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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-09-15, Page 1R f 107th Year Whole No. 5141 F' ,SJW QRTH, ONTARIO, T URSp Y $EPTE1\LER 15, 1966 — 121 PAGES - HURON JUNIOR FARMERS as a centenniali project are co-operating in locating and id- entifying more than 200 Huron farms that have been in one family for a hundred • years. First farm to have the century farm insignia erected is that of James Landsboro in Tucker - smith. Here Mrs. Landsboro (left) looks on as Della Allen, Sharon Strong and assistant ag. rep. Don Pullen hold the sign while Bob Fotheringham wields a sledge. Joan SineIaijr is seated on the truck. Frames to carry the signs have been manufacture by the Junior Farm- ers at a series of bees. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Tuckersmth Considers Electing for Two Years Of two appeals on the Broad - foot Drain assessment, one, that of Bert Walters was al- lowed and a reduction of $1,000 approved. A discrepancy on on acreage involved yin the Broadfoot and McKenzie Drains was the basis for an appeal by, Wilber A. Keys. The appeal was disallowed when Engineer S. W. Archibald. explained the error appeared tel exist, with respect to the McKenzie Drain. Tuckersmith council at its September meeting moved to 'providefor council's election for two-year terms. First reading was given an en- abling by-law which if passed would become ,effective follow- ing the electiops in December. Members of council elected then would serve for two years. Reeve Elgin Thompson en- ` swering d query`frism Councillor' Ross Forrest as to whether the school board had been consult- ed, saki he wasn't sure but thought the board would "be willing to go along;" Council accepted the tender of Frank Kling Ltd. for con- struction of centennial gates at the Lions Park. The amount was $3,186.00. The project is being carried out by the Lions Club in co-operation with the township. Recognizing the need for a third snow plow unit, council ac- cepted the bid of Gordon Heard Construction to supply a grad. Lions Begin Fall Series Seaforth Lions began their fall series of meeting at the e community centre, Monday eve- ning with vice-president, Orville Oke in charge. - The. meeting discussed partici- pation in plowing match activ- ities and agreed to sponsor a visit here of the famous Elsie the cow. Club treasurer R. J. Spittal reported results of the. summer carnival at $2,679.30 and Lee Learn said Safe -T -Caps, a club project in conjunction with the plowing match had been sold in every province across Can- ada except Prince Edward Is- land: er plow at $12,00 per hour. While the rate is . up 50 cents from last year it is still less than the Department estimate for such equipment. Council approved an account for $75 covering a fire call the Clinton brigade answered in the township. While agreeing to the amount council asked why Brucefield brigade could not have been- cailedesince it was nearer. McKillop Plans for Added Drain Works McKillop is faced with a busy drain repair and improvement program it was -indicated as council dealt with a series of applications. Petitions included: Ken Beattie, lot 28, con. 11, repair to Kirkby drain. Norman Benneweis, lot' 'l, con. 7, James Flanagan- and Ar- thur Murray, repairs to the G>I'1in drain. Ross Driscoll, lot 25, con. 12, repair and improvement to the Reid drain. In addition council approved additional work to a portion of 'the Lawrence drain. George Rad- ford, Blyth, will clean out sec- tions in the eastern limits of the drain at $25.00 per hour. Holding courts of revision on the Kerr Drain and Dodds Drain, council rejected the only appeal, that of Guy Dorrance, lot 19, con. 6, against his assess- nent on•the Kerr drain. Separate tenders are being invited for the two drains. 'Following discussions with the McKillop,, Municipal Tele- phone System, council agreed to pay $600 for work involved in changing poles on side road 30-31, .Con 1 and 2, during 1965. At the same time it was indi- It Was Ever Thus cated. that estimates were to be provided council before work involving either phone or hydro poles was begun. A grant of $25.00 to Huron Plowmen's Association was ap- proved as wellas an account for $75.00 to Wingham Hospi- tal covering ambulance ser- vice._ • In other business council ap- proved the purchase of 2,000 cubic yards of fill at• eight cents a yard from Roy Elliott, for use at the Morrison Bridge and cleared the purchase of a centennial markerfor erection at the new township hall at Winthrop. Home,, School To Present Pins The first meeting of the Home and School Association will be held Sept. 20th, at 8;15 pm., in the Public School Audi- torium. This will be teacher's night. Special guests are the gradu- ating class and their parents. Speaker for the evening will be James R. Scott of Seaforth, liths '. At.. Match Site What until recently, has been a series of farm fields' on the Roxboro road west of towel' is rapidly taking on the appear ante of a growing community. Crews of telephone and hydro workmen are erecting thousands of feet of cable along more than 50 poles which line the streets of—what will be the Tented City when the International Plowing Match opens here in 'redicts Little C In Seaforth There will be Utile change in Seaforth assessment this ear assessor Donald Haines Old council Monday night. While as at September 30, the assessment total --was $11,692.00 over the same per- iod last year, by the end of the year it may be down slightly. He October. crews are at `explained this arose because Octoork erecting Otherbuildings and' Berl Telephone and Union Gas g assessments are not included providing services for the near- Until year end. In both cases ly 300 exhibitors that will line the streets. Meanwhile overall plans for the match are advancing to schedule according to D. H,' Miles, secretary of the Huron Local committee. Big Seaforth F'a i r F.A.`Lashley, secretary -man- ager of the Ontario PIowmen's, Association has expressed con' All that is needed to make Seaforth's I21st Fall Fair the best ever is the weather, and everything points to full co-op- eration in that direction. According t� president Earl McSpadden, entries are coming in at a record rate, assuring top competition in every class. Priz- es offered' are up this year, with the introduction of the Hay's list. The fair gets under way on Thursday night with a pro- gram in the Arena. The official opening will take place at that time when Albert E. Carson,. warden of Perth County and as- sociate director of District 8, will officiate. • A highlight Friday will be the parade of bands,; floats and LORNE R. MacDONALD - Single flops, 111 ntx' $4-Q0 ti< eeP .44Yellco • Assessmo there is a substantial decrease reflecting changes in legisla- tion affecting the basis of asses- sment. . Mr. Haines drew attention to the proportion of employment in relation to population as it compares to other communities. lrr Seaforth with a recorded pop- ulation of 2,249, there is per- manent employment far 793 or 35.2%. The Seaforth rate is better than that of Clinton and Complete , Plans For fidence the, match here will bei outstanding. "I have never worked with a group where there was .so. much enthusiasm indicated," he said, "It seems to be pops ping up all over." Mr. Lashley, said the Farm, stead Improvement ct ompeti; tion would be completed by°. Sept. 15th, This competition i staged annually in the- has county for the purpose of en= couraging -farmers to dress. usi their premises in readiness to receive visitors who will be at tending the match. Top prize—; a silver tea service, donated bj Topnotch Feeds Limited, mill be on display in Anstett Jewel- lery, ewelfiery; Seaforth. A grant of $500 from tire P• en's Association plus do- n ions from local firms help to make up a substantial prize list. The judges are supplied by. the Department of Agriculture. Winners will be announced at a ceremony at the match on Oc- tober 12th. Air Strip In Use Larry Snider, co-chairman of the local committee,. said tile; air strip is .new ready eltcept for a fence which still has to be erected. Handling accommo- dation for aircraft at the match site is expected to be a con- venience not only to match vie itors but also to exhibitors, Among visitors expected to use the air strip are the Flying (Continued on Page 6) Expositor Rates Are Increased Effective October 1, next, the subscription rates for the Hur- on Expositor will be adjusted by one, dollar to $5.00 a year in Canada and $6.50 per year for- eign. Single copies will be 12 cents each. The increase becomes neces- sary to offset in some measure increases in production costs as well as postage. Renewals and new subscrip- tions at the present rate will be accepted until the end of September for not more than one year. • The increase which amounta to less than two cents a week, brings the Expositor subscrip- tion rate in line with most other Huron Cdunty weeklies where a $5.00 rate has been in effect for some time. Retired Merchant Passes A well known former Seaforth businessman, Lorne Ross Mac- Donald, died early Wednesday in Seaforth Community Hospital Mr. MacDonald who was 66, had suffered a heart attack at his home, North Main Street, Thursday evening. For many years a commer- cial traveller, he was widely known across Ontario. Follow- ing his retirement from the road he established a shoe busi- ness in Seaforth three years ago. He• had retired .only..on the first of September when the business was. sold to Edward Taylor. Versed in the Scotch ' tradi- tions; Mr. MacDonald was an accomplished piper and piped with the Lucknow Pie Band. Born in Iinlbss township; he attended school there and in Lucknow. He came to Seaforth in 1956. - Mr. MacDonald is survived by his "Wife, the former Letitia Pox, to whom he was married at Blyth in .1955. He is also survived by a son by a prev- itrus marriage, Ross MacDon aid, of Ottawa, by two grand- children and by a sister, Kate, Mrs. C. E. Smith, SLsaforth. He was a member of First Presby- terian Church Seaforth. Funeral services will be held from the G. A. Whitney Funeral Horne, Seaforth on Friday at 2 p.m. and will be conducted by Rev. D. 0, Fry, assisted by Rev. J. Ure Stewart. Interment will follow in Wingham cemetery. Recall Education Problems of 100 Years Ago (By Norm Graham) Students and their teachers throughout the district are back .at school for another year of books, studies and deten- tions. Looking through The Exposi- tors of nearly 100 years ago, one can see that when Canada was a mere child it had as many problems with education as it does now. Today a pupil, when he gets to high school, must decide whether he wants to take a gen- eral, technical, or commercial course and also whether he wants a two, font; or five year, plan. In '1869, the only deci- sion necessary was 'whether he wanted to go to school or not, Today, editorial writers are arguing for or against the re- tentidn of Grade 13 Two years after confederation they were arguing for or against compul- sory education. The Expositor ,of Dec. 3, 18'e has an editorial which d1aagrees with an earlier editorial hi me Clinton New Era opposing com- pulsory education. The Clinton paper said it might be all right to have compulsory education in cities and towns. The Expos- itor disagreed. "It is true there may not be so much need but the experience of every teacher who has taught in a rural school will bear us out in the asser- tion that irregular attendance is the bane of ail our Canadian schools." It also opposed the New Era view that compulsory education was an affront against individ, ual liberty. The Expositor said, "We do not believe that it is inconsistent with the general welfare to diminish the number of uneducated persons that are who are neither fit to take part in making the laws or obeying them when they are made." Too Littte.Homevvork Today when students com- plain of too much homework, they are • often Supported by psychologists and others who feel the pupils are overworked. A century ago the complaints (not by the pupils, of course) were against too little or no homework. - An Expositor reporter after spending a half-day with senior students at the Seaforth School in 1889, wrote he was .pleased with the general excellence. However, he felt some home- work was necessary. "The les- sons are mainly if 'not wholly prepared during school. hours." Through the years pupils have had problems but not as many as the 'teachers who have been constantly criticized on all sides by students, parents, and school boards. They are still a ' criticized lot today but their new salary schedules help to compensate for this. This was certainly not the casae up to the last decade when teachers' salaries were the butt of many jokes. , 000 A Year An 'ac) In The Expositor of Nov. 3, 1869, placed by the Sea - forth Common School seeks a female teacher. The salary of- fered is $200 per annum. Although this sounds like a rather puny salaryel�dtlay the editors of The Expositor felt the school board were, entitled to excellent teaching at this salary. The paper ran a series on teaching qualifications, Teacher's Power In the Nov. 19 issue, they state on the subject of morality the character of the teacher should be unquestionable.- "No pupil should ever have any cause to question or even suspect the teacher's integrity." They also felt a teacher should possess manliness but admitted it was a quality which le hard to de- fine. They wrote, "With the manly teacher there would be no subterfuge or chicanery, but with the utnidst candor and hon. esty of intention he would main - ten a dignified intercourse with his fellows;" When, Dr. Egerson, Ryerson's new school bill came out re- garding Inspector's and: trus- tees' powers the Expositor back- ed the teachers in their demand for more power. An editorial stated, "We believe the teach- ers themselves are quite com- petent to legislate in their own interests and that the sooner such a privilege is given them the sooner will the profession attain to the dignity which rightly belongs to it." Last week pupils filed back to the classrooms without hav- ing to worry about many of the problems which plagued edu- cation in thti, early days of Can- ada. Of course there are now problems which didn't exist then such as the new math, what to do with grade 13, and which courses to choose. However, despite all the pro- blems, many a former student can still be heard to remark about school life, "It sure beats working;" school children. The Seaforth District -'High School Band will lead the p�'adze. Only Class 'B' .Fair in Huron, Seaforth in recent years has at traded- an outstanding Junior Show, including several county- wide championship events. In addition, regional cattle shows are a feature of the fair. Always a popular attraction, the display of Seaforth merch- ants and industries hgain. fills available space in the Arena. HON. PAUL HELLYER, Minister of National Defence who will visit Canadian Forces Base, Clinton', on Thursday in connection with the 25th anniversary of the establishing of radar training fill Canada. Dublin Plant is Operating One of Dublin's leading in- dustries which has been shut down for over seven months and cost 95 workers their jobs has re -opened on a Limited scale and plans expanding to lee', the original capacity. '°` Mt*' The Dublin Poultry Packers which closed its doors in Janu- ary, when Mar -K Co. Ltd., who was running the operation ran .into trouble, have been taken over by the original owners, Export Parkers of Toronto: They owned Dublin Poultry Packers for 20 years before Mar -K obtained control. Exeter, both with 33%, . and Goderich with 35.1%. In Wing - ham there are jobs for 43.3%p of the population, but in Hen- sel'. •there are more jobs than people. With a population of - 891, f891, Hensail has employment for 909 or 102%. Changes in the assessment act will result this year in notices going to tenants • he said.- Mr. Haines suggested council might wish to study means of bring- ing lots and empty buildings onto the market thereby in- creasing the assessment total. Possibility thatall arena ac- counting would be handled through the town clerk's office was seen as council considered a letter from the municipal af- fairs branch indicating the arena was not a corporate body and thus should not maintain bank accounts. The comment arose as a result of comments in the auditor's -reports in re- cent years concerning difficdl- ty, of confirming receipts. ' More Bookkeeping - Agreeing with Councillor Hildebrand it would mean More bookkeeping, council enquired what was involved. Clerk E. Williams suggested' a cash register in the booth would be necessary and num- bered tickets for each occasion admission was charged. "It just means putting, it on a business like basis"Deputy. Reeve Cuthill said. Mayor Flannery suggested to have the a•tena operating cor-. rectly the employees would have to be employed by .the town. Perhaps the booth could be rented he said and added he doubted it would be possible to get along, without the arena board. Talk Hydrant Rental Council is going to discuss hydrant rentals with the PUC. Present rate of $45 per annum per hydrant was established in 1959. The original rate of .$7.5 had- been reduced to $37.50 re 1956. The rental reflectsthe the PITC how the;, rental i. was arrived at and, what the 1h an- cial position was, %•ie ' said be, realized about $4,Q00 had 'bee4. spent on repairing the over- head tank ands •last fall the -' 1o, 2 pump at the Chalk street wells had been repiaced., Ile said the P110 was consult eying. the purchase of a*,evr ladder truck with unpolarizzed bucket which contd.; cost up to $11,000. He could see a use for such a vehicle if there was co- operation in the town so that it could be used for such pur- poses as tree trimming. If .on the other hand it wee to be us- ed by the PUC alone perhaps it would be cheaper to rent. Clear Library, Plan, • Council endorsed a proposal to establish a Huron County library systema While there was doubt as to the degree of .auton- omy that would be forfeited, Mayor Flannery , said there would, be substantial cash bene- fits. The county rate would in- crease ncrease half a null. but Sea- forth eaforth would be relieved of the present .library costs of two mills annually, At the salve time 110eve Dal- ton reminded council, the con- trol would be further removed frons the people The general _administration committe is to cheek into the town's banking business. -'The decision arose when the Cana- dian Imperial tank of Cern- mem, advised it was raising collection charges by 50% from 10 to 15c for each item. Answering a question, "Clerk Williams said no advice had been received from other local banks of like raises. "I think we should shop around and see what the other banks would charge" Reevepal ton sugge§ted. Council acknowledged a let- ter of appreciation from Leo Hagan minor ball association president, for assistanee in making available ball grounds. end in turn congratulated the standby water capacity the .association. for the job it had PUC must in in order to done, deliver necessary water volumes Advance SDHS Project at the fire hydrants. • Queried regarding clearance Mayor Flannery agreed to ask (Continued on Page 6) George Goettler, who owns a supermarket in town, said he was glad the plant is back in operation. "Whit's worse than an empty building?" he asked and added, "It's always better when every person is employ- ed and all buildings are occup- ied." When the plant closed there was a decrease in traffic on the main steet. Mr. Goettler said the packing business brought in a lot of people from out of the ,village, who worked in the plant, Insurance Agent, Gerald Hol- land, also noticed the lack of people on the street. He 'said the town missed the industry. "Prior to the closing down of the plant, there was not a place to rent in town, but last week I saw a number of available houses.". He pointed out in addition to wages the company puts other moneyinto the town in the form of hydro and telephone costs and taxes,, Mr. Holland said workers he knew who got laid off 'were able to find other jobs in the sur- rounding area, primarily Strat- ford. ' (Continued on. Page 0) • REEVE CARL DALTON AND MRS. DALTON Reeve Dalton,. Wife Married 40 Years Surniunded by members of their family, 19 of their 20 grandchildren and friends from a wide area, Reeve Carl Dal- ton and Mrs. Dalton celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary at the Community Centre Sat- urday evening. A dinner attended by their family and relatives preceded the evening reception and in a short program of which Lapslie Smith, Toronto was in charge, Foster T. Fowler, Mitchell, pro- posed a toast to the couple. Later in the evening Glen Rose read an address and the Dal- tons opened a large number of gifts which had been given them. Reeve Dalton expressed their appreciation for the gifts and messages -they had receiv- ed. Following cards and dancing, lunch, including a, large wed- ding cake was served: Reeve Dalton who for years had been interested in the com- munities in which he had lived became active in municipal poli- ties . shortly after coming to Seaforth. He 'we's elected to council seven yeah Oa and this near for the third year is representing Seaforth at Hur- on County Council. He also rep- resents the town on the Mait- land Valley Conservation Board. Married at the McKillop manse by Rev. J. A. Ferguson, the couple farmed for 'a num- ber of years on the Huron road at St. Columban. After spends ing two years in Sehuniaker, they returned to the Walton area in 1935, where they' farmed until retiring to Seaforth, 13 years ago, Mrs. Dalton was the former Janet Smith, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Percy, Smith and was born on the 8th of McA Killop. Reeve Dalton is a na- tive of Hibbert, having been norm at Staffa, the son of the .late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dal- ton, Reeve Dalton and Mrs. Dal. ton have a family of four sons and a daughter. They aret to- hert of ,llullett, Percy of .10 :11,4 lop, Murray and Douglas, n : Seaforth and Doris, ,Mr's. Dave Unit of Seaforth, 'Therw ante' 20. grandihildrert.