The Huron Expositor, 1970-10-01, Page 2
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SEAPORTH, ONTARI 0, October 1, 1970
Errors In Area Planning
As It Was Then
• • • And 'Now (Nth 2
Royal Block, Seaforth, About 1880
_Royal .Block, Seaforth,- 1970
"From GoderichiStreet to the railway track, all the first stores built oh
both sides of Main Street were frame, with the exception of Dickson's at the
corner of Main and T .St. Joh" Street. It, when built, was only a small brick building. '
In the same year, 1857, that Downey built his 'Albert Edward' Hotel,
Robert Carmichael ad George soale together crossed•• the Atlantic Ocean, and after a voyage of several weeks landed at New York. In 1859 they came
to Huron County, and in 13r.) Carmichael gave Soole the contract to build a
frame hotel. on the site where McKernan's log tavern had stood. Some of
Soole's account was 'paid 'in produce. One item •nentioned was 33 pounds of
beef at 6 per pound., The kitchen of this hotel was moved to St. John Street
by the 1870's, and it was here Robert Carmichael and his wife spent the last
years of their life. It "is now the hom.., Mrs. William Montgomery and farnly.
Carmichael replaced the frame hotel with a brick one, containing two stores, in the spring of 1869. This 'Mansion HOuse' was burned in 1876, and again he,
bult in 1877 the present brick building with tWo stores to the south of it., This hotel, was opened for business on May I, 1578." (From the "Story of Seaforth"
by Isabelle Campbell) '
From My Window
— By Shirley J.. Keller
The subject I Opened in last week's
column was just too large, to be covered
in one issue. You •may not even want
to hear more abut it and that is your
privilege. In that case, however, I sug-
gest you quit reading right here and now.
If, you do' want to consider my plan to
unite the 'parents of the world into one
strong organization to standardize the
rules and regulations governing kids, I'm
loaded with ideas.
e I think our house' is a fairly normal
one. We have two teenagers and one pre-
schooler, one father' and one mother. We
have four bedroom's, two bathrooms, one
liVingroom, one diningroom, one kitchen,
' one familyroom and one basement. Mother
and father work from approximately 8 to
5 daily and the two older children are in
school from about 9 to 4claily. There
are no pets. There is one car, one
average-sized lawn and the usual stack
of garbage to be handled weekly.
My husband and I try to enforce the
following rules and regulations in our
household: everyone out of bed by Seven
o'clock Monday through Friday: each per-
son makes his or her own bed: each
person completes one task before leav-
ing the house - e. g. daughter dresses
the preschooler; preschooler carries the
garbage to the backyard; older son
clears the table and dries the disheh;
mother washes th e dishes and plans
something for lunch; father empties ash -
trays and tidies the livingroom from
the night before.
E'Veryone is then left to his or her
own devices until after school or work.
At that lime, daughter starts 'supper;
son cleans the bathrooms; presdhooler
does some dusting; father noes whatever
it is that fathers do in the basement and
outdoors; mother finishes supper and
starts the washing.
Dinner is eaten together - Without
interrupts n from .the telephone or cal-
lers at the door.
After dinner on school and v,!orknights,
children do the 'dishes; father completes
his -fatherly chores (you know what I'
mean . . . repairing broken windows or
sharpening kriives 'or fixing tea kettles);
mother completes the laundry, the iron-
ing and whatever other little chores need
to be done.
Homework is then tackled while par-
ents look after' correspondence Or 'chat
about what to do about the furnace which
could need replacing by fall and how to
meet the tax payment due this month.
By now it is about eight o'clock ...
maybe 'a little later.• -The younger child
must go to bed. The older two may go for
.a walk -hr watch television or play those
wretched drums or talk on the telephone
or see a show or go. visit a friend or ...
Well, just about anything until it is 10
o'clock. Then all other activity Ceases
and everyone begins to get ready for '
bed so we can do It all over again the
next day.
On the weekends, Saturday morning
is to be spent with the weekly clean-
ing whatever other chores need doing.
Saturday evening may' reqhire a baby-
sitter for that, is parents' night out.
(Friday night is the kids' night to howl).
Sunday morning, everyone must attend
weekly worship services at our church.
Now do those 'rules sound too rough.
I don't think so. either. I figure that by
keeping the children (and ourselves) on
some kind of a work schedule, my hus-
bend and I are teaching by examplelhat •
life has its obligations as well as its
leisure moments for pleasure-seeking.
Not so with- some of the young people
with whom our children hang out. r don't
know whether they don't have anything
constriictive to do or not, but I know that
the above work schedule is almostimpos-
sible to enforce because so many of the
young people are absolutely Ire° agents
it seems, able to come and go as they
see fit without any regard for respon-
sibilities 'of any kind. (More next week.)
gests a growth pattern from south to
• north along Lake Huron with a new
transportation corridor to accommo-
date the movement.
What makes the whole matter so dis-
turbing to the average citizen is that.
there appears to have been no overall
look at the problem. Like the govern-
ment's assessrpe,nt program, jumping
as it does from one 'expediency to an,
other; planning for the region is going.
on in several directions' at the same
time.
If as Mr. MacNaughton indicates,
the present proposals are to become, on
approval, the basis for long term' de-
cisions it it; increasingly important that
the premises 'on which their conclusions
are based are accurate..
A subsequent discussion program in
Exeter made apparent the extent to
which inaccurracies existed and it
'is this recognition that has moved
a number of area municipalities to an
intensive study of the proposals.
Such a , study, which appears else-
where in this issue, now has been com-
pleted in Seaforth by clerk E. M. Wil-
liams, acting on instructions from
council. It, like other similiar studies,
points up the fallacy of reaching con-
clusions on incorrect:or incomplete in-
" -formation or as' a -result of lack of
knowledge of the subject.
Hopefully the government will heed
these representations.
Collegiate Institute was held in the school
auditorium to elect offiCers for the stu-
dent's council. Don Stephen-son acted as
chairman and the election resulted as
follows: - President, Lenore Habkirk,
vice president, Gordon Wilson; secretary,
Patricia Bechley; treasurer, Lois
Whitney. •
A large crowd of neighbors and friends
gathered at Forrester's Hall, Constance
when they honoured Mr. and Mrs. Robert
McMillan, newly weds.
Mrs. J. C. Cbchrane was hostess
for Miss Audrey Cochrane, bride elect
when ••about 130 guests were present
at a trousseau- tea.
Mrs. J. M. Gllies of Winthrop,. was
hostess in honor of Miss Margaret Mont-
gomery, at a miscellaneous shower. Miss -
Isabelle Curry read an address and Miss
Betty Montgomery assisted in opening
the gifts.
G. C. Brightrall has moved into the
house he purchased from Mrs. J. H. Best.
Among those who returned from Over-
seas this week were: Ptes. Earl Mont,
gothry, Glen Somers and Ian Nesbitt.
OCTOBER 1, 1920.
For the first time in a number of
years ideal weather prevailed on both
days .of the annual Fall Fair of the
Seaforth Agricultural Society.
A violent thunder storm passed over
Chiselhurst followed by torrential rains
and a damaging wind which laid, low
many trees. Several orchards suffered
severely.
Large numbers from lEirucefield at-
tended Seaforth Fair being interested in
the school ,parade when No. 3. Tueker-
smith took highest laurels.
Rally day services *ere held at
Brucefield. The Church was beautiful
with flowers and there was special music
by the children's choir under the leader-
ship of Miss G. Grainger.
John McAllister 'of Hensall, had a
horse drop dead while teaming for Mr.
Geiger, when be was getting in his big
flax crop. '
Wm. Webster of town brought into
this office several stalks from a rasp-
berry bush that were taken from, his_
garden and which were laden with ripe
- berries of e large size.
The millinery openings were held on
Fair day, The dry goods merchants,
Messrs. Stewart Bros. and J. MacTavish
have so established a zecord, for stylish
millinery that it is needless to say that
the display was quite up to the expec-
tation of the ladies.
James Sleeth of Sarnia sang a solo
very acceptably in First Presbyterian
Church.
Many friends of Bert Van Egmond
of Regina, will regret to learn that he
met with a very serious accident while
duck hunting and his gun exploded car-
rying away part of his left hand.
J. F. Daly, - the local Ford dealer,
has recently placed tractors with the
following: - J. Scott and Miller Adams,
Hullett; Merner and Fee, Seaforth; J.
Hay, Tuekersmith; Bert Peck, Stanley
and J. McDonald, Walton.
Miss Beatrice Larkia of town left
to resume her studies at McGill Univ-
ersity.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Alex
Wilson took place from First Presby-
terian Church and drew a largo assem-
blage of people. Dr. Fletcher of Thames
Road and Dr. F. H, Larkin conducted the
service., ..
In the Years Agone
Initial reaction to the report "De-
sign for Development", Midwestern
Ontario "Phase 1 Analysis" which was
unveiled some weeks ago in Listowel
was that it, provided comfirmation of
a situation already well known to peo-..
pie living in Huron and in much of
Perth.
The situation simply was that prey-
` incial policies during the post war
years had resulted in a continuing
down grading of the standards, in this
area in relation to those in most parts
of the province.
While perhaps it . wasn't one of the
purposes of the report, nevertheless it
emphasized the brain drain that has
been occuring in Huron for twenty
years.
This in turn has been a reflection of
a policy which appears to have
encouraged development and growth -of
urban areas at the expense of counties
such as Huron.
lion. C. S. MacNaughton has indicat-
ed that once the proposals are formally
adopted they will become the founda-
tion of future planning and 'decision
making in so far as development of the
area is concerned. Presumably they
will take precedence over similiar re-
ports by other departments of govern-
ment despite the difference in approach -
which some adopt. The latest in these
costly studies for instance is issued by
the Ontario Economic Council and sug-
OCTOBER 4, 1895.
While Mr. Pfewes of Tuckeremith
and his children were returning from
the field, the horses were" running and
scared the children and while one of
- them, was running to her father, she was
run over by the horses and one of her
legs broken.
D. Wsmiller, general merchant in
Hensaa, has sold out his stock and good
will to J. W. Ortwein of Zurich. •
James Coxworth of Hensall intends
providing a good skating 'and 'curling
rink this winter for lovers of these
sports.
Wm: McCloy, the popular auctioneer
at Hensall, is now kept busy filling
sale engagements.
There was quite a bustle around the
neW Commercial Hotel. The new car-
pets had arrived and were being laid.
J. F. Clark of 'the Golden Lion, supplied
the furnishings.
Wm. Stogdill who works for Wesley
Beattie, had the misfortune •to get his
fodt caught in thc hay press. It is badly
bruised and sprained.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Lyon, of town,
left for Toronto where they will in future
reside. '
H. A. McPherson, who has acted as
Rev. A. D. McDonald's assistant,preached
his farewell sermon to a large congre-
gation. Wm. Ballantyne read an address.
Rev. Sam Fear, grandfather of T.V.
Fear of town celebrated his 93rd birth-
day by preaching to a large congregation
in the Methodist Church in Elora. '
John Snell of Kinburn has two apple
trees which are. now loaded with blos-
som e.
Jacob Weber, of town, took his hand-
some driving horse to the London show
and sold him there for $209.00.
James Rankin of town met with an
accident in the Broadfoot and Box fur-
niture factory. He was working at the
joiner and got his hand caught.
The Green farm on the 2nd. con-
cession of Hibbert, was sold by auction
and Was purchased by John Oidfield of.
Tuckersmith for $4,100.
Wm. Fotheringham of Tuckersmith,
whose barn was destroyed by lightning
a short time ago, is going to rebuild
on an enlarged scale, The contract
has been let to A. McBeth of Stanley.
Mrs. Henry Manson, Tuckersmith, has
sold her farm to Alex Gordon for the
sum of $2,900.
OCTOBER 5 ,, 1945.
' Mr. and Mrs. John McClure, 'highly
esteenied residents of 1VIcKillop Town-
ship, celebrated their 60th wedding an-
niversary. John McClure, was the eldest
son of Geo. McClure and Sara Torrance
and Agnes Smith was the daughter of
Robert Smith and Dolly Murray and were
united in marriage by the late Rev.Peter
Musgrove.
Award of the Military Medal 'to Sgt.
Edward P. Carron, of Paincourt, has
been announced. An infantryman When
he was first captured in Sicily in 1943
he escaped from the Germans three
times. He is a son of S. 'F. Carron
who Hired east of Seaiorth, on the farm
natv owned by Harold Jackson.
The first snow of the , season fell
and 'there was a short downpour of hail.
Possibly one or both will clear the air.
A Meeting -of the pupilsNof Seaforth
U you heard a sigh sometime recently
like an elephant about to lie down and
die, there was nothing to be alarmed about,
It was just the Smileys getting the last Of
two kids off to college.
Hugh isn't so tfad any more. Boys
aren't, generally. They'll jam some
clothes and junk into a suitcase •or two
and a duffel bag', and aff they go.
He had decided, after a couple of
years of waiting table and selling vacu-
um cleaners, that there might be some-
thing in that higher education stuff after
all, and went back last year.
Unfortunately, I promised that if he
buckled down, I'd give him some finan-
cial help. He buckled dawn just enough
to get "through his year, so this year
I'm stuck with paying his fees. As far
as eating goes, he's on his own.
Got him ff on an early bus, bound
for Halifax, with a big box of books
and frayed shirts and one suitcase,
mine, bulging. He was full, as usual, of
boundless optimism and great expectat-
ions. No-problem.
Kim is another kettle of fish. Or
fowl. A year 'ago we took her off to
university, got her registered, found her
a place to live, and made about four long
trips in six weeks to allay her loneliness,
buy -her more clothes, and change her
\living quarters twice.
She quit at Christmas and my stony
heart bled tears when I counted the dol-
lars down the drain. She was ill for a
time. Then she went out into the world
to seek her fortune. •
She discovered that the streets of the
city were paved with soot, not gold. After
a few months of being broke or working,
she chose the lesser of three evils, and
decided to go back to school. '
After an incredible delay, and weeks
of agonizing anxiety for her mother, her
application was accepted. (Dealing with
university bureaucracy is like dealing
with the government.)
I took her down and we checked out
the university. She liked it, to my amaze-
ment. I think what sold, her was that an
English professor we talked to introduced
himself by his first name, had long hair
and a beard, and when he stood up,
turned out to be in his bare feet.
She had expressed a desire to get
out of the city. Sick of the smog, traffic
and everything else that gees with it. She
wished she could go to college in a small
hewn. I pointed out that small towns do
not boast ,universities.
But this was as close to it as you
could get. Campus surrounded by or-
chards. A river winding through it. Well
out of the city •properedNo heavy traffic
within two miles. • By sheer good litek, caught the last
bed in a girls' residence. It's a co-
operative, with 14 girls. They do their
own cooking, cleaning, and make their own
rules. Great.
A girl who lived in the house said it
was fine. A stone's throw from the college.
It was a mess, but professional cleaners
were• coming in to clean, decorate and put
everything in order.
Then the doubts set in. "Dad, how can
I get along with 13 girls? What if my room-
mates don't like me? Wait'll they see me
come le with ,my guitar, in jeans and
sneakers." And so on.
In my jovial, fatherly way, I retorted:
'Look, kid, 25 years ago I was living
with 17 other fellows in a room-the size
of yours, and we got along."
The answer was typical 'of all kids,
the minute you start talking about the
tough old days. "Yeah, yeah, I know,
Dad, but 'that was in camp, and you had
no choice and I've heard it all before."
For once, I was firm. She was actually
pleased by my firmness. All settled. So
we took her down on Sunday, to get settled.
The house was still a mess. No cleaners.
No drapes up. No pillow cases. Two or
'three girls struggling around with furni-
ture, No *heat in the house on a cold
drizzly day.
It was bleak and dreary' and her
spirits went down like a thermometer in
an ice bucket. Typically, she hadn't even
packed a sweater. I left her the one I
was wearing.
When we left, she looked as woebegone
as a drunk .at a tea party. Her mother
moaned softly all the way home and has
been wringing her hands ever since. We'll
see.
To The Editor
Sir:
The Ontario Retail Sales Tax should
be abolished. It is unfair, awkward to
collect, and presses most severely on
those who can least afford it. If Ontario
imposes income tax, it should end sales
tax.
In 1968-69, sales tax produced about,
$485,587,552.53. Provincial income tax
collected by Ottawa was $620,475,685.33.
Ontario collected about $90.00 Rer head
from Income tax and $70.00 perhead from
sales taxi. At 1969 rates, a married men
,with a wife and two children 'earning $90.
weekly, paid about $62.40 per year in
Provincial income tax or about 1 1/4%
of his income, He paid 5% sales tax on
what he bought, subject to exemptions; a
higher percentage in sales tax than in
income tax. The little man pays the same
5% as the millionaire and must spend a
higher proportion of his income just to
survive. Income tax is at least progres-
sive and ranges from nothing on incomes
under $1,100.00 with higher percentages•
on higher incomes. This is fairer than
sales tax.
Sales tax is awkward to collect. Thou-
sands of har assed storekeepers are
forced to be underpaid revenuers and
collection costs run about 3%. Meanwhile,
Federhl machinery for collecting income
tax exists. By simply increasing the
Provincial income tax collected , Ontario
can raise the extra revenue needed at
no extra collection cost. Quebec, Manitoba
and Saskatchewan now do this. Why not
Ontario?
No one enjoys paying taxes, but if
taxes are to be levied, they should be
fair and equitable, but the Ontario Retail
Sales Tax j_snit.
In3hould)be abolished.
(Signed) John C. Medcof
Mount Albert, Ont.
ugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley