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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-04-21, Page 8Page 8—Clinton News-Record—Thurs., April 21, 1966 BEAUTIFUL BREEZY , , ., , . By bellchamber 11* 1 A* JO Many Witnesses Called For Evidence PERSONAL ITEMS < CHURCH NEWS • CLUB ACTIVITIES <| Correspondent; ,AUDREY BELLCHAMBER — Phone Subscriptions, Classified Advs., Display Advs. and Job all accepted by the Bayfield correspondent VILLAGE HAPPENINGS Payfield 38 Printing . J... j ii w i —n» Mrs. William Parker won both the “high” . and "lone hand” prizes, at a euchre card, party given by the-LOL to the Orange Hall on Friday, April 15. Mirs, Walter Westlake, Fred Telford, Roy Telford and Stan Telford also bald winning scores. The door prize was won by Mrs. Allan Hutchings. Mrs; Hugh McPherson and Jail/ Toronto, were' recent weekend guests1 of Mr. and Mrs, J. A. Cameron, Evans Cameron and Scott, returned to their home in Islington on Sunday, after spending the past week with Mr. and Mrs, Cam­ eron. . Mr. and Mrs. Quarles Parker, Toronto, with his Parker. Among residents spent the weekend mother, .Mrs. Myrtle the many summer enjoying the sunny 'W ffBjeWWFMHglW1 .. !«■■ weekend in Bayfield were; Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hutchinson and family, Woodstodc; Mr, and Mins; Martin Andrews, London; Mr, and Mrs. Jim Fisher and son Frank, St. Agatha; Mr. and Mirs. Pawlie and family, Strait- ford, all of whom spent the weekend art -their lakeshore cottages.- Mir. and and family hi? mother, Mrs. Mary been1 Mrs; Elliott’s guest for the past week, returned to Kitch­ ener with them. J, B. Carson, Sr.’ and M&s L< Carson, London, were at their summer home, “Glencalw” for Several days last week. Miss Frances Webb, London, called on Mrs. R. JI. F. Gaird!- ner in Clinton hospital on'Fri­ day last. Mrs; Gairdner has Mirs, John Elliott spent Sunday with Mirs. W. R< Elliott; Krouger who' has e L Phone 482-7661 for Appointment Plus . . . STEAM-CLEAN YOUR MOTOR > / Ail COMPLETE Y UUiUv PRICE We will CHECK your SHORTY'S B/A - Clinton Is offering a SHOCKS and MUFFLER System SHORTY’S B/A SERVICE STATION 212 VICTORIA STREET — CLINTON 16-7p now returned to her home on Main Street, Mr. and Mrs; Hugh Gregory a.nd Dr. and, Mrs. William 1111- mann, all of London, were weekend guests at the Albion Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Martins .and family, Detroit, spent sev­ eral days at their cottage last week. Mr. 'and Mrs. CharUes Guest and David, Wlhiltby, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ken /Brandon from Friday ’til Sun­ day. Mrs. Percy Weston returned on Friday from Clinton hos­ pital, where she had been a patient for the past two weeks; David Easom, Frederick St. reeelived word toat his brother Alfred Easom had passed away Easter Sunday in a nursing home in Kelso, Washington. He had been in hospital for some time prior to this. He was in his ■83rd year. Mrs. E. W. Erickson and fam­ ily visited Mr. and Mrs. ■ Gor­ don Stewart, Ripley, for sev­ eral days last week. Mr. and Mrs, Reg Smith, Durham, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay and family on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Peters, their daughter Lindsa, and their son, SP 4th class Brian Peters, U.S. Army, were guests of Mr. Peters brother-in-law and sis­ ter, Mr. and Mrs, Harold Wes­ ton for several days last week. Brian, who has just returned from serving with the U.S. Army an Germany is en-route to Vietnam. The Rev. E. J. B. Harrison asks !his paxishoners to note that church service will be held on Sunday in accordance with Daylight Saving Time. George Lindsay has complet­ ed his year’s studies at toe Uni­ versity of Waterloo, 'and is a draftsman now, with toe firm of Concrete Murray, Toronto, for the summer months. A Sue Weston, Royal Oak, Mich., and Rick Rice, Ferndale, Mich., spent toe weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Weston. Fire Calls Bayfield Fire Brigade an­ swered two calls last week, the first to G. Postill’s, where a small workshop was complete­ ly destroyed, and contents ex­ tensively damaged; toe second to a grass fire at Lee McCon­ nell’s. ' Important notice s ■ z Pantry Gifts Mik. George Hopson was .the hostess at a “panfry shower” given in honour of .Mrs. Rita Upshall on Thursday af tprnopn and evening, April 14, The tea table was covered by an ecru lace tablecloth and at­ tractively centred with yellow 'mums, flanked by yellow tap­ ers in silver 'holders. Pouring tea were, Mrs. Tom Bailey and Mrs; Nelson Heard,' Mrs. Upshall, who 'is taking up residence 'in Varna, graci­ ously thanked everyone for the many gifts. St. Andrew’s,UOW Mrs. J. Scotdimer and Mrs. H. Hohner conducted the de­ votional . service at the meeting of United Church Women last Thursday in St. Andrew’s church. Mrs. J. 'Scotchmer, as treas­ urer, gave the financial report. Mrs, Robert Scotchmer, supply secretary, reported that the overseas bale had been packed and shipped to Toronto, via Guenther - Tuckey Transport, Exeter, who had donated space in their transport flor this pro­ ject. Included was 165 pounds of new and second hand cloth­ ing. A social evening, under the auspices of Unlit 2, was held on Wednesday evening, when C. H. Scotchmer showed coloured views of a trip to Europe which he and Mrs. Scotchmer enjoyed last fall. Shown1 were scenes in Britain, Italy, Switzerland, These much social Germany and Belgium, excellent pictures were enjoyed. Lunch hour followed; and a WA Thankoffering dairy farmers Have you registered yet? Remember, registration is essentia! if you are to obtain the benefits under the recently announced Dairy Support Program affecting fluid milk producers as well as cream and manufac­ turing milk shippers. , Full details and application forms can be obtained from the processor to whom you deliver your milk or cream. . If you have completed and forwarded your applica­ tion, no further action is required on your part. You . will receive your registration number shortly. *• Trinity The United service for Trinity Branch Wo­ men’s Auxiliary was held at “The Hut” on Thursday after­ noon, April 14, with an atten­ dance of six. The Rev. E. J. B. Harrison conducted toe service, reading St. Luke 17: 11-19. In toe M tercessions sick members of WA and parish were remembered. Mrs. R. J. Larson led in toe Prayer Partner’s Prayer. The president, Mrs J. B. Hig- gins took the chair for toe busi­ ness session. Mrs1.’ R. J. Larson, delegate, and Mrs. E. Heard, substitute were appointed to attend toe annual Diocesan Board Meet­ ing in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, on April 19 and 20. Fund raising activities were suggested, and also Christmas gifts for missionaries. Mrs. Higgins reported toat toe Social Service Committee, Mrs. iG. N. 'Rivers and Mrs. L. B. Smith had been active.- Mrs. R. J. Larson volunteered to be hostess for toe May meeting. The correspondence included a letter of appreciation for a contribution to ,the .Student Christian Movement, UWO. And a letter.from the Archbishop of East Africa, expressing thanks for toe warm hospitality which he received last autumn while a guest in Huron Diocese. He told of toe work in the Dioceses in his Ecclesiastical Province — East Africa. And of food par­ cels taken to famine stricken areas. Mrs. Morgan Smith read “A Prison for God” toe third chap­ ter of toe study book after which there was discussion. Mrs. G. N. Ravers and Mrs. L; B. Smith counted toe Thank- offering which amounted to $37.50. Mins. , Rivers presented it to Mr. Harrison tor the bless­ ing before being offered at the annual meeting in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. Following this service of thanksgiving for All personal blessings, Mrs. Morgan Smith served, ^elicfotts refreshments. Following the completion of" the appellants case bn Friday, MT, Judge Hetherlingtep ■invited an official representation from the town of Seaforth. Reeve DMton made a brief re-staite- ment, ■ , Vern Alderdice, chairman of the Huron County. School Area No, One Board since the first of January, 1966. was the first witness called by Dan Murphy, and occupied the box for four hours. Owner of 250 'acres 8 -miles front Seatfprth' apd 5-6 miles from Brucefield, Mr. Aldlerdifce reported a change from cash crop to mixed fanning, the hir­ ing of> two men with families involving 'three, pre-school child­ ren and one high school child, to farm his land. He said that Hehsiall was their shopping town, and his son belongs to the Scouting movement at’ Bruceflield. Mi\ Alderdice had served 3 years on SS 10 board; then on TucRersmith Sdhool Area Board,, of which he Was chair­ man in 1964-65, -and now is chiairman of the county board. He felt that the Shuttle bus system In Tuekersmith was perhaps the weakest link, but the advantages* of having jusit two grades in each room far outweighed the disadvantages1. Mr. Alderdice said they 'had visited central schools’, includ­ ing the one in Hoiwick, and con­ sidered1 one 'for Tuekersmith, but then had received word that toe Department of Edu­ cation . favoured a minimum of 300 Children far a fully graded school. Then they looked for more .Children. After the. county area was set up, the boards in both town­ ships held,joint meetings, along with toe board at Bayfield1, and decided on Brucefield as toe central site. A well was drilled. An option was taken on 32 acres flor $16,000 -and $200 paid to hold the land. Architects were interviewed by toe joint boards; Hagarty, BuSSt, Breiwick and Milcuis, London; was hired; sketch plans costing $8,700.07 were approved-toy toe Department of Education on October 28,-1965, and this- was paid for. ■During toe election last Dec­ ember, for five board members, four ran from Tuekersmith and four for Stanley to fill the- four available seats. An intensive campaign was waged, and toe four Which ran on toe Bruce­ field site as a platform, were elected.Though both who ran in Bayfield for the one seat avail­ able to them, favoured keeping the Bayfield school, said Mr. Alderdice, the man who was elected was a great asset to the board, and had co-operated fully. At toe time of election, said Mr. Alderdice, there Was no ■talk of a union school section with Seaforth. Proposals of the opposition had been for an 8 room school at Brucefield and additions at Egmondville and alt sch- best the Mr. ________ ___ ___IL get flexibility in toe smaller units. We plan a library, and this1 is impossible an a school of less than 12 rooms.' “We plan an opportunity class. From three to-five per­ cent of the enrolment needs this type of attention. In the past they've been pushed to the back of the room, drag through sdhool, eventually drop out, and then we wonder whepe the juv­ enile delinquents come from. "We plan three Wings, with junior, initermedli'ate and' senior divisions and a rotary system in the senior wing to prepare the children for high school.” Mr. Alderdice described the school proposed, and said the board had no petition regard­ ing boundaries until the March 15 meeting. By that time per­ manent plans had been request­ ed of the architect, for $23,137. The principal is hired. All teachers Who have resigned have been replaced. Final ap­ proval has been received' from the Department of Education and project approval is being hdld up until the hearing is completed. Cost of toe building is $698,622, and contract has been1 let, pending final approv­ als.Mr. Alderdice gave school en­ rolment figures;, proposed bus schedule as lined out by Guenther Transport,. Exeter. Cost is expected to be about. $13,000. Tax rate 'is not expect­ ed to be over 15 mHLs; He salid he did not think a central sdhool would be feasible 'if the designated area went with Seaforth, because he ex­ pected other areas to Want to break away. Bayfield. “We proposed the large ool at Brucefield for the possible education for younger generation,” said Alderdice. “You cannot Before the county board was 1 formed they had considered a -1 central school, but had not enough pupils. Department of r Education urged a minimum of ; 300. He recalled strong oppo- ' sition a few years ago over a < suggestion to join SeMbrth, ; some from those who now fa­ vour jit. He noted the difference ; in urban .and rural assessments. ' On cross-examination Mr. ; Alderdice reviewed the election campaign, results of the vote, defended the board on spending ’ the initial $200 before central i board was formed; considered difficulties of transporting kin­ dergarten children; reported that older children in safety patrols help, to discipline on bus; stated that radio was used to advise parents if 'school is cancelled due to weather. Melvin Graham, clerk of Stanley submitted a copy of the motion passed by ithiat township to - join the central school area, as of March 1, 1965, He told of a municipal works assistance loan which-- would have been available up to March 31, 1966, provided the final approval of the school had been received by that time. This amounted to $100,000 for each township, Interest rates/ would have,beep 5% percent, and a forgiveness of 25 percent of the total would have meant $50,000 saved on total costs. He understood that this loan was not now available. Mr. Graham quoted popula­ tion and assessment figures, and results of last elections, James McIntosh, clerk-treas­ urer of Tuckersmith submitted the motion passed by that township on February 2, 1965 toi join the central school area: “That the Whole of the Town­ ship of Tuckersmith be retain­ ed as a unit for public school purposes and that the Council .... is willing to .... unite .... for purposes of establish­ ing a central school system to serve tooth municipalities — with a proposed school location in the • Brucefield area.” Mr. McIntosh testified to growth of area; quoted the mill rate; advised that though there was an inquiry about appoint­ ing an arbitrator received from the Department of Education, there were no definite require­ ments laid down ... Stuart Douglas, member of the Hawick Township school area board reported on the success of that operation. It is 16 'tooms, serves the Whole township, has 556 enrolled, op- . erated since 1963 the board is. now planning an additional four rooms to get a library, kinder­ garten, one auxiliary classroom and one more classroom. He stated that tax rate at 11.7 mills residential was'the same as before building. Doug­ las said bis’ board plans to 'have kindergarten children attend on alternate days*, rather than half days, and so eliminate the transportation problem. . The board operates its own nine buses, at 33 cents per ■pupil per day. Very 'little prob­ lem with snow at Howick, and no time were chiilidiren billeltted. Sometimes they are taken home early. Mr. Douglas stated that he would! prefer teachers not to live in the community. “This could lead to patronizatibn,” said he, “provided they are the ’type of personality that could not conduct themselves grace­ fully With people they know.” He said that parents take ad­ vantage of opportunities to discuss problems, and tins is provided for. Robert BrOadfoot, Brucefiield, reported on the Village. He said there are 44 homes in the ‘vil­ lage occupied by owners; nine homes and nine apartments are for rent. . - There is one store; one store and service centre; one garage;' one barber, post office, bank, library, firehall with two trucks, chapping mill, black­ smith shop, fertilizer ware- house, empty rppqir shop, Odd- fellows hall, gasoline distrlbto' torShip (one. of largest in coun­ ty).; widely known grower of gladiolus bulbs; head office of Tuckei'smith. Telephone; cus­ tard stand, United Church which tekto <500. He reported, 18 Boy Scouts, plus, four from Hensall taking the training in the village; 26 Cubs; CGIT and Explorers at the church. There are 13 self- employed. people, and 20 on payroll in businesses at the viiil-r liage. ‘ Mr, Bboadfoot reported 18 residences built ip the past 15 years, a total assessment of $125,354, and total population of 196. The first school was built in the village, and on January 1, 1873 the area split, and one half went each way, PA miles into each township. Mr. Broadfoot is married and farms his own 100 acres. Hie said be and five others in the family had attended high sch- 'ool, -and none had ever been stormstay ed. Oh cross-examination, Mr. Broadfoot 'Stated that hiis farm’s value would not be changed re­ gardless of the location of the school. He felt that the build­ ings on it were such that ac­ cessibility to school would not make difference on re-sale. Gordon Hill, Varna, living seven miles' from the new sch­ ool, Mso stated that location would have no bearing on the value of his farim but that type of education available might have an effect. Mr. Hill said he is actively farming. He is past president of the Ontario Farmers Union; a member of the advisory committee to the agricultural prices stabilization board and a former member of the Qnitanio Farm Products Marketing Board. He gave evidence that farm­ ers were rapidly moving into grain corn production, and be­ cause of this, Would produce as much or more' livestock as in past years. He hires a full- time swine man, Huron leads in cattle, hens and beans prodloction in Ont­ ario; is second in barley and mixed grain, third1 in siwine and fourth in silage com. He said the county has the largest area of (improved - land in1 the pro­ vince, and that Stanley and Tuekersmith were among larger townships. “Pasture land is too valuable /— 1 1.... . ■. ..............1 111 to have cattle tramping oyer it,” said Mr, Hill, ‘‘Div^stoek is kept in ym-ds.” He said toat farms are getting larger, Young people trained in 4-H club work ■are staying on the farm,. In parly 1940s Mr. IJiil recall­ ed seven cliilclren ip his school section, now there are 20. Mr, Hill said ”we have to consolidate farms and intensify production. As a taxpayer I’m concerned I’rn not getting value for my money spent pn schools, I believe it will be- a great mis­ take if we dp not build tog type of school that pan give toe best in full graded education.” On cross-examination Mr. Hill Was asked if by raising 780 hogs a year he did not feel he would flood top market. He did not think so. Asked jf there were a Jot of bean growers "lost thelir shirt” last year, he said "well, they Joist a lot of beans; anyway.” The same thing? “No, I don’t think so, The weather had a lot to do with it." Overproduction? “I don’t think so; There is a terrific demand for beans in toe United Kingdom. I believe if every bean had -been harvested, no need for pdice to drop one cent.” Malcolm Davidson, reported having a degree in Agriculture at toe University of Cambridge, England, plus six months at Ontario Agnioultural College, Guelph, acquired in 1958. He tame to Stanley Township of free choice after considering climate and soils. He now owns 450 acres, has four children, hires two married men, both with children, When he moved there, toe block had II children under 14 years; now there are 21. Mr. Davidson said toat ten of toe most productive soil types known, exist in Stanley and Tuekersmith Township, and there are more heat units in toe southwest part ,,of ' the county than, would normally be expected. This results’ in sufiit- able rainfall. The corn crop will affect the population more than any other Said Mr. Davidson. One acre of that will produce twice as much food as if planted in mixed grain. He planted 47 acres of corn in 1958, and last year had 300 acres. Carn tends to increase ani- pial production, and increase labour needs; he said. He 'Said trend iin farm labour was from (Continued on page 11) 1 ■ ....... 1 -.... TENDERS FOR STANLEY TOWNSHIP BRUSH CONTROL SEALED TENDERS for the supply of .brush spray will be received by the undersigned until 9:00 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 1966, for 80 gallons of 2-4-D and 2-4-5-T low volatile Ester 128 ounces, in equal amounts. Tenders to be sealed and clearly marked as to con­ tents. Lowest or any tender not (necessarily accepted. WILLIAM TAYLOR, Road Superintendent, VARNA, Ontario. /"....... TENDERS FOR STANLEY TOWNSHIP WEED SPRAYING •x Si. SEALED TENDERS for roadside spraying of wceds and brush in the Township of Stanley will be received by the undersigned until 9 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 1966. Tenders to state an hourly rate. The Township of Stanley will supply the spray and a helper. Tenders are to be clearly marked as to content. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. . WILLIAM TAYLOR, Road Superintendent, VARNA, Ontario. . WIB—I. ■■ l(i»llll||M.l«........................... . 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