE RED TAVERN SCHOOLHOUSE Now the home of Mt. and Mrs. Doug Upshall at lot 10, concession 9 of Tuckersmith Township, it revealed a secret during renovations recently by Egmondville carpenter Den Chapman. (Photo by Campbell) of Seaf8rth parade Bolton is famous for his hay which has won altigrils.at the Royal Winter fair for years. (Photo by Hamilton) Sugar and spice By Bill Smiley Continued from page 2 there would bug the eyes of either an antique 'dealer' or a garage-groupie. We havegarden tools in there that haven't been used since Sir John. A. MacDonald's wife told him to get his nose of that glass and go out 'end stir up the garden. "We have at leatt four perfectly good tir es for a- 1947 Dodge. We have enough holy tarpaulin (or is it holey? I've never known) to build a theatre Under the stars. There's a perfectly good set of golf clubs, a wee bit rusty. There's a three-legged garden tool that must have came over with Samuel de Champain. There's a three-wheeled lawn- mower (mechanic's special). Six hundredfeet of garden hose that a little adhesive would fix. And many more, too miscellaneous to mention. And that's only the tool shed. Inside the house, we have eight tonsofbOoks, left by our children'. The attic is going to come right through to the kitchen, one of these days. How about a. copy of Bhogavadgite. ,000 pages. at $1,00? Man. I wish I'd got this idea off the ground abeln,rwe months ago? Anydne interested in an iron crib, sides go up and down, filled with three hundred dollars worth of broken toys, exotic paintings, some records and a bag of marbles? Who needs to retire, with all this wealth lying around? THE HURON EXPOSITOR SEPTEM ER no "1901. Vocation to remem er Something to say' by Susan White It was a dream vacation. He got the flu and I got the flu- A person who visited with us for two days wasn't feeling too good either. Our daughter. going on four, kept the place together, bringing glasses and, orange Juice from the fridge. She's not too accomplished a pourer yet and,it sOinetimes took Iwo atrinP4S.oe hat )141Wpca 4%. determineds tIe also ktOgd: 0140,k0t$ and cold ,..,...wesheloaths, kcp; herself v- . ; 111 61 1rn iesthat ;4rt /'71Yarrai8ing the hair but what the heck/ and generally made herself she o erselcf.uurd v. r ful, [wish i so we • could read - her essay on "what I did on ms summer vacation." But if it got any wide distribution the Child- ren's Aid would likely be on our doorstep. And the weather. It was cold. damp, and rainy. A couple of limes she kid' Was driven OM by us,. by her oWn ' deSPeratitini OutSidelo iniheraitt*ith, her Sand.trip.. Her other thrill -Was standing at the window. Watching .the grey waves;pound in the ft saying -maybe temorrowkwe can go svgionning." -.As you know. r ri) an, optimist. Our suitcase was packed with bathing suits. shorts and other assorted summer gear. We even bought Gaby a new pair of water wings and she was itching to try them out. Sure it was September but we've had warm Septembers before ,and we all needed a little baking in the Stin,, some-storing upof rays to get Os through the • ,bang winter ahead • It Was,nuttobe. The better half got Siek,even 'before We. • .100104e-foe a few days. t the lake I ehanffered usup there , and Ile went tt bed. ' • After, our first nigh; 1,, crawled out of bed saying. "this mattress hgi always ' been bad but this time it's dislocated my back." As the day wore on it gradually dawned that mare than the mattress was at fault 'and I joined thesick brigade.'wrap- ped in a blanket lying on the couch with the heating pad underneath me. Friends came down to visit. once. We entertained them with tales of our hot flashes and cold chills and they crouched around our fire place with us. Not only did they not return, but this week I heard one or them was laid low a.couple of days ,later. Stir crazy after three days inside (.theres.nOpiAlttaking' side idea we'd lookett for- yard to if you (loot feel coMfortablei silting up) we went out for a walk. It's countryside that can be goo: geous in the right weather We lo've to take a jaunt along the beach, then swing inland and climb up one of the gullies that mark 'Lake Huron's shore and walk back to the cottage through the trees and wildflowers. mea- dows and wild apples. haws and cow Jps. That day though the damp and occasional rain marred the trip a bit. Believe me, two people in their thirties have, never felt so arthritic. (h that's a taste of whit's to come as W,e grow old Rod greY together. I'm Itioving to zo.to.,) - Ali the rpoatting itodtroon- wv,40,Aliery rest. Nett ifWe ditWt retake until'We gOt innne. Also did` Sup3 interesting reading and maybe lost a bit of wOiobt, since we nittn't eat nearly our usual holiday fare. The big consolation of course to Scottish souls like us is that we didn't pay a big buck and fly somewhere to enjoy the flu and the cold together. Cotincil briefs A mystery at local school and the last burial the stone commemerates was in 1869. It was a pioneer. Descend- -ants still live in the Egrnond- ville area. , Lout iTiSttniati't1Sg5Eile' " Campbell. in her book A History of Tuckersmith, says a log school was built in 1850 or 1851 at, lot 11'. concession 8. In 1867 a half acre of land was bought, for a new red .frame school at lot 10, concession 9 for $26. It cost $743 to build this school, which was again replaced by the present white extra time for the centre part of the ditch as approved by the superintendentof public works- The town will purchase a pager for public works, to be used by the superintendent and whoever is on call on weekends, at a‘cost of $38 a month from Oxford Commun- ication. The system will de- liver a message. Another quote, of SSO a month, plus installation of a telephone. was received from Seaforth Community Hospital. Public works' will assume Responsibility for mainten- ance and approval of the four service- club signs at, town limits. ti Don Dipee has been trans- ferred from the arena to public works and Jack Price will• be transferred once the arena closes Oct. 15. Public works head John Forrest and rec director Bryan Peter will develop a work schedule as arena employees will be nzrodooedrparritn-ktisi planned etoma intain o• for ' " Sealatti 'this' Winter. Leaf pickup will be done 1,000 illiter'ates. in Huron Phonetics and pictures (called the Lau- bach method) are used to teach printing. writing spelling ' basic grammar -end reading, from a grade I to a grade 8 level. The tutors do it for free, most teaching materials are provided by the Huron County Library System, so there is only a small fee (for books) for students. And you can't put a price tag on the self-respect it could bring. If you know of someone in the Seaforth area who would benefit from ABE (it is not for new Canadians or the mentally handi• capped) you could contact Mrs. Fink (at 524-2934 after 6 p.m.: or at 232 Bennett St. E. -Goderielt, N7A I AS) All' enquiries arc kept confidential. The prograni could also use tutors from the Seaforth area. Behind the scenes Continued from page/2 other, that they are part of a real world, not isolated from it. By contrast, I think, people in small towns have few of those luxuries. Few of us, with the possible exception of farmers, have enough people in our own field that we can isolate ourselves. Everyday we must assoc- iate with people from all different back- grounds. We are richer, and safer, for it. Angry farmers . want action BY GREGORCAMPBELL When a carpenter was work- ing at an old white brick schoolhouse in Tuckersmith Township•he found a surprise at the head of the stairs. Den Chapman of Egmond- vile has been renovating "on and off" for the past five years at the former school. which in its day was nick- named the Red Tavern school 'because of a pub across the road. The school turned home is located off the Kippen line at lot 10, concession 9 of Tackerstiaith. Mr. and Mrs. Doug Upshall bought the building in the spring of 1966 and began fixing it up. Enter Mr. Chapman who does that sort of thing. Recently the Upshalls and Mr. Chapman decided they needed some natural light at the tap of their renovated stairway. So they put a window where the school's marker was. Y ou may have seen that marker if you've ever been near the building. It looked innocuous for a long time. It stood above the front entrance, under a bell that's no Jonger there, and read "SS No.. 9 /11391-' ' But that isn't all the solid marble slab apparently once marked. Mr, Chapman and the Upshalls were more than a little surprised to find a' tombstone on its flip side. The stone doesn't appear flawed, the lettering, looks like it was chiseled yesterday. brick building in 1891. This became known as the Red Tavern school. A basement was added to the. building in • Thomas G. Shillinglaw was the nrst teacher at this school. He taught contin- uously here for more than 30 years. - But who knows if he knew? Knew what someone would find at the head of their stair! - more than half a centur later. Correction A photo in last week's Expositor was incorrectly i- dentified. It showed Joyce Doig of •-Seaforth Golf and, -C-e trophy. not a cheque. to a winner at the club's recent tourney. Our apologies for the error. Homeow hers with Urea formaldehyde foam insula- tion are more united after the county organization concept was accepted at a Toronto meeting Sept. f4. The concept was accepted by executives of groups al- ready formed. A motion was passed to 'have one voting member from each eounty organization at provincial meetings. The ,provincial group is incorporated. Perth County was given credit for starting the organ- ization on a county level at the provincial meeting. Huron County has organized a wmg:412:u1--- At its September meeting. Seaforth council considered the following: Three surplus police hind guns were sold to A. Jeki, one of two identical bidders, for S75 after the flip of a coin. The 'PUC was given per- mission to relocate a fire hydrant from the west side of Victoria St. to the east side of Goderich St. because its location caused traffic prob.. lems. Connell members Bill Dale Irwin Johnston and Alf Ross were named to begin negotia- tions with the local police association on the new cont- ract. The present one expires Dec. 31. - The mayor, the clerk, the Rolice chief and councillor A. oss- will attend the fall meeting of the Municipal Police Authorities, Oct. 7 - 9 in. Toronto. Chief Claus was given one week off in Octo- ber, as had been agreed to when he was hired. Frank Kling Ltd. was auth- orized to clean the Coleman StAiteh from Goderich' E: Silver Creek for • $800, plus Hundreds of letters are pawing into the Huron Fed- eration of Agriculture office from concerned and angry farmers demanding immedi- ate action from the Prime Ministerto save what is left of the farming industry. The letters- will be personally delivered to the Prime Min- ister's officeby Murray Card- a 1 I Huron-Bruce. When parliament recon- venes this fall the federation says the federal budget must bring relief to the farming ,HUFPI.group. with help from Perth. Huron is now assisting Bruce County to set up an organization; PerAisioelting to assist in setting up an organization in Oxford Coun- ty. Another meeting of the provincial group will be held in the near future at which time a steering committee will be elected to appoint an Ontario eiecutive. Robert' Turnbull of Strat- ford. the vice-chairman of the Perth HUFFI, who was at the Toronto meetings, said law- yers within the group will be setting down the provincial groups objectives and princ- iples. Accountants will be looking after the finances. Mr. Turnbull said Prof. Bill Blackmore of Kitchener sug- gested as soon as the Ontario executive is appointed it should sit down with mem- bers of parliament, or commission. to discuss th' problem and come with solui ions. Prof. Blackmore is .1 member of HUFFI. Mr. Turnbull said a finan cial statement for the Perth HUFFI 'will be sent out to members. He added anyone Who is affected by the foam and has not joined HUFFI can contact Phil Brown. 115 ('e- rg Street in Stratford or Alone 273-1117. chishohn of R.R. 2. Lucknow,1 chairman of the Huron County HUFFI said anyone in Huron County who is affected by the foam and not yet joined can contact at 529-7524, later this fall. Requests for sidewalk repair from the Queens Hotel and Velma Miller were deferred to the 1982 budget. A driveway curbcut on the new reconst- ructed Market St. was okayed • for the Rathwell building. The arena report showed revenue to the end of August up nearly $6,000 over last year at --the-Thsarne date: $62,035.70 compared to $56,317.68 at August, 1980. The resignation of Rick Fortune from the rec commit- tee' was accepted with regret. Suggested • locations for outdoor arenas this winter are SPS. St. James' School. SDHS and the Optimist Park. The •rec director suggests using the first three for public skating and pick-up hockey and the last for hockey and ringette practise. Demolition of the house on the proposed S. Main St. site• of the fire hall was awarded to John H. McLlwain Construc- tion Ltd.. the lowest bidder at $1475. Other tenders were James McNairn $1650; Frank Kling Ltd.. $1850 and Total Demolition $3.660. Delinquent Seaforth tax- payers will be payinginterest on arrears at up to one and a half per cent above the prime rate, following passage of a bylaw by council. The interest will be 22.8 per cent per year. Gerry Dillon. who has expressed interest in buying town land between Railway and Elizabeth Sts., over which there's a PUC right:of- way, was asked to submit an offer to purchase. . A request from Huron's chief librarian that the lower library floor be repaired be- fore it can, be used as a children's library was defer- red to early 1982 and the new budget. Council supported a resolu- tion from the Heron Federa- tion of Agriculture calling on the- prime minister.'' for im- mediate action "to save what is left of the agriculture community "..Defeated was a resolution from the city Of Barrie asking the province to alloW -Ifitinicipilities where jails are located to collect a grant in lieu of taxes en the facilities. Grid promotions from level 1 to level 2 for town office secretary Connie Marion. from $4.62 to S4.79 per hour and for bookkeeper Dorothy Bassett from leVel 3 to 4 56.16 to $6.39, roughly four per cent, were. approved. Public works employee Joe Nigh was promoted from level 1 to level 2 operator from iS,./31 to $6.05 per hour and Doug Anstett frOm leverS labourer to level 2 operator, at the same salary" $6.05 per hour. A request from Silverview Development Ltd. for a de- sign revision in its plan of subdivision was referred to the planning board. .1 11401'aft yr A 11 \17., ° t r 11 14.! - 45? industry which has been most adversely affected ,by the government's high interest policy. There is little time left for farmers to, inform the government of their plight. They feel a personal letter to the Prime Ministet can make a difference in government policy. The fall harvest sea- son will be over soon and many more farmers will be unable to meet their financial commitments because of low corn prices. Individual comments of many farmers are included in the letters the Prime Minister will receive, An important point made by one farmer is that farming is the only industry in the world where everything needed for the production is purchased retail and then processed or grown and final- ly sold wholesale. This alone. puts farming in a very unique situation. Which government must realize. Another letter writer found it ironic that on the day of receiving the Huron Federa- tion of Agriculture survey lefter to the government, he had met with the Trustee regarding his farm bankrupt- cy, They are unable to meet high interest rates while receiving low prices for their products. The federation won ders who will lose their farm next. There are an estimated 1.000 functional illiterates in Huron County. and 4-million in Canada. These figures do not' include new Canadians or the mentally handicapped. A functional illiterate can't read or write. which means the deck is stacked against him or her in a world where one is constantly, bombarded with written information. Some cse't even read the label on •a soup can, or e cheque. Most are ashamed and sink into isolation. • But help is available which doesn't cost much. An Adult Basic Educatten (ABE) pro- gram began in Huron Couifty at Goderich -four years-ago. CIASSZS recanted for t5 individuals (ages 24 through 70) again this week. They arc held at Knox Presbyterian Church Monday nights from 7:30 to 9:30, pan. Students now •noun came from Lucknow.. Wingham. Clinton. Kincardine and Goder ich. But the program is flexible, If students can't make it Monday nights. or out of town. something else might be arranged. The person who does the arranging. the moving force behind ABE in Huron. is Sheila Fink of Goderich. She says classes are held on a one-to-one basis in confidence between tutors and students. who can progress at their own rate of speed without worrying about tests or feeling ashamed about anything. ( THE HAY KING — Russell Bolton took part in the Threshermans recently with his grandson, Mr. Homeowners unite , against urea Plowing match on next wee. 41