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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 2, 1967
Huron County Alone for 100 Years
The recent unveiling of a plaque at
the Huron Court House in Goderich has
prompted the Stratford Beacon -herald
to recall events of one hundred years
ago' which the plaque commemorates.
The wording on the plaque reads "to
commemorate 100 years of municipal
government 'by County Council of the
corporation of the County of Huron;"
.The ceremony was performed by J. M.
Eckert of McKillop, Warden in 1937. .
An inscription on the plaque sets
forth that during the period 1841-1866
the Council met jointly, first as part of
the District of Huron and later united
with the Counties of Perth and Bruce.
The Stratford • paper suggests that
owing to the necessity of condensation,
the information thus provided could be
a• trifle confusing to those who have
long been familiar with ".841" on the
county crest and those who know that
the first Huron courthouse was occu-
pied in 1856,. -that Sheriff John McDon-
ald functioned.:- for Huron alone from ,
1862, and that Bruce had a • County
Council from 1857. The information on
the plaque i's substantially accurate but
suggesting there are numerous qualify-
' ing facts the editor continues in these
words:
The Legislature in 1849 established
the boundaries of Huron, Perth and
Bruce and provided that Perth and
Bruce should be separate as soon as
they had county buildings. It took Perth
three years to levy and spend the • spec-
ial tax needed and it separated'in 1853.
Bruce set, up a provincial county
council in 1857, pending settlement of
_controversy that raged for years over
the location of' the county 'seat. It met
first at Southampton, afterwards at
Walkerton. Contending, centres were
Paisley, Southampton, Kincardine, In-
vermay, Riversdale and • Walkerton.
There was a move to divide the county'
in two and call the northern half "Wal-
lace." The final effort by opponents of
Walkerton failed on July 22, 1857, when
Couneil,carried an amendment pointing
out that "only a few weeks ago the Un-
ited Counties of Huron and Bruce were
separated by royal proclamation." Date
of the order -in -council referred to was
June 15, 1857.
Under the legislation of 1849, Bruce
became uutomatically separate as soon
as county buildings were provided. Dur-
ing' the years in which it was grappling
with this problem, county council tran-
sacted much other business, such as
raising money for roads, voting a bon-
us to a railway and in general doing
business independent of Huron. At the
same time, Bruce evidently sent repre
sentatives to the Huron -Bruce Council,
for its merhbership was cut from 55 to
37 when Bruce finally severed the last
ties. It is clear that no Bruce reeve was
,elected warden of Huron -Bruce, inas-
much as Robert Gibbons of Goderich
occupied the chair for 13 years com-
mencing, in 1859. At any rate, the 23
reeves of Bruce met January 22, 1867,
and organized a , permanent County
Council with James Brocklebank of
Brant as Warden. ,
The "firstmeeting of Huron County
Council" was held; according . to the
plaque.. inscription, on January 22,
1867, and that is the occasion for the
commemoration: Bruce representatives
who attended previously --were probab-
ly on hand only for any business joint-
ly affecting the two counties.
The centenary might be more worthy
of celebration ' by Bruce than Huron,
but for tlat"royal proclamation of 1857
separating the two.
In connection with the Goderich cere-
mony it has been stated that the 1867
Warden of Huron was "a Mr. Gibbons
of Goderich."- He was the town's lead-
ing citizen for most of the 66 years he
spent there. A native' of Glasgow who
settled on a farm near Goderich at the
age of 20, he became a member of the
first town council, was reeve for 19
Years, mayor for three, and while on
county council was warden, as already
mentioned, for the astonishing and un-'
precedented period of 13 years. In Con-
federation year he was elected to the
Legislature, re-elected in 1871 -and late
in that year appointed sheriff, which
office he relinquished, evidently with
reluctance, at the age of 85.
Expo 67 Tells of 'Man and His World'
For some years we 'have, read with
interest about plans for Expo 67. We
had seen the beginning of construction
four years ago as huge' machines be-
gan creating the island site in mid -
river at Montreal and so were prepar-
ed for the reports ' of the magnitude
with which the project was planned.
But as each succeeding story that
came our way became more enthusias-
tic about the promised wonders, it be-
gan to seem impossible that anything
man made could provide all the sur -
.prises the writers promised.
But we were wrong. Expo 67 is a
reality as we saw recently and 'on the
'surface at least, appears to be every=
thing that even the most enthusiastic
supporter has said about it.
• Despite a heavy snowstorm that re-
duced visibility, a recent tour through
the Expo 67 site revealed the com-
pletely new conceptions with which the
planners went about their tasks.
The central unifying theme of Expo
67 is "Man and His World" and devel-
oping the theme and translating it into
tangible form Expo' 67 seeks to present
not merely a static commemoration of
man and his achievements, but rather
a dynamic portrait of man in action. '
"Man and His World" tells the story of
rilan's hopes and 'aspirations, his ideas
and endeavours. Contributing to this
are theme pavilions and exhibitions.
Among other projects associated with
the theme is the intriguing Habitat 67,
A pyramidal' cluster of 158 houses of
from one to four bedrooms. The houses
consist of precast concrete units as-
sembled in such a way that the roof of
.each house provides a garden for the
Olio ab'(>,v'e, Planned as a, model self -con,'
• hatted + Ori'ii'rtunity'; Habitat C7 is de*
signed to bring the most attractive fea-
tures of suburban living — mainly
,,.space and privacy — to the city.
All national and private participants
in the Exhibition are relating their pre-
sentations to aspects of the central
theme. Canada's pavilion will house ex-
hibits planned to show -main in the Cana-
dian environment and the ways 'in
which Canadians meet the- challenges
of climate, distance and communication.
Expo's own construction and that of
the private exhibitors has kept apace
with the progress of the seventy par-
ticipating nations.
The complete exhibition is on sched-
ule. Of 134 projects which are the res-
ponsibility of the Expo Corporation, 78
are completed. Thirty-eight more will
be completed by the end of February.
This leaves only eighteen to be com-
pleted after February. These, however,
are for the most parts such items as
street furniture and fountains which
cannot be done until the last minute.
Expo 67 is a tribute to Canadian
vision, Canadian know how and Cana-
dian confidence hi its ability to do a
job. In an age when international riv-
alries threaten to overflow into space,
the Government and people of Canada
may take justifiable pride in demonstra-
ting through Expo 67 that international
co-operation is not merely a hoble ideal
for Man and His World but an emin-
ently feasible enterprise.
As Phillippe de Gaspe Beaubien,
ector of operations, put it, "Canadians
will be proud to realize that this Ex-
hibition of 1967 was done by Canadians.
It is not a French-Canadian Exhibi-
tion and it is not an English -Canadian
Exhibition. It was made possible by
the mixture of ,both cultures in this
great national achie`tr`etnerlt,»
TO THE EDITOR
Take Your Choice --- Beard or Kilt
Seaforth, Jan. 28, 1967
Sir:
Regarding the Centennial
Beard -Growing Competition
Seaforth may I, call attention to
these facts: John Galt, Anthony
Van Egniond and "Tiger" Dun-
lop (except when he was in the
bush for many weeks at a time)
did not wear -beards; the three
major participants in creating
Confederation • George
Brown, John A. MacDonald and
George- Etienne Cartier — were
beardless. However, twothirds
of these most significant found-
ing fathers of Hurn and of
Canada were Scotsmen.
Our government has recog-
nized the contribution of Scot-
land to the making .of this na-
tion by causing the Tartan of
Canada to be created: Any. Can-
adian is entitled to wear it and
he can do so with proper pride.
Of course, those who have their
own clan tartans should wear
them.
Now then, while I heartily en-
-From The Huron Expositor _
Feb. 6th, 1942
Announcement was recently
made of the appointment of
Major Hugh A. McKay, as as-
sistant quarter master General of
Coastal Defence and Aircraft
Fortifications in Canada and
Newfoundland. With- the ap=
pointment goes a promotion to
the rank 'of Lieut. Colonel, Lt.
Col. McKay is a son of the late
James McKay of Egmondville.
Rev, Frank Gilbert, pastor of
'the United Church at Walton
acid in Moncrei€, who was cal-
led recently to serve as chap-
lain in the army, reports for
duty in Kingston. '
Seaforth relatives learnesi this
week of the promotion of Lieut.
Fred Crich to the rank .of cap-
tain. Capt. Crich enlisted soon
after the outbreak of war and
has been in England for nearly
two years.
Seaforth Fire Fighters, who
already have donated $25.00 to
the British Fire Fighters' Re-
lief Fund, approved a plan
whereby they expect to raise
an additional $200 for the"func}.
W. D. Manson, an employee
of N. Cluff and Sons had a
narrow escape from serious in-
jury when he was kicked by a
,horse. Mr. Manson was struck
on the hip and suffered painful
bruises. He was removed to
Scott Memorial Hospital where
he will be for a few days.
Dr, I. G. Smillie of Hensall,
left for Toronto, where he will
take a special two-month course
in St. Michael's Hospital and
following that, they will take
up residence in Kamloops, B.C.
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Campbell, Hay Township
was•the scene of a very interest-
ing event when a large number
of -neighbors and friends met to
honor their son, Roy of St.
Catherines, who is ''signing up
for overseas service. He was pre-
sented with a purse of money.
Hay Township Farmers' Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Co. held its
annual meeting in Zurich and
a feature of the year's business
was the donation of $1,800 to
the British war victims' fund.
Private Dalton Burns oi` Camp
Borden had the misfortune of
having the third finger on his
right hand amputated and the
next one badly crushed while
splitting wood at the home of
his father Frank Burns. He! was
confined' to the hospital for
treatment.
Mrs. Grace McPherson has
proved' to Kincardine where she
will open up a beauty 'shop.
Mr. Francis Phillips, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Phillips,
left this week to join the RCAF
and at present is in Toronto.
The estate bf the late James
Houston at the 16th of Grey,
has disposed of his farm to Mr.
Robert Dunlop of near Londes-
bore. This is one of the best
farms on the concession and
was owned by the Ifouston tam,
dorse any activity which focus-
ses attention ,on our 100th Birth-
day and certainly agree that a
beard -growing contest is a
worthy project, in the light of
our historical position and the -
action of the Government of
Canada in recognizing the na-
tional significance of the Scot-
tish 'tartan, it seems most ap-
propriate• -that the proposed pen-
alty- for any Seaforth adult
male who does not grow a
beard' should not 'be applicable
to any citizen who wears the
kilt during the Centennial Year.
Indeed, I would go farther
and suggest that the males of
Seaforth should be encouraged
to wear the kilt as a symbol of
the fortitude, independence and
pride of race which character-
ized our forefathers. _ _
For my part, I have no inten-
tion of either growing a beard
or paying a dollar and •a half
to an Irishman who (wouldn't
you know it?) already has a
head start• on his beard. But I
have ordered a kilt from Scot-
land (they're not so very ex-
pensive, you'll understand) and
I intend to wear it on marly..,oc,.
casions and, certainly, at what-
ever form of celebration the Sea -
forth Centennial Committee ar-
ranges for July 1, 1967. And
what's more, I shall be interest-
ed tosee how many of my fel-
low townsmen will have. the -
courage, to join me in this ges-
ture (neckties, waistcoats and
blazers do not count).
And I. need not add, Sir, that
the McLean tartans are most
handsome!
James Scott
(Editors Note — The wearing
of the tartan of course is a
priviledge and should never be
suggested ,_as the alternative to
a penalty. The McLean tartan,
like all tartans, is most 'attrac-
tive. Unfortunately certain of
the McLean knees will not
stand- up to the public scrutiny
made possible, by the wearing
of the kilt.)
Sugar and Spice
By. Bili: Smiley
JUST A STARTER
In recent years, there has
been a great deal of criticism
of education in this country,
from both outside and inside
the system. It doesn't take a Ph.
D. to realize that a whale of a
lot of it is justified. And I
speak as a parent, tax -payer,
and teacher.
Only by frantic efforts • and
vast infusions of money have
we managed to keep our system
a mere' couple of decades be-
hind the times.
I know it's easy to indulge in
hindsight But holy old jumpin'.
Jupiter, surely there could have
been a little foresight- some-
where along the line. Look
what we haye: shortage• of
buildings, shortage of teachers,
shortage of just about every-
thing except pupils. And a vast
surplus of them. This didn't
happen overnight, They wererl:t.
all born last summer. It was all
there 20 years ago, perfectly
obvious to anyone who could
add and. multiply. The only peo-
ple doing any multiplying were
the parents.
And the crazy part of it is
that we keep urging the kids to
stay in schools which haven't
enough room for the new crop
arriving. "Drop-out" has be-
come almost synonymous with
"delinquent". It doesn't matter
whether they're . doing any
work, on learning anything, or
are just being bored silly..
They're told to stay in school
until, through sheer old age
and the tidal wave pushing
from behind; they get a magic
piece of paper that will open a
golden door to success.
Chiefly to blame are parents.
They have my sympathy. Many'
of them remember the great
depression. Many others hon-
estly believe material security
means happiness. But far, far
too many of them, delude
themselves. They insist that
Jack, who wants nothing more
than to, get out of school and
become useful and happy as a
salesman or a policeman, has
the makings of a great surgeon,
.because he has always got, more._
than 60 marks in science. Or
that Jill, a born 'wife and moth-
er, who wants nothing more
than to get married, should
struggle through a course in
psychology, because she's al-
ways been a first-class baby -sit -
In The Years Agone
ily . for nearly 70 years, Mr.
Glenn Cuthill who has had the
farm rented from James Hous-
ton, will move to the 10th of
McKillop, his old home.
Dr. D. G. Stear has purchased
the practice of Dr. Ivan Smillie
.of Hensall.
Miss Lillian Southgate of
town met with .rather an •un-
fortunate accident in the chem-
istry period, While performing
an eixperiment, :she •spilt some
-chemical on her dress. A large
patch of the' front of the dress
was turned to a lovely shade of
blue.
Some 125 friends and neigh-
bors of Pte. Lloyd Papple, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Pppple
and James JdBrown, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Brown, who have
recently enlisted, honored them
at an enjoyable gathering at the
home of Mr. and Mrs, -Harry
Stewart in Tuckersmith. Wrist
watches were presented to both
of them' and an address read by
Roderick MacLean. '
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From The Huron Expositor .
Feb. 9th, 1917
Mr. Sam Reid of the Mill
Road, disposed of a very fine
team of yearling general pur-
pose geldings to his neighbor,
Mr. John Nicholson. The price
was a long one and Mr. Nichol-
son has one of the best teams
in the district.
A carload of coal came to L.
Beatty- of Brucefield and was
quite a God send. to many who
were scarce of coal.
Mr. Wm. Gray and Mr. Thos.
McMichael are in Toronto at-
tending the Fairs Association
convention, as delegates from
the Blyth Agricultural Society.
Lt. Gordon Gauld of Hensall,
who is on active service over-
seas, has been lately awarded
the military cross for galant
'services.
Mr. John Scott, of Roxboro,
received a wire from the Militia
Department, stating that his son
Pte. James Thompson Scott, had
been officially reported wound-
ed on Jan. 28th, with a gun
shot wound in the face. He enlis-
ted in Edmonton and has been
in the trenches for some months.
Capt, Frank Jackson, a well
known old Seaforth boy, is here
enlisting recruits for the 257th
Railway Construction Battalion.
The committee in charge of
the old time dance, held in Card -
no's 'Hail, were most unfortun-
ate from a weather point of
view as the night was one of
the stormiest and coldest nights
of the season. The proceeds
were $118.00.
Miss Emily Deem and Miss
Annie Gordon a 'ret in Toronto:
this week attending the mill.
tart' Opening.
Russell Bays visited his moth-.
or, Mrs, John hays on hit Mat
leave before going overseas,
The noon train woo •fro'tn fine
to six hours late on Monday
and Tuesday owing to weather
conditions on the line near Buf-
falo.
Mr. Palmer Whitely leaves for
New Jersey, where he intends,
engaging in the undertaking
business.
Messrs. George Harn and Rus-
sell Dorrance of McKillop were
in Toronto attending the con-
vention of the Ontario Fairs As-
sociation as delegates from, the
Seaforth Agricultural Society.
Mr. A. G. Smillie, who has
been residing in town" since he
left the farm two years ago,
has purchased a residence in.
Toronto and intends moving his
family. The members of the Young
Peoples' Society met in the base-
ment of Duff's, Presbyterian
Church and presented Mrs. Gil-
bert Gregg with a handsome
Bible prior to her leaving for
her new home in Moose Jaw.
Mr. James McFarlane of Stan-
ley was in Toronto attending
the Dominion Sheep Breeders
Association.
Again we record the passing
of one of Hullett's pioneer set-
tlers in the person of Solomon
Rogerson, at the age of 90 years
and six months.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
Feb. Sth, 1892
Mr. R. Harvey, Thames Road,
Usborne, has purchased the 150
acre farm of the late James
Jory, situated about one mile
west of his present home. Mr.
Harvey is now said- to be the
possessor of 550 acres of the
best land in the township. The
farm and buildings realized
$10,000-
J. Brunsden and son of Lon-
desboro, are '• getting ready a
ear load of wagons, etc., which
they intend shipping to Mani-
toba.
Mrs. John Grieve of McKillop
near Seaforth; celebrated her
83rd birthday by entertaining
her sons and daughters with
their families and several old
friends at a social party,
Mr. John R. Grant of Winni-
peg and for many years, post-
master at Brussels, was in town,
At a meeting of the Public
School Board, Mr. M. Y. •Mc-
Lean was elected chairman and
Mr. Wm. Ballantyne, the board's
representative on the Collegiate
Institute's Board.
Mr. David Johnston has pur-
chased the building he now oc-
cupies. on Main St,, from the
Meyer estate for the sum. of
$6,000.
Pour car loads of land rollers,
manufactured at the Seaforth
Foundary, were shipped from
here for Manitoba.
The meiiibers of the choir of
1 irst Presbyterian Church were.
pleasantly entertained at Thorn-
to�z Mil by Mr, and, Mrs. A-relii-'
bold, OW
Mr. T, J. Berry of Hensall,
shipped one of the , finest car
loads of horses that ever left
this station.
One of those pleasing events
which only come around once
in twenty years was celebrated
at the residence of Mr. John
Johnston,' Varna. - About 70
guests were present. The young-
er portion of the guests enjoy-
ed ,themselves in tripping the
light fantastic toe, in the wee
small hours.
Mr. Thomas O'Hara of Beech-
wood is drawing home material
with which to raise and enlarge
his barn.
Miss Mary Ford of Tucker -
smith left to attend 'the Sea-
forth Collegiate Institute.. As
she is an unusually bright young
lady, we have no doubt but.' that
she will meet with success.
Mr. Alexander McKenzie of
ter.
Almost equally to blame are
the big industries and institu-
tions, from oil companies to
banks. They are too lazy, dr too
cheap, or both, to interview
young people and hire them on
what they are. It's much easier
and a lot cheaper, just to says
"We don't want anybody unless
he has at least a Grade 12 certi-
ficate", even if all they want
him to de is stick square pegs
in round holes.
Another thing vastly wrong -
with education is the' way it is
financed. Let's take a couple of
examples. Here's an elderly
couple on a small, fixed -in-
come. After years of struggling,
they own their own house. They
pay $400 a year in municipal
taxes. About half of that is for
education, even though they've
paid taxes for years to educate
their own. children or, if child-
less, somebody else's.
This system makes a mockery
of the concept that every child
has, the same educational op-
portunities. Don't try to tell me
that the kid in a poor bush
town in the north has the same
facilities, options and quality of
teaching as the kid in a rich
suburb. He simply does not.
Money makes the difference,
And speaking of. inequalities,
isn't there something quite ri-
diculous in a country of 20 mil-
lion having 10 seperate and dis-
tinct educational systems?
Much larger countries have one
system, and yet have far more
diversity and opportunity with-
in that one than we have with
out 10 rigid and separate ones.
It is provincialism, literally and
figuratively.
Ridity is another thing that
sticks in my craw, We have ri-,
gid curriculums, rigid time,
tables, rigid divisions of the
school year, • and anything else
rigid that avoids difficulty and
keeps the• •vast, Victorian vehi-
cle shambling along somehow.
• You know what? I'm getting
a little 'worked up about this.
But you can't keep a good belch
down, and I've. been developing
indigestion overthe whole
business for some time.
$o rather than "galloping off
In all directions, let's say this is
thefirst of a series of articles.
on education by a plain, ordi-
nary layman. .I'll bet you can
hardly wait for next week's
thrilling instalment..
the 2nd of Tuckersmith has
been drawing bricks for some
time for the erection of a new -
house. He drew from,Mr. Fos-
ter's kiln in Hay, at one load,
2,205 bricks.
Mr. Wm. Caldwell, who has.
been the guest of Thomas Sher-
ritt of Blake, has returned' to
Dakota.
Quite an exciting runaway
took place when a young man
named Morrison from McKillop
started for home with a spirit-
ed team attached to a cutter.
He couldn't control the team
and they ran ,for about a mile
when they met Mrs. Moses
Hannah with a horse and cut-
ter. The two rigs became mixed
up in a promiscuous heap. Mrs.
Hannah was thought to be sev-
erely injured and was 'taken to
Seaforth,
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