The Seaforth News, 1937-04-01, Page 3APO
THURSDAY', APRIL 1, 1937
High Commissioner to Speak April 1
Tile CRC program department an-
nounces that April 11 has beets'defin-
itely set Inc a fifteen-minute'broad-
cast talk by Hon, Vincent Massey,
Canadians ;High Commissioner to
London, The talk. 'which will be
heard over the national network at
8.415 p.m. EST and which will be
bruught to Canada by the trans-At-
lantic 'Marconi ,beam system, will he
based on the coming, Coronation, '''Inc
!High 'Commissioner will deal with
preparations that ate ,being made to
receive Canadians who plan to be in
London for the event. dit is expected
he also will outline the plans that ,are
being Horde .for the housing and rec-
ognition of citizen's from this country.
Bowman on the Continental Limited
Bob Bo\mart has an exciting
'Night Shaft" assignment for April 1
tut 9.31) ,p.m., On that date 'he will (greet
CDC national n•etwortk listeners from
the fatuous, "Continental Limited"
;during its run from AFontreal to Ot-
tawa.'He plans to board the train at
'Montreal and during the 11112 -mile
trim will describe ate coaches, sleep-
ers, baggage car, and mail car. Pre's-
en't arrangements call for a peels at
things from the •driver's" "'seat as the
huge engine roars through the night
an its trans -Canada journey. There
Ileo will be interviews with passen-
gers and train crew. 'Suggest you put
an extra red -dot on your radio calen-
dar for that night, (Looks like real en-
tertainment,
Something About Past Coronations
The second in the 'series of special
Coronation dramatizations being pre-
sented 'weekly over the national net-
work of ithe CBC is scheduled, for
April 6 when Rupert Lucas will pro-
duce `iAareedotes 'nf Past 'Corona-
tions." The play calls for special mu-
sic and a large cast of actors, •I'hcee.
broadcasts, w'hic'h will run until ,May
1111\ have been designed to cover the
,cavalcade etf 'Kingship since early
day's in Britain, when men and man-
ners created scenes vastly different
from the ardor of to -day, scenes
which, however, inclwled an apprecia-
tion •nf the solemn covenant between
monarch and his people. Time will he
6,30 p.m. 'E.srf
Random Jottings . , , .
Pat 'I'erry, of "I Cover the Water-
front" fame, (,CBC national network,
Fridays at 10,30 p.m, ,EST from Van-
couver) will tell some more interest-
ing talc; of men and the sea on ,April
2. Pat, you will be interested to learn,
is a noted newspaperman and was fair
tome years a scribbler on ,Fleet Street
with Lord Beawenbraok's 'Daily Ex-
press.
'Harriet 11. Ball, ''CBC's 'lGuess
What" lady, tells us that she has a
hag full of surprises for her April $
program at 730 p.m. 'EST. Miss Ball
and Alexander Phare, her collabora-
tor, have unearthed some unusual.
facts.
In the spring a 'young man's fancy
lightly turns to thought ,of dove
hat such is not the case with several
members of the CBC staff at \Vind-
or. Art H'ome's, for instance, is an-
xiously awaiting for old "King Sol to
turn on a few more kilowatts and
warts up the Detroit 'River ... , Pe-
ter' Aylen, CRC\V station manager, is
feeling the 'urge to mount a fiery
steed and gaily canter along the .b'i-
dle paths Dick IGlums is per-
sistently.fingering his tennis racquet
tintl golf clubs, determined to trim
some of the Windsor musicians at
one game or another this summer...
, Max Gilbert is Living in hopes of
a .new car, In the meantime he is
tirelessly ,studying road snaps for an
extended vacation.
You were Asking , , : .
R,aE.S,: 'Short wave stations in Ca-
nada carrying CBC programs are:
aRCX, Toronto. 16090 ;kilocycles, 49.-
03 metre's; CiIIaO, 'Winnipeg, 11:720
kilocycles, 21',56 metres, i'I,L,IK..: The
Corporation's Blattnerphott,e record-
ing machine is in the Ottawa studios.
Corporation Features Day by Day
(IA l 'Tunes Eastern Standard)
Thursday; April at:
9.00 p.nt. "This is (Paris," Musical
variety, From Montreal. -
9.30 p.ut. "Night •S!hift." iR. T. Bow-
man will describe a trip aboard the
Continental Limited during the run
from Montreal to (Ottawa,
Friday, April 12:
9.00 p nt-Music for Maisie's ,Sake."
Ralph Judge, tenor, with orchestra
direction 'Isaac 'Manintt, 9tuttnt Win-
nipeg. -
9.30 p.111. 'Pirouettes." Orchestra
and soloists. (From Montreal.
Saturday, April 3e
8 4t) p.i1i. C13C Little Symphony
Orchestra. From Quehee.
1,0,80 p,m. George Sims and this
Dance ;Orchestra. Prom Montreal.
Sunday, t.A•pril 4t -
3.010 p,m. ;New 'York IPhilharnumic
Orchestra, From New York,
7.311 p.m. -And It Cance to Pass,"
'Biblical dramatization. •Pram 'Mont-
real,
0.00 tt,m,- "I3ayon Black." Dramatic
presentation with soloists -and .orches-
tra, Frani Toronto.
1111.111) p.nl. -"Sweet and Low." Or-
chestra
r-chestra told tenor soloist. 'Front Van-
couver.
31onday, April 5:
9,110 p.m. 'Melodic Strings." Or-
chestra direction Alexander C:huhald-
it. From Toronto.
psn, "Shrike d'p the Bead."
Orchestra and soloists. From Toron-
to,
Tuesday, April 6:
9,110 p,m, "Anecdotes of ,Past t'oro-
ndtinns," Narration. drama and nmsic.
From Toronto.
110.00 p,m. "National Sing. Song."
Community ringing; under direction of
George Young. Pram Saskatoon.
\\Wilesday, April V:
830 p. 111. "Band Bax Revue."
\LRLN - CBC international exchange
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
PAGE THREE.
DUBLIN
Mrs, 'Robert MacKay is visiting
friends at IAit'wood,
lar. Morris Dalton is recovering
from serious illness.
Airs. Klenfeldit has returned 'home
after nursing Mrs. Joseph. Cronin.
Mr, and Mrs, Roland ,Kennedy are
,''siting' with Air. and Mrs. August
Duclt arme.
Mr, James !Roach is wearing a
smile, It's a girl.
WROXETER
(Py Harry J. Boyle in the London
Free Press.)
1n going 'over records of the little
community of Wroxeter I found it to
be closely connected with the firm of
Patton, Boys and Torr. wtih which
Sir John A. MacDonald was associa-
ted, It was Pram this firm that the
Gibson brothers 'First purchased lot 39
concession 13., H'owiiclk, in February
of 1161516, where they made the first ac-
tual settlement within what is now
the limits of the village. With the title
for the land they also secured tine
privileges and water rights to estab-
lish mills tvith water as motive power,
'During the two following years
Robert and Thomas (Gibson were the
only ones to do any actual developing.
Then, in 11858, (Robeert 'Gibson per-
suaded Andrew IPatton, a brother of
Sir James Patton, to come to the
place, It was he who on behalf of his
brother did the actual surveying of
the village.
Daring ;the first year of Andrew
•P'atton's residence he surveyed streets
and built a frame house. Through the
influence of his brother, w"ho had an
active interest in the proposed village,
it was to be a past office, and bo he
was chosen as She ,flint pos'tm'aster. He
also became interested in possibilities
and so he established a mercantile
business, the first in the settlement as
well as the surrounding territory. The
locality began to attract attention,
and later in the same season John
Condy came. 114e erected the first pub-
lic house.
T,lie town was formed by Scotch -
men, while the 'Township of II•Iowick.
in which it is located, was occupied.
for the most part by people of Irish
extraction. During the days before the
village was incorporated its inhabit-
ants considered themselves to be do-
minated by a nialjority in the town-
ship. To quote from an old letter:
"i'hte Scots are running a man as
well. 'Prue, he may he honest and cali-
able, but they are thorn enough in
our sides without allowing then' to
gain a voice in •oui' COLI ell. \\'e shall
tote against hint, and show .them that
power lies in nunrhers;,,,,.,"
:\ special census was taken prior
to incorporation by William Snaith.
which numbered the inhabitants as
being more than 7150. Application was
made in the 'prescribed form to the
City ('ouncil, and that body granted
the request -'o1 the petitioners by set-
ting off lands into the incorporated
Village of \V•rox•eter,
:\ by-law which set forth the tar-
ritory to be covered by the village
was dated December 4, 11174, It pro-
vided for its rooting into operation
program. From Detroit,
10.30 Lloyd Huntley and his Mount
Royal 'Hotel Orchestra. From Mont-
real.
on the first day of the fallowing year.
The by-law bore the signatures of
Peter IAdantson, county clerk, and
William Young, warden.
,Surprise was caused by irregular
outlines of the village, which - may be
accounted for by the fact that it was.
essential to do consid'era'ble manoeuv-
ring to get in enough population to
incorporate it without a special act.
Thus it was that they omitted the
land occupied by the waters of the.
'Maitland River, which proved to be a
source of constant nuisance to both
municipalities. Negotiations were held
in connection ,with this, with the re-
sult that an order -in -council was sub-
sequently .passed, whereby 'that spur -
tion reverted to the village with 43
acres of the balance of lot .36, in con-
cession 13.
The incorporating by-law pro aided
that William Smith, who hacl taken
the first official census itt connection
with the, proposed , incorporation,
should be the returning officer in the
first election. William Small was cho-
sen
hosen: as the .first clerk of the village and
Samuel liossack was the first collec-
tor and assessor. The !first representa-
tives of the village were for council-
lors - " (Black, Clark,'Small and. Paul-
in, and -Alexander •Gibson for Reeve.
.\ ' certain amount of resentment
was still evident between the village
and the township m'ueicipality. Short-
ly ,after - the incorporation a difficulty
arose in regard to the division of lia-
bilities which had been previously
held, froth were firm, and so. they
had to at last resort to arbitration to
settle M1lie matter,
The municipality of i•Iowick chose
Jaynes Shap', a barrister of Walker-
ton, aatd a later member of Parties
lent far South .Bruce, to represent
them, while the village chose D. D.
Hay of Listowel, who was a member'
of the '.Provincial Legislature. 'Both
agreed upon Judge Toms, of ,Goder-
ich, as referee.
The decision was that the Village
of Wroxeter w'ai to be entirely relies -
ed of their share of the general town-
ship railway inde'b'tedness. Subse-
quently to this, however, Wroxcnter
and 'Corrie, under what was known as
the Grouping Act, had voted aid to
the Toronto, 'Grey and Bruce Rail-
way •to the extent of ,$5,000', 1n order
to meet this, Wroxeter .had issued a
del entnre for :$1,3100, and Corrie had
issued our for 811';500. Previous to the
incorporation of the village, two of
the cicbentueen of \Vroseter, totaling
WOW, 'had been canceled by the
township. The chosen arbitrators
agreed that this should stand as it
was. trial that Wroxeter was to 0 -
dee i the balance of $2,301
eat an -early date it was foreseen
that the village would never achieve
prominence 'unless industry was en -
cam -aged. Thus it was that the coun-
cil unanimously- agreed upon loaning;
$1,51)0 to N. Allen, a cabinet nraun-
facturer, to rebuild his premises after
they had been almost completely des-
troyed by Fire, They also extended
;!120;110 10 William Jolly, on the condi-
tion that lie establish a foundry. Bothr
1 of these loans were secured by liens
on real estate,
At the time of incorporation, it
was found necessary to include 32
acres of Turn'berry in the village in
order to make up sufficient popula-
tion with the ;.;wen area, For this, the
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,
Farmers Benefit
0t from
lephone Late
edu'fidG3ins
Farmers will benefit by over $100,000
yearly through reductions in rural tele-
phone rates, effective April lst.
Iin this district rural telephone rates are
reduced 25 cents per inonth—$3.00 yearly.
Other reductions ere—
Hand (cradle) telephones
reduced from 30 cents to 15 cents per tnonth
over Desk type (effective with May bills).
Installation charge --
Business telephones reduced from $2.25 to
$2,00,
Service connection —
(where instrument is in place) on Business
telephones, reduced from $1.15 to $1,00; in-
side move charges reduced from $2,00 to
$1,00 (effective April 1st),
Short haul Long Distance -Calls-
20-cent
alls-20-cent person-to-person calls reduced to 15
cents. The extra cost for reversing charges
on calls to nearby places is cancelled (effec-
tive April 1st).
Deaf Sets—
The
ets—The special type of equipment available for
the hard -of -hearing is reduced from $2.50 to
$1,50 per month.
These reductions, especially those affecting
farmers' telephones, will tend to increase the
general use of telephone service, making it of
greater value to every user.
Village of Wroxeter owed $i06.
A glance at the Village of Wroxet-
er in the close of the '70's shows us
that .she had tt firm foundation to be-
come an outstanding town.
A. h. Gibson received every elec-
t.
tion for reeve by acclamation as late
as 118(60. At this time, however, the
public improvements were of a low
standard. The public school Was not
a credit to the community, and it
was of an inferior standard to those
in otter villages of a smaller size..
The river formed a cheap and
'minty method ,if potter and there
sere certain manttfaetnrern taking
olvantagc of this fact. In fart, they
.fere the only important adjoin.' of
:ate village, and a number 01 indust-
-ie- were t'-lahli:bed,
The f.,l1 , 1 t i,e' report ,tits issued ill
111718. in regard to the standing of the
THE MILL POND
The surface cif the old m'i'll pond is
,ts smooth and silvery as .glass, save
ere and fher'e -where the carp lfurmow
:he reflections of the tall trees. Out
n
mid -lake two swans ,float idly, 111ir-
mrerl perfectly in the limpid depths,
1 Isere and there along 'the shore
lights of sapphire dragonflies shoot
std glide lazily across the shallop'-
Silence sleeps on the water int the
neat of the afternoon, and the air is
.,arm and heavy with drowsy scents.
n t ice,
through aand beyond the c'lus-
.,rra trees, the sun burns the pasture
dl;e 'fire, and the only sounds to be
ctardare the rattling notes of the
t crake coming faintly, now and
aro. from the gold -drenched corn-
:i'i'ds, :A brook feeds the pond and
,,r11:
"\Wroxeter, generally, is to be oh -
seri ed to possess the elements - of
,rosperity and snbatantial indications
f nmtinuecl progress. The assessed
, alcttlatinn for this year of real prop-
erty antotntts til $11i7:6515; of personal
tc, $28,0411, with -a total antontlt of
11;34,41(a5. It is the seat of the Ninth
'Division Court of the County, (George
:libson being the clerk, and Stephen
Playford the bailiff, \Vto-xeter is the
centre of a growing trade and ive feel
certain of its assured success and
.;rowing :prosperity, which will one
day stark it out as an outstanding
settlement of the locality in which it
at situated,"
passes out again by way of a water-
fall, but its gentle murmur only serves
to lull the slow passing lours to sleep.
Quiet 'though it is, the still pond is
not so devoid of life as it would seem.
Under over -hanging 'hazels a moor
hen paddles about among the needes,
searching for water insects and float-
ing seeds for her chicks—little black
balls of ,fluff with coral -red bills; a
reed warbler is 'busy among the rush-
es in a quiet, leisurely ,fashion, and
presently a water rat swims slowly
across the current by the loci: -gate,,
towing in his mouth a long green
sedge, gathered for some mysterious
purpose. -
After a while a ,floating mass of
luck weed attracts our attention: on
ince-tigation wr discover it to he the
finest of a pair of clahclticksi inside are
five eggs: The sitting bird, evidently
hearing our approach. had quickly •
anveced Iter treasures with water-
nceds, as. dahchicks will, and had
then bobbed quietly below alte surface
of the water.
For some moments we 'watch in-
tently for sign of- her. and presently
,ve are rewarded with a brief glimpse
of -a glossy head and yellow -tipped'
;teak as, still submerged. she watches
as apprehensively from her under-
water retreat,
In the lane afternoon a little breeze
arises, and sounds become clearer.
Listen to the tiny murmuring of the
water among reeds and grasses; hear
its thin elfin note as it trickles over
the flood -gates and down the mossy
brick chute from the pond to the
'brook below: see how it flurries and
hubbies over the broad, worn steps'
of the waterfall, ',Everywhere the air
is haunted with the little voices of
the slipping water—"'it's hire the
shadows talking." as Una, in 'Puck
of IPook's Hill," once remarked to
Dan:
Tests to Show How old
You Really Are
In :The American Wekly, with tele
April '4 issue of The Detroit Sunday
Times, you will 'find an article reveal-
ing that the years you have lived
don't count; Science 1.11c'a5 t1'Ca your
age by what you ,can taste and hcar,
decay of the nervous fibres, how- thick
your 'blood is, and in other ways;