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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1956-07-13, Page 2-,•••• '':'•••••• , • ' ;!' ' Wit aAfolau,QNT., JLJLY43, 1000 N EXPOSITOR gotablkqlett 1860 A. Y. McLean, Editor Vublished at Seaforth, Ontario, Thursday morning by McLean *Vs. •• Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in advance; foreign $3.50 a year. Single eupies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Admertising rates on application. PHONE. 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, July 13, 1956 Must Use Facilities We Have It has been urged on many occa- sions that a greater use profitably could be .made of school buildings. It has seemed an unnecessary waste of ' usable facilities when school plants remain idle for long weekends, for holidays at Christmas and Easter, and again for two or more months each summer. To an increasing extent, school boards have come to appreciate the situation , and are encouraging a broader use of the school facilities by the community as a whole. Sea - forth District High School is an ex- ample, where the school building serves a wide range of interests, be- cause of the enlightened policy which the board adopted some years ago. Now a leading educationist, Dr. Geoffrey Wheable, recently retired director of education in London, goes a step further and says the entire school system should be revamped to provide a more economical education .and to make possible a more efficient use of plant. Commenting on the proposal, The Toronto Star says: "Dr. Geoffrey Wheable's drastic proposals for re- vamping our high school system have started a lively controversy in edu- cationak, cirde,s. But it -should be rioted at once that most of the criticism of his plan is based on mis- understanding of it, due to inaccu- rate reports that he would have all Ontario schools operate 12 months or so a year. "Dr. Wheable, who has just re- tired after 30 years as director of •education at London, Ont., did not propose anything quite as drastic as that. What he did suggest is that • the high school term, which now ends about June 10, should be extended to around July 12. And -he would have all high school students attend class- es from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with only half an hour for lunch. "By this means, Dr. Wheable points out, the collegiate course could be reduced by a full year, from five years to four. And those students who leave school as soon as it is leg- ally permissible to do so, at ,age 16, would have a valuable extra year's schooling. Many of these, he feels, who would need only another year to • , • • ..1,•.• •• .••• get their high school graduation diploma, would continue at school for another year to secure it. With an extra two hours at school every day, Dr. Wheable (would cut out home- work altogether. "One of the great advantages Dr. Wheable claims for his plan is that it would help to redu6e the serious- ness of the situation caused by the shortage of teachers. With the shorter collegiate cburse, the same number of teaohers could teach one- quarter to one-third more pupils than now. With Ontario's high school population rapidly on the in- crease, and the scarcity of teachers growing more acute, he feels this feature of his plan is an important one. "Already a number of education- ists have condemned Dr. Wheable's plan as too severe. But before long, educational authorities and the peo- ple of Ontario may be asking whe- ther, in fact, it goes far enough. This province has $575,000,000 worth of public and high schools which stand idle two to three months a year. Surely they could be put to fuller use than that. And it is a question whe- ther, in these days of competitive co- existence between East and West, we can afford to continue our easy- going educational system which re- quires only nine to ten months' school attendance each year. "One problem that calls urgently for attention is the waste involved in having our teachers and millions of pupils idle for from two to three months every year. Ways must be found to make better use of our teachers and our multi-million dollar educational plant and equipment. The shortage of engineers and other technical personnel is already dan- gerously acute. Some of our easy-going ways may have to go by the board if we are. to maintain a strong enough society in the face of what Russia is doing. Dr. Wheable's plan at least points the, way to making better use of our edu- cational personnel and equipment. Some such steps as he suggests, and others more drastic, may have to be taken •if we are to realize our full potentialities as a nation in these highly competitive time':" DOG DAYS? (Acton Free• Tress) Dogs are credited with a rare in- telligence but- after all reading or understanding of by-laws is not one of their accomplishments. Dog own- ers, like the parents of children?, are apt to be over -indulgent and not give the proper supervision and interpre- tation of the rules of living in a law- abiding society. The fault cannot be all placed at the door of pamper- ed dogs or spoiled children. Laws that curb are not popular Of- ten and restrict some individuals, but the common good without spe- cial privileges for any CS' in the best interests of all. So the strict enforce- ment of the privileges -of dogs in town is being appreciated here this year. Thanks go to those who are making the will of the majority here popular and correcting an abuse in a humane manner. Now is the time when you are out-of-doors so much, to have your floors sanded and refinished, or to have attractive new linoleum tiles laid. AT BOX'S you will find a variety of pleasing designs and, of course, the workmanship is guaranteed! See the Interesting New Designs in Floor Coverings — "SPATTER" Linoleums will give you long years of Economical Wear! Call us to -day. Let Us Give You a Free Estimate. FUNERAL SERVICE MUSE FURNISIIINGS so FLOOR COVERINGS *100,,L.. ,an nig , Wellsogitente Appliances - 1,..faig;g1M:2,11!ik42:4&y..,t4t. A.:;‘,i„,,,...e.,:,::,,,n,„„,:g4.,,ri.lipi...;,,, ...,,AAL: .1:2:.'...:'.; ......, . A . . • ., ..,. , . leee"tYeel''" Find Bass P1eat/41 Most fishermen who flocked st,0 the Maitland River for the °Pett- ing of the bass season on Sunday were not disappointed. Catches were—good and Howard Altlten, chairman of the Jaycees Jass Der- by, estimates that at least 400 bass were taken by the scores of eager anglers who jammed the river mouth with their boats.—Goderich Signal -Star. Win in Competita�n Goderich Blue Water Band top- ped its class with a brilliant per- formance at the 21st annual Wa- terloo Band Festival in Waterloo Park Saturday, The 30 -piece Mlle Water Band scored 241 points out of 300 possible. This was 17 points higher than the second -place hand from Elmira. An excellent per- formance was also turned in by Goderich Girls' rrumpet Band, which placed second in the test number and second in special drill. The Durham High School Girls' Trumpet Band, which has •been practising 24 hours weekly since midwinter, had a slight edge in both classes this time.—Gode- rich SignalStan Lamps Broken By Lightning Rather an unusual and expen- sive bit of damage done by Sun- day night's storm, was the blast- ing of six street lamps in the downtown area, north side of Al- bert Street. Jabez Rands, super- intendent of the P.U.C., reports that the inside of each of these 300 -watt bulbs was completely wrecked. When the bulbs were taken down, the complete insides were loose and/ black inside the "bottle" part, which was not harmed. Mr. Rands feels that the damage must have been caused by a particularly strong bolt of lightning. Other damage through- out town was slight. — Clinton News -Record. Annual Frontier Days A bigger parade than ever is expected. at this year's Frontier ww YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Duron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. Frani The Huron Expositor July 17, 1931 Four thousand persons gathered in Blyth on July 12—one of the largest crowds that has ever met in Blyth. Thirty-one lodges were in the parade. On Wednesday morning, during one of the most terrific electric storms ever to visit this district, the barn on the farm of Daniel Machan, 14th line, McKillop Town- ship, was destroyed by fire. A mare and colt belonging to, Mr. John McNay, McKillop Township Clerk, were struck and killed by lighting the same morning. Both were standing in the open field at the time. Messrs. John Beattie .and C. A. Barber are in Toronto this week attending the Lions convention, as delegates from the Seaforth Lions Club. Mr, and Mrs. Finlay McKercher, Mr. George Wheatley and sister, Miss Minnie Wheatley, and Miss Mae Campbell motored to Ottawa and •Montreal last week. Miss Wheatley and Miss, Campbell re- turned from Montreal by boat, but Miss Helen McKercher joined the party at Ottawa and will ac- company her parents home. Dr. Alexander Moir has sold his office business in Hensall to Dr. Ivan Smillie. Mr. W. J. Horney, who lives north of Hensall, had his barn struck by lightining and burned to the ground on Wednesday morn- ing. § § From The Huron Expositor July 20, 1906 Miss Lizzie Lawrence, McKillop, has gone to Muskoka for the holi-. days. Mr. James Scott, of the firm of Scott Bros., Seaforth, left Tuesday for Manitoba and the West, Mr. Ernie Box, youngest son of Mr W. T. Box, who has been as- sistant accountant in the office of the Canada Furniture Company here for some time, has gone to, Toronto to take a good position in the head office of the company. Mr. James Hays has had his residence on Goderich St painted, making it look like new. Mr. Jas. Graves was the chief artist. Mr. Edward Lattimer has dis- posed of his stock and business to Chesney & Smillie and intends going to Orillia to take charge of the plumbing and furnace depart- ment of the,prillia Hardware Co. Miss Nettie Johnston and Miss Maggie Beattie have returned to their occupations as nurses in Buffalo, after a pleasant vacation with their parents here, § § From The Huron Expositor July 15, 1881 Mr. Thomas McFaddeA/, McKil- lop, began .cutting his fall wheat last Tuesday. He says it is well' filled, and in all a splendid crop. The Seaforth Lacrosse Club was presented by the ladies of the town with a set of very handsome flags. They have now played 12 genies and have Only been beaten in three. The Montreal Telegraph Com- pany have opened an bffice at Constance, and Mr. Stanley, the postinaster there, bas been ap- pointed agent. Mr. Rogers, reeve of Brusiels, has ordered a 400 -pound bell from the foundry of W. R. Wilson, 13rus- sels, t� be • pIaced-in the hose tower at the Town Halt to be us- •treett bell. iLime Softie is a *agent frdin 14r, Regerti to the citiMiS cvf trusseti, .;;• •;, Wig* Plittop son of Mr. Fultett, „Of 'EgmOrldeille, 1�Uaft.taking a the 'Weiterit• goto, Days celebration, ae,e0ding to word from Sheriff Joinu)Y Brent Members of 'a Lions committee in charge of the parade have been busy lining up prospects for floats Lu• the big celebration, and a tar- get of 75 floats is in the commit- tee's sights right now. Actually this figure may be exceeded, Sheriff Brent points out, because of, interest shown throughout the district. Several persons entering floats in the Howick Centennial parade have signified their will- ingness to save the floats for Fron- tier Days, and an appeal is being launched this week to others to do likewise. — Wingham Advance - Times. Merchants To Open Two Nights Developments following a week of meetings and more meetings among the merchants of Clinton have resulted in a decision by many of the business places to remain open both Saturday and Friday nights in order to serve their customers more satisfactor- ily. Three months ago the Retail Merchants' Association decided to try opening on Friday nights until the end of June in order to see if something could not be done about failingbusiness on Saturday nights. "People just aren't buy- ing on Saturday nights the way they, used to," they said. Now at the close of the trial period a num- ber of the merchants are able to report increased sales on Friday nights, over the Saturday nights of 1955. Three of the business places contacted report "the big- gest May and June we've ever had."—Clinton News -Record. Make' Stormy Lake Crossing Two weekend sailors from Gode- rich created a mild sensation in Harbor Beach, Mich., when they docked soaking wet after a some- what anxious crossing of Lake Huron's turbulent expanse in a leaking 14 -foot open boat. The two adventurous navigators were Dr. W. N. Watters and Gordon McManus. And Harbor Beach, in case you're new here, is 50 miles straight across the lake from Goderich. Though the weather was "dandy" when the pair sailed out of Goderich Friday, the weather- man did a quick turnabout and heavy seas were encountered by the little craft later. "It took two hoers to cover the last 15 miles," said Dr. Watters. The whole trip lasted about four and one-half hours. Residents of Harbor Beach, aware of the heavy seas which had developed in -the afternoon, expressed surprise that the small boat had made it. Owned by Mr. McManus, the craft was powered by a 25 -horsepower outboard nio- tor, which added to the excite- ment of the outing by refusing to start at one stage when they were drifting in the middle of the lake. ---Goderich Signal -Star. Hensall CounI •Arrarves Clean-up Vie :regular meeting of /4ensali .Coin ctl was bele( TtleSdaY evening at 8 P.M. in the council chamber, with all members present. On motion of Sangster and Henderson, the minutes were adopted as read. Beer apPeared 'regarding the cutting of the limbs and trees after the recent storm and offer- ed to draw away the wood from the sarne for wood, and would draw away the limbs at the rate of $3.50 per hour. He was instruct- ed to draw it all away. W. Forrest appeared regarding the drain in, front of his .property, and it was explained to him that it was not a public drain, but that the fireznen would try and flush it out at their next practise. on Monday night. E. R. Davis reported regarding the patching of the streets, and he was instructed to have a mower attached to the tractor. He also reported, regarding t h e dump ground, and mentioned the trou- ble with the toilets in the Hall. Correspondence was red as fol- lows: J. L. Graham & Co.;'Nes- bitt, Thomson & Co,; County ,of Huron, regarding assessment and county rates; Department of High- ways, regarding by-law; Canada Culvert Co.; Receiver General; R. C. Clipper; Bell & Laughton; School Inspector; G. J. Goman; F. Donnelly and H. Parlmen The same were considered 'and filed. Bills and accounts were read as follows: Archie Etherington, dump ground, final payment, $3,- 500; relief, $10; Thiel's Transport, trucking Colas, streets, $69,65; Flintkote Company, Colas, streets, $535.30; Key's Transport, trucking garbage, $91.50; Hensall District Co-op, brace post, dump, $1.50; E. Fink, paint streets, $21.70; Bell Telephone Co., services $11.30, Hall, $6.50 F.D.; Canada . Culvert Co„ culvert for dump, $12720; ,E. R. Davis, salary, $213,16; Receiver General, income tax, $3.50; J. A. Paterson, salary $200, expense to Clinton $8.50; G. Ingram, labor, $98• streets, $9.00 dump; F. Deters, labor, • streets $34, Hall 50c; H. Love, labor streets $80, dump $17; E. Munn, labor streets $10, dump 83; Hensall P.U.C„ hydro and wa- ter, Hall, $17.95; A. McGregor; bulldozing at dump, $93.90; 0. Twitchell, gas, $63.48. Total, $5,- 231.69. Luker and Hoy: That the bills and accounts as read be paid. The council adjourned on motion of Henderson and Sangster. FARM NEWS OF HURON The storing of grass silage is now almost completed in the coun- ty; however, very little progress was made with the haying the week Of July 2-7, because of cool, damp weather. Other crops, such as corn, sugar beets and white beans still continue to make good growth. To date, 450 tickets have been sold for the 4-H Club train tour to the Niagara Penninsula on July 17. • Last week I had a visitor with me for a couple of days who is particularly fond of the Ontario countryside and a great booster for this part of the country. One of the things which my visitor wanted to do during her stay in Huron was to take a driveto see the pights. Now that struck me as quite a problem. Here in this part of the world we don't have much in the way of spectacular entertainment. We haven't the biggest or the high- est or the deepest of anything. We have no flamboyant entertainment and really clothing which would qualify as a "sight" in the usual sense of the word. But we do have what I have always consider- ed eome mighty pretty scenery, so we just headed out into the country, and, driving at a slow pace, took a look at what Huron had to offer. Well, sir, 00 you know we have quite a lot more than I had re- alized. We had just nicely got out of the town when my visitor asked me to stop and take a look at a fine old stone farmhouse which is in bad repair, but which has the front door up at the second storey. According to my friend (and she is an expert in these mat- ters), this is a highly unusual type of architecture for Ontario, and the. Ontario Society of Architects woifld be most interested in hear- ing about it. A little later when we were go- ing in --the- other direction, I hap- pened to point out where the first Egmondville dam was on the Bay- field River, and showed how the village began at a point quite a piece away from where it is now. "Why, isn't there a 'sign to mark that?" my friend asked, and I couldn't tell her except to say that I guessed that nobody around here thought anybody would be in- terested. "Well, I am," my com- panion said, "and I think any pass- ing tourist would be too." Well that's how it went all along our tour. Every so often we would spot something which was particu- larly interesting and every time niy friend would ask why -it was not marked. As she so cleverly pointed out: all the so-called in- teresting places which attract tour- ists are that way because some- body tells the tourists that they are there. They put up signs and show themselves off and make people believe that they are proud of what they have. I think the same thing should apply right here. Now I am not one who wants the whole country- side littered with big signs, but I would like to see our interesting places marked, not just for the benefit of the tourists, but for the benefit if the people who live right here too. bet- there are lots of people right here who don't know why Seaforth i what you might calli "a white brick town". I bet there are lots of people who don't knoer where one of the first 'members of the Atoyal Academy in Canada lived in Huron County. I bet lots of folk have never stopped to look at some of our fine farm houses which are not surpassed anywhere in North America. Now that my friend has called) my attention to it, iL makes me pretty mad to think that thousands of people know about how pictur- esque it is on Cape Cod and dome. in Williamsburg, Virginia, ancf spend their good money -to go to' those places to see them before - they have realized what they have in their own backyards. Maybe it sounds a little bit like showing off, but it seems to me that there is nothing wrong wins showing off if you have some- thing to be really proud of. I think we have plenty to be proud of right here in Huron and( I think other people would think so too if we told them about what we have. Walt Disney Replies To Invitation) Dear Mr. Martin: It was very kind and thoughtful of you to in- vite me to the Morris Township. 'Centennial to be held on August 4, 5 and 6. I regret that the pres- sure of bus -?ss affairs and other commitmer's make it impossible. for me to be. in Ontario on, those dates. Agai.t, many thanks anci with best wishes for a successfut reunion. Sincerely, Walt Disney, Los Angeles; Calif.—Blyth Stand- ard. Tires Stolen At Crusade A person's property isn't safe these days, no matter where it is —not even at religious meetings. This fact was brought home to. 'Harold Kellerman, owner of a , chopping mill in Dashwood, who' was attending a meeting at South: Huron Crusade for Christ at the • Zurich Community Arena Thurs- day evening. At the finish of the meeting, Mr. Kellerman went to' his car, only to find that both front wheels had been stolen. PC. John_ Fore, Exeter, investigated,—Exe- ter. Two women who had once beets neighbors met on the street after - not having, seen each other for several years. 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