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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-01-26, Page 3o THE HURON EXPOSIT , JANUARY,28, 1983 -- A3 In the fast lane •tG io .n n, THE NEWLY FORMED barbershop chorus, the Seaforth Harmony Kings, will present an introduction to barbershop singing at an open house, Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. in the Seaforth Legion. The chorus includes; back row, from left: Briars Nuhn, Jack Gaiser, Gordon Miller, John Farley, Jim Rose, Stan Haist, and Len Lobb. Middle row, George Cousins, Don Andrews, Bill Campbell. Ted Leeming, -Bruce Whitmore, b Chorus motto: BY RON WASSINK Visions of snipping scissors and tla hing combs is generally what comes to m nd at the mention of the word barbershop ers. Back in the 1840's barbershop singi did indeed take place in barbershops. Mahon, director of the newly form Seaforth Harmony Kings, which boasts over 30 finale voices, explained gentlemen nr, waiting their turn for a haircut used to sing in four part harmony. The "new sound" became so popular that a barbershop;chorus was formed in 1938 in Oklahoma. The Seaforth Harmony Kings. more ',recently organized, in May, 1982. is actually an off -shoot from a quartet of Seaforth area barbershoppers known as the Town and Country Four. Formed approximately 10 years ago. the group consisted of Marlen Vincent, Ken Campbell, Bill Campbell and Geor a Ribey. M ahon, of RR2 Staffa, sang with - barb rs p-efioruses in Oakville and more rece tly Stratford. when he approached the quart t to join the Stratford barbershop- pers. After hearing excuses about being too busy. Barry suggested forming a Seaforth barbershop chorus. Thus, enter the Sea - forth Harmony Kings. Although many people are familiar With „W Ken Campbell, Barry Gordon, Ken Cardno and Ross Kahle. Front row, Barry Mahon, director, Ken Ritchie, Ken Hunsberger, Don McDonald, Ken Smith, Gar Baker, John Longstaff, George Turner, Bud Eyre and Marler, Vincent. Absent are Richard Rose, Harry Hoffman, Graeme Craig, Miltorf Dietz, Bill Strong and Oliver Pryce. (Wassink photo) e sing that they shall speak" Barry says members are from all` walks of life, and include a mortician, telephone repairman, machinery salesman, .several farmers, a cattle breeder and a hydro inspector. As for having a good voice, "it helps", said Barry. "You don't always have to have a good singing voice. It is something which -is developed, like playing a piano." The weekly. two hour practise sessions have taught chorus members to sing all four harmony parts. "Each member should be able to sing at least two parts of the four," he said. However, the group did hit a stalling point, admits Barry. "As with anything new, the initial euphoria wears off and members become self-concious and don't sing from the depth. At first, some members had a hard time singing because it was something they hadn't done in a long time, and they were never taught the proper way to sing.' With each practise, the group improves. Not only will the public be entertained next Tuesday, but they can also enjoy barber- shop singing April 29 in Seaforth DHS. In addition to music, the Harmony Kings will include a skit. if you have never listened to four part harmony, chances are you'll like it. barbershop -style music, the Harmony Kings decided to hold an open house next Tuesday. Feb. 1, at 8:00 p.m. in the Seaforth Legion. The group will present an introduction to a cappella singing (singing without musical accompaniment) in unique four-part harmony. Barry explained that although some s rigs cannot be sung barbershop style, soot s. which are sung by a chorus are accomplished in four parts, including bass, baritone, lead (or melody) and tenor. The lead singers begin a song and are followed by the three parts, either above or below the lead. "whichever area a singer's voice suits best.— ' est." 'Barbershop singing' is popular because it has one of the most perfect ways of achieving harmony in music," says Barry. "I've seen two guys hit a chord so perfectly that it would make your hair stand up on your arm." Compared to when the Seaforth group was first formed last year, Barry says the chorus has improved significantly. "At first they sounded terrible. I told them i would rather hear a louder, wrong note, than a soft, wrong note. It is also important to sing loud enough to hear one's own voice in the chorus." Although he recently completed an intensive one week course to learn directing" and general barbershop educa- tion in Missdiitri, Barry. who had never directed a chorus before, said "it was cold turkey for all ,of us.:' Hoping to receive a club charter at the Spring Convention at Hamilton Place. the Harmony Kings received their club licence in December. "We have to wait three to six months before receiving a charter. This is a stipulation of the Society for the Preserva- tion and Encouragement 'of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (S.P.E.B.Q.S.A.). The organizations. spawned from an diiginal chorus of 26 men, has grown to 780 chapters in the United States and Canada and boasts an interna- tional membership of 36,000. Proceeds raised by the Harmony Kings will be given in part to the institute of Logopedics, an otganization which assists • children with speech impediments. The society theme song, "We Sing That They Shall Speak", outlines one of the goals of barbershop singi,_g. An out-patient clinic opened in Toronto two years ago uses "Harmonize for Speech" as their theme. No age limit is imposed for those wishing to join the Seaforth barbershop chorus. Huron still a big Ontario egg producer Seaforth has long been an egg producing and mark- - eting area, dating from the 1870s when D. D. Wilson, the "Egg King" bought more than 7 million eggs a year and. shipped •them in barrels to New York, Glasgow and Liv- erpool. He stored the eggs, pickled and packed, in under- ground vats at his egg empor- ium which was located on the north west intersection of Goderich and Alain Sts. Mr. Wilson's wagons 20 of them by 1892. roamed the roads of Huron and parts of Wellington, Grey and Bruce counties, buying eggs, and later poultry, from area farm- ers. armers. Of course in those days every farmer was an egg producer and that certainly has changed. So have market- ing methods. But Huron is still an important egg produc- ing county. Kathy Ullyot, a communications officer with the Ontario Egg Producers' Marketing Board (OEPMB) says this county ties with the bNociali@oi BRADFORD R. SMITH A well-known Seaforth businessman. Bradford R. Smith of Godcrich St. E., died in Seaforth Community Hos- pital on Monday, January 24. 1983. He was president of Robert Bell Industries and Synchro Combustion Ltd. and was in his 67th year, Born in Kitchener, be came to Seaforth in the 1950s. He is survived by his wife, the former Florence Longeway, and by four children: Virginia Logsdon of Sun Prairie, Wis- consin; Corinne. Mrs. Robert Bell. of Nobleton: Made- lynne, Mrs: Kerry Campbell, of St. Marys and Charles of Seaforth. Thirteen grandchildren. sisters. Florence, Mrs. Gord- on Good of Breslau: Jean Lobsinger of Kitchener and a brother. Fwart Smith of Kit- chener also survive. The late Mr. Smith is resting at the R.S. Box Funeral Home in Seaforth • until Thursday when funeral services will he held at 2 p.m. Memorial donations may he ' made to the Ontario Heart Fund as expressions of sym- pathy. Niagara area as number two biggest egg supplier in the Province, Middlesex, With 96 egg producers is first. There are 83 producers in Huron county. and many of them attended a seminar last week at the Legion ih''Sea- forth. It was organized by Zone 6 director Bill Scott and Jim McIntosh, a committee- man. Eggs are marketed in Can- ada under a quota system that would be news to D.D. Wilson and farmers of his era. The county's total pro- duction quota is 647,029, birds. The average Huron egg producer has a 7,796 bird operation, while the county's largest has 31,943 birds. About 50 area egg pro- ducers attended the seminar and dinner here. They heard Randy Ross from Ridgetown College of Agricultural Tech- nology talk about the use of microcomputers in farming. About 3 per cent of Ontario farmers own a computer, Mr. Ross estimates, and half that number use them in their business. "The cost is a bit prohibi- tive," Ms,.Ullyot explained, abogt $t6000 for a computer .and•necessary prbgra mming. The Ontario Egg Pro- ducers' Marketing Board op- poses a move by the Canadian Egg Producers' Marketing Board (CEMA) to change the formula under which it allots quota to the egg producing provinces. Ontario currently has 38.16 per cent of the SO getton•Oday by glgt ?t WDiiMM�@ Those of us who live in small towns have this unfor- tunate, self-destructive habit. We think real life, excitement, progress, life in the fast lane, whatever you want to call it, is happening somewhere else. Us inl`tbe forefront? No siree. We're quiet. retiring. old-fashioned and more than a little bit behind the times. "You know," we would have said when 1 was a.kid "we're out of it." Well, 1 was out looking at far fields last week and i want to report that to the contrary, small towns are right on top of. maybe even ahead of, What's Happening. In a few key areas at least. One of those areas, which I mentioned last week, is exer- cise. What self-respecting small town person do you know who doesn't talk about getting down on the floor with Jane Fonda (her book, her book) cross country skiing around town at night, skating with their kids on Wednesday afternoons, going to exercise class, playing oldtimers' hockey or taking a brisk daily walk to the post office? Nobody, right? When it comes to the city slickers, and i just read a whole pile of their newspapers as a judge in an Ontario Community News- -papers Association contest, they are doing exactly those same things, JOGGING? And then there's fashion. specifically jogging suits. You " know. those warm, snuggy, comfortable outfits. Everybody 1 know got at least one for Christmas. And once you've worn it, it's really hard to wear anything else. "Do you own anything else?" a friend's husband said to her after she wore her brand new jogging suit to breakfasts, Christmas dinner and assort- national share and Quebec 16 per. cent. CEMA suggested cutting the Ontario and Quebec share to a total of 34.6 per cent of the national quota. it has been .told by the National Farm Products Marketing Council to come up with different formula for distrib- uting egg quota to the pro- vinces. The OEPMB general manager, Brian Ellsworth, `,says he's relieved and pleased by that. ed parties over the holidays. Chances are half the people at any house party in town will be wearing their • jogging suits. If it's a dress up affair, they'll be wearing the suits with glitter, sequins or puffy sleeves (they look great on the ,guys) but they're ,the same old jogging suits never the less. My sister who's "in clothes" as m% husband says, (she sells them), has a hand-` ful of jogging suits and informs me they come in heavy and light weights as well as in a myriad of colours and styles. People in my night school class in London wear them. They were much in evidence in a big city hotel 1 stayed in last week and as apres ski wear in Collingwood where 1 spent the weekend. Some people, 1 under- stand, both in cities and right around here, even wear them for jogging. WARM LEGS Also in fashion, I hear from my daughter in kindergarten, are leg warmers. Someone on her bus has them. With a hat to match. And certainly they're seen regularly on Seaforth streets and in local stores. While they look just fine on the people i seg wearing them, mostly high school kids, I've got a bit of a problem with the pair 1 got for Christmas. I can't figure out how they go on. One end is tighter than the other but I'm not sure if that's the bottom or the top. So I've compromised and wear them at home, with my jogging suit, as slippers that end beneath the knee and leave my toes dangling bare in the air, 1 saw them up north on the Beautiful People though. So I'm studying the models in fa- shion photos and expect any day now to get enough confidence to do my bit at keeping small towns part of the here and now scene. ilf you've asked anyone the time lately and been bom- barded with replies, you know all about the other esse tial ingredient in Can- ada' social progress: the digital watch. Folks in the city are just as proud of their's as are us guys in rural Ontario. We play games on our watch- es. They tell us the date, the weather and the last time the Argos won the Grey Cup. They pithy tunes and tell you when till take your pills and coffee breaks. They will, if you push the right button, tell time. TIME? WHAT TIME? Some argue they're a back- ward step, depriving a whole generation of people of know- ledge of the face of a clock and what it means. 1 don't know, they're still teaching kids about clocks, minute hands and "when the big hand is at the 12 and the little hand is at.,." in school. My daughter is learning that stuff, she just doesn't connect it with the digital clock radio in the bedroom or the digital watch she got for Christmas. She came home from school the first day after the holidays announcing envious- ly that several classmates had gotten digital watches for Christmas. "So did you," we told her, "that black watch Uncle George gave you is a digital watch.' 'No,': she replied firmly, "digital watches are gold." And she remains uncon- vinced. She uses the watch to play some tricky sort of game that involves hearing musical notes and then reproducing them. Fast. The details are a little sketchy in my mind. Since I'm not of the video generation, I haven't master- ed it yet. But I'm working on it. ca w igital-video is the wave of the uture. And small town a al people will be just as t nd centre as anybody else hen that wave hits. So there. Hensall downtown gets $150,000 The village of Hensall will be continuing the work start- ed last year on downtown improvement after it received a financial boost from the provincial government in the form of a S150,000 loan.' Accofding to village clerk, Betty Oke the loan carries an interest ate of 10 per cent with 1 per cent paid each year for the next 10 years. Council, together with the local Busi- ness Improvement Associa- tion (BiA) applied for the loan., to continue downtown im- provements. The loan, under the Main Street Vitalization Program, will be used for sidewalk improvement and beautifica- tion, benches. planters. street lighting, trees.'parking and other projects. Approval for the loan was given after the village of 973 people produced an approved official plan and property maintenance and -occupancy standards bylaw. Hensall al- Classified Ads pay dividends• so had to show that it had council and public support as well as the proper resources needed to oversee the project before its application was approved. The provincial program is designed to help Ontario communitiZs with a popula- tion of Tess than 35,000 to improve downtown areas us- ing the BIA as a starting point, WILLIAM JAMES BENNETT William James,.Bennett of Walton died Jan. 20, 1983 at Wingham and District Hospi- tal. He was 97 years old. He. was the son of the Tate John Bennett and the late Isabelle Ramsey. He was the husband of the late Jean Barrows. who pre- deceased him in 1958. Funeral service was held on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 2:30 p.m. interment will follow in Brussels Cemetery. He is survived by one son Dr. John Bennett of New- market, one daughter Mary. Mrs. Stewart Humphries, of Walton, four grandchildren. and five great grandchildren. He was predeceased by one brother and two sisters. Rev. Charles Swan officiated. EDYTHE CARDIFF Edythe Margaret Cardiff of Ethel died Jan. 18, 1983 at University Hospital. London. in her 66th•year. She was the daughter of the late John Krauter and the late Marion Le Ment. The late Mrs. Cardiff was the clerk -trea- surer of Grey Township. She is survived by one son Ronald of Ethel. one daugh- ter Sharon (Mrs. Don Post - humus), of Waterloo, five grandchildren and three bro- thers, Kenneth Krauter, Ot- tawa; Calvin Krauter, Brus- sels and Gordon Krauter, Windsor and one sister Mur- iel Wilson. Nepean. She is also survived by a dear friend George Grey, of Niagara Falls. Funeral service was held on Friday, January 21, 2 p.m. at the Brussels Chapel of the M.L. Watts Funeral Home. Rev. John Finlayson officiated. Interment Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Pallbearers were Cameron Somers, William Dobson, Charles Thomas, Ross Cun- ningham, Ross Stephenson and Cyril Patterson. Flower - bearers were Larry and Brian Cardiff. LAURA BRITTON Laura Britton, 13 of RR2 Dublin, died suddenly at her home on Monday, January 24, 1983. She was the daugh- ter of Ken and Pat Britton, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Sharkey of Toronto; Mrs. Winnie Lynn and the late Clarence Boyd of Mitchell and also Herbert Britton of Dublin. She is also survived by her step -sister Pain and sisters, Janet, Lisa and brother Jesse. Laura was a grade 8 stu- dent at Upper Thames Ele- mentary School, and was an active member at Knox Pres- byterian Church. Mitchell. Friends are invited to visit the family at their home, lot 8, concession 2. Hibbert Town- ship, on Thursday and Friday evenings from 7-9 p.m. A memorial celebration will be held on Sunday, January 30, at 4 p.m. at Knox Presbyter- ian Church. Mitchell. Donations in Laura's mem- ory could be sent to Compas- sion of Canada, Box 5591, London. Ontario, N6A 568 or 100 Huntley Street, Toronto. MADGE RICHARDS Madge Richards, 90, a resident of People Care Cen- tre in Stratford died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 19ty,, at the Centre. Born in Seaforth, she was the daughter of the late John A. Stewart and the late Minnie Calton. She was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church, Stratford and lived all her married life in Stratford. She was predeceased by her husband, William G. Richards, and by her daugh- ter Maxine Richards on Aug. "20, 1981. Several cousins, including Helen. Mrs. Leslie McClure of Seaforth, survive.'" - Funeral services were held at the Heinbuck Funeral Home, Stratford on Friday, Jan. 21 with Rev. Ross MacDonald officiating. Burial will follow in Avondale Cemetery. GORDON ALLAN MacEWEN Gordon Allan MacEwen of RR#1 Molesworth died Jan. 21, 1983 in Wingham and District Hospital. He was 82 years old. His father was the late John MacEwen and mother was the late . Ellen 'Macintosh. He was a bache- lor. Funeral service was held at the M.L. Watts Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Jan. 24 with Rev. Paul Mills officiating. Interment was in Molesworth Cemetery. He is survived by a sister Margaret White, Lon- don and one nephew Neil Johnston, Sarnia. Every week more and rrorc people discover what mighty jobs are accom- plished by low cost Huron Expositor Want Ads. Dial 527-0240. Members reported on their outside meetings. Mayor Ross said PUC has appointed a negotiating committee and he was asked by councillor Mero to seek an explanation for a power outage of about 20 minutes on the west side of Main St. on Jan. 3. From county council. reeve Campbell reported the Sea• forth to Brucefield county road had been taken off the county's priority list for this year because all the land necessary for widening couldn't he Nought "at the going price." Can the road get hack on the list next year. councillor Bill Martin wanted to know Yes. it could, the reeve replied, depending on nego- tiations with landowners. Rather than expropriate they (the county) decided to do another road first and in the meantime. negotiate." How many wouldn't nego- tiate/ Two, five. councillor Wayne Ellis asked. "A few 4 more than that,'; the reeve said. He added that for land in McKillop the county would pay. $2400 an acre and he understood some landowners along the Brucefield road were seeking $3500 an acre. Councillor Henry Mero commented that several farmers in the area told him they'd put the price up because once the road was widened, new setback criteria of 100 feet might affect their residences and possibly not allow them to rebuild in their present locations On the area fire committee, mayor Ross reported that only two members are carry- overs from earlier. years. Deputy reeve Bill Brown of Tuckersmith has been re- elected chairman and the committee meets Jan. 19 to discuss moving dates and costs. There is no date set yet for moving into the new fire hall in the industrial park. and the deal to purchase the building hasn't closed yet, the mayor said. Whan hicapp@ggn What's happening is a weekly column, space donated by The Huron Expositor. To list your event, call the Recreation Office at 527-0882. DATE EVENT PLACE Thurs. Jan. 27 Broomball Arena ri Jan.Mt. Br d es vs. Arena Fri. yg Centenaires Sat. Jan. 29 Oilers vs. Canadians Arena Sat. Jan 29 Bruins vs.Nordiques Arena Sat. Jan 29 Penguins vs. Leafs Arena Sat. Jan 29 Jets vs. Flames Arena Sat.5Jan 29 Mites Arena Sat. Jan. 29 Ringette Houseleague Arena Sat. Jan. 29 Public Skating Arena Sat, Jah. 29 Brussels vs. Novice Arena Sat, Jan. 29 Wingham vs Atom Arena Sat. Jan 29 Wingham vs. Peewee Arena Sun, Jan. 30 Belmont vs. Arena Centenaires Sun. Jan. 30 Goderich vs Jr. Arena Ringette Sun. Jan. 30 Howick vs. Arena Sr. Ringette Sun. Jan. 30 IHL Mon. Jan. 31 Rebels vs Beavers Tues. Feb. 1 Mitchell vs Bantams Tues. Feb.1 Mitchell vs Midgets Wed. Feb. 2 ',Business Skate Wed. Feb. 2 Parents and Tots Wed. Feb. 2 Broomball Arena Arena Arena Arena Arena Arena Arena TIME 7:15-12:15 8:30m P 7:45 am 8:40 am 9:45 am 10:40 am 11:35 am 12:30 noon 1:30 -3 p.m. 3:15 pm 4:30 pm 6 pm 2 p.m, 5 pm 6 pm 7-11 pm 8:30 pm 6:45 pm 8:15 pm 11 am -1 pm 2-4 pm 8:15-12:15 Barn fire cause unknown The cause of a three-hour blazeon the farm owned by Clifford Eedy of RR4. Walton early last Thursday evening is still not known, according to Seaforth Fire Chief, Harry Hak. The blaze which was retorted at 7:20 p.m. resulted in the total loss of a barn containing School sales called unfair competition BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE Many schools sell products to raise money for various ventures. but businesses in Huron County are complain- ing about unfair competition. Director of education John Cochrane reported to the Huron County Board of Edu- cation at its Jan. 10 meeting that he had received two oral complaints on the subject. The complaints were about students selling physical ed- ucation uniforms, sweat suits, etc. and the other about the selling of Christmas cake\ Mr. Cochrane;mdicated these were the only complaints this year and he had one com- plaint a year ago-. The board decided to refer the matter to the executive committee after a motion to file the report was defeated. "1 move the report be received and filed," said Trustee Joan Van den Broeck. "i don't think that motion will get the results the com- plainants are looking for," commented vice-chairman Eugene Frayne. Mr. Frayne said he would rather see the matter referred to a board committee in consultation with school prin- cipals. He said he has heard the complaint before - schools selling goods while mer• chants have to pay school taxes. in response to a question, Mr. Cochrane indicated the complaints came in the form of telephone calls. It was suggested the complaining merchants should go through, theprocess of filing formal applications. "I don't think we should make a big issue of it. Let them (merchants) go through the complaint procedure," commented Trustee John Jewitt, noting the students should be given encourage- ment. Trustee Tony McQuail said the whole matter shout , be referred to a board com it - tee, He also added that t whole concept of interna generation of revenue should be investigated, especially in these times of financial re- straint. some hay, straw and grain on the farm Firemen were recalled to the scene about 1 a.mto put out a rekindled fire at the same location. The barn, which was not in use, was levelled and damage is estimated at about 525.000: BOOKWORMSI—Students of the Hensel, • nursery school, and their teacher Ruth Ashton, toured the Hensall library last Thursday. The kids were delighted by stories and a puppet show presented by Marian Doucette of the Huron County Library. Students, from left include: Karl Taylor, Stephen Oud, Richard Kinsmen, Melissa Masse and Anita Phillips. (Wassink photo)