HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1949-03-03, Page 6THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949.
Stanley Township
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SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS 1948
Balance- in bank Jan, 1st, 1948..,, 5,854.52
Prov, Grant 6,024.29
2 0
7 .0
e •tions
for schools for el �
Rant
Sale of Piano 20,0010.00
Sale of brick....
A 30.00
r.
g grant
Boot, Taylor; tees for pupil attending No:28.00
' 6 0.00
'Township'Townshipevynt 3,0 2,861.86
Trustees' aro.
Borrowed from bank 1,500x00
819,400.86
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
Cost of Instraetion - 8,321.40
Cost of Instructional Sup 784.22
Cost of Administration 287.00
Cost of Plant Operation 2,124.48
'Cost of .Plant Maintenance .. . 1,$55,67
Cost of Auxiliary Agencies 571.60
Capital outlays 205,00
Repaid loan and int. , ........ , . 1,607.35
Total Expenditures. 014,761.72
Balance in Bank -Jan. 1st, 1949 5 8,928.94
Audited and found correct -W A. Grant
& Co., 105 Ring st., London, Ont., Municipal
Auditor.
School Area No.
31 Dinnin, supplies, No 14
H. Dinnin, prow. election
Mrs, H. Taylor,- prov. election
O. 3roadfoot, Prov. election
A. G. Grigg, coal„No. 1 .•
Abe yha Za air toilets No
repair
Bill Taylor, gravel, No. '10
E, Trick cedar
Chutes supplies
Mrs. W.
n n u
W. O. Johnston, s PPlies
W. McAsli, supplies
Mrs. L. Reichert, supplies.:
Sutter & Perdue, supplies
Ball Bros supplies
F. McCowan, supplies
Mrs.H. Taylor, supplies
A, Parsons, supplies
A, Parsons, mileage
W. McKenzie, mileage
W. Caldwell, mileage.
F. McCowan, mileage ............
3. Ostrom, mileage
J Ostrom. cedar
Cost, of instruction:
.Harry Dinnin 846,20.
Donald C. Bell 572.20
Mrs. Anna Keys. 1,520,80
Mrs., Laurabelle Relekert 1,520.$0
Phyllis McBride 1,406.30
June Miller 1,905.30
Music Supervisors- 270.00
Sam Rannie
Miss Margaret Dougal , ... 180.00
Ont. Teachers Federation 28.00
570.00
Receiver General
$ 8,328.40.
Cost of Instructional Supplies:
Jack Hood
McEwens Book Store
Middletons Drug Store
Varna Library Board, rent of books
F. L. Hood
H, F. Berry
20.89
3.155
19,88
40.00
686.85
14.45
$ 18,,22
Cost of Administration.
London Free Press, advertising
G$NS, advertising
Seaforth News, advertising
Huron Expositor, advertising
News Record. advertising
Ont. 5. Trustees & Ratepayers Assoc
J. T. Mc1sh, stamps
Exchange on cheques
Long distance phoning
Geo. L. Reid, salary
Mileage
4.00
1.25
3.36
.7.00
10.00
13,34
2.00
n, ;5
175.00
62,90
Cost of Plant Operation:
Chas. Switzer, caretaker No. 14...,
H. Tannin, caretaker No, 14
17 C. Bell, caretaker No. 14
Mrs. H. Taylor, caretaker No. 10
G Broadfoot, caretaker No. 1..• ..• •
Mrs. W. Chutes, caretaker No. 6
Mre. L. Reichert, caretaker No. 7..
P. Workman, caretaker No.
W. A. Reid, cedar, No. 7
Drysdale's Hardware. supplies
W. McKenzie, supplies
H. Wooley. wood
A. J. Mustard, coal
H. E. P. C
H. Soper, supplies
A. Seeley, repair mower, No. 1
J. Me3wen, witching well, No. 1
H. Dayman, witching well, No. 1
S. Broadfoot, water sup., No. 1
G. Broadfoot, water toilets sup. No. 1
B. O'Rourke, rep. mower, No. 10
287.00
13,00
70.00
68.00
150.05
150.05
150.05
110.00
08.00
2.00
4.80
4.45
430.50
418.70
148 80
16.45
2.00
2.50
2.50
S.00
9.60
9.75
Cost of Plant Maintenance:
Houghton- Welding
Stade & Weido, lock, No. 0.
Hey Township tins. Co., No6
Ed link, pump, No, 14
H. F. .Berry, fire extinguishers
H. C. LAW S011, acct. 8c 1i4. ins
P Workman, rep. toilets, No. 7
W R. Stephenson, rep. toilets No. 7-
J, Cochrane, rep. shed, No,` 14..,
Goldie Graham, fire extg
C. N. R freight on tables
Samuel d Co., tables
Rural Sewage Disp. Co., toilets, No. 7
W. D. Honner, drilling well, No. 1.:
Ed Fink, pump, No. 1
N. Baird, work on well, No. 1
J. 1, Brunsdon, cylinder for pump,
No. 1
Sutter & Perdue. piping for well,
No, 1
J. Bont1non & Son, blinds, No. 10
J. A. MOMor•trie, wiring -toilets, No, 7
M. A. Reid, ins., No. 1
Drysdale''s Hardware, wire & posts,
No. 0,
Finley & Armstrong, decorating No. 6
Finley & Armstrong, dec*ratg. No. 10
Hay Township Ins„ No. 7 - 10 - 14
F. Kling, eavetroughing
F0 Fink, repair furnace, : No. 10.,,
A. Parsons, ladder & shingles, No. 7
1h•ysdale's Hardware, gate, No. 1
Ed Fink, installing eavetroughing,
No. 1
W, N. Counter, clock, No. 1
A. Spencer & Sar, lumber, No. 7.s
3.50
70.10
3.00
5.00
14.25
1.43
4.95
32 14
13.93
3.77
9,48
.90
6.73
2.00
6.45
4.70
;3.50
5.95
3.5
2.75
$ 2,124.4
1.00
5.25
6,90
29.45
50.00
99.271
5,70
13.25
7.50
2.04
25.00
970.95
200.00,
17.06
6,00
19.40
Benmiller Blankets
Have Wide Fame
(By Lyn Harrington in the Family
Herald and Weekly Star,)
Back in 1877, Jesse Gledhill built
the great stone t st ne mill w still
t
ill
stands astraddle Sharpe's Creek at
Benmiller, Ontario.
It wasn't his first mill. He'd been
milling in those parts for nearly a
generation, using a mill a little
further downstream. But that mill
was old long before Jesse Gledhill
reached the countryside near God-
erich. It served him for twenty years
before it was abandoned.
He built the three -storied stone
mill to make use of Ontario wool.
Three generations of Gledhills have
carried on that work, spinning wool
into yarns, yarns into blankets.
Times and ,methods have changed
somewhat, of course, but 'the, mill
still runs, by waster -power as it did :in
Jesse Gledhill's day. The village was
larger then, and so were the families
the pioneer mill served.
Very few of the old woollen mills
are still in operation today. They
have been superseded by new ma-
chinery. At Benmiller, steel rappers
have replaced teasel in the milling
process, but their machinery isn't the
last word in textile machinery. The
woollen mill still cards and spins the
wool, and weaves it by means of
water power, using a 21 -foot drop on
the little creek as it falls to the Mait-
land River. ,
"It's adequate for our needs," said
Vern 'Gledhill, elder of the two 'bro-
thers now in the business. "We could
get a bigger drop if we needed It.
No, the creek doesn't freeze up in
the winter -at least we've only
known it to freeze twice. Once in
1915, it was frozen up for two weeks
though."
The water of Sharpe's Creek is
dammed Back, and drops with a mu-
sical fall over the concrete dans. It
enters a turbine, which drives the
shaft, which in turn drives other
belts and pulleys and bands. A gover-
nor controls the power. Electricity
for lighting is supplied from the
country power -lines.
)The mill is operated by Clyde and
Vern Gledhill, third generation to
carry on the business in the old mill.
Together with one assistant they
turn out hundreds of yards of wide
woollen blankets, which are then cut
up into regular blanket length. The
ends are whipped by machinery,
since their clients prefer that to satin
bindings.
"Satin wears out too fast, and
has to be replaced," Clyde explained.
The three men work all together,
interchangeably, all doing the various
chores in connection with the mill.
Any one of the three can thread up
the bobbins, set the carding -machine
in operation, spin and weave the
yarn. any of then wash the 200.
yards of blanket but it takes all',
three to hang that yardage up on the
frames to dry in the attic of the mill.
On warn summer days the blankets
may be hung out on the frames at'.
the rear of the mill to dry. Pinned.
top and bottom, like curtains on
stretchers, the blankets keep their
shape and size.
"Who decides what colours to have
next, or makes the designs?"
"Well,' we sort of decide that to-
gether," said Clyde. "We've been
working on rose as you can see, so
next we'llprobably do blue. I'd like
to turn out a green, soon, too."
The entire operation from wash-
ing the fleeces, to carding, dyeing,
spinning, weaving and marketing is
completed right on the premises.
While the brothels are justly'
proud of the work they turn out, and
the satisfaction of using water-
power ("It costs us nothing") still
there are times when they'd like to
have the big new machines they see
advertised in trade journals and me-
chanical magazines.
But even a new carding -machine
would cost in the neighborhood of
120,000. It would also mean that all
the other machines would have to be
replaced in order to keep up with the
speed of the first. It's too big an in-
vestment for a small mill.
Fleeces are bought by grade
number through the Canadian Wool
•Growers' Cooperative in Weston.
They like fleeces from Oxford sheep
best, but use some from Southdowns.
and occasionally Leieesters. Though
there are litany flocks in Goderich
area, they are small and mixed. It',
has been found more satisfactory to
buy the bulk of the wool from the
Co-operative. Wool from around
Carleton in eastern Ontario is their
preference.
In huge burlap bales of 400-500
pounds, the fleeces arrive at the,
mills. They must be washed, and
cleaned of burdock and other weed
seeds. Then the fleeces go into the
"cards" to be pulled into length-
wise strands. A huge beam stretching,
perhaps 40', the length of the second
storey, twists the wool into yarn,
which is then dyed to the desired
color. In the big looms' on the ground
floor, the yarn is woven into blanket
cloth.
Part of the spinning is sold in the
form of yarn, mostly locally. But
yarn was the total output of the mill
during the war years, when the quota
of wool supplied was cut 'by 60%
from the 1941 supply. It meant turn-
ing out yarn for the Red Cross or for
military purposes. The little mill on
the backroads of Huron County did
its share just as surely as the boys
who wore sweaters and seeks made
from their yarn.
While most of the blankets nowa-
days go through retail trade outlets,
the entire output is custom-made. A
lot is sold to tourists who throng the'.
old mill in suinmer.
"Don't quite know how so many
American tourists get to hear about
it," Clyde admitted, "for we , don't
advertise. And even yesterday there
was a couple in here from Chicago.
November's pretty late to be getting
.'tourists."
Buy they do. And the tourist trade'
is one thing that helps to keep the
old mill by the creek in running
order.
The old-fashioned milling has little'
21.00
10.75
16.00
7.00
39.00
550.00
410.011
24.00
14.00
13.05
25.68
16.45
18.83
14.08
23.04
$ 1,955.0
Auxiliary Agencies:
Murphy Bros., transporting PURI IS to
Zurich for manual .training and.
home economics 845.+
Murphy Bros„ transporting pupils to
Nat. Film pictures
11. Runnbell, Christmas con. supplies
Music Festival fees
II Soper, picnic suppliee
Jura Miller, picnic supplies
Mrs. 1„ Reichert, picnic supplies
14. Dinnin, picnic supplies
E. Epps, recreational supplies
Bayfield Age. Son, fees
Fed, of Agr., fees
$
Capital Outlays:
A. H. Steen, rods on No. 6 and No. 7
Paid loan from Bank
Interest s.
GEORGE L. REID,
Secretary -Treasurer,
10
6r,,00
8.00.
625
10 75
10.00
V:00
10.00
14.00
25.60
20.00
574.00
205.00
1,5500.00
7.35
915,761,72
YOU MAY GO TO HEAVEN
• WITHOUT HEALTH
• WITHOUT WEALTH
• WITHOUT HONOUR
• WITHOUT LEARNING
• WITHOUT FRIENDS
• WITHOUT CULTURE and
• WITHOUT TEN THOUSAND OTHER THINGS
but YOU CAN NEVER GET TO HEAVEN
without Christ
Chas. E. Fuller P.O. Box 123, Los Angeles 53, Calif.
Sportshorts
(by Wally)
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CLINTON CAPTURES
E
FIRST OF SERIES
Clinton Radar edged out Centralia
Airport 'by a 6-4 score at the Exeter
Arena, Saturday night in all Inter-
mediate O.H.A. fixture. The game
was the first of a best of three series
and the second game was played at
Clinton, Monday.
Clinton Radar -Goal, Robertson;
defence, Cunningham, Hunter; cen-
tre, LaFrance; wings, LeBlanc, K.
Clarke -Marlow; subs. G. Clarke -Mar-
low, Crowder, Norris, Verhelst, Sin-
gleton, Helmer, Gossell, Melanson.
Centralia Airport -Goal, McLeod;;
;defen'ce, Turner, Quickfall; centre,
Anderson; wings, Shaw, Hallett;
subs, Casselman, Cook, ,Horton,
Rhude, Carib, Harris.
First Period
1- Clinton, Cunningham, 14:58.
2 - Clinton, Gossell i(LaFrance),
17 :25.
Penalty -Turner.
:iia 'Wit
ieaIers, J.akers
farmer nd Feeders
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR 'GOLD STAR' FLOUR
NOW
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(ALL PURPOSE FLOUR)
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Excellence Feeds
,Calf Meal
Chick Starter
Chick Grower
Laying Mash
Dairy Ration
Pig Starter
Hog Fattener
Hog Grower
Sow Ration
LISTEN TO THE NEWS - CKNX (920 ON YOUR DIAL)
8.30 EVERY MORNING
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Telephone 354. Seaforth
Feed Division of
Excellence Flour Mills. Ltd.
ed to look after the next party. ' Mr. and MTs. Warren +Gibbings,
Mr. Isaac • Rapson spent. Wednes- I,Ken, Doug and Betty Ann spent Sun-
day evening of last week at the 'home 1. day afternoon at the home of Mr. and
of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Beacom, ' l Mrs. Isaac Rapson.
Second Period
3 -Clinton, Crowder, 4:42. 4-
Clinton, Melanson .(Crowder), 15:00.
5 -'Centralia, Turner, 15:50. 6 --
Centralia, Casselman •(Quickfall),
19:32.
Penalties, -Hallett, Hunter '(2),
Cunninghain, Quickfall, LaFrance
(major).
Third Period
7 -Centralia, Harris (Cooke), :58.
8 -Clinton, K. Clarke -Marlow (La -
Blanc), 9 -Centralia, Shaw (Carib),
9 :24. 10 -Clinton, LaFrance, 18 :07.
Penalties Rhude, Hunter, Cun-
ningham
enchantment for the young work-
man of today. Apprentices go into
fields that are more remunerative.
But the water -powered quill will con-
tinue to support the Gledhills, since
they aren't greedy for money. How
much longer it will carry on after
this generation, is anybody's guess.
HARLOCK
The funeral of the late Miss Mary
Reid which was held Tuesday after-
noon of last week Feb. 22nd at the
home of the former's nephew, Mr.
and Mrs. Watson Reid, formerly 'the
Reid homestead, was largely attended
by relatives, friends and neighbors.
We wish to extend sincere sympathy
to her only living brother Mr. Angus
Reid, her brother-in-law, Mr. Frank
Martin of Brussels and all the nep-
hews and nieces, especially Mr. and
Mrs. Watson Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Les-
lie Reid and Mr. and. Mrs. Wm. Rog-
erson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Knox and
children spent Sunday at the home
of the former's niece, Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Garrett in Tuckelsmith.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack McEwing and
children visited on Sunday at the
home of her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard, in Morris.
Harlock school party was held Fri-
day evening of last week, The gather-
ing was not as large as usual on ac-
count of -sickness. Music was furnish-
ed by James McEwing and Arthur
and Mrs. Colson. Wm. Knox called
off. Prizes were given for progres-
sive euchre and a committee appoiint-
Farm Mach�n�s
NEW. MACHINES in stock at present are
2 - Pony Tractors
2 - All Crop Hayloaders
2 - Power Mowers 6'
1 -- 6'O.W.Disc
1-4'O.W.Disc
1 - 101/2" Tractor Grinder
1 6' Binder
1 - 7' Binder
1 6' Clipper Combine
1 Beatty Sump Pump
1 - 26 - 2 furrow Plow
1 - 4 bar Side Rake - Rubber
1 - Tractor Spreader on rubber
1 - No. 10 Spreader
1 - Shallow well Pumping. Outfit, complete
USED MACHINES in stock at present are
1 - 1940 John Deere Tractor
1 - 6' Clipper with power take off
1 - 6' Clipper with motor
1 - 12' Combine 1 - Case 5'
ALSO SPECIAL PRICES ON CREAM SEPARATORS
RITE -WAY MILKERS
THOR Washers & Ironers
SEAFORTH MOTORS
W. T. TEALL
PHONE 141 SEAFORTH
DEAD OR ALIVE!
We will pay for old, disabled or dead
COWS $4.00 ea. - HORSES $4.00 ea.
HOGS $1.00 per cwt.
All according to size and condition
Phone, COLLECT, for prompt, courteous service
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