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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-11-05, Page 13HEAR OF ST. JOSEPH HISTORY — Historian and educator J.L. Wooden was•the guest speaker at Tues- day's annual meeting of the Huron Historical Society. His topic was the history of St. Joseph. From the left are Mr. Wooden, president Isabel Theedom and secretary -treasurer Doris Batkin, both of Clinton and past president Joe .Hogan, Exeter. T -A photo History of St. Joseph outlined at Huron Historical meeting The history of French Canadian set- tlers in Huron county and at St. Joseph in particular was outlined at Tuesday's meeting of the Huron Historical Society. Central Huron Secondary School principal J.L. Wooden was the guest speaker and traced the history of the first settlers from Quebec to the Huron District in 1846. Three men with surnames of Gelinas, Bedard and Durand came to this area in 1830 and convinced a number of families to move to the wilderness of Huron county. They cameby boat from Montreal to Hamilton and from there walked to Stratford. a trip that took two weeks. Most came because of poverty in Quebec. In 1846, thl Huron District popula- tion was only 8,000. Now it stand at about 55,000. Wooden said French Canadians are not as identifiable as they once were. He added, "I don't know of very many under the age of 50 years who speak their original language." He continued, "Now the most iden- tifiable ethnic group is the Dutch. But, these identifications have a tendency to break down. Narcisse Cantin was known as the character in the establishment in 1890 and dreamed up a variety of schemes which never became a reality. By MARY CHESSELL Margaret and Bob Reid had the pleasure on October 30 of attending the 247th Convocation of the Univer- sity of Western Ontario where they witnessed their daughter Cheryl receive her Master's Degree in Library Science. Dorothy Ostrpm has purchased a home in the village of Varna from Lorne Tyndall and will soon be mov- ing in. Jim and Tammy Sparling, who have been living in the Tyndall house, haveboughtDorothy's farm. Anniversary' The Jefferson family gathered in Fullarton township hall on Saturday evening to celebrate Bill and Mary Chessell's fortieth wedding anniver- sary and present them with a beautiful swag lamp. Their atten- dants, Homer and Burnie Andrews of Clinton, treated them to dinner at the Black Angus on Thursday evening. The Chessells have really enjoyed these smaller parties, as they have a good visit w4th each and every one. The Remembrance Day service will be held at the Cenotaph in Varna .on Sunday at 10:45 following the church service. The Discipleship, Groups will meet at Goshen Church this week at 7:30 on Thursday. READY TO TRAVEL — Melissa O'Brien and'John Gregus are ready for a train ride with engineer Adam Little at Thursday's Hallowe'en party of the Sunshine Kids Nursery School. T -A photo Zurich bowling Monday Night Ladies O&E B. Bierling 721 GG J. Bailey 665 • DP M. Becker 546 JS M. Sweitzer 576 PP J. Fisher 723 S P. Miller 669 RI) S. Dicker( 6:39 P M. Kraft 598 AO D. Thiel 554 T&(' 1. Reid 579 HG 8. Stade 551 BB B. ltegier 475 IIA S. Dickert 234 HS S. Dickert 425 HT S. Dickert 839 Tuesday (;rand Cove Tom Duggan 497 Norm Wilde 590 Mary Wallen 441 Geo. Anderson 537 115 Syd 'Phomas 205 22 35 28 4 40 24 45 18 33 45 35 7 Tuesday Afternoon ('AP (:roup Rick McCann 89 Wayne Duke 84 Jeff Dekort 106 Tom Masse 140 Bill Smith 42 David Fox 76 11(' W. Mawson 129 Donna .tones 173 'Tuesday Nile Men's League N(' Jim Smith 698 13 Ron Dickert 700 T Carl Zimmer 608 B Wayne Cerny 582 K Jack Fuller 746 NT Rick Miles 604 FA 011ie Edwards 615 BS Wayne Schilhe 700 D11 E. Guenther 552 K Tom Smiths 691 P George Coyle 679 11 John Smits 589 Wednesday Morning Ladies Peggy Ferguson 405 Betty Smith 606 Vicki Horbaniuk 604 Phylis Laughton 477 Helen Wasnidge 500 Dorothy Kipfer 583 HC Vicki Horbaniuk 247 Wednesday Nite 1.adies' League GG Chris. Weiss 620 BJ Cathy Rupert 575 G&C Dale Ridley 648 S Linda Webber 68:3 DS Tammi .Jennison 565 GB Jean Dann 663 Thursday Morn (.rand Cove Bert 1,0w 633 Olga Keay 493 Norma Low 595 Ted I)ay 487 Jim Girling 475 HS Bert Low 275 HS Norma Low 232 Thursday Nite Mixed League D Leroy Melocke 593 GT B. Martens 553 (' Doreen Datars 535 SP Kathy Hayter 645 AT Frank Palen 538 I3 Gary Huston 639 Saturday Ladies Interlown L Marg Young 622 5 Z1 June Fisher 624 2 M Cathy Stanhury 780 5 1.3 Betty Datars 713 1 Z2 Bev Bierling 608 2 G Del Mitchelmore 625 5 These included building a canal from Port Burwell to St. Joseph to take advantage of an underground waterway which he believed existed. Cantin had laid out plans for a large St. Joseph community. He built a spacious hotel, but, Wooden said it never actually opened. The only part of the hotel completed was an 80 foot long bar to which he brought prospec- tive investors in his projects. Wooden's summation of Narcisse Cantin was, "He was a real promoter, but, none of his dreams ever became reality. Through his efforts St. Joseph has become a fascinating little • corner." Brother Andre of Montreal was a particularly good friend of Cantin's and made three trips to St. Joseph. Napoleon Cantin, a son of Narcisse spends his summers at St. Joseph and is pleased to show his museum to visitors. When speaking of Huron's present population Wooden said, "Close to 20 percent of our town and village residents are over the age of 65. The provincial average is nine present." According to Wooden, English Canada has retained a close relation- ship with its -source, but French Cana- dians cast theirs aside early. That makes them quite different. They are really more North American than most. Huron's ethnic ties are reflected in place and family names. Wooden said 'mosLof the ethnic patterns have been all but obliterated by mass culture. He referred to the Devon and Cor- nwall speech patterns in the Exeter area and German speaking in and around Dashwood which have vir- tually disappeared. Isabel Theedom of Clinton is presi- dent of the Huron Historical Society and was chairman for Tuesday's meeting at the Brucefield United Church. Keith Roulston, RR 3, Blyth and Margaret McClure, Crediton are vice- president; Joe Hogan, Exeter is past president and Doris Batkin, Clinton handles the duties of secretary - treasurer. Auxiliary of Legion meets The Ladies Auxiliary to the R.E. Pooley Exeter Branch 167 Royal Canadian Legion held their regular meeting October 27 with 41 members present. President Esther Hillman chaired the meeting. Dave Kenney, London was the win- ner of the 50-50 draw for September and Gerald Lawson for October. Lin- da Webber won the mystery prize. Zone Commander Mary Hawn of Kincardine made her official visit. She reported on some of the highlights of the Bi Annual Convention held in Windsor, Ontario in September. President Hillman and First Vice President Shirley Smith attended this Convention. Donations of $100 each were made to the Salvation Army in support of the Third World and the Exeter Group Home for the Mentally Handicapped; $75 to the Recreation Centre for free skating and $50 each to Survival Through Friendship and the Huron Day Centre. Kathy Hirtzel was the recipient of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary Bursary. Plans were made to play bingo with the residents of the Exeter Villa. Lynda Parkinson's team placed first and Marion Frayne's team plac- ed third in Zone euchre in Blyth September 27 advancing to District euchre in Wingham. Three teams took part in Zone crib- bage in Brussels October 18; Marion Frayne's team placing first, Marg Medley's team second. and Lynda Parkinson's team third. These three teams advance to District cribbage in Tara Saturday, November 15. Zone bowling will be held in Clinton Saturday, November 8. Upcoming banquets were planned. Legion Children Christmas Party is planned for Sunday, December rand the Auxiliary Christmas Party for Monday, December 8. November is the month to remember. Auxiliary members are invited to attend the Remembrance I)ay Parade on Sunday, November 9 at 10:15 a.m. sharp. Lunch and birthday cake was serv- ed at the conclusion of the meeting. Next general meeting is Monday, November 24 at 8:30 p.m. Now 75 years in Huron Times -Advocate, November 5, 1986 Page 13 Family Children's Services celebrate A birthdayparty was held at the Stanley township complex in Varna Wednesday night to celebrate 75 years of Family and Childrens Ser- vices in Huron County. Present executive director of the organization John Penn was chair- man for the evening and he told the large audience, "The speeches will be short, we are here to celebrate and have fun." Entertainment was provided by a mixed choir of 120 students from Robertson elementary school in Goderich and the No Notes, a group of older entertainers. The birthday cake was cut by board of directors president Audrey Royal and Clare McGowan who was a social worker and director for 25 years. She retired in 1971. Miss McGowan drew laughter when she posed the question, "What on earth does a Local director do with his time? She went on to sort of give the answer by presenting six requisites of a director or social worker. These included "I must be available, take time to listen, let peo- ple know you care, do not promise' anything you can't carry out, be loyal to the confidence of the clients, be loyal to yourself and the board of directors. She concluded by saying, "I had the best staff possible. They were loyal to me and each other. The volunteers and foster parents were super. They were willing to go the second mile". In addition to McGowan other former directors speaking briefly were Bruce Heath, Jim Cargin and Jack Finlay. Lorraine Brophy represented the Foster Parents Association and warden Leona Arm- strong brought greetings from the county of Huron. Director John Penn said there are now 60 children in the care of Family and Childrens Services with 48 families available. Penn said the number of children is lower now then in the early 1970's when the figure was as high as 120. He explained the drop by saying, "We are now spending more money on trying to keep families together. We have programs in parent training and adolescent support groups to do that". While the agency was once largely funded through voluntary donations, it is now funded 80 percent by the pro- vincial government which lends to a greater continuity of care throughout the province. Just as it is no longer acceptable for children to be separated from their parents because of economic reasons, Penn says society believes it is less and less acceptable for child abuse to happen. Penn added, "I think society is much more protective of kids these days. Twenty years ago, people were reluctant to become involved in child abuse cases, but they're not as tolerant of that stuff as they used to be." Asking for help has also become more acceptable since the majority of families working with the agency have requested that help. •-•4-.•• •- NURSERY SCHOOL DRAW — Drawing outthe winners in Thursday's draw sponsored by the Sunshine Kids Nursery School are Jackie Dougall, Michael Siep, Katrina Snedden, Bradley Van Bakel and Adam Whiting. The winners were John Smithers, Elsie McDonald, Erin Coward, Christine Kennedy and Bob Restemayer. T -A photo Near Trivitt Church Ask for sidewalk repairs A delegation from Trivitt Memorial Church appeared before Exeter coun- cil Monday, to back up a letter sent from the church asking for some repairs to the street and sidewalk on Baldwin St. because three of the en- trances to the new addition front on that street. The letter from wardens Audrey Bentley and John Heslinga explained that the town has failed to maintain the street properly for "many years now" and it and the sidewalks have fallen into disrepair. It was noted that shortly after the church was erected by Thomas Trivitt, the land along the north side of the church was deeded to the town by Bishop Baldwin "on the condition the town maintain it as a public thoroughfare". The church also asked that the sidewalk along Baldwin St. be extend- ed to join with Andrew. Heslinga was accompanied by three other church members to coun- cil's session and it was pointed out by Councillor Ben Hoogenboom that the church would have to pay half the cost of installing sidewalk where there is none at the present to join Andrew. Heslinga said he felt the church would be prepared to discuss that possibility. Public works committee chairman Lossy Fuller also noted that all the funds for sidewalks had been expend- ed this year and the project would have to be considered for some future date along with other areas that will be pinpointed in a needs study on rdads and sidewalks which will be presented tote committee next week. "It will have considerable thought," Reeve Bill Mickle assured the delegation. Florence Genttner asked if the pre- sent deteriorated sidewalk could be taken out and levelledfor the upcom- ing winter months and works superintendent Glen Kells said he saw no reason why that couldn't be done, but warned that a gravel walk can be messy in the winter. Before leaving with the assurance the matter would be discussed at next week's public works committee ses- sion, Heslinga indicated council would be invited to an open house of the new addition in the new year. That prompted Hoogenboom to ask if council members would be ex- pected to walk along Baldwin St. to get to the event. HARD TO GRAB — Exeter Fair homecraft president Barb Passmore has problems in Thurs- day's Midnight Madness apple biting contest. T -A photo New well for cemetery? A new drilled well is being con- sidered for the residence at the Ex- eter cemetery, the board reported to council in a letter marked "for your information" this week. Following the last meeting of the board, a similar report on activities was presented and council ended up not accepting the report due to their concern over hiring practices outlin- ed at that time by the board. The recent communication noted that the board members had review- ed bylaws and resolutions approved when the board was established in the 1930s. At their October meeting, the board said they felt they were operating under the mandate set down by coun- cil, administering a town department efficiently and using a minimum of tax dollars. "The board felt the operation should remain as is," the communica- tion concluded. Consideration for a new drilled well was undertaken after superintendent H. Knip elaborated on the present contaminated water supply and how that water caused lingering illness in his children. A letter from the Huron County health unit was also attached noting that a sample of water taken on Oc- tober '1 had unsatisfactory results with a high presence of coliforms and mgwemieslawsetalloalalIN aINMIrli11111laEll InIIIIll■li faecal coliform. Public health inspector J. M. Orr strongly recommended that water from the present well not be consum- ed without boiling or treatment. He said a chlorinator or ultraviolet water sanitizer may make the supply safe, but added that a drilled well would be less prevalent to contamination than the present supply. Board members considered a chlorinator or ultraviolet sanitizer as "bandaid remedies" and instructed the superintendent to get two quotes on installing a drilled well and that the cost be taken from the reserve fund set up five years ago for cemetery expansion. The board also reported that old survey stakes were located and shown to surveyors who agreed to change the recent survey on the Whiting property to the east of the cemetery. The boundary line is now located about one foot from the greenhouse buildings, not through the middle as had been established before the old stakes were found. The board expressed no interest in purchasing any of the Whiting property. It was noted that the winter storage rate for the mausoleum had been lowered to $40 "to be competitive with other cemeteries as no storage ren- tals took place last winter". The previous rate was $70. 1111 fi (III GB In In In WI POLARIS ' baits the 1` ; 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Special 2 pc. snowmobile suits $9995 and up Your authorized Polaris Dealer mNs--_-IIIA• MsInIn InsWIIn In MN MI MI MI Beat OId Man Winter Bird Special Most complete 33 point checkup. $4995 Free pickup now Free Dyno testing Reg. $77.95 LMinor Checkup available 1 C.C. Rental{ Mount Carmel 237-3456 MS p 1 i 1 1 1 111 1 1 1 1