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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-01-11, Page 20. I., Ilj SEEN IN THE • Since 1860 Serving the Community Pint bibbed at Seafortth, Ontario, every Thursday morning by McLean ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year. United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year. SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Bros., Publishers Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 11; 1957 Seaforth Council Faces Important Decisions When Seaforth Council organizes rn Monday it will be found that there several—problems facing it, the ,solution of which is essential from the standpoint of Seaforth's future. Beading the list is a tax rate Which, in recent years, has grown to a point substantially higher than that in other towns of the . same size 'And enjoying equal or greater mun- icipal services. While it is true the tax rate in itself is not out of line considering the value of the dollar today compared with even ten years ago, the fact the rate is so much 'higher than that in neighboring towns does have an unfortunate af- fect, particularly as it concerns the attraction of new residents and the sale of real estate. In many respects Council is little more than an agent in the raising of revenue for other bodies over which it has no control. Atleast half the tax rate represents funds requistiox- ed by school boards, the county, the library, the arena, and amounts necessary to provide for long-term debentures. Despite this, there may be ways whereby the rate may be re- duced and Council will make every effort to this end. Then there is the problem of tax arrears. As the tax rate increased, so have tax arrears. But that this problem is not unsurmountable is indicated by the experience of the Public Utility Commission. Several years ago when that body found ac- counts receivable getting out of hand, a consistent policy of collection was introduced. The result today is that the Commission has less than $500 owing by its customers. The same result can be achieved by Council, if a consistent effort is put forth. The collection of tax arrears in it- self will not result in a lowered tax rate, since certainly there should be no thought of applying accumulated surplus to augment ordinary •rev- enue. The benefit, however, will come from the more economical fin- ancing that becomes possible with tax arrears converted into cash. The financial position of the town im- mediately is strengthened. While ratepayers indicated in De- cember their opinion of the Goderich Street sewer proposal, which they had been asked to approve, the nega- tive vote does not mean there no longer is a sewer problem facing Council. The immediate necessity is the es- tablishing of administrative proce- dures to make possible the collection of sewer revenue. Equally impor- tant is the provision of a long-term sewer program for the town. So varied and confusing were the var- ious proposals advanced in the past that from the standpoint of the town there seems little doubt that the cheapest and most efficient plan, in Study Fast Deals (Acton Free Press) The sentencing of 'a publisher re- cently who operated unofficial sports year books led to the suggestion by the judge in this case that some auth- 4 or ty be established to regulate pub- lication of "unofficial year books." "The authority would prohibit the Individual from soliciting from the public before obtaining a license to do So," the judge recommended. The monthly report of The Cana- dian Chamber of Commerce is also concerned by the promoters of "phony advertising deals" that ar- rive in town and seek Chamber en- dbrsation by "giving" them a free advertisement. The Chamber commends six points to keep in mind when you are asked buy advertising in a publication t4$11 don't khlow, Is this a fast -signing deal or are dieing allowed time to investi- 7 e the publishers members of Erode ai'ganizatiorr that can be the long run, is to wipe the slate clean and start over again. In - doing this, advantage should be taken of any assistance which the Ontario Water Resources Commission can render. At the same time Council, by availing itself of the best engineering advice avail- able will in the end save money. Any loss there may be in abandoning ex- isting plans can very quickly be ov- ercome by economies that may re- sulit from an altered design and dif- ferent construction. During the year ahead the mat- ter of repaving Goderich Street will arise, and Council will find it nec- essary to work out a plan in con- junction with the Department of Highways. Certainly if it is consid- ered not the proper time to proceed with a complete regrading and re- surfacing of the connecting link, the Ontario Department should be press- ed to provide proper maintenance of that portion of the road for which it is responsible. Over all is the need of a continued study of ways and means of encour- aging additional industry to settle in Seaforth and continued liason with and, if necessary, assistance to industry already established here. Inherent, of course, in any plan to attract industry is the need of insti- tuting steps leading to a properly planned and zoned community. All in all, Council faces not only a busy year but a year in which the actions it takes and the decisions it makes may have far reaching effects as far as the future of Seaforth is concerned. checked? 3. Can their circulation claims be checked through their Audit Bureau. of Circulation statement or must you just take their word for it? 4. Are their readers the type of prospects you want to do business with? 5. What sort of company will you be in from the standpoint of fellow advertisers? 6. Would your advertising dollars be spent to better advantage with your local newspaper, radio or TV station? The fast -talking, rushing -through - town salesman, offering the best -yet deal with the urge to have you sign at a discount, should be dealt with slowly. Common Sense (St. Marys Journal -Argus) The views of Magistrate Hollin- rake, of Newmarket, as published recently in the Globe & Mail should receive a lot of favorable comment. The magistrate declared that "the driving public has lost confidence in the magistrate's -court because of the indiscriminate handing out of traf- fic tickets. He told a safety confer- ence at Queen's Park that proof of this was in the fact that motorists now prefer to pay their tickets out of court and look upon a traffic ticket as a nuisance tax. Of 400 traffic cas- es which would go through his court on a normal day, only about ten of those charged would show up to de- fend themselves. This indicates, he said, that the travelling public feels there is no use going to court. The tendency to treat motorists as criminals has resulted in the law's falling into disrepute and this is not helped by the advice on the back of a summons that if a motorist wants to plead guilty, all he has to do is send his money along, the magistrate added. He said the motoring public has adopted the attitude of "what's the use of going to court, they won't be- lieve you anyway?" When magistrates, through the pressure of cases, send motorists away from court angry, nothing has been accomplished toward making them safe drivers, the magistrate de- clared. Organist To Bienheun Richard Grey, former organist at the Wingham United Church, has accepted a similar position at the United Church in Blenheim.— Wingham Advance -Times. Sad Christmas For a Squirrel The Christmas story of love didn't reach everyone over the Yule season. A group of boys were seen kicking a squirrel to death Thursday on Huron .Street. One of the lads had maimed the animal with a "toy" gun Santa delivered two days before.—Exe- ter efore: Exe- ter Times -Advocate. Harbouraires On TV The Harbouraires, augmented by a group of ladiesfrom Goderich choirs, were featred in another televisionbroadcast from Wing ham last Sunday. Soloists were Mrs. R. Gowman, Mrs. Bert Beech - ler and Ray Gibbon, while ` Ed. Stiles was accompanist. George Buchanan conducted and the pro- ducer was George Jenner.—Gode- rich Signal -Star. Service On Tape Rev. Alexander Nimmo record- ed on tape the second candle -light service which is to be sent to For- mosa. Last year he did it for. the first time and the recording was so successful and so much enjoy- ed that he decided to do the same this year. The tape recording is to be sent to Mr. Nimmo's daugh- ter, Margaret, and her husband, who are missionary workers on the island. — Wingham-Advance Times Strike Affects Employees The C.P.R. strike has closed all activity at the Blyth station, ac- cording to local station agent, El- mer Kellar. Word came through to the station at 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon that the strike was in effect. The last train went through Blyth to Goderich at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, and after 4 p.m. on Friday the station was closed. Al- so until the strike is over, local railway employees, including Mr. Kellar, and the section men, are laid off.—Blyth Standard. Ancient Motor Shown At P.U.C. Pedestrians along Clinton's main street have no doubt noticed the rather ancient looking generator in the window of the Clinton Pub- lic Utilities Commission. This small machine, an Edison bypolar generator, has come to Clinton as part off Ontario Hydro's celebra- tion of 50 years' operation. It is similar to the type of generator used in Clinton to supply elec- tricity for light in some homes and stores in the year 1892.—Clin- ton News -Record. FTom The Huron Expositor January 15, 1932 Miss Ina Cunningham, RegN., who has been nursing Miss Elean- or Henderson following her recent operation in Scott Memorial Hos- pital, has returned to her home in Brussels. Mr. and Mrs. William Morrison, Seaforth, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Wednes- day, Jan. 11. The senior boys of the Goforth Mission Band have formed a Wolf Club organization, under the name of the Black Wolf Pack, with Har- old Free as Sixer, and the Blue Wolf Pack, with Richard Box as Sixer. Miss Ruth Lyon• Londesboro, left last week for Leamington to resume her studies, as she is at- tending high school there. Russell T. Bolton, Dublin; ,Earl Habkirk. Walton; W. G. E. Brown, Dungannon, and D. A. Laidlaw, of Blyth, took the first four places in the 1931 Bacon Litter competi- tion.. At the annual meeting of No. 4 School, Tuckersmith, Roy Pepper was elected trustee for the next three years. Newman Garrett was the retiring trustee. At No. 6 School, Mr. Jonathan Hugill was re-elected for the next three years. The Misses Maybelle and Jean Currie, of Bayfield, accompanied by Miss Oliver Brock, of Hensall, spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Howard, Exeter. Miss Elsie Davidson, of Wroxe- ter, was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Reid. Seaforth Council at its meeting on Monday appointed James V. Ry- an as chief of police, Mr. Ryan has for a number of yearsbeen a constable in town. Messrs R. M. Jones, G. D. Fer- guson, W J. Duncan and J. E. Keating were in Toronto this week. Mr. W. Jarrott and Annie, Hills - green, were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. Shirray, near Hensall, Miss Jean Smith and Miss Pearl Grainger spent the weekend with Miss Mae Smith. From The Huron Expositor January 11, 1907 What might have resulted in a serious shooting accident happen- ed at the home of Mr, Simon Hunt, on the 4th concession of Usborne, on Friday morning. Mr. George Banthrop, who was going out hunting, drove into the yard and noticing a flock of sparrows, cock- ed his gun and jumped from the sleigh. As he did so, both barrels discharged, the contents passing through the cellar window and within a few feet of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, who happened to be in the cellar at the time. The annual meeting of the Tuck- ersmith, MrKilop and Hibbert Threshing Syn, Gate was held in Separate School No. 1, Hibbert. Use Sidewalks People walking in town are ask- ed to take some advice from Chief H. R. Thompson with regard to winter -time travel. He suggests that for your own safety, you should walk on the sidewalks. Poor visibility during snow storms might stop a motorist from seeing you, and it would be your own fault if you were hit. "If you must walk on the road," he said, "then be fair to the motorists and your- self and walk on the left side of the road, not all over the' high- way."—Clinton News -Record. Postmaster One Of Youngest Youthful Art Ball, Clinton's new postmaster, at 25 years, is probably the youngest postmaster the town has ever had. He took over from P. Cairns last Friday_ Mr. Cairns has gone to his new job as post- master in Tillsonburg. Four years ago, when only 21, Mr. Ball became the postmaster in the office, at R.CA.F. Station, Centralia. At that time he was probably the young- est postmaster in the Dominion. Coming originally from Kincar- dine, where he was employed in the post office, Mr. Ball is living in Clinton.—Clinton News -Record. Increased Turkey Shipments Prior to Christmas, the Wallace Turkey Farms & Hatchery made their usual shipment of turkeys to the various mines in Northern On- tario and Quebec. This was the seventh consecutive year the lo- cal firm has shipped large quan- tities of their products to the north- ern mining concerns, and the ship- ment has shown a steady increase every year. This year 6,000 birds were required, which by weight was approximately 78,000 pounds. A local transport firm, Campbell Bros., used two semi -trailer trans- ports and a stake truck to make the necessary deliveries. Noranda Gold Mines, a new customer this year, took the largest number of birds, 1,625.—Blyth Standard. Stay Open Friday Evenings As a result of decisive voting by shoppers, Exeter merchants have decided to stay open Friday evenings and close Saturday nights during 1957. Stores will remain op- en until 9 p.m. Fridays and will close at 6:30 p.m. Saturdays. This schedule will be tried for three months. after which merchants will meet to discuss reaction to the change. The decision was inade Friday morning at a meet- ing in the Town Hall where shop- pers' ballots, collected over the past month, were counted. The poll showed customers almost four to one in favor of Friday night. Ex- act total was: for Friday night, 438; for Saturday night, 10.—Exe- ter Times -Advocate. YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. Mr. S. Dickson, the veteran post- master of Seaforth, • can fairly. claim the honor of having been in working harness for a longer per- iod than any other postmaster in the County of Huron. Mr. Dickson is now in his 42nd year as post- master here. He was appointed when Sir W. P. Howland was Post- master General, and was sworn in by the late Peter Ramsay, of Tuckersmith. Mr. J. Y. Smiley, who for the past five years has been a mem- ber of the firm of Chesney and Smiley in Seaforth, has purchased an old established hardware busi- ness and stock in Aylmer. Mr. Owen Geiger was elected reeve of Hensall on Monday. Since the opening of the Ster- ling Bank, Bayfield, now under the management of Wm. Beatty, busi- ness has steadily increased. • A new gasoline machine is this week being put in the Methodist Church: Londepboro, to improve the lights. A meeting of, the ratepayers of Walton Union School, S.S. No. 11, was held Thursday to decide the probability of moving the school site, as a new school is to be built this coming summer. Miss Nellie Devereaux, daughter of Mr. Robert Devereaux, of the Huron Road East, has been en- gaged to teach this year in Union School No. 1, McKillop, at a sal- ary of $400. Mr. John Finch is now serving his 25th year as secretary of the Seaforth lodge of Ancient Order of Foresters. From The Huron Expositor January 13, 1882 Mr. Peter Hawthorne, of Hullett, had the forefinger of his left hand bitten off by a dog a few days ago. He had caught a fox in a trap and was in the act of releasing it, when the dog made a bound at the fox, and missing it, took Peter's finger. Mr. James A. Cline was elected chairman of Seaforth Public School Board. Large quantities of ice have been hauled from Egmondville mill pond. It is not of a very good quality this year. Mr. Andrew Govenlock has pur- chased of Dr. Gouinlock part of his land beside the North Gravel Road, 7th concession, McKillop, consisting of 175 acres paying for it a sum of $7,000. The land lies beside Mr. Govenlock's own farm. Mr. Robert Sperling, of McKil- lop, has gone to Morris Township to take charge of a school. Last week Mr. W. Brunsdon, of Hullett, had the misfortune to have one of his fingers seriously crush- ed by being caught between the cogs of the wheels of a straw -cut- ter. Mr. Neil McGill, of the 5th con- cession of Stanley, sold to Mr. Hugh Robb, of Seaforth, a few days ago, a pig two years aid which weighed, 493 pounds. It Was as fine a porker as has been sold on the market this sea'dbn. �rosu (By Maude Hedden in the Free Press) Geographically the Village of Kippen is located where the Town- ships of Hay, Stanley and Tuck- ersmith converge, a portion of each of these townships being in, eluded within its'' boundaries. It is situated on No. 4 Highway, form- erly known as the .London Road. Records show that the earliest Kippen families, the Bells, Coop- ers, Doigs and McLeans, came to this district as early as 1836. The village got. its name when Lord Elgin and the postmaster general paid a visit to London many years ago. Robert Bell, of Tuckersmith, obtained an interview with the latter and requested the opening of a post office at the settlement. The postmaster general asked Mr. Bell to name the office and after proposing several names decided on Kippen. Near a Stream The site of Kippen, like that of many other villages and towns founded in the early days, was chosen near a running stream with a view to a supply of, cheap power to drive the' machinery for use in manufacturing. Kippen's flour, grist and sawmills were known far and wide and !'supplied customers over a large area. Rob- ert Hunt wasamong the first mil- lers and the. mill continued to operate for a great many years under successive managements of David McLean and John Mc - Nevin, whose families are still remembered by many of the older Kipperi residents. . In addition to the mill, Kippen could boast of two blacksmith shops, two . carriage shops, two general, stores, grain elevator, a hotel, as well as quite a busy rail- way station. Pioneer Blacksmith The pioneer blacksmith w a s Robert Mellis, who purchased a site on the Tuckersmitb side and built the first store when the post office was established. As the years went by the blacksmith shop was disposed of to John Cooper, who later sold out to Thomas Mellis, who was in busi- ness until his death in 1924. Since that time his youngest son, W. L. Mellis, has been Kippen's village blacksmith—a continuous record of over 70 years by father and son. The other blacksmith shop re- ferred to was that of Thomas Mc- Clymont and was situated on the west side of the McClymont resi- dence, but it with others, has dis- appeared. The first carriage shop in Kip - pen was established by W. Edgar who was succeeded by W. Kyle. and he in turn by Henry Ricker. Another carriage shop, owned and operated by Hugh McIntosh, was on the premises now occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth Deitz. In this shop. buggies, wagons and sleighs were made, all the work being done by hand. The Kippen Hotel, with Henry Shaffer as proprietor, was a busy spot in the' early days of the vil- lage. Mr. Shaffer died in 1928 and his grandson, Cliff Watson. as - adage 'CROSSROADS WINTER DRIVING (By JAMES SCOTT) Last Sunday I happened to glance out of a back window anti coning along the back street was something which you rarely see these days—a horse and cutter. I hoped it would turn and come our way so that for a moment at least I could savor this sight which took me back to my boyhood clays when bob -sleighs and cutters filled our roads in the winter time. But, of course, he didn't head in my di- rection, because that would take him to the highway which was as bare as a bleached bone and no fit place for a cutter. But as he turned and disappear- ed from sight I was back to a winter Saturday morning—any Sat- urday morning when the farmers were coming into town with their sleighs loaded with grain for the chopping mill. Sometimes as many as a dozen of us would board a sleigh — like pirates of old — the good-natured farmer would put up with us and let. us ride into the mill with him. There we would catch a sleigh going the other di- rection and ride it out to the edge of the town. In this way a whole day would pass. Sometimes we would try cutters—faster and more dangerous, but a lot more fun be- cause sometimes the driver would not like to have small boys cling- ing to his cutter and would try to race away from us, or threaten us with his whip. It was all in the day's fun, and we would return home at supper time, worn out but happy and healthy as trouts for a whole day out, in the bracing, invigorating winter air of Canada. And now it is all gone. Today a lot of our children spend most of their Saturdays glued to the TV screen, watching things which have nothing to do with the real world at all. Seeing situations which have no relation to what they will have to come up against when they go out into the world on their own. , Or else, if they are looking for more active sport.. they go to a rink with artificial ice to I do some skating. They know that the ice will be there. they didn't have to tramp around the country- side looking for a smooth patch where they could skate, and they never knew the thrill of clearing a space in your own backyard and flooding your own rink. And the grown-ups'? Like the` children. times have changed. All the farmers have trucks now and all the concession roads are kept clear so they can ! drive out to town. Of course, on many days it takes us far longer to get the motor started than it would to hitch a team to a bob- sleigh. And once we are on the road there's no telling whether or not we may hit an icy patch and land in the ditch. And when we get to town the chances are that there will be no place to park, so we'll go down a back street and have to spend an hour digging our- selves out before we get unstuck again. And more of us will bey killed or injured this winter as a result of travelling than ever be- fore. (I never remember of any- one ge'ttin'g killed travelling on a bob -sleigh). But- all' this is pro- gress and we all know that we have to move with the times. That's all right as long as we move. I'm just as bad as the rest of us. I have my snow tires on and I'm out almost every '•day clearing the driveway from the snow the highway plough throws in every time it passes by. I've been stuck and I've shoved other fellows who were equally unlucky. In short, I work far harder at getting around with my car than I ever would if we all were still using horses. And there's not a thing any of us can do about it. It's the mod- ern way and whether or not it makes sense—we're stuck with it, And I mean stuck! sumed control until he moved to Centralia. After the building of the Lon don, Huron and Bruce Railway,. Kippen was until quite recently an important shipping centre for livestock, grain,, hay and other farm products. Alex McKepzie conducted Kip - pen's harness shop and being an.. expert collar maker, enjoyed a large share of public patronage. The pioneer store,and post of- fice, built by RoberMellis, • was • later taken over by John Balfour and for a time was conducted un- der the name of Balfour and . Caldwell. In 1905 the original. frame building was supplanted by the present larger more modern, structure of cement blocks. - The store on the Hay corner of the village was built by Henry ' Shaffer and conducted under suc- cessive ownerships of David Weismiller, James Canning, Dun- can Hay and Robert Bro,wnlee. It: was during Mr. Brownlee's re- gime that' the post office was, transferred to this, store. The present ..church was b.uilt in. 1867 on a site donated by William: Cooper. On November 20, 1866, the new congregation was organized', as St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. During the winter of 1866,7 services were held in the old log school which stood near the site of the present manse, As the attendance increased and the weather became warm` the ser- vices were held in Mr. Cooper's barn and continued there until. the new church was completed. r In 1'13 Kippen. Methodist Church was Li ected. a small frame build- ing at tie north end of the village.. In 1a'3 the congregation built a new brick church on the same site at a cost of $2;000. It was a thrif- ty congregation and was able to burn its mortgage three years af- terwards. The congregation con- tinued to thrive under the able leadership of its ministers until union of the churches in 1925. Oldest Farm House The oldest farm house still standing is the first farm out of Kippen_ on Highway 4. which is over 100 years old. First owned by Robert Hunt, it is now the pro- perty of Rochus Faber. Population of Kippen is 72. Two of the oldest residents stilt living are Henry Ivison. 92. and his brother, William Ivison. 90. , Well Known Harbor Man -Passes Bert MacDonald is dead. For more than 45 years a familiar fig- ure at the waterfront, affection- ately known by thousands of sum- mer visitors and idolized by count- less hundreds of children whom he tau t to swim over the years, Go rich harbor just, won't seem the same without him. His death occurred suddenly late Wednesday afternoon n.ear the very boathouse which was the centre of his life's activities for so many years. Not particularly well for some months, he had been to a specialist at London on numerous occasions throughout the summer. On Octo- ber 14th he observed his 71st birth- day, The number._of lives he has saved at the waerfront can not be numbered, let alone the number of people he has rescued from threatening situations. No mis- sion was ever too dangerous nor any inconvenience too great for Bert to pass up in his efforts to be of help to others. Time does not permit looking up all the records, but his record of unsel- fish devotion to the welfare of others is too well known to make it necessary to go into details. Modestly, quietly .and unobtrusive- ly he went his way doing good and. always shied away from any reference to his well-doing.—Gode- rich Signal -Star. it's TEX-MADE VARIETY TIME... wherever sheets are sold... Mrs. Erla Lynam of Hamilton just found the buy of her life! ▪ - . with Tex -made Varieties at the finest stores in town. And the thrill of it is—all these glorious sheet fashions are yours to own and treasure at January's very, very low prices. 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