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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1947-03-07, Page 1„. ted'et t • 9 • ••• EISIltrceIghtVTeatr WA0le NuMber 4144 , 1,1{IJRON OM BOYS TORONTOELECT • NEW OFFICERS Former Seaforth• Residents Are Active• in ' AssoeiaCOn.. B. H. McCreath was this week elect - ted President of the Huron. Old toes' Association ,for • the 47th yen- o thc. Association's 'existence. Other offi. Cars, representing all sections of the COunty, Were electedas' follows: Hon- • orary president, Fred -Elliott; Ise vice- president, R. Maceldenzie;• .2nd vice- president, Miss Vera•Gardiner; secre- tary, Mrs. C. HollingsheadS assistant. secretary,- Miss Mary McGregor; • treasurer, E. Hunter; publicity, M. Cook, Wes. McCutcheon, j. Buchein- an; niembershiperGerald Stewart, Mrs. .5'. Brodie, Miss 'S. Walker and E. , • Rtoody. • A bridge and euchre will be lield at the Heliconian Club on, Friday, March 21. The special feature of this Wilt -ering will be a pairs combetition for euchre ter a new trophy, the Meter- , enMernerial Cup, to perpettiate the -atneniory of the late J. A. McLaren. • Honor Seaforth - Bride to be Miss Joyce Wilbee was hostess at 2. delightful shower held at her home ca- Wednesday, Feb. 26; in'honor of the bride -elect, Alias BettyClarke, daughter of Mr. sent Mrs. M. E. Clarke. There were 25 girls present. Dttring the evening a contest, "How John proposed to Betty” was conduct- . ed by 'Joyce Wilbee and Vera Mole. The; best' proposal was sent in by 'Marjory }tune The remainder of ,the evening was spent in making a bride's book. Upon completion of the book, Betty was ushered' into, the living room and Vera Mole then. carried in a large pink and white decorated bas - et which Contained many beautiful and useful gifts. Miss Joyce Wilbee • then read the address, which follows: ' -- Dear Betty: If you will just for a moment travel back to kindergarten days, you will perhaps recall the song • which ran something like this: Johnny is theerailler, eeettoot And be lives by the mill, e • • wheel„getes around • - -• With a right good will. With. one hand in the hopper • • - And. the other in the Ap•ck, , The left steps forward ' And the right step.s' back. • We hope,. Betty, most Of your steps will be forward ones as you and John t. walk through life together. Met,- you bothon your diamondwedding day• , be able to 'say that .the love of Mar- . "ried .people who have come through • storm and etress and still retain ,the' splendour ,of thdir spring -tine happi- ness, that the love deepens as the marching years advance. Please accept these gifts as a tok- • en of. our friendship. • Your. Friends. . Betty thanked her hostess ancienaue .felentis for their good Wishes and.,use- Tut gifts,, ah•dainte'lunch Was, served • thy the hostess, assisted by Vera, Mole.. • . • • I • Hullett Couple Married 59 Years • _Mr. and Mrs. h6et. Armstrong, of Hullett, will celebrate their 59th wed- ding anniversary on Sunday, Match 9th. Mr, Armstrong is a former reeve • of Hullett Township. • • • Movie Actress: "I want to get a divorce." Lawyer: "For what theason?" • Actress: "Der me, do you have •to • • ni• haVie a reason?' - • t ea orth Isolate orst Blizzard I eedettest ' eel/Ant:et . ' 0 • CHICAGO MAGAZINE TELLS STORY OF SEAFORTH RESIDENT Mrs. Leslie Scott Occupies Important Position in City Store, •FORMER K. McMANN eteittli'ithleetett "".." etlee '' ' '' .•,4e'404, Madigan's Memo, the illustrated, monthly magazine of the einployeen of Madigau;s; ..ipirtionse department store in Chicago.- in its last issue dee votes a page to Mrs. Leslie Scott, the former Kathleen ,McMann, and .wife ef Mr. Leslie Scott, formerly -of See - forth! . • • deatiadian, born .an bred; Kathleen Scott and her husband came to -Chica- go to, visit relatives and end like others before, -.them, stayed . W. make this. windy town' their home—he, .to con- tinlle as' a decorator and she -to make a career at Madigans. • "A• birthday Present—not for Mrs'. 'Scott but for' the store When she started working in Millinery on June birthday. From Millinery Toys w.ent...Kathleen.Scott and for two Christmas seasons she Was incharge Of seeing that West Side den -Oren got their share of trains, coasters and .dolls. .After that came another trans - fee and her attention was focused on Notions and. Gifts. "The changing- of. seasons found Mrs.. Scott ,malting .changee, too, and in the spring the •Cotton Shop and Lingerie foetid her More then helpful.• In rhe ran with the chime ef school berg there 1,V a an annual rush teethe' girls' ante boys'. wear departments.. The accelerated business at that time of the year,sent her to these sections. Variety like that kept Mrs. -Scott on her toes andready for her next as- signment. "How uniform a Uniform can (he. Mrs, Scc>tt "was soon to learn when she was placedin charge.ef uniform section which bought foe fourteen Schools en the West Side. Wholesale uniform houses were to be contacted. samples to be -obtained. approvals re- quested from he schools. -measure- ments to he taken, and presently trine uniforms were being denvered•to girls, mite formed queues in the store to purchase thendresses of the season. "Sbettial events were' her sPecial problems., too. Communions, •confir- mations -and graduations were. int - .portant dates for Kathleen Stott as well. • "As the problents, of obtaining ma- terial became acute, her home tele- phone tees •keet Busy by the questione from the schools—and sometimes by an ittate mother with a .prohlena .child who had provedele be too Meth to handle! Finally,. with the ,advent of (Continued on Page 5) Additional Care Required For Eady Hatched • Chicks; (By J. E. Bergen') Gpod brooding. practice means a constant uniform heat, plenty of fresh ale, and sufficient tight to enable the • chickens to see to eat and drink. Since thicks come -from incubetors . where there is a uniform temperature throughout the whole incubator, it fel atec6ssare when putting them around the breeder stove to confine them Within a limited distance f rom „the bevel-. As the howler is considerably colder around the walls than innedi- ately around the stove, a hurdle should surround the hover about ,two feet from, its edge, for from, ttv to- three days. By this time the chicks learn te•where the •heet enneee from, after which, tbe bindle may be removed end the chitke will fend' their Way back to the 'stove when they deed heat. . •Breeder Stone Fuels, There are four common fuels used in Ontario—cogI, wood, oil and tectrtc- fty. Coal. seems to be the- most popu- lar. A. coal burner is easy td operate When good qtality chestnut "Coal te- ased Other grades may be used, but the stove will require more attention, It May be necessary ,to 'look after a atone but twice a day•Where chestnut • coal ie used. However, it will need .4e be looked after More often Where • coarser ler softer coal is Used, , The wood burning stove has preyed very popular and satisfactory. Where wood is -ixtentiful wild comparatively cheap If .seeme to be the right one to use, This is pirticularle true at the present time when boat Is scarce. • 011 burners too, are saltis•factory, although there may be some, objec- tion% to them in severe weather par- ticularly in single sided brooder hous- es, because of the extra fuel consump- tion required. On the other hand, in the seeing months when the days are warm after the chickens are several weeks eld, the stove can often be slant ofT for the day and re -lighted at night. This cannot be done with coal .or wood. ElectrIc• hovers are used in pens, where there is, some other source of beat to warm the pen, When the weather is net toe cold theycan be used 'MU -Mut any other source of heat. Whatever tee kind' of filel used, lbe sure the chicks are bomfortable. That mean e uniform controlled beat, fresh air, clean dry floors. and sufficient tight. • MIS Is the second in a series of six articles by reenaberit of the :staff of. the Ontario Agricultnral College, Creelph, dealing in a practical Way with Matters of Interest to poultrY raisers' if the demand for snore .egge, earlier, Is to be Met): •• 4 3,. • , - • • Seaforth has. tied its share of cnow• this tvintere,,but if anytme doubts the fact, these pictures will prove it.. The tunnel. in the upper picture .is opposite the store' of Fo eavauge, 'while- the tower Oct ture shinesthe. banks of snow, rea :eine en places to the top Of store windows which linV theeeest side uf Main Street. Tee pictures were taken before,gangs of men, trueks, and teams had removed the snow.. Blizzard Dela Seaforth and . District Red Cross Canipnign s.1S.Came Canvassers Appointed But Wins G Are trnabli To.Cpmmence .Rounds Because of Traf • Seaforth High School basketleallers Were on the top end of a 76-55 scare in an 'etthibielon match played here Wednesday night, „ winning from a team with no offidial mime, except as Coach Dotson put it, "The Seaforth- Windsor Combine," as half the team conies from Windsor, and .the other halt are ex -grads of Seafprth High School—Harry Leibute, Gus Boussey and Deneaul who hail teem Windsor. a famous basketball centre, are hew playing hockey for the Beavers, ep- termedia e 'B' finalists. ' Wild. °petite, all scores with an antazing points foe the High School Stewart was really "one and while getting the lion's -share of points, set urs the majority of the 'other beelike. Sills and Butchart came Text for the High School team, with 16' and 11. For .the Combine, Knight topped the list With 25 tpoints, •followed by Beattie, another Winer haelte•tball star at the High School, with 15. Deneau, one.bf the "foreigners," chime through with 10 points, some amaz- ing shots and beautiful playsmaking. ;the best of its kind seen in Seatorte. What with the "big-time" atmosphere impelled by the prolific scoring, un- usual 'shots and smooth and tricky combinations that rarely naieseci, it's •easy to. see the Mice that was set when you figure that as there were' 59 field goals scored, not counting seven foul abets scored; and four 11 - minute periods were played 'With seVeral minutes extra when the timer forgot his job in the excitement, there was a .little better thrift a. basket --n minute and a point every 3b seconds, SEAFORTH—Stewart, 26; Sills 16:` Butchart, 11: Smith, 8; .Huiseer 6; pryce, 3; Wilson, 13righerall, ' WINDSO R -S EA FO RT1-1-01(n h t 25; .Beattie, 15; Deneau, 10;sBoessey, 5! 'Lebute, Referee—F. A. Dobson, Seaforth. • • fic Tie-up. ,Iineassable roadsprevented.' the cominencement of, the Seaforth Dis- trict Red Cl'OSee Campaign, which was scherluled to begin on Monday. While in most cases - canvassers have. been appointed, the 'weather hes, prevented . someetonveners trete completing the list's for certain etress. according to R. S. Box, campaign chairman, canvass- 1pg will commence as soon as wea- ther and road conditions' permit, Canvassers eippoieted to date are as follows: TUCKERSMITH—Rev. A. W. Gard - thee conveher; Robert Archibald, It R. 4, Seaforth; Wm. Sproat, R.R. 4. Seaforth; Harry Chesney, R.R. 2, Kip- , pen, Wm. Broadfoot, R.R 3, Kip - pen; Mervin teem", R.R. 4, Seaforth: track' Patrick, R.R. 4, SeafOrth; Pear- son Charters, Bet. 3, Seaforth; Vv -11 - eon McCertnete RR, 2. S.eaforth; Sam Russell WALTON—W. C. Ilackwell, Joseph •Hackwell; 12th Conces4ion East. Campbell leen : West of Lead - bury, Frank Kirkby: ,14th •Of McKil- lop East, Elmer- Dennis, West, Geo. Tayloe; Boundary Ensteelarvey Craig, West, .Tohn Watson: Pith Grest, East. James Williamson; eth Morris, West, Allen Searle: ,e61.1.1 Grey, Bill Turn- bull; 7t1 Morris, John Brytans. EGIVPINDVILLE- Itarted. -Finnigan, convelteeo Al;ex C. LillIco. George Kruse,enel..ei NOthl11 elacLean, IVIelvin Mes- ,,g. ' CONSTANCE,—Mrs. Frank Riley, co:inverter; North, Oliv'er Anderson; East, Walter Scott; South., Ross Mac- Gregor, Bernard Nott; West, Wilbur Jetwitt. ST. COIJUMBAN—Ml'. John Mc- Iver, convener, is accepting deflations • No Trains From. Monday To Thursday ---All District Highways Closed Tight Rail and Road Plows Fight Losing Battle As Drifts Mount; Single Traffic Lane Open Stratford To Goderich Thursday Night: FORCE POSTPONEMENT • OF MANY EVENTS Seaforth and district on Thursday was s•loWly digging itself out from the worst blizzard itt thirty years. The. blizzard, which started Monday morning, had all highways and die- trict roads closed by notate Railways. gave up 'a losing battle late Monday, and it; was Thursday before plows had'. battled their way through' the drifts between Stratford and Goderich. Canadian National Railways snow - piety, driven by four engines-, arrived here at noon Thursday, after leaving Stratford at 10.30. a.m. The plow ,reached Goderich ab�ut 6 p:m. and immediately returned to Stratford. The first train through Seaforth since Monday afternoon came into Seaforth at 11 p.m. that:evening, To open up 'the London C.N.R. line, a snowplowedriven by three locomo- tive.s, left London. at 12.48 p.m, Thurs- day en. route north. Thursday night it wast-ecitinuing to battle huge drifts near Kippee. , • Highway maintenance Oretis Work- ing on .NO.: 8- Highway', succeeded in. punching •a single track through • to Goderich •..late • ThurSday afternoon. The ban against init.-hut emergency traffic en the highways wesstillin' force on Friday tb permit crews to widen' the cuts through the drifts. No roads. are openedoeth Or south of Sea - forte. 'No. 4 Highway was opened as far south as Kippen late Thursday. but an R.C.A,F. plow assisting in clearing the highway was in the -ditch. there ,and was delaying fuither work. The *storm led to innumerable Convenienceee on the part or the trav- elling . Commissioner -Ken Campbell, of ,the Seaforth P.E.C., en route to the Ontario Municipal Elec- tric- Association convention in.Toron- to, left on the last train out of See - forth late Mendste • afternoon. but got only as fat' as Stratford. He hitch- hike/1 back to Seaforth Thursday at -4 ternoon ou the first vehicle through the •aewly-opened roadie • • • Seven Seaforth men, Dr. E. A. Mc' Master.G. A,. Jackson, F. Sills, 3: Keatinge E. C. 'Boswell. H. G. Mee. and A. I. eleLeanyin Goderich Mon- day for the sitting of the Supreme Court. . round . themselves stranded there tne. Thurs•day. They arrived back in town late. Thurkday night af- ter Frank .1dling went. to the restent. with his station -wagon. Goderich youth, Bill Dissett. straeadtel. in Sea forth Monday.e walked hrene 'Weeresday. The worst part of the trip -was frons Holmesville to God - pride, he seise Dr, Pater Brady, Sea- Ineh, wes forenil to resortto skits w attatel the 17 -months -old son • Of • Mr. anti Warren Whitmore. 2nd. con- cession orTuckersmith, when the in - 'rein was suffering.from,pneumo•nia on Tuesday. The At:elm forced the Postponement of local, hockey games scheduled der- ins,- the Week. Seaforth Beavers will noweneet Clinton Colts in Clinton on Saturday, withthe return game in Seaforth Tuesday. Air travel came into its own since na.es and railway lines imee beets blocked. Qn Thursday afternoon MI Elizabeth Tobin was fiown,to Ha ton by 'Lou Lane, formerly of Tucker - smith. but now or Goderich, in order that she might,catch ,e train to take her to New York in time, to sail for England aboard the. Queen Elizabeth.. Keite Hopkinson. of Sky Harbor Air Beettices, Goderich, flew 100 pints of milk. in .paper coetainers, to Bayfield. Tee. milk was specifically asked. for off by sto suppliesteeads.were 'cut babies, DUBLIN • Mr, Edwin Crozier, of Detroit, spent a few days with Rev. 'Schools are closed en account of the ,bad esnowstorm, which has block- ed all roads, • se On Tuesfiay evening, February 25. a* farewell' paste wtis held • for Mrs, Elmer Tuffin se the home of Mr. and Mrs': James Elliott.. The evening was spent in playing bingo, prizes being won by Mrs. William Smith while the lucky chair prize was won by Mrs, Walter Carpenter. The- afidress was react by Mrs, Hubert O'Reilly, Mrs. Tuffin was presented, with a pair 94 bath towels and a table lamp by.elee. 'Elliott. She replied very -fittingly. Lunch was, serVed by the ,h0ai ea% ansa her assistants, tor the Red Cross at St. Columban,, SEA FoRTH - 0. A. Whitney; Cote. ' iticKILLOP,— Highway Met:A. - O'Lenry; 2nd and, 3rd Copeessions, West. J. M. Eckert; 4th, 5th and 6th West n Robert McClure. , • tte? REEVE DAIA PASSES Reeve John F. Daly, -elected by acclamation in January, died early Friday morning after an ill- ness of two months. He had serv- ed Seaforth in various capacities since 1908, and was Mayor in 1931 and 1932. SEAFORTH REEVE, J.T. DALY, PASSES IN HIS 75th YEAR Activt in Municipal Life Since 1908, Death Fol- lows.2 lyfonthe • • • John Francis Dal-. Reeve .of Sea- jOrth. .one of Huron Couiaty's Most prOminent business and public men, died at his residence; Victoria Street, on Friday morning, March 7, in his 75th year. Mr. Daly had. been in failing health only . for.. the past two aionthe, but previous to that bet enjoyed a -long active career in the business and pub- lic. life of this town and distr. He wa5 a son of the late Thoteake Daly, one of the pioneer business men of. this county; els& was born in Eg- wondviile en September 19. 1S72, He received hi early education at the Egmondville and Seaforth public schools, and later at Seaforth Col- legiate lirstitute. Mr. Daly had been in business on Seaforth Main .Street for 57 years, first . in ,the -jewellery' huSitiess, 'and then its...Ferti dealer. He had handled the Ford Meter Company'g. products for et longer period than any other Fo'rd dealer in Canada. and was wide- ly. knowie. thronghout Westert: On- tario. ..1/1 municipal 'polifirs•*Me. Daly hal been active for 40 years, arel hied t.tc- cupieci every municipal and educationpoSicion in the gift of the people. He started his menieipal career "ill • (Continued on Page 51 • • • • •• - • Snowdrops. While the entire province Wee • in the midst of the evolve' stolen in thirty years, Snowdrops eine-, ware of the blizzard teeing at the: time, were blooming in the snow• at the residence, of Meet Scott, John Street. The -floisretes were located by Walter Scott - Wednesday morning. • • " • • o;�. MR., MRS. IVIURRAY MARK ANNIVERSARY Neighbors Honor St.,Colurn-' ban Couple Married 25 Years. • • Mr. and Mrs. Leo Murray 'celebrate . ed their Sievert wedding on Friday, February 14, at their home. tin St. Columbare, Mrs. Murray was he for mer Lily Staples, daughter of the late. Mr: and M -s. WiUiani Staples, of Mc- Killop Township. They 'farmed -in Hibbert Townsh-1P' for 16 years,' and nine years ago they Moved to Se Celumbano where nee now reside. They have a family of et tweedaghtersanne Latexes/dare; of. _dee_ Galt: Doreen, at home, and Joseph,"of Btratford, In the evening about '5 neighbored .. and friends joined with them ireceld- t" ' brating this auspicious occasion.. The • rooms were beatetifullyeleconated with pink and: white •atreernere .centered •.• . with large white bells. At 8'.o'cloc:k theguests began. to arrive, -being-. •ret • ceived by their two daughters... By lo o'clock' allhad gathered and dancing cainmeneed, •music .being 'supplied' lty the • McQuaid -Delaney ereheetra, as- sisted by Mrs. Murray's three sistere, • Mrs. James Hogg, Mrs. Ern. Tall end . Mrs. John Pekoe. George McNeil" orf Myth. acted As floor manager and Master . of ceremonies, assisted by • John Stathee, brother of Mrs,.. Mur- rny. • At twelve o'cloc'k all were Called, to the specifies, livingroom where Mr. and Mes. 'Murray were seated in 'two lovely occasional chairs, giet of the family. A delicious hunch was serv- ed, it beteg tastily arrangecl and con- ducted. by Mrs: Friezley, Men Mpehtii. and erre Staples,. of Mettle followed by:he anniversary cake served bet Mr. and Mrs. Murray. after lunch, manybeautiful. giatte.., were presented to Mr,. and 'Mrs. Mar- td • . eay. A toast was given by Mr. Me - Nall and a fitting reply given by Mr, "efurrae. Daucing continued until .the• wee small hours of the morning when: all. joined in singing "Auld Leen Syne" 'and -They're Jolly Good Fel- lows," with all, wishing Mr. stiaddeIrs., Mune ay many more years of happy married life. Two ediseneuiehed ,teueste. present- . were Mr. Murray's mother, and his envie, Met Free! Eeke.rt. . Seaforth Women's Institute Records Pioneer History (The Seaforth Women's Institute; thi-ough. its Historical • Committee. headed by Mrs. Paul Doig, during re- cent months has recorded the history, of pioteer farms 'and institutions of the area. The stories are being pre- pared in such a manner that they can be preserved enci 'thus add in no small measure' to the historical data of the county. It may be that certain hie- torical infermation, through lack of knowledge of the project, has not beenem.ade available to the Institute. 1f this should be the case, interested parties may obtain full information by contacting Mrs: Doig, R.R., 4, Seaforth, The following article, taken from the Institute collection. is the fifth in' a series, which will appear in The Hunan Exposktor). • • THE EGMONDVILLE TANNERY The history of the Eg-nibnchelle Tannery is realty the- biography of dearge E. Jackson, Although the .first tannery was owned by John Knechtel, and the peesent one was bunt by Wittiest) Murk -ins, and then taken ov- er by Christotiber Watson. But 'ft was only when it came under.the owner- ship of George and Henry 'Jackson that it became the thriving anti inn p.ortnnt industry itt the life tof• F.g- mondville that it was to be for many yearin 1 Genre E., Jackson was born at Phoenix Park, Dublin: in 1834, and sailed melt his parents for Canada 10 yCa,'s ater, settfing. at Bee -field, on .Lake Huron, where hist father bought land andfounded a felinity that was' destinell to leave its mark. on Huron County. As a young man, George E.' Jackson carried the mail on foot twice a wee.k from Bayfield, to, Sarnia, over roads that Vieille „strike terror to the heart of any present-day motorist. This took a bit, of doing, but. George was heist 'there to do It. All his life, he was of a studious nature, his active mind- coVering the whole range of human interests and natural phenomena, He was the fay-, nine pttpil of Rev. Mr. :Creswell, an Anglican clergyman of Huron Celle zy, who, interested in the tbotes splen die 'mind. did aI.1 iu his power to 'fos ter hl ambition. and sided the range. of his Ithouledge and interesta. He eventually became • a . school teacher, teething in. the Village ef Plymouth until he. entered the 'field or business as' a tanner 10 ttif Village of Fettmcdville; one Italie, south of Seaforth.. He and his. 'brother, Henry, ,operated, the- tannery for many years. and lilt used by Georgette eon5. tot eantePry warehouse. • George E. Jackson. married Eliza- beth. Waugh, and One daughter and. six sons w,-.5in born to them.; Margar- et,. George,. Rebert, Harry," Tfiemes. John and Frank.. This was one of the -first tanneries; in Western-. Ontario ane. was a busy place during the closiag years of the last century, Leatheretoves was one of the -principle items- of manufacture at the' Egmondville tannery, local wo- men- beingc employed la their own homes to do the .stitching. Among his multiple activities he carried on et general store, was. lege postmaster and agent for the G.N.W. Telegraph. He aisle had a drug department in his zeneral store and vele himself a quaiified theiggist. He ,)'viied a whoIPPa.le :liquor store and cider mile where he manufactur- ed wines and vinegar, But all these business activities were not enough for thin versatile peril -malt -tee On top of all. this. 'he.• waetone of the foremost chess play - ens of his day, .He took on all comets, et -en playing a ganie by telegraph vith a man In Montreal, which Wok three weelte. He went to • Montreat and defeated the Visiting „Arne -rice -Z/4 chess players so thoreughly that be was sent by the Chess, Club t� Greta. 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