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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1937-08-12, Page 3THURSDAY, .AUGUST 12, 1937 THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE THREE. ]tom PW".w About The New Transmitters '.rhe Canadian (Broadcasting Car - Vocation is rushing to completion for O'cto'ber Ili its two new 50,000 watt transmitting stations at Vercdieres, 'Quebec, and H'orivby, (Ontario, CBC engineers have informed "Along the Air Weaves". Architects, contractors, forennen incl •constru'ction crews are working at tap speed et both points on •erection of plants and installation ', readi- ness, e unit rat which,nl en inres q I e n , modem and ess will :be the most 'n rat sctt,nei-Fi' all cor•reci on the •conte e , c Y thec nstruc- 1'i' vi resent o to ous to p extensive series of 'tion ro an ane s P gr , surveys were carried ant b Y•the CBC f i cn>'tneerin staff with a view to est- ablishing a!blishing the value of various lo'ca- ti'ons and transmitter sites. These experiments,' s'tu•dies were started three years ago and carried on to a snore •seanchi'ng degree in the past months, resulting in the choice 'af the present locations of station ICBdr, Ver- o'heres, and station CBL 'ii•ornby, The coverage of CBIF, as planned by engineers, is adequately sdb:starr- tiated by interpolation of signal s'tren'gth measurements. It seems likely, they report, that the coverage will exceed that now obtained by the Corporation's whole network in the province of Quebec, 'The Hornby sta- tion, OBIL, will likewise be given in- creased signal strength and will pro- vide reception that will be one hun- dred per •cert dependable day and night, I'.he transmitter 'buildings and housing .facilities for the staff 'who will bre in residence at both Veecheres and Hornby will display architectur- ally new ideas in design and layout. Introducing Elie Spivak Elie Spivak, distinguished violinist, •who has been presented over net- worgs of the Canadian Broadcasting 'Corporation, is a member of the mns- ical fraternity of Toronto quite by ac- cident. Mr. 'Spivak made h U.S,, tour in 1922 and while in New York met Boris i-I•arebourg, Toronto's celebrat- ed •cellist. They became friends im- mediately and :Hancbourg invited Spivak to come to Toronto as his guest. During the third day of his visit, the regular violinist of the then "IH'am!baitrg String Trio", became ill, and 'H!am'bourg invited Spivak to all in. The concert was less than 24 hours away. /Reginald Stewart was a member of the 'Hanibourg Trio at that time and the three artists rehearsed all morn- ing and ,afternoon. The original pro- gram was trot changed and in the ev- ale ning they gave their scheduled con- wccrt. I amlbouirg was so impressed with the masterful playing of the youthful' Spivak, that he asked • him eo ;become a member of his famous trio. '•Spivatk accepted the invitation and also joined the faculty of the H'ambourg Conservatory, Mr, 'Spivak was •b'orit in the Uk- raine. ane comes from a well known musical family, his father and grand- father 'being •lannous singers. In fact, the name 'Spivak" means "always singing" in Rei sign. F'lie's love for music, and' for the violin in partic•nhar, became apparent at an early age. His progress was so rapid that he wan sent to Paris for further studies. He was a brilliant pupil of fanous mas- ters and made his concert debut. in Lonclon, England, in 1119131. He found- ed the "Elie Spivak (String Quartet" in London, and it had the 'honour of being the •first string orchestrara to broadcast far the CBC, Oa present a1 Mr. Spivak is a leading member of the.faculty at 'Toronto 'Conservatory ofMusic. Heappearedn alta - bin.1C. has O t n erou oecasions as soloist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Promenade Symphony. He married a Canadian girl and they have two love- ly children, His chiefhobby is gard- ening, which is the heritage of his hirthian•d'--'th•e Ukraine and its fer- tile valleys. Corporation Features Day By Day T(Lq'11 Titres Eastern Standard.) Thursday, ]August 13; 8,00 p.m, Canadian Weekly, News- papers Association annual meeting, Address by Jahn H. Casey, U'niver- sity of Oklahoma, with introduction by •H'on, Angus L. Macdonald, (Prem - ler of Nova Scotia. From Halifax. 9.00 p.m. The Ghost 'Room--+"Cre- ated", produced by...Rupert Caplan, iI°•roni 'Montreal. !Friday, August 113: 9.011 p.m. 'Backstage" — variety presentation with Woodhouse and Hawkins, orchestra direction .Isaac 1Iamott, vocal ensemble aind soloists, From Winnipeg. 9.30 pm. 'Tennis 'Talk—discussion between John •Coulter and J. N. Ken- nedy. ;From 'Toronto. Saturday, August 14: 8,30 p.m. "Legende d''un People",-- readings eople"Preadings from the works of Louis Frechette with organ and violin in- terludes.:Froni Montreal. 1111130 p.m, Horace Lapp and His Banff Springs Hotel Orchestra. From Ban ff. • Sunday, August 115: 5:00 p.m. His Majesty'sCanadian Grenadier .Guards—hand concert dir- ection Captain J. J. tGagnier, slat= Montreal 10,30 p.m. Tttalor String Quartet— with Anna Moncrieff Hovey, Manisa. Fru-Wimiipcg. Monday, August 16: 8.0.0a p.m. "Mirror of Music". Solo- ists end orchestra direction .Brace Holder. From Seine iJohn. 110.30 p,ci '''Soliloquy". Instramtent- al ensemble direction Robert Talbot. Frons Quebec. Tuesday, August 10': 3.30 pan. "This is Paris". Lucienne 'Delve]; "Janice et IGittston', with orch- estra direction Andre Diadeux. From Montreal. /110:30 pm. ..Mart Kenney and his Royal -York •3•I'atel. (Orchestra --/dance music. 'From Termite. Wednesday, Aughst 18: 9100 p.m. "Automobile Vagabonds". RAILWAY ABANDONED EN- few met at a point now T•eeawater 'GINE STALLED IN WINTER village and forwarded an application to, the postmaster -general For mail service, which was granted, the post office being named Teeswater after, river. Matthew Hadwin was the ,first postmaster, Peter B. Brown, who had taken up lots 114 and 715 on the sixth canoes- cion, met a great need by erecting a sawimflt , and in the fall of 11t)Sio he put up a grist mill, Culross was, and is famed as a grain -producing township, but in its early days was far from a point of marketing, Clinton, 34 miles distant, was the nearest railroad station,- and it took two clays for ane trip, Clin- tan was the market for years, and meanwhile farmers became anxious 'For a 'nearer market as the -quantity r d'u•cincreased. of n oe thewinter186940, , fere 'lEn of'promoters o P to agitate for a narrow gauge rail- way werewetc med. IAsn ng the oth- er ' things the promoters madea farm- ers believe was that they would real- ize $'Si ar 'al6 a cord for two -foot ,wood in Toronto. The company got a Iban- es of '$43,000 from the township and built the line which from '118'74 oper- ated -four (five years, The narrow gauge was not bad in summer, (but in a stormy :winter it balked, One winter the engine was stalled about the end of January and stayed there until spring, As the liar - row gauge could not do the work re- quired, the company tried to, get an- other bonus to 'make the road one of standard ,broad gauge, but failed, and the road passed into the hands of the C. P. R. The Township of Culeos•a in Hu- ron County, like its neighbors, tGrecmocic and Carric•ic, was origin- zlly 'classed as being among crown lands. A survey in 11852 was made by IG, Md1?'hillips, Of all townships it was the last to be settled, 'because of the Fact that no leading road entered it. Then in 1I85e1 at the time of a •big land sale it was opened. That year the amoune Of its assessment - 'was 02,82a, Among the ,first settlers were Andrew ✓ettle, Alexander and 'Archi- bald Md1'ntyre, Matthew Hadwin, Thomas Maloney, Charles Inwiu, Illougal Campbell, 'H, Davis, Henry Hadenby, Anthony Shoemaker, Wil- liam .Roque, Alexander Forsyth and John MciK'ague. 'Their descendants still populate t he township,isleP, says the London Free Press. s. An early settler records that he Found 'few shanties township a es in the tows sh p which was an ut k ,Ibrd en forest The e los were al t e 1 numbered with sharp irons on short ,posts and the purch- asers were mostly 'Sootch, Irish and English, with !Germans in the north- east .corner. The "big land sale" was held on September 2237, 1118544. Many would-be buyers arrived on elle morning of the a5th and got to Southampton on Tuesday afternoon, Southampton then had a 'population of 200 to 300 with three hotels, and not much ac- commodation for the fnlflitx for the sale. A. atdNabb was crown lands agent, his Office hieing a log building about 1116 by 118 feet, with a small win- dow in the (back 'which was open to permit the (buyers to hand in their letters, with seven pounds ten shill- inc. enclosed, losed alongwith the auntie e of their lots, concession and towe- hip. `Chat amount -demanded was the AMERICA KEEPS 'THE CUP Another challenger for the .Anter ica's Cup is headed home without it; What many a hopeful •Englishnian re first installment. garded as his country's brightest 'Owing to titre crowd it was almost 1'prosktects for retrieving the historic impossible to get to ,the office wind - wake have gone aglintmering in the ow, so Mr. •MelN!a'bb got two mon to wake of the Fastest boat that has yet carry in the letters, the 'two 'being John 'Sherman, from Balaclava, -Car-. rick, 31, McLean, postmaster tit Walkerton. The crowding continued .o great that, Mr. 1'IdNab!b saw a 'bet- ter pian might 'be adopted, etnploying two constables to keep 'order, alit] etgltty-six years ago: giving two !inure to each township at Long after the shouting and the defendedt the cup. 'Ranger's four straight triumphs over ESideaivogr I'I mark the sixteenth consecutive time an American yacht, has led her rival a futile stern chase for the eup the schooner IAnterica captured at Cowes a time, until all were attended to. At this rate it took all week for the sale of lots and when the sale was over the people went to their several town- ships to .pit up shanties to .prepare for winter. 'The next thing was to get sone- thing to live on during the •winter; and to get roads opened' through the forest. 10 those days flour and ;pork were high in price. Flour' was 1910 a barrel and 'pork was 110 and eleven Sollars per headier! weight. Many in Culross carried the 'first flour used on their .backs for 16' miles. In the fall of 11895 'Culross had no mail 'service nearer than ,11r. !Ritch- ie's, who kept a post office on the 'Durham line near Enniskillen, eb. a • R. H. (Peery and Graham McInnes. Series of broadcasts of ,a coast-to- coast motor tour. ,From Calgary. )10.0:0 p.m. Joe DeiCoureey and his Jasper Park Lodge :Orchestra. '0131C - MBS international exchange ,program. From jasper. tumnit die and the captains and the crowds depart, the rentarkalble show- ing of Howard S. Vanclerbilt's sloop will be remembered. The fact that Ranger covered the thirty -mile course in record time to clew clown the m tchaseiztp'hasfzes the amfiafii con- sistency with which naval architects continue to produce still faster boats within fixed limits oflength and sail area, ;Steady improvement in the •building and ,ailing of fast yachts has marked (America's Cup racing ev- er since the rule -of -thumb genius of !George Seeers, designer of America. gave way to the engineering methods of Cary Smith,who stopped design- ing big •passenger steamers Tong en- ough to turn nut his famous iron psi, the Mischief, redoubtable defender in the 'seventies. It is unfortunate Skipper Sopwitli did' not get his boat going sooner_; hi the series. But admirers of the Brit- ish cratft should derive some . satis-, faction from the :c'hallenger'g' vastly improved showing in the fourth and final race. =Ranger had to fly like the Counter Check Bo . ks • We Are Selling Qnal ty Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order. • The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, witch that sheis to turn aside the gal- lant bid of the Royal Yacht Squad- ron's lovely blue boat. Mr. Sopvrith's epecta:ular come- back was all the more remarkable be- cause of the apparent hopelessness of ties cause. Ccinrage and good sports- manship are qualities which naturally appeal to people everywhere. • And probably that is why people on both ;ides of the Atlantic heartily share the hope that England's defeated challenger for the America's Ctcp will keep on endeavouring to win that long -cherished prize. HAVE YOU EVER SAVED A LIFE Years of training ani years o'f :ex- perience lie behind the deft strokes of the great surgeon's knife, as he performs a ,delicate aPeration. Life and death are , e n the bail o a e Loved ones Itrentible in apprehension. inn= allY,after anxious urs — success! The s ., supreme ahtli't• of one rat ' man in a mill] nu•t has saved another life. Masa o t of us can never save a life I that way. 'The surgeon's skill is not ours. •Batt by preventing accidents on streets and highways, every one of us, whether we are drivers or pedest— rians, .can juslt as surely` gave lives and •safeguiard our fellow sneer against crippling or fatal injuries, says the Ontario Department of Highways. We can teach our children t'he en- during .principles of safe driving sad safe walking --of safe living. We can correct the unsafe practicese.of our own driving and walking. We can uphold the authority of our public officials in impartial .aam' effective las' enforcement, We can help in organized efforts to spread the gospel af traffic safety to everybody. And, most, of all, we can resolve in our own ceett is to :perform no act •danger d{rS to others or ourselves. '1a1 ;•r'f. E ekill, anal long •training are i tyit ifert>;fpr •this kind of life SS, v- in AWhatf We, do need --all of es—is a'ne " realizaJBfci that "I am nay bro- ther) 'keeper," Will you accept your •persoi� share of this great respon- slaili,tyt. Will you help to stem the ankle: Of 'blood and death that promises to sweep 'Ontario's streets and high- ways? /Will goat save a :life? Died In Michigan The Northville i(Ylich,) .paper 'says orf the passing of .Mr. ,Norman Hearn, formerly of Seafonth, :Norman Hearn's clays of 81 luck are over. They ended a July .115th in the Univer- sity of Michigan hospital, There, al 3,20 o'clock, on a hot, breathless al- tenaoott, the•'quiet, unassuming, earn- est ratan Norttville..:had known and loved, flied of injuries sustained in a fall front a cherry ••tree the Sunday before. As quietly and simply as he had lived, these 54 years, .-Vor•cnan Hearn was laid to rest Sunday after- noon in Rural Hill ,.cemetery,'No'fam- fare, no clamoring throngs of admir- ers attended, his final rites. ,Friends and relatives were present in ISchred-' er'e •funettal chattel to .comfort the sorrewing wife, who had .shared the many joys with her adoring husband. But, in the absence of proola'm•avians and editorials, •Chose that knew Nor- man Hearn avowed that a life like his was moretlreciou•s to them, to 'Nits. Hearn, to Northville than that of a great political leader, who, in a far corner of the land, was also bur- ied that Sunday afternoon: "Cour- age, loyalty, devotion ." the Rev. Harry 3. Lord spoke those words over the body of Norman Hearn, and those who listened well knew their accuracy. They recalled hew, victim of the incessant progres of the nna- chine age, he had -lost his job in a great Factory, Raw he had clone any- thing, everything to make a living until he •found new work. They re- called how i'frs. Hearn hacl spent more than two years in Ann Arbor hospitalis and ant elle Wm. Ii. May- bury -sanatorium, .flow every week, sometimes oftener, he went up to the hospital—where his wife lay. ale was always cheerful. 'In the midst of thee:: dillltu'Ities, he again found Himself without work, 'this time due to the job -shearing depression, At 'a time and tinder conditions when neany men had not the ,coamaige to face -life, Norman Hearn grinned hopefully and said: "Well, •i've got to get a job," loo relief 'rolls for him, And he did get work, always he had work, af one sort or another. Sltibl be wasnever t:ao busy to 'help his friends, to .con= trifau'te to his -church. "Ob, I'll do that for nothing," he frequently said to a! poor ailing woman, a friend. •.vhom he knew could not pay. 'Then Mrs. Hearn returned to their •home. et Church and Cady streets. Glints of. the pression .eluud'•s silver lining ap- peared. ;Perhaps, the llicarns Chought. .their days of had line: had ended.- Mrs. Hearn, still sickly, slowly bur gradually improved. Then Mr. Hearn, on Sunday, July 1:1th went to the 'u'mnner Power farm, Eight ,elite' road to pick cherries. He fell from ono of the trees. Cherry pickers who Ilan to aid Norman Hearn rotund hien Iieconscious. With •one arm broken he apparently had suffered a concus L' NT PaG*-4 gut ■ _ at‘f P fteen h°a aAd- tr o. gaesioe 25� hese°e,eo gegG 30 eta+§ta 50C,, 3Sc.Oail st ,i't a gox Seats $1Canadian �.OFaers LO tbtttOn °nal�ifi' t3 io8 oe' data. .�gaoe, Ort Ticke�F'�tottto+ pt a AVg27 soix' Mon of the brain. He was taken to Sessions hospital; here and then rush- ed to the University hospital at Ann ]Arbor, Diootars .operated immediate- ly, but Norman tllea'rn never recov- ered from the coma in vehiohthey found hien. He lingered through the humid week until Thursday, , And now his days of ill fortune are over. Mr. '}learn's story is a prosaic one, yet he loved the life due lived as he loved his family. He was ,born March 28, 1883i, in Seaforth, Ont., the son of Jahn 'Wesley and ++ane Ann 'Hearn. The family, farmers, 'early moved to the northeastern province of •Sas7cat- chewetn and settled in Preeceville again to farm. SBot'baok to' Seaforth came Norman Hearn for a wife, ,Eliz- abeth Strong. In January, gad, Mn. ani] Mrs, 'Hearn moved to Northville, Mr. ',Hearn 'wanked for several years at the ,Ford factory, here and• in Highland Ptacdc and River 'Rouge. Later be did many other jabs—farm- ing, carpentry, gardeininig'--caiways he was busy. A favorite job of his was'• the garden in 'Orchard Heights he worked with Postmaster Fred Van Altta, He 'became a naturalized citiz- en of the United States, .and no more an ideal citizen, embodying more of those high /American virtues was there. Both Mr. and Iles. Hearn were Imetnlbers of the Methodist church, which they regularly attend- ed. He leaves Mrs, Hearn, and his father and a brother, Ploy, both of Preeceviilie, Sask. 'May I ask your profession " said one of the older residents of the boarding •]rouse,• "Sj°trlp'ter," said •the newcomer. "Good!" exclaimed the other. "You're just the man we 'want. Would' you mind carving this roast of (beef?" Teacher: "Now, Robert, what are you doing—learning something?" 'Robert: "No, sir; I'mi listening to you.,, Ste was purchasing her wring seeds for her garden, and her ques- tioning was baring the salesman to the point af exasperation. "And oh, by .the way," she carotin- tied, "what is a hardy rose?" hardy rose, madam," replied the seedsman slowly, "is one that will allow you to dig it up every morning and night to see if it is taking root!" 'Something New in the Bible—The minister 'called 'when ell the 'family were out except !Eva, aged seven. Alf- ter he had asked cher whether she at- -tended 'Sunday school ieegularly he said: • ",And'•do you know year !Bribee 'tOli, Yes, sir, the little girl re- plied. "Perhaps you can tell me some- thing that's in it," he persisted. 'Fra brightened. "There's a look of nay baby hair 'way at the back:" Miss Derry: You must have had Boise narrow escapes' in the war? Sailor: 'i1 olid miss. Miss'Derrry: Did you get that scar duringan engagement? Sailor: No miss, I gat it ;when 'I broke off an engagement.