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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-04-14, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community first Pubfailed at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MCLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor ti .e D A Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: \MU A Canada .(in advance) $4.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 a Year V 4 A� SINGLE COPIES -- 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department,. Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 14, . 196 6 Recognition for Educational Leader Some - months ago a well known former student of the Seaforth Col- legiate Institute returned to the school to take part in graduation proceedings. He was Dr. Howard Kerr, then princi- pal of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto. Now Dr. Kerr 1}as left Ryerson to take on a new assignment, and the Toronto Star, in a recent issue carried edi- torial under the title, "Applause For a Resignation,"which this McKillop native has meant to eau- Ontariorational progress in contributions he will "Continue to make. The Star put it this Dr. H. H. Kerr, Principal of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, has resigned. That's good news—and for a reason that Educate liam Davis Makes plai°n in announcing the resignation at the tion Association confe Starting this summe devote' his full time to tario's community colleges, as chair- regentsman of the council of "Colleges of Applied Art and Technol- ogy" (a position to r pointed in February). body in this province community colleges o • successfully, it's Dr. Kerr. Howard Kerr went to Ryerson as an engineer -teacher in 19 before there was a building was the, old Toronto. Normal an describes what and the way : • on Minister Wil - Ontario Educa- rence today. r. Dr. Kerr will setting up On - of the hick he was all - If there's any= who can get the ff the ground 44, four years Ryerson. The School, then . set gyp _as_ ajob-traini ng and rehabilitation centre for veterans. • It,put through 32,000 returned soldiers -half them taking matriculation cours- es to ' qualify for university. So "even then • Principal Kerr was working out a combination of vocational and acade- --'" mie education, for young men and wo- men. From The Huron Expositor April 18, 1941 Seaforth is represented at patriotic rally of school childre at Varsity Arena, Toronto. Mis M. E. Turnbull is in +charge o the Seaforth group, which in eludes Louise Case, Edna Gal Iop, Harriet Russell, Lenore Habkirk, Donald . McKay and Ted Milliken. w •••W Mr. John Sproat, well -know and highly esteemed res -}dent quietly observed the 90th an niversary' of his ,birthday with family reunionlat his home on Victoria Street. Arthur Jackson, well known Tuckersmith farmer, suffered serious and painful 'injuries when he was crushed between a tractor and a disc, a lever on the disc passing completely through his Ieg, He was work ing alone in a field half a mil from the house,., but his' broth er, Kenneth Jackson,. and neighbor, Rert Bick, heard • hi cries and rushed to his assist- ance. Aided by another brother Stanley, they released him and he was later removed to Scott Memorial Hospital, -- Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Dunn, resi- dents of " Seaforth for several years; • celebrated their golden wedding by; having Mass sung, by Rev: T. Pw Hussey at St. James' Church, Seaforth. Seaforth's recently organized Chamber of Commerce, has ap: pointed'the following ehairmnen�r, Industrial, E. L. Box; agricul- tural, : J. p'. Daly; advertising; J. A. Stewart; civic improvement, A. , Mclean; educational, W. J`.-Duneain merchants, Ross J. Sproat;, .ctinstittitiona1, H.. G. Meir; Meiiabership, W. D. Smith. In 1948 he opened • Ryerson Techno- ogical Institute, with 250 students. It now has over 4,000, a completely new quadrangle of buildings on the old site, and plans to double that accommoda- tion. What Dr. Kerr has proved is that post -secondary education outside conventional universities is necessary to Ontario's education system, is eager- ly sought by thousands of young peo- ple, and can be of high quality valued by employers as well as the graduates. What he has "shown, too, is that acade- mic and practical training (from elec- tronics to nursing) go hand in hand. For Ryerson Polytechnic is not just a glorified vocational school—it is an in- stitute of higher learning. This is the record and educational philosophy this quietly effective.man brings to .the new system of postsec- ondary education the province is now embarking on. Not one community col- lege has been set up yet, though a. cou- ple are expected to be opened this fall in adapted quarters..... Dr. Kerr's full-time .chairmanship of the guiding council means that they won't be dumps; they won't' be play pens for late teenagers, with time on their hands, and: that they will have educational force and standards. What is . not quite so certain is that they will make sufficient provision for transfer_.. to university with full credit. Dr. Kerr's Ryerson has been so suc- cessful and self-contained that relative- ly few of its graduates have sought university degrees. But few of the proposed 25. community colleges are likely to have, the full facilities of Ryer- son. So it is quite important at the very outset that these two-year insti- tutions demand, and establish, accredi- tation with universities. They must not be aducational dead -ends. In the Years Agone • from Stratford, when an hour Best, A. . E. Colson, W. C. T. Morson, K. M. - McLean and H. earlier theyhad captured the Ontario Hke+ Association In- a termediate. `B' championship. As n the players arrived in Uwe they were placed on a large truck which preceded by the Seaforth Highlanders Band and a maze - of blazing brooms, when Mayor John J. Cliff extended_ a wel- come and congratulated the players on their victory. n e a s The officers and members of Britannia Masonic Lodge held a most enjoyable at home when 15 .table§ of members and their ladies a in j eye d progressive euchre. After the cards a "quiz" conducted by D. L. I id, pro ,r - .+,.- . -vided are. hour•of cal fun, efI• joyed by all. The prize winners were Mrs. S. A. Musa, mire, Ear- ty Charters, William•.Charters and. Il.. , Smiili, lucky chair, W. A. Wright.. Erooius; and perkitng space were both :at 'a pretniiam in Se¢n forth at midnight Friday Ag the fawn- turnedout to• Volcanichamo the vietorlous� Beavers Eleven ladies of the Circle -met at the home of Mrs. Rus sel Bolton, Winthrop and quilt- ed and finished two quilts for ' the Red Cross. Mr. Irwin Trewartha, of Win- throp, has bought the 100 -acre farm of Wm. Trewartha, who intends enlisting. The following teachers and studentsare spending the Eas- ter vacation at their homes in Dublin: Miss Veronica Moly neaux, Zurich; Miss Florence Smith, Kippen; Miss Gertrude McGrath, Kitchener; Miss Peggy McGrath, Joseph Carpenter, Chatham; Miss Irene Donnelly arid 'Miss Kathleen Stapleton, Stratford Business College, and Miss Mary Evans, Stratford Nor- mal. From The Huron Expositor April 14, 1916' Mr, William Glenn, ex -reeve of Stanley Township, has' pur- chased a lot in Clinton and hi - tends erecting a residence'` on it this summer. An interesting ceremony took place at Burns' Church, Hallett, when Rev. James Abery, forni-- erly of Granton, was inducted into the pastorate of Burns' and Knox Church, Lonaesboro. Friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dougall, Hensall, gathered at their home and pre- sented- their son, Pte. Roswell P. 12 Dougall, with a military watch. The following have joined the 161st Battalion during the past week. Charles Papst, J. A. Troy- er, A. Porterfield and II. D. Chesney. The annual meeting of Sea: krth irawn. bowling Club was held in- the Commercial Hotel. ()Mcerst cleated were] . president, W. G, Willis; vice -Pres,, J. C. Greig;' secretary.treastirer, J. M. ll e;lliiltfft; executive tont': S M. Stewart. - . Mr. and Mrs. J. G. McMichael have moved in from their farm and will occupy the residence of Lockie Gordon in Harpurhey. Miss Mae Carmichael has re • sumed her position in the John 1V1aeTavish store in town. Mrs. L. T. DeLacey, Mrs. J. C, Greig, Mrs. F. H. Larkin` and Miss 11`. I. Graham were in Clin- ton attending a meeting of the executive of the Huron Presby- terial Society. Mr. Elliott Walters, Tucker - smith„ has moved to -the Camer- on farm. The Misses Thompson, Bruce - field, entertained the girl friends of .-Miss Sadie Bowie, when a miscellaneous shower was pre- sented Miss Bowie prior to her marriage. to Mr. Drew Swan. Mr. Thomas Fraser, Stanley, has the' honor of, having three sons in khaki: William and Fred who are drilling in Moose Jaw, Sask., and who left homesteads to enlist for overseas service, and Malcolm at Bramshott Camp in England. TO THE EDITOR A News Sir: During 1897 and 1898 sold. The Saturday Evening Blade and The Chicago Ledger on the streets of Seaforth. The popular slogan at that time was: "Remember the Maine and To Heck With Spain". This amus ed many of my customers and I must Say that most of the people to _when' I sold papers were most co-operative and friendly., The 'Saturday Blade and The Chicago Ledger both sold for five cents, and of this I received two cents for my part of. the business. The Sat- urday Blade contained news and stories of a sensational nature, while The Chicago Ledger was mostly continued stories of love and romance. While . selling these papers ' I met many people whom I re- member with a lot of personal satisfaction. The one customer who took the greatest interest in my welfare wa'S Arnold (Nar1y) Case, who was keeping company with a girl from Eg- mondville at. the time, and lie, as well as being .a customer for my paper, always made sure that I accompanied them to the shows that came to Cardno's Hall and the games that were played at t h e Recreation �rounas: ll f had to do was to be on hand when I they came along and they made me part of their party, blit once inside I made a point to • get lost in the crowd. "Narly" Case was also a real . friend with Coun- cil, and praised my efforts at school and whatever other ac- tivities I had. Mrs. Bright, who, lived on the " ANYTHING TO DECLARE ? " Boy • Remembers I north side of town and whose that I became interested in golf, husband had a tailor. Shop near as Coleman Bros., who owned a the Commercial Hotel, also topic tract of land where, folks used an active interest in me. .I re- to pasture their cows; ,install - member one project in partieu- five tin cans at different places lar, as she kept me supplied in the field, and they used to - with mittens that had one sep- play the game which, I must arate finger to help me make admit in those days, seemed change and to hand out papers. rather absurd to me, but as it She was also a most pleasant turned out in later years it was person, who seemed to get her to become my favorite form -of reward out of helping others. exercise and recreation, and it Bob Wilson, who had a hard- completely , won.. my interest ware store near The Huron Ex- from all other sports. positor office, was another cue-, Also at this time in my life tomer who seemed to be• inter- I became :anxious for the Fall ested in everything I did, and Fair to come along, as to me gave • me every encouragement it seemed wonderful to see all that a boy needs to keep on go- the wonderful fruit and the ing and doing things. At this beautiful animals, as well as time Seaforth was interested in the races. I can still see Wal - hockey, lacresso., and . football, ter Callaghan, who lived on our and Bob Wilson thought there street and who drove at the should also be baseball plaYed races in a sully looking ,as if by the younger people, and he, he was having a wonderful time along with several others. and it is my belief mostly ev- bought the necessary parapher- eryone was interested and took nalia for two baseball teams, a civic' pride in alrnost any. but the interest only lasted one activity that came along. year, and these items disap- A lot ofpeople talk of the peered from the office at the good. old days, and to a certain Recreation Grounds during the extent I 'agree with - them. Life winter, As well as being inter- was more simple and real ested in sports, he was also friendship more plentiful, and interested in horses, and the I wish today that people would friendly races that were a -part take timeto talk to the news- nf Stitlday-on the snow and--ice--boy; -orany other bQyL and give -on Main Street. him encouragement in every Ed Hinchley, who had a farm way. implement business next to the CORNElLUS W. SPAIN furniture store of Broadfoot & rom The Huron ,Expositor April 17, 1891 • By vote of Melville Church congregation, • Brussels, and the consent of the session, an organ will be used in connection with the service of praise on Sabbath evenings, Some of the old folks think "Icabad" will have to be inscribed over the portals. The Messrs. Sproat, of the Tuckejsmitli beck yards, have ,purchased a new and improved brick and tile machine. They will make sewer and drain tiles of the largest sizes. A huge animal was caught on the farm of Mr. Henry Monteith, 3rd concession LRS, Tucker - smith, It appears that while Mr. Monteith and Mr. Dallas', were at work nearby they saw a cur- ious animal and at once gave chase, and after a hard struggle succeeded in capturing it alive. The animal is about 4 feet 6 inches in length and weighed about 40 pounds. What species' of 'animal it is, is not known, but is supposed to be an otter, and there is no doubt a nest of Thein are abattt the pond. Mr. Fred Smallacombe, Kip- At a meeting of McKillop pen, who has had many tons of council held at Leadbury, the Dutch set onions stored away following poundkeepers were dining the winter, is now busy appointed: John Dickson, Ed with a number o McNamara, Alex Johnston, Tim - out the stock for hipping, men cleaning othy Ryan, Thomas Roe, John Mr. Robert Smith, who has o Erwin, and Bernard John O' onnelMa- been• the popular manager of At the adjourned vest' the Tuckersmith Telephone Sys- 3 y meet - tem for some years, and who re- ing in connection with St.' cently joined the Seaforth Com- Thbriias' Char*a committee parry of the •161st Battalion, has was appointed to prepare plans been presented with a hand- - for rebuilding the rectory, en - some wrist watch by the tele- Iarging the school room and er phone . company as a token of ecting a memorial window in their appreciation of his loyalty the church. to King and Country. Mr, James Stewart has re - The secretary of the Red Cross moved his restaurant from the reported recently the following Bank block to the Red Front shipment of goods: 324 suits of store, lately occupied by Ham- pyfamas, 72 hospital night- ilton tz McGinnis., Mr. Stewart shirts, 138 flannel shirts, 386 now has a cormhodious and we I huck towels, 30 Turkish towels, arranged restaurant as will be 48 wash cloths, 48 handkerchiefs, found outside the larger cities. 2 » quilts, -60 hot water bottle Mr, Andrew Calder and .fan- c6vers, 382 pairs socks, 2,244 ily have now got comfortably small pads, 156 9"x16" pads, 9 located on their fart in Mc- poslerior pads , 2,500 mouth Killop. Ile still continues his wipes, 3,300 wipes, 4 pairs of photograph gallery here and white hospital seeks and one drives in to business every fled. Cross' Barrel given out, morning, Box, had, a small office right on Main Street, and it was here I was most welcome alongside the warm fire, to be part of his establishment., He always .made you so welcome that he gave you the idea you were doing him a favor by coming in to see him. ' Early • in life I became inter- ested in postage stamps and in this way became a friend of Billy4 McLean, who was at, that 'time editor of The Expositor, and who co-operated. with. me by saving the. envelopes he would receive during the week. In this way -I -became interested in covers and I still have a collection•of•them. At this. same time, R, S. Hays, a lawyer, also became interested in• my phila- telic activities and he made nee interested in bill and other Can- adian revenye stews. He was a most kind gentleman and did e.'erything possible to help me build a collection, and today my main collection is Canadian revenue and Canadian station- ery items. It was also about this time {-- crA • Sugar aid Spice -- ay sill Smiley — It's a State of Mind Spring is not a season. It's a state of mind. To Browning, writing in Italy, it was, "Oh, To Be In England, Now That Ap- ril's There." To Botticelli, it was delicate, long-legged ladies long nightgowns, scattering petals as they .danced. To Bee- thoven, it was lambs gambolling to the notes of the shepherd's pipe. But in these parts, it's a time of agony and ecstasy, depending on what age you are, and what you are up to. Ecstasy for little kids. Off with the snowboots, and snow- suits hurled • into corner. Out into the wonderful world, from so long ago they can scarcely remember:. wading p u d°d 1 e s, building sinky rafts, shooting. marbles, skipping, picking pus- sywillows. And lovely, brown, soft, silky, sludy, , slimey mud everywhere. Heaven! It's ecstasy for the young in love. For the first time in five months they can hold hands, bare-handed, on the way 'home from school. They can hang around the girl's back door, or the corner, for an hour, talking inanities, joyous in the certainty they won't freeze to death. Could anybody be happier, and cockier, than the young mothers in spring? Trim girls last fall, -they wheel their prams down the street on the first sunny day, three abreast, .push- ing honest taxpayers into the gutter, as they display with ut- most pride those miracles they. produced during the winter. They are- women this spring. For our senior citizens,spring brings another kindof happi- ness, a quiet, deep one.. They have been dicing with death all winter, They have suffered lone- liness and pain and despair. That first balmy day of spring warms their old hearts' and their old bones. It's a promise of life, renewed, which they need badly. I think _farmers and sailors,.,.. are happy In the spring. For the former, it means another eight months of back -breaking 1 labor with small rdtui n. For the latter, it means back to work often -dull, often dirty, and the loneliness of absence from fam- ilies. But both are ready for it, after being underfoot all win- s ter. It restores purpose to life. A man who -isn't working is on- a ly half a man. For the housewife, spring is a combination of the agony and the ecstasy. There's the agony of choosing the right paint and wallpapers, the ecstasy of at- tacking the house like the As- syrian coming down on the fold. Gardeners are .happy, Gloves on, they go out in the back yard and joyously muck 'about. They squall over the first crocus, ili- hale with delight the rotting stench of long -buried earth, plan glorious gardens in the mind's eye. Golfers are giddy with glad- ness. The last streaks of MOW are still under the pines. The course is muddy, the wind chill- ing. But the first day the flags are up, they're out there. You see, this is the year when they will slice not, nor will they. hook. They feel it in their bones. Anglers are snooping the countryside, looking for new beaver dams, checking " last year's choice spots. Opening_ day is still not here, but they're- dreaming hey'redreaming . of that first speckled beauty, caught on the first cast, Merchants are optimistic. Peo- ple are coming into the store for something besides keeping warm. Building booms, and the carpenter, electrician, plumber, bricklayer, feel a surge of hope after. a slow winter. Where's the • agony, then,if everybody is so happy •-about spring? We've run almost the whole gamut and nobody is suf- fering. What about . the university student? There are hundreds of thousands of them. They are chewing their nails, pulling out their beautiful hair in handfuls, sweating cold with fear. Outside beckon the sun and soft wind. Inside beckon blear -eyed grind, despair, guilt. And what about the ordinary, middle-aged codger like me? Bursitis behaving badly in the cruel winds of April. Income tax looming like an iceberg., House needs painting. Backyard 'looks like an exhibition of Pop art. Car on its last legs. Christmas presents not yet paid for. Hair- ihe receding rapidly. Harder and harder to get out of sack in morning. Kids getting more difficult: For 'us, spring is for the birds. And you should hear the little tinkers, about five a.m., just when we're finally falling. Ito sound sleep! • WEDDING INVITATIONS - HURON__ EXPOSITOR- 4 ry Y 4 YOURCONThiLUT!ONS.. . �nurni��_�emr!e "But there couldn't be school. 1 phoned in a boinb threat.,' 11, ritRiottl, "There's sone cornsolatioh .. morning comes just once a day I" In. Seaforth and District the Annual Canvass will be carried out by stir- dents of • the Seaforth District rHig$h School Mond* Ap i lS h FIGHT CANCER wini A. CHECK- - UP AND A CHEQUE SEAFOR `Ny BRANCH C� A.� 3 , . �AI�N • including Seaforth' Tuckersotifk. McKiUUo KI w pen; g-rucefield, Vltalfan ,r r I*iarpurhey and E g andvrlle. J. . 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