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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-03-01, Page 2$eI8OerVflg.the Community FirSt tti naked SEAVORTH. ONTARIO, OveryiburstIaYroorni4g, , 'by MoISANIIROS. PDEI-ISHIERST3D. ANDREW IG„ MCLEAN, P*isher suSANWHITE, Editor ALICE 'News Editor MeraberCaOadian Commuoity. Newspaper ASsociaton Ontariq Weekly Newspaper Associaten And Audit linreau of Circulation SebtcriptiOn Rates: Canada lin adVancel $12,00 a Year Otitaide t*Ahecle tin atiVan'O) $20,00 A. Yar SINOLF COPIES --2$ EACH- COnd Class Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephone 52? -0240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MARCH '1 1979 fneleted in Sente ieformation on Coougys* b90004 in ggroondville and Seaforth. Cooney and 1 v, ere classMates,1917in the old Egniendville blie School. I believe that ant the- OelY ant-viVing male Member Of that -class the Othert ate deeeased or have MOVed to other plages. Please Use the englOSed infOrMatiOn at yoer discretien. I think that it it awonderful idea and gestutl'e to honour reOney for Ins ptional Career in hOckeY proudand 010 to haVe been his classmate., Very sincerely yenta George B. Atierhart filtl'OFOROVII,ABERHAIIT , In the Expositor Feb. .Edition Foeiy0 at my lhotel I as Pleased to read that Ralph (Cooney) Weiland ,ef the klockey WereOur museum all partly a product of our history and here; in, the central part of Huron County, we have a very special history springing from the days of the Canada Company, the opening of the I-luron Tract and even the 1837 'Rebellion.. No doubt part of our fiercely independent spirit was forged in the days, when, early settlers rallied around Q olonel - Anthony Van Egmoria to speak out against the unfair practices of the FarnilY Compact, Who -livedin relative luxury in Toronto. Whenever the 1-1uron Expositor publishes an, old photograph or an historicalarticle, we're .surprised again at the warm response. It's obvious history is a very treasured part of the lives Of local reSidentS. N9w area residents1 are offered the opportunity ofhaving a permanent place in the .COMMunity to display their historical photographs, documents and artifacts. The place is the Van, E9T.Ti9nd "home. , • The next year is a crucial one for the future of the home. The second .phase of the restoration project is about to begin and the foundation • mist raise several thousands. of dollars to Pay for thecost of .these repairs. Grants from VVintario and the 'Ontario Heritage Fund Can pay . only part of therestorat1OO oosts. - A community museum like the Vao.Egmond home has a number of - s&Ung points': -I toreserves-our Iocalh1tdry Musourn-6—are natural drawing cards to bring tourists, into an area and tourists spend money. In the Dalt, Seaforth and Egmondville have been towns that touristS pass trough on their way to somewhere else. Finally, the Van. Egrnond home honors one of Upper Canada's most colorful characters - the former Dutch soldier who started a new career at an age when many men and "ittntriert ate looKingahead to retirement. When the Van .Egm,ond'Foundation starts canvassing for donations in the coming months, we hope they'll be met with a generous response. . • Our history is certainly one of our Most prized possessions'. Let's preserve it te future generations can feel the same way. e e I Day care supported I as a parent of two children who attended Vanastra, Day Care Centre when they were pre-schoolers Can Only contribute praise for the skills my children learned while in attendance. I feel that Day Care should not , be considered any less Of an education than Public or Separate School, It is never just -a baby sitting service. It definitely dOes provide ati inspiring atomsphere while a parent or parents work and relieves anxiety on behalf of parents so they can only feel confident that their child is getting care related to that child's needs. In response to the Editor's Comment re location of Vanastra Day Care Centre I too , believe that the location is poor ft* area children but however whais done -is done. I believe that a satisfactory pick up could .be arranged. It may cost money to establish this I but would provide a very worthwhile service_ IQ our future adults. It is too bad that our Society often regards our children's future in dollars and cents. It appears that Tucker - smith does have a surplus of money in their budget at present. Is it possible that preschoolers could be considered? Re- memberthis it InternatIonal Year of the „ June Mattene I am writing due to the fad there has' been much contrOversy over Tucicersmith Day Care Centre. I was chairmen of the board in 1977 and 1978, I feel it is my duty to defend the board. We did our best to keep the cost down and we had hatmony with the board members and the teachers. The 1979 Tuderstnith Council made onechange on the board who invited the press to a meeting without the rest of the members having knowledge of it. Overnight every- . thing was in a turmoil, It was very gratifing to me that so many people wrote in praising the Day Care Centre. A visit tocthe Day Care Centre would Show you how well the children are behaving and what an excellent job the teachers are doing. It can'r help but touch your heart. I can not see how anyone can put a price on it when if could benifit the children in future years, 'Lets be good samaritans and forget the cost which is two cents per day per household., for the Township of Tucker.,- smi h. Remember a horte cannot pull.when he Sincerely Franklin M. Falconer lt,R.S Clinton, Ont. is kicking. Motel opposed My wife and myself would- like to take ' this opportunity to advise all our sup- porters that our plans to build a motel in the Seaforth area have been quashed. This is due to tWo Objegtors who oppose the re -zoning of the proposed site on #8 Highway On the westerly lintits of our fair town, It Scents a shame our preterit re,zoning laws can be stopped by objectors i.Vho don't even have to :give their reasOns but this is aht system we tnest live by A 12 014. motel As proposed would have brought 'agOodly *Mount Of revenue to Our'fine town, 'these people mutt eat,. they want entertaihment and would probably have spent a good deal Of money in, total stotet, But instead We must tontihue .16 send Awn to 'Clinton, Godetieh or Stratford. At the reeent 'hockey & broontball tournaments held at the local arena :tiurnerout people Wanted' accerniadatiOns to ,Stay Over and I am sure they would haVe eaten in Our food establishments, At a result the town lost teVetitte of What these Overnighters woUld have Spent. tit elating May We take this oppertattity eifireft tint heartfelt thanks to Al there who encouraged us in an y way and alto to thsoe peeplo whO wrote to Os with, their suggesthint. Many of those Who replier' to our survey last July stated a motel was ;Muth needed and would be of great assistance for accottiodating visitors for weddings -and other town funetions which draw Old friends and relatives home. To these people all we can say is maybe someday in the tonne these objectors wilt wake up and forget about living in the past and start thinking to the town's fIrtute Yours truly Jim & Diane MacLeod 140 Goderich St., West , t .Seaforth, Ontario Correction In last week's Story on Ralph "Cooney"' Weiland of Egrnondville, the story should have read, "Ralph Weiland was the second youngest son Of Mr, and Mrs, Henry Weiland, who lived in the White frame house acrest the road front the Van Egmond House," Also, it Was rtenty Wetlands grandfather , George who elute to Egmondville in the' early days of the Village' and opened, t brewery which Was eVentually told tO the Colbert family. Halt of, Fame PIM soon be getting SoMe teeelPlitien in his old neighbourhood, Cooney, as he affeetionatity was known by his classmates at Egntondville Public School, was a classmate of mine at that • schoot. In September 1917 he and.i were Pupils ift the junior and 4enior .fourth (grades 7 & 8) combined class, taught by ' the late Mr, George Holman and after Christmas by Miss Ella Chesney, later the late Mrs. Robert McKenzie‘ However since 1913 I hadknown Cooney guile well, as InY father's farm, presently owned by Mrs. Ethel ljnyes vas located on the Mill Road near Egmondville. Cooney was born athlete, agile ;A, a Cat and, Skilled in all sperts running, . swim- ming, soccer,, baseball, and especially Skating and hockey, Sports were hit life. As a bOy I rethember him skating and playing hockey, sometimes by him self, on a sheet of ice below the old Egmondville bridge. At other times, during the winter months, he would have a group of village boYs playing hockey atter school hours, during week- end's or Chritttfias holidays on the ice below the bridge. This group included his younger brother Tim: Henry (Dick) Colbert and sometimes the winter of this .article. Since J didn't possess a pair of skates at that time, I was made the goal keeper. My pads were newspapers or whatever pro- tective material was available tied together by shoe laces, string or binder twine, Cooney was the star player. He could skate rings around everyone else, At that young age he 'concentrated on skating, stick handling and scoring, Our puck was at first a rubber heel from an Oki shoe, later areal _rubber puck which, we managed to buy or, trade something for an used one. • In the summer months Cooney would Practise playing hockey with some of his friends in the sprouting room' of the old Colbert: Brewery located on the bank of the Hayfield River and West of the bridge. This large room had a tin floor and walls lined. with tin. The noise made by Cooney and his friends was deafening. However, this was Cooney's method of constant practice and ' improving, his hockey skills. More than once he mentioned to, me and others that someday he , would become a famous hockey player . He had hitched his wagon to aster. During the 1917 Christmas holdiays he organized a village hockey team to play against a team from , Sproat's James t(Jimmie) Doig and ,his brother Sandy, along with Jack and Robert Arehihald, were members of the brickyard team.'The'grante was played on a clearing ' Of ice above the old EgmOndville Dam. For part of the game I Was the goal keeper with • iniprovised shin pads. This time I owned a* pair of skates that were given to me by Bernard- Brown who had worked for my father Imitate jOining the 1610 'Huron, 'llstaatlica:ranYCirn aWtotrhIclWar hockey Cooneyclit-48atrie.waethe e streak of lightening he would rush from end to end of the. rink* stiekbandling masterly and scoring endlessly. He WAS our each, or star player, our hockey idol. 10 July 1918 Cooney passed his Entranse gaanlinations and in September be re- 10lerecl at the Seaforth Colligiate Institute, „rtli.ldepttoslise., of the ne.yt progress in athletics and sports blossomed, winning both the junier and senior athletic i,c4hinanip,P1lhono.sslitiatinsinhgisi4reheelurdsinp ithearindthohpoirt Vault were Ontttanding achievements, schooli-lts-pyrelgrartW4sas4lrehMocarkkeaydbleu.dSnOtni ihsell4Sat the outstanding player in the Collegiate and intertown genies and scouts from other centre*, Were ,keeping an eye on Cooney. While at Seaforth Collegiate Cooney distinguished himself in Academics es- pecially algebra, Geometry, Letin, 'French and Chemistry, He was a diligent in- dustrious student. At one time he thought that he Weuld like to own a drugstore. However, there comes a time in a men's 'life which taken at the flood leads on to fame and fortune. In Cooney's case this happened towards the end of September 1922 when he abandened his studies in Tong Tour (Grade 12) at Seaforth, Colligiate. One morning his seat was, Vacapt and his classmates wondered where he was. On the next day we learned that he had boarded the train for Owen Sound to practise with the Owen Sound Greys, a. noted Ontario Junior Hockey team. Some of us were sad that he had left his High School, his. town for something unknown, But he had set his mind on a goal i hockey career, to be a great professional hockey player. Conney Weiland had an atribi tion and a desire to accomPlith plus the will to apply himself energetically with determination and confidence. His achievements. in his hockey career with the Boston Bruins, the Detroit Red Wingsthe old Ottawa Senators and lastly as coach of the Boston Bruins 1941 and for 21years coach of the Harward University hockey team, has won him a nomination to the Hockey .Hall of Fame, He deserves a lasting memorial to hv ,,atstandiag hockey career Which history aillndESgerna°fonvrtdhi,liehis4 old neighbour hood, some 68 years ago. George B. Aberhart if the oldest son of the late George B: Eberhart and attended S:S. #7, Hanna and Egmondville Public Schools. He was teacher and principal in the London Public Schools for 44 years and retired in 1969. by Keith Roulston Canadians lying on a southern beach soaking up the sunshine in their two-week break from winter, have done so with the odd twinge of guilt this year. , With every cent they spend they know they are adding to the precarious position , of the Canadian dollar. They're constantly reminded of this every time they have to trade a Canadian dollar for 80 cents in American money. We've,heard plenty about this aspect of the sad state of the economy in recent months, By comparison there is little publicity given to another cause for the depressed state of the Canadian dollar: the amount of money that goes out of the country to pay the shareholders of foreign- based companies. We hear about, this part of the problem, only briefly when the balance of payments deficit is -mentioned. We are told that our balance of payments for goods is in good shape since:We sell more products than we buy. The aro of trouble is with the huge deficit in the services sector which includes the ameuntl of money Canadians spend outside tile country on vacations and the interest payments and dividends to foreign -stock- holders. But that's about all we ever hear about those dividends, Yet millions of dollars go out of the country yearly to t tockhOlderS in foreign countries. The problem ties in directly with what people have known for more than a decade: that Canada is controlling less and less of its own ecortonty. There was a time when this was ' of great concern to governments and individual services but in recent years, like the great pollution _debate, what is right and wrong seems to have been lost in a concern about jobs. Just as people worry about the effects cleanup orders to major industries might have on workers jobs, we now worry more about what effect a crackdown on the foreign ownership problem mighthaveon the unemployment rate tomorrow than what not cracking down will have a decade from now, We're so worried about right now that we're willing to forget about the future. Yet we had a graphic illustration recently about just what being dominated by a minti-national company can mean to Canada. The troubles in Iran and the cutback in oil supplies from that country shouldn't really have had any effect on Canada. We get our oil either from our own oil .fields or from Venezuella. But in the U.S. the - oil shortage was a problem. 1 Exxon, the parent company of Canada's Imperial Oil, was short oil for its plants and customers. So, Canada'S oil Was Shipped to the U.S. instead and Canada instead of having enough oil had a shortage. Multi national companiesand sup- porters of the free movement of foreign companies in Canada claim it doesn't matter where the company has 'its head office, as long as it provides jobs. These companies are faceless multi -nationals Without a real homeland, they argue. The , FEIWPAItY 26, 1879 liA'16 Were shOWn a sample of penmanship the like of Which Can be done by vety few, -It • consisted of the inscription of the Lords prayer ort the space occupied by a five I: ent piece. ' Wm, Rutledge ,of Tuckerstriith who was lately employed at the Grand Trunk refresh- rnent rOOmS an Stratford has taken the position ,Of _manager of the refrethinent rooms iti 'Sarnia, , Sohn McConnell of Dahlia hat leased the hotti iri the village, of Dubliti to Thos. Page for a torte of 5 years. • FEBRUARY 26* 1904 Henry Peck hat disposed of the acre farm on the Goshen. line Stanley to flats. Stephenson for a god figure.; ' 'Erliegt Gies of Zilrieh had .tillaway while leaving Zurieh. The hOtse Aarted to kick and demolished the cloth t haft, Mr. Giet wet not injared, , • New coal cal Lamm have been' placed in St.. Andrews church at Aspen- Sinelair Of the Kippen road -hat, Sold a very handsome team elf heavy ItOrSOS to M . Handford of Exeter. \ On Sunday evening a$ 'rhos. Holland Witt engaged in attending. to his tnack arie of the falacy of this arguement becomes readily - apparent when something like this oil shortage occur,., Companies from the U.S. (or Germany or England or wherever) Owe theirfirst allegience to the stockholders but their seeond allegiance it to their' own country. In beth cases, it means that first thought will go to the U.S. (or other home country). First of all, the home country is the most important market so the 'dollars are there. Secondly, the American govern- ment, when times are tough; expects the American companies to come to the aid of their country, just as the government has often come to the aid of American companies abroad, even to the :point of Military , intervention. Business and patriotism have always been close partners in the U. In Canada, the two have been just the opposite. The government has no room in the boardrooms of the nation, business- men seem to feel. Only when forced to comply with 'national interests by govern- ment legislation are the' apt to co operate with the national good. Ifit comes to , a choice between . dollars and Canada, dollars will win every time. . So hew can -Canada help but be in financial troutde'when we're dominated by foreign big business taking out Canadian dollars and in some cases Canadian jobs back to the homeland on one hand and Canadian companies whose only flag is the dollar sign on the other? Attempts to lessen foreign domination of Canadian big business is meeting more , opposition today than ever. Even When the — federal government was trying to limit foreign control a few years back, premiers of the province were courting big business from abroad. Financial experts *quake every time the government brings out a new budget or new legislation is an - pounced, fearing its effect on foreign investment. , Not being a financial genious one fears to ask the question but just why do we so badly need foreign investment? Here we sit in a country with more natural resources than most in the World. Here we sit with a higher disposable income than nearly anyone else in the world. We have immense wealth right in our OWn country. We're not some struggling African or Asian country. Why then is foreign ' investment so important? Surely here in one of the richest countries on earth we should have enough money to finance our own business and industry without going on bended knee to foreign investers. If we , don't have enough money, then where do the Americans or Germans get so ,much money that they can not only finance their own economy but ours as well? If we can't control our own economy, rich as we are, how can poor third world countries ever hope to control their own economy? I don't know about yeti, but I'd like to hear somereal answers to those questions, not some gobblety-good from economic "experts". In 1h.0. years agone• noses. oiig loose, upset the lantern and ignited the straw and despite the efforts Of Mr. Holland to extinguish the tire, it rapidly gained such headway that the whole banding was soot in flames. ' Tho snow blocked railway 'hat been a bonanza for the. Dublin Hotel men this.. winter. The passengers on the train were entertained at dinner at Dublin by the Grand, Trujdiltkeph Foster orVartla has disposed of his residence and groan& to Messrs.. Beattie, BrOthers, nietelnints for $900,00. A few day's ago 14'llen Wm. Stoneman of Jlensall was cutting deWit a tree on the farm , Of Chat- Rednunids, he made a lively , dittovery, He uhearthed two large raccoent in nest Who Wert snugly etisconsed in the tr°' ' MARCit 1 .1929' Melvin Clarke has attached tanners to his fd Coupe Hoogg of McKilloP had the Ittitiorterie of falling .down .ttle StAtitWAy the Stable and fracturing her clbnw Bill Robin and 'flareld ArtattrOng Of Itrucelleld are tutting: wood for Hugh Aikenhead. Elgin McKiriley , of iSnly Prntnittbut :poultry man, is going in to the business of chickens. He is installing a new incubator with a capacity of 14,000 eggs. . Ernie .Pollock of Stanley has purchased from the ettate of the late John Reid the farm on the Bayfield road. ' A large Government snow plow passed through the village of Kippen and, made ,a clean sweep waseere pof eyt:lcieero ad Wf the paS.sitig of J.J. Merner, a former Huron M.P. whith took place in Windsor. ' Thos. Welsh of Honsall reports this winter as being the best in Many years for getting in logS. You rimy not believe it but rnest Adams, of Kintittrn brought inter thit office a rabbit With horns. • Gordon Reynolds is acting at mail 'tonna on Route S takingthe plate of the late John COntitt, Thd 'fOurth game of hockey betWeen the Pats and the Bunnies was played in the ..tink on Saturday and was a real corker. The Pats are now ahead with 2 Wins and ette lett. MARCH So 1954' • Lessi than A 'wok after fire tlettroyed titlititet 100'year old viand litatite, County Offieet Were established and lit otierittiOn in the former High school building in Goderich. Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Montgomery marked their 40th wedding anniversary when mem- bers of their family honoured them at a family dinner at their home on John Street... Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dodds of McKillop celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs, Matthew Armstrong former .Hullet residents and now living in Seaforth will quietly mark their 60th ann. Despite 'the fad that John McClure, McKillop is 90 years of age he has had only 19 birthdays. He Wat born on February 29th, 1864, He Wet with hit daughter, Miss Ethel McCline in Winthrop. At a Teeent meeting of Maitland bank Ceinetery Board A.W. Sillety Was appointed Setretery-treasurer of the board, There is always a sense of altilost personal lost when anything which has been with us for a long time I'S destrOyed. SO it was when the 100 year old Hur�nCounty House Was razed by fire Friday 6i/ening, Wm. Thinner has Old hit trucking bilsitiess to Qtterengester Bros. of Brod, begot. Roads Were blocked and wires were down at sleet and intiW'-atruCk the, area -Eight indict of snOW