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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-07-20, Page 91 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1. Conestoga College of Applied I0\ Arts and Technology A two-year college programme in SECRETARIAL SCIENCE will begin this September at the CLINTON CENTRE THE FIRST YEAR STUDIES INCLUDE: Secretarial Procedures Shorthand and, Machine' Transcription Typewriting Psychology English Language and Literature The following year, application o skills in specializ ed situations will be d' 'veloped. INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING will take place in a modern ENGINEERED CLASSROOM SETTING Admission Requirements: Ontario Grade 12 or be over 19 years of age and possess an apt- itude for secretarial science. TO: U. Ross Milton, Administrator, Clinton Centre, Conestoga College 482-3458 Please — send me application form — arrange an appointment for an intervifew Name Tel. No. ...... 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Minimum•deposit, $500. CaII or drop in and see us today. STERLING TRUSTS TORONTO -372 Bay Street (416) 364-7495 BARRIE — 35 Dunlop Street (705) 726-6495 ORILLIA — 73 Mississaga St. E., (705) 325-2226 WI N G HAM Boxd875 Tel :357-3735 • HURON COUNT Board of Education at regular session in Clinton .Monday night signed the contract authorizing re- modelling of the former Parr -Knit factory on Clinton's main street into an administration building as shown in this ar- chitect's sketch. The contract man Construction Limited of ferred .until approval was rec cipal board. was awarded to James Hay - London. Signing had been de- eived from the Ontario Muni - tin persevered. He now pushed mor'ia man whose for a full-fledged a navigation scheme linking the St. Lawrence, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and dream was seaway plan In sunny weather, a large gath- ering witnessed ceremonies at the small crossroads community of St. Joseph on Lake Huron shore Sunday afternoon, when a plaque honoring tt a founder, the late Narcisse Cantin, was un- veiled. I The event was sponsored by the Huron County Historical Society with the plaque erected by the Archeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario and the Ar- chives cif -Ontario. Chairman for the program was Harold Turner of . Goderich, president of Huron's historical society. He called on Joseph Hoffman, reeve of Hay Township, who welcomed the several hundred spectators to'the event. Others speaking briefly were Hon. Charles MacNaughton, chairman of Ontario's manage- ment board of provincial cabinet ; Robert McKinley, MP for Huron. The historic sites board was rep- resented by Rev. Lorenzo Cadieux, S.J., professor of his- tory at the University of Sudbury, who gave a brief address both in English and French. Joseph Wooden, local historian and member of the secondary school. teaching staff at Exeter, tresented an historical review of he life of the late Narcisse Can - tin. Unveiling the plaque was a grandson of the founder of St. Jo- seph, Napoleon. Cantin of Royal Oak, Mich. Assisting him was his aunt, Mrs. John Woodcock of Montreal. Rt. Rev. M. W. Bourdeau of Bayfield dedicated 'the plaque. The inscription on the plaque reads: ., "Narcisse M. Cantin 1870- 1940 -Descended from a long line of French-Canadian shipbuilders, Cantin was born on a nearby farm which his, grandfather acquired about 1850. An energetic entrepreneur, inventor and cattle trader, Cantin began work -here, in 1897, on a city named St. Joseph from whish he hoped to construct a canal linking Lakes Huron and Erie. Undaunted by his inability to raise sufficient funds for this project, he initiated and, between 1900 and 1930, tire- lessly promoted the concept of a Great Lakes seaway system which would take passengers and freight from all ocean ports on the globe direct to all the princi- pal ports on the Great Lakes." Historical Background Nicolas Cantin of Normandy, France, emigrated to, New France shortly after his mar- riage to Madeleine Poulois in 1660. He settled at Levis where he devoted his energy to building bateaux. There was in Montreal until recent years the Cantin Dry Dock—a reminder of the family name. About 1846 Antoine Cantin came from Joliette, Quebec, and settled in Huron County. A few years later he purchased land in the area south of Bayfield in a region where other French- Canadians had settled which was then called "Lakeview". He divided this property into three farms, one of which he gave to his son Pierre, ,who'having married Mathilde Masse (a daughter of an early arrival) became, in 1870, the father of Narcisse. In his youth Narcisse helped his father on the farm, but by the time he was seventeen, he was on his own as a cattle • buyer`and trader. He bought cattle from other farms and+ took them to Buffalo to be sold. It was in his , role of cattle trader that the idea of a canal to link Lake Erie and .Lake` Huron seems to have oc- curred to him. The publicizing of this idea has earned him the reputation of being the' "first man to conceive of a Great bakes Sea- way Plan". / At the .age of 19 he moved to Buffalo with his wife Josephine, nee.Denomme. Here he evolved a new design of,_gas burner. for which patents were taken out. He is also credited with the dis- covery of a new liquid furniture polish which he patented and put on the market. In 1896 Cantin returned to `On- tario,, and located at "French Settlement", in an attempt to -drum interest for his vision which seems now to have expanded into the building of "a canal from Lake Huron into Lake Erie and' the opening of a waterway to the ocean". To do this he invested more than $100,000 in the build- ing of a town. • He constructed general stores, mills, a pipe organ factory, a hotel, a lumber mill and a dock at which lake steamers could call. An ardent Roman Catholic and close. friend of Brother Andre, who built the: famous shrine at Montreal, Can - tin renamed French Settlement "St. Joseph". He worked tirelessly in his efforts to obtain funds for th erection of 'a city at St. Josep which he hoped would serve a the starting point of the cana which would end at Port Stanley He succeeded in obtaining th interest and support, of Olive Cabana, president of Liberty Bank, Buffalo; Charles Schwab, president of Bethlehem Steel, one of the U.S.'s largest steel com- panies ; and Lord' Shaughnessy, president of the C.P.R., whom he convinced that St. Joseph ought to be the Lake Huron terminus of the C.P.R,.•1ine through Western Ontario. As a' result, the St: Joseph and Lake Huron Ship Canal Company . was- incor- Lake Huron, the last step to be achieved by his Lake Erie -Lake Huron canal. By this time he was seemingly obsessed with canal construc- tion. Fascinated by William Paterson's success in securing a charter from the Scottish Parlia- ment for. the "Company of Scot- land" to build a town at Darien on the Panamanian Isthmus and dig" a canal which "would hold the key to world commerce and turn Scotland from one of the poorest to one of the richest countries", he constantly harped on the theme that his. seaway would cause a revolution. "We• should not fail to apprecite the signifi- cance of having ocean vessels flying the flags of all nations of the world, carrying passengers and freight from all ocean ports 1 on the globe direct to all the prin- cipal ports on the Great Lakes," e he insisted. r Between 1898 and 1929, Cantin porated in 1901. Opinion is divided 'on what was Cantin's * prime . concern. One writer insists that "while he was definitely interested in the prac-, tical advantages of the canal, his` heart was in Huron and it was the dream of his life that St. Joseph would become. Huron's great city." Another states that "the development of St. Joseph, how- ever, was not to be Cantin's pri- Mary objective, it was rather a meansto an end. In . his own words it was to be 'a drum to beat upon so that I might draw atten- lion to my Great Lakes and to the t )cean Waterway project'." In any event, St. Joseph never really developed. Some of the investors became angry, claimed that he had never intended to build a canal at all and withdrew Their support. 'Nevertheless, Can - WKRTIQN•VALUED USED CARS '72 FORD Custom 500 2 -door hardtop; V8, auto., radio, power, steering and brakes '72 LTD Brougham 4 -door hardtop, fully equipped - '70 MONTEGO 2 -Door Hardtop, V-8, automatic, radio, power steering and brakes, low mileage '70 MAVERICK 2 -Door, 6 cyl., auto., radio '70 FORD Custom 500 4 -Door, V-8, auto., radio, power steering '69 METEOR 4- Door, 8 auto., power steering • '68 CHEV. 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In the latter year the Beau- harnois Light, Heat and Polder Corporation received, by an order -in -council, permission to establish water rights in an area which Cantin claimed to have bought from the Robert heirs in 1921. For the last decade of his life he lived quietly at the family home at St. Joseph. He is buried in nearby St. Peter's Cemetery. • A seaway visionary -he has been described by the Hon. Lionel Chevrier as "a symbol of all the disappointments that preceded the. building of the present sea- way an inventor—his gas burner design and furniture pol- ish were seemingly' well received; the founder of St. Joseph and an alleged sparring partner of John L. Sullivan, Can='' . tin received the following tribute from the Editor -in -Chief of the "London Free Press" in July, 1959: "There should be some- where a memorial . to this remarkable man whose dream has now :come true. . The On- tario Historical Society or the Do- minion Monuments and Sites Commission might well erect a monument at St. Joseph to re- member a forgotten man and a lost city." Advance -Times • .,STAFF HOLIDAYS. July 31 to Aug. 12 inclusive There will be no issues of 'this newspaper on Aug. 3 and Aug. 10 The Wirigham Advance -Tunes, Thursday, July 20, 1972 Page !9 Special trips, activities will require consen* By Shirley J, Keller Huron County parents will have to accept more responsibility for their children while taking part in certain outdoor activities offered through the schools. Where swimming is a possibility or where participation involves use of a boat, canoe or other small water craft; where . transporta- tion is by other than (or in addi- tion 'to) regular, transportation provided by the board; where students are transported out of the province; or where there is any "potentially hazardous" situations, parents will be re- quired to sign a waiver absolving the board of any responsibility in case of accident or death. Hoard member Cayley Hill said he didn't think it was necessary for the board to assume this kind of responsibility. "Parents should be aware of a potential What's new at Huronview? Miss Cecil Hall arranged and led the Christian Women's Club song service on Sunday evening assisted by seven young , people from the Exeter area. There were special musical numbers by the Heywood Bros, and Mary El- len Gingerich with Katherine Hall in charge of the devotional period. Folks, a group of young people . from. . Goderich who have been engaged by the Opportunity for Youth program, visited Huron - view on Monday afternoon and presented two skits and some musical numbers. Owing to weather conditions the Family Night -band concert was cancelled last week. Twenty-four tables of bingo were played on Friday afternoon with 15 prize winners in the 20 games. hazard," said M. "If they are in favor of their child participating, they should say so. If they are not in favor, they should say so." Vice-chairman John Broad - foot, who conducted the mem in the absence of ,Chairman Rob- ert Elliott, noted that any parent who doesn't sign the form will automatically prevent their sons or daughters from taking part in the program. He wondered what would -happen if the signature of the parents was simply forgotten by the student. "Would that stu- denti not be permitted to partici- pate in the program?" • asked Broadfoot. "If he's 18, he can sign his own form," answered Hill. "If he's 16 and his forfn is not signed, I guess he'd stay at the school." - "If parents are in favor of the prograni, they'll sign," reasoned Hill. "If they are not in favor, they shouldn't sign. After all, how far does education go?" Wilfred Shortreed suggested that a better solution would be to require the parents of each stu- dent to sign a "blanket waiver" at the beginning of the year to cover all activities. Hill sug- gested the director of education study the feasibility of such a form. Saturate soil Annual flowers, perennial bor- ders and lawns should be well - watered during the hot, dry summer months. However; we often overlook our trees and shrubs, Woody plants can also benefit from thorough waterings during dry periods. Give them enough water to do some good; Let the - hose run slowly for an hour or more around trees and shrubs in order to saturate the soil to a depth of eight to twelve inches. • Light watering does not reach the feeding roots of woody plants. 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