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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1952-04-04, Page 2t ,r^ re. i Established 1860 ,..Y. McLean, Editor gtllished at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Thursday afternoon by McLean QS - :Subscription rates, $2.50 a year 'in 4iclVance ; foreign $3.50 a year. Single opies, 5 cents each. ember of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. • Advertising rates -on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as. Second 'Claws Mail Post office Depar'tmen't, Ottawa SEAFORTH,, Friday, April 4, 1952 The Warden , Huron County, in common with every other County in Ontario, has as its head, an elected official "called "the Warden." Last year the War- den of Huron was Reeve Arthur Nicholson, of Tuckersmith, and this year Reeve Harvey Johnston, of Mor- ris Township, is the Warden. So accustomed have we become to using the term Warden that we feail to realize that there is no comparable position of the same name in either England or the United States. The Municipal,, World, who has been doing some interesting research in the matter, discusses the events Leading to the use of the word in its present sense: "According to the dictionary, the word is from an old French word 'wardein' meaning a guard or keeper, and today means 'an officer of rank in charge of something; a keeper; the title given to the head of some college and to the superior of some conventional churches.' Warden of the gaol and game warden both illus- trate the use of the word in the s'ense _of 'keeper: , -"Church wardens in England date back to at least 1127, and while they - performed various functions; at -no time intheir history does there ap- pear to have been a warden as head of a municipal council. The head of each of the present county councils —in England is designated the chair- man. cA: "-The first time the word `warden' appears to have been used in the mun- icipal history of this province was in The Parish and Town Officers Act of 1793 whereby the inhabitants of any parish, township, etc., at their annual town meeting were empowered to elect a parish, town or township clerk et al, and two `town wardens.' If there was a parish church and min- ister, the minister appointed one of the wardens, the meeting the other, the two being in that case styled `church wardens.' "According to Professor Adam Shortt,writing of the municipal his- tory of this period, 'to the custody of '4' the town wardens was entrusted the property of the township to be de- fended and answered for, and if there was a parish church, the church• -wardens had the supervision of the church property, the care of the poor, —etc.' "The first time in the municipal history of this province where the word 'warden' was used to designate the head of a council was in The Dis- trict Councils Act of 1841. Under this Act, he was appointed by the gove- nor, not by the council. When coun- ty councils took the place of the dis- trict councils under The Baldwin dict of 1849, the head of the county coun- cil was designated by county warden, - and soon after the adjective county was dropped: Under this Act, the council elected the warden. "As it is interesting to speculate why the term 'warden,' meaning the stead of the county 'or district cann- a, , was used here and had not. been 11064 elsewhere, the reason may have, been that the governor who ap- ialinted the warden, and the provin- ctal legislature which somewhat derigIy passed The District Conn - 'Act wished -to' convey to the ap- e std through the appointee to 1st tr'%cr ecTimci1 that he was a custodian of the property etrfor the. Crown rown and the rz stature; arid that he table as such keeper,to en chosen taoughl et eatii0g, qro , to indicate that the Ordwn still. had atvery deft- - fte finger on this new and dangerous ei peTirnerit of local government by elected representatives of the people and possibly also because of a feeling of resentment that the wide local government powers hereto exercised solely by the magistrates, the Crown's appointees, were, by this Act of .,1841 being transferred to the dis- trict council." • Fires Need Fresh Air As the Canadian standard of liv- ing has increased in recent years, the demand for homes heated' to a uni- form temperature throughout has resulted in householders going to great lengths to eliminate all cracks and crevices that might conceivably result in a draft. But perhaps this urge for air- tight homes is creating a bad situa- tion. In any event, Calgary's deputy fire chief suggests there's something to be said for the old-fashioned house. with cracks around the doors and windows. Such a house, may be dfafty and require more fuel, but it's a lot safer than the modern tight -as - a -drum house unless the latter has air-conditioning, that is. The deputy chief draws attention to what everyone learned in school and most people soon forget, that fires, as well as human lungs, need oxygen. —If -they run out -of -oxygen-- they'II go out, just as the human body will. The average house a few years old,' he goes on, provided about six com- plete changes of air a day, through cracks and doors. But the better - built modern houe stopped about 99 per cent of that changing air. Two hazards ensued. There would be too little new oxygen for human occu- pants, and too little for the fire in the furnace.. And when the furnace fire would go out the house would fill with gas. • Brighten Farm Buildings During the last -.twenty-five years startling changes have taken place on -the average farm. Operations to a great extent have become mechan- ized and the ken:gene lamp has been replaced by electric lights, as rural hydro each year serves an increasing number of farm. While all these changes are taking place, one move, in many; eases, is not being made. And that is the clean- ing up and painting of farm build- ings. No farmer would think 'of leav- ing his expensive equipment or stock without protection, but at the same time he denies his buildings, repre- senting in most cases many- thou- sands of dollars of inyothient, the same protection,, ° ' There is another way to look at a good paint`job. In recent years paint scientists have discovered that color has a definite psy, chological effect on human beings. Some colors will cre- ate an atmosphere of coolness and re- laxation; others warmth and excite- ment, while some will set a depres- sive mood. Hospitals have recogniz- ed these facts and are decorating their operating rooms and wards with colors that help platients to get well more quickly. We don't wish to leave the impres- sion that we are attempting to sell paint,but at the same time we can't help thinking that a few quarts of paint would go a long way to not only improving the appearance of the av- erage farm building, but would also assist in protecting the investment the building represents. What Other Papers Say: CROSS (By James Scott) QLD -TIME SPORT Donit ever let an'rbodty tell you Guelph, ,Ohauupione of Canada, De - that words have n'o voice, thee as ferated by the Stars of .Seifertb, by the tisk fades and the paper grows Seven Rune." Yellow the message becomes thin Yes, sir, -aa far as this town goes and hard to hear. the bigger they ceede the harder It was a real old, clog -eared vol- they tall for you canniest beat that ume. Iit had the look—yes, even wonderful combination of fighting the smell, of old ergs—+but when I spirit and good, ' siportsmaauship careifmlly opened) it the words which makes our teams tough for sprang to life and another chapter outsiders who, by the book; have of our past -started up, walked, be- us way outclassed. Dame alive. All the people men- Take that game with Guelph. It tioaed on its ;pages have gone to lasted almost three hours:. In fact, their rewards; a couple of then: all the games. which the old book were my uncles; some others were 'records read like marathons, some :people I can remember walking going well past the four-hour mark. vigorously along the Main Street; And remember what went on be - still others were merely memories fore that. In the book, there is the or he+ersay—names '•I had heard story of a game with Listowel. Now about or. had seen on tombstones that is a town forty miles away, in the old cemetery in Harpist -hey. and in 1875 you didn't cover forty miles in half au hour. 'Frank Sills, who let 'me see .this book, tells me that his father (who was on the teaan then) told him that they had to travel" by carryall—by no means the fastest conveyance ever known. It was practicaally a day's work just to get to the town where they were going 'teeplay;-then,,tkey were on thefield for .about four hours, and as far as the record shows., there were no substitutes. There was a real feat of strength for'you and it was all for the love of the gaune—no im'porbs, no'way s and treats of making the jo' wonthwhil'e financially. Just a group of great --hearted bads ready to give their all for the sport. And so' they • did. They played Wroxeter, the Maitland of Gode- rich, unci, finally they played a "picked nine of Huron: County." They won. The old town was ready to take on all comers • and the a mural. They were good all tougher they were, the better we r-ight,.-110 +10-uabout that.liked it. But, pastedin the; record 'book monypeople-got -behind-the- of the •Seaforth Stars—the book .I Juniors when they went to Fergus am talking about—is a clipping the other night?„ Remember the wh'ich,read•s: "The Maple Leafs of carryall! Taxes Buy Services (Goderich .Signal -Star) This is the time for making income tax returns. The taxpayer may be rather grouchy about the tax, but his - temper might improve if he should reflect that he is helping to pay mothers' allowances, unenmployment insurance, old age pensions, insur- ance against another ghastly .war, and for,other useful services, which contribute to the safety, the comfort and, the prosperity of the people, If he doesn't believe in these things for which his money is, spent he can he �)t h likes These young fellows were ball players. To tell the truth I didn't even realize that this town had had a ball team as early as 1871. That is' early days for baseball any- where and yet, this town, not so old itself in those days, was again in the foreyont with a baseball team and, as the record shows, a right good one. 'They were known as the Stars and like all the other fighting team's which have come out of this town (and: don't 'forget our great Juniors right today) this aggrega- tion wasn't afraid of anything. To them, champions from somewhere else were easy meat. Il you look at the old records you will come across a great team from Guelph. Down there • they still re- member that team and I am told that its great feats are remember- ed on the walls; of a restaurant in A Smile or Two "And there we sat holding hands. It was awful really." "Awful? Why?" "She was sitting three, rows be- hind." • "Now you're getting . married, George, you must take out an in- surance." "Why, dad? She's not danger- ous!" She: "Say, it's past midnight. Do you think you can stay hereall night?" He: "Gosh, I'll have to telephone Mother first." • Boy: '"Dad, do yon realize that in some parts 01 India a man doesn't know his wife .until he marries her?" Dad: "Why single out India?" Hibbert Township -This -That Continued -From Last • Week) ' • In '1853 many Irish emigrants were coming into the north part of the township and these were Mor- gan's helpers. At times some of them would leave him to go and build a shanty for the newcomers who were their relatives or person- al friends. While workitlg on the job Morgan needed moretchopping axes and to get them a trip had to be made to Goderich. Two men went on foot to buy and bring them back, and two days were necessary to complete. the journey. They went one day and returned the next. It took at least one year for Morgan to complete ,bis contract. before he could collect his pay and get his discharge the work had to be inspected. All had been com- pleted and he planned to go to Stratford the following day to have the job taken off his hands. How- ever, that night a windstorm came that blew many trees hither and thither across• the road. This meant more work. For the clearing away of these trees he ,was allowed an addition three hundred dollars, or an amount equal to that in pounds, shillings and pence, as this system of currency was not abolished till. 1858. For the amount of extra labor entailed, he felt he was not • too well paid, but accepted what was offered him. In 1854 a small grant Was receiv- ed for this road from the county road improvement fund, and other grants were received later. There were never any toll gates to keep up improvements on this road in Hibbert, as there were ou leading roads in several of the other town- ships. It was around 1869 before an at- tempt was made to straighten the road. dt the Mountain. 'Charles Tuf- fin, Sr., contracted for this job at too low a -figure. Had the council not taken pity on him and voted him an additional amount, he would have been bankrupt. William Wal- lace, George Herron, Sandy Car- michael and Carmichael's two sons, Duncan and John, were a few of Tuffin's assistants. At this time the road was cut through the moun- tain and lowered, also sloped on the Cromarty side where it was very steep. Tlit amount paid for, this work was $1,000. The other road around the Mountain then be- came a green lawn. A few years later more was taken off and the road widened. Then again in May, 1934, work was commenced to cut it down another 15 or 20 feet. With higher -powered cars travelling at a greater rate of speed, and with win- ter motoring now felt to he a ne- cessity, it was decided in 1950 t)ia't it was necessary to widen and low- er it again. In :May work was sem- meneed to widen it to 150 feet at the top of the banks, and to lower it another 13 feet, with the result that another beauty spat has been sacrificed for the sake of speed. The cost of this amounted to over $13,000. .As time wast on after .the open - tag of thia road from Carron'brdok to the >l3oundary, Stephien Do -Whey Was On ;Oh* did( m1 i work. 2Y'ii, it to improve it. He often made the remark that it was he . who really made the road. Some time in the easlyr'1890'1, it was taken over by Perth CouWty, and has Mnce that time been a county road. From the time the Centre Road was opened in 1854, the develop- ment of the township was steady and rapid. By 1857 (Hibbert was almost fully settled, except for swampy stretches of land which were left on the thands of the Can- ada Company; some of it until the 80's. " By thistime ditches had been dug nii'd the land became of some use. The . concessions and sideroads were opened by the owners cutting and burning the trees in front of their farms, making at first a sin- gle narrow pathway for sled or ox cart, which wound in and out among the stumps. Later an over- seer, or pathmaster, was appointed to call out his men each, year to pay their tax in labor, and in this .way a gradual improvement was made in the roads:- From eight to ten years after clearing a road, lit- tle improvement could be made on it because of the stumps that re- mained. After these had decayed, implements for grading and sturh- piking were"'heed. Around 1865 a system of gravelling by statute labor was introdeced, and as gravel was available from several pits scattered throughout this southern section, the roads soon became greatly improve& Some of the side - roads were corduroy roads for many years. No road was opened from Concession 6 to 5 through Parish's swamp till after 1885. There are few unique features about this township. In the gravel - beds on Lot 12, Concession 7, is to be found the source of the main stream of the Aux Sable River that meanders from there through var- ious townships, and finally empties into Lake Huron, near Fort Franks, Many tributaries join this main stream as it flows toward its out- let. Of the 665 square miles' with- in the Ausable watershed,,one-quar ter of Hibbert Township is located in this' watershed. An unusual type of natural drain age in the forte of large sinkholes is to be found an; four forme—Lots 20 and 21, Coneesslon 10, and on Lots 26 and 27, Concession 13. 1No one has been able to explain the hulse of these fissures in, the rock 'wtliidh farm this natural outlet of drainage for the land surroitedin.g them. The only Targe hill in the teen - elite; known as the "Mountain," is found midway between the villages of Staffa and Cromarty, The next in Site is the one On. *hieh: ,Springhill, now Stalfia, ie 'blurt, part of it hays pti'dvided tun& ,Of the ground sione in later year*far the roads in :the to*lialhdp. 411btiler' large' barren hill 1e to be,fo'tilid on'i:6t 22, G"on,etesion -2, d tilit'c -krid a war Vett df No, 6 S'eir`ool 1n Ate "'Bate 70's and early 86's this :hill and the Cornrt unity around it 'was comnnonty known at Hitlotnln'g Illilt, ,1 he remainder. 0f. $lei/eu Qn�titttli,',}p{it of the, .t Wifeliip .it3 Hurt When Oar Overturns Provincial police at God'erieh in- vestigated an accident an, Highway 8 at Taylor's iCornerel, 'F'tiday af- ternoen, whenea ,car driven by Ad- am.McCkrtney, Clinton, ran gaff the roads and rolled over twice. Both Mr. and Mrs. 8160artney were re- moved to 'Clinton Public Hospital suffering undetermined iniuries. Estimated• damage to the car 'was $500. --Clinton News -Record. ' • Phones To 'Holland John Smirk, who has' been work- ing at the Brunswick Hotel kitchen for Joe Thyssen, made a logig dis- tance telephone call to Apeldoorn, Holland, last week from the 'hotel, John, who has been here for six weeks, reported very good recep- tion an& said that the voices were as clear as talking to someone in Wingham. It was the birthday on Mr. Sitndnk's, father. His father re- ported very fine weather in Hol- land with the temperature at 65 and the tulips and daffodils start- ing to come out. — Wingham Ad- vance -Times, .Matches. poisons. cooking pans left in reach of little hands May cause serious mishaps. Care avoids stick danger traps. '' Dept. of National Health and Welfare Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty Years Ago — From The Huron Expositor April 8, 1927 Mr. Dan Shanahan made a busi- ness trip to Toronto and. Oshawa last week. He returned with a new Chevrolet car. The many friends of Mr. Robert McKay, of Egmondville, will regret - to learn that he met with a serious accident on Thursday. He was working in his garden when he fell and fractured three ribs. —fail-M-ouday--cvcn4eg—Br-itar ni Masonic Lodge rooms were filled to capacity, the occasion being the o J. A. ing the E. C. official visit of Rt. Wor. Br Meyers, of Mitchell. Foil work exemplified W. Chamberlain an is officers, Mr. Wm. Ballant , who for 62 years has been ae ember of this lodge, made a neat speech, and later all sat down to a chicken dinner at the Olympia Restaurant. Mr. Thos. McSMillan, ,M.P., gave a few toasts, after which a musical program was carried out, which included solos by D. L. Reid, Jas. A. Stewart and John . Beattie, Mr. Beattie giving one of his numbers by urgent and unanimous demand, "A Wee House ',Mang the Heather." Mr. Howey acted as accompanist. The annual meeting of the C. W. L. at St. Columban was held in the parish hall on April 1. The follow- ing officers were elected: Spiritual adviser, Rev. Father Dantzer; pres., Mrs. T. J. Moylan; 1st vice -pros., Mrs. Michael Coyne; 2nd vice-pres., Mrs. Michael Downey; 3rd vice- ures., Mrs. John Dalton; treas., Mrs. Jos. Atkinson; reaSkling sec., Cath- erine McGrath; corresponding sec., Florence 'McQuaid. A successful school ."at-home" was• staged Friday evening in the basement of Hensall United Church by the pupils of Forms 1, 2 and 3 of Hensall continuation school. Among those on the program were Clare Zuefle, Scott Welsh, Milton Boyle, Avis Lindenfield, Isabelle Alexander, 'Pearl Elder,, Louise. Drummond, Ettie Bell "and Margar- et Drummond. The annual 'Spring Fair of the Seaforth Agricultural 'Society, held• on Main St. on Tuesday of this week, proved a great success from every standpoint. The boys' judging competition was won by Jimmie Atkinson. • From The Huron Expositor April 11, 1902 Mr. Arthur Mason left iBrucefield on ""Thursday for the West, with a carload of fine stock. On this trip he was accompanied by 'Mr. Robt. Menzies of McKillop. Mrs. Knox, of Auburn, has mov- ed into Bruce'fieid, next door to Mr. G. Hill, and she and her sister, Miss Wilson, have opened a dress- making establishment. Mr. Alonzo Ortwein, eldest son of Mr. J. W. Ortwein, Hensall, re- turned this week from Detroit, where he had been engaged as a finisher in a furniture factory for the past year or so. A farewell dinner was tendered F. C. G. Minty, late manager of the Bank of 'Commerce here at the Commercial Hotel on Tuesday eve- ning. ;Messrs.. 'Henderson and De - Lacey excelled themselves in the excellence of the spread provided. The speeches', were pleasingly var-, led by songs by W..0. Reid, H. Town, Wm. McLeod and W. G. Wil- lis, His successor is G. E. Parkes, of New Westminster, RC. F. Holm- sted was the chairman. _ Mr, 'Alex Broadfoot moved his family. to Listowel this week where he bas purchased ,a' furniture and undertaking business. The residence of Wm. O'Brien, Zurich, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Tuesday. Sinoke was issuing from the kit- chen, but the fire was put out with a few pails, of 'water. Atnong the Canadians killed in the engagement on (March 31 at 1 leinbardt's river, - South... Africa, Was Pte. W. T. Peters, who lived here for a nunilber of years, and was a nephew of Mr. John Oldfield, Tuckerarnith, The following were ticketed to the NorthWest this week by Greig Sc Stewart, C.P,IR. agent's: • a'i'r. and! 'Mrs. Jas. Watson and tour daft;gh- terg, • of Tnckek'anritlif to 1Vio'dSe J tee; iMiss Torrance to MoLeod`i Alta.; George Lynoh to Winalitieg. MisS 'rorrani' a has accepted a posi- tion as eac'lier in a s'ohot'sli in the McLeod district - dames 1;. Willis, got 1' 'Mt!. Relit., lvilns, acrd Lew% 'MdPonaltl, of; Walton; left f:(ii' l dit ffi. +SVidridgy,;, WI bid Liieq tvt , r ph ? of °,a tie VI. Five -Man Police Fon Grand Bend •Grand Bend village council con tracted for a five men provincial Po- lice force this summer at •a 'special meeeing last week. Council made the arrangemens for add'i'tional po- licing with Inspector George Clubbe of London. One extra mean will be engaged from May 15 until Sep- tember 25. Three officers will be added between June 20 and Labor Day. All will come from London. Two cars. will be provided for the men. Reeve Herman Gill was •pleas- ed with the arrangement, but not- ed: "I've seen some summers when five policemen were not enough." —Ex'etee Times -,Advocate. and Martha •Corbbtt, beth -et 7Earoteu: station, were married there '.ors March 27, 1901.. They 4arredl in. Goderich Townshipfor many years. before moving to ',Clinitor}! more than a year ago. They• have live chil,- dren: Mrs. Beit.Rowden, and Argyle Loeklhant, Goderieh ; Twp.;. plena Lockhart, o•wen IS'ound; Lawson. Lockhart, Royal Pak .Mich.! and' Ivan Lockhart, tliythe Alta„--C1111,- tan News-Reeord. Tanker Opens Navigation Season The navig'aitioa season :got under way at Goderich Wednesday with: the arrival' of the 'tanker Impede/ Cobourg, under the command, of Capt. C. • G. 'Sloane, at 3:55 p.an, with a cargo of furnace oil, stove oil and gasoline. 'Capt. .Sloane brought the same q-essel.in tp.•open last year's' season on March 16, ten daylo;_ earlier. The_ Imperial Co- abourg left Sarnia Tuesday at 6'a.m. Captain Sloane reported a good trip with about 10 miles of ice near Kettle Point. The boat was met by Reeve John .Graham and members - of the town council, who afterwards.. escorted ;Captain Sloane to the Town Hall, where he was present- ed with the traditional silk hat.— Goderich eignal•Sstar. Celebrate 51st Anniversary Congratulations are extendedeto- N1r. and Mrs. Janis 'S. Lockhart, Rattenbury St. W., 'formerly of Goderich Township, who celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary ' on Thursday. James Smith Lockhart Strip Cottage Near Bend . Household .furndshings valued at.' $1,500 were looted fromthe sum- mer residence of James ,Cruikshank. at the Beach of .Pines, :Grand Bend,. some time during the winter. The- theft was discovered by Mr. Cruik- shank in a visit 'to the Bend from hips home in Detroit March 24. Un- known thieves :m'ade off with just about everything of value in the place. Furniture and even linens were stolen. The motor was re- moved from the refrigerator which: was found with the stove moved to the back door, ready to be picked -nee IVIr. Crulkssluan's tinvely visit interrupted return of the looters, Provincial Constable Bud Bruner, of Forest, is investigating.—Exeter- Times-Advocate. Your New TELEPHONE BOOK is GOING TO PRESSE AP*, IS YOUR LLSTINGCORRECT? 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