The Huron Expositor, 1973-05-31, Page 1Ltl
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SEAFORTH ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 31; 1973. 16 Paget- aM, A 1700.1n.Adygictiv., •
_Fat* yoOili seek
honors stock
judging'
Wallop farmer
to sail across the
S.D.H. students named the student council executive in a closelyfought election last week.
Shown , planning activities for next year are President Clayton Fraser and standing Barbara
Kerslake, Treasurer, Tom Murray, Vice President and Anne 'Stewart, Secretary. • (Oke Photo)
m TUdeersmith -ounts talks
on garbage disposal plan.
Bryan Hodgert, son
of ,Mr. and Mrs. wm.
Hodgert, Seaforth,received
his Bachelor of Mathe-
matics Degree in Honours
- applied analysis and Com-
puter Science on Friday at
the University of Waterloo.
He has accepted a position
with Mutual Life Assurance
Company of Canada in
Waterloo.
in Waterloo
Huron Road survey and,lying ,to
the south of Lot 35, concession 2,
in the Huron Road survey -
located on the Conestoga College
property at Vanastra.
The by-law will be forwarded
Susan Leonhardt,
da ter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lest Leonhardt received
her Bachelor of Landscape
Architecture degree from
the University of Guelph at
their 'Spring Convocation on
May 25th.
to the Clerk of Huron County so
that Huron County Council, during
its session on May 31, may be
able 'to, pass a complementary
by-law - for •it, and then
Tuckersmith by-law cart- be
registered.
The registering of the by-
law is another step to be taken
in preparing for the takeover
by the township of Vanastra.
Three residents of Vanastra
attended the council session at
Huron Centennial School, Bruce-
field, to discuss the disposal of
garbage at Vanastra' when the
township takes over from the'
present owners. They were Mr.
and Mrs.' James Broadfoot and
Gordon Burgess, ,
The spokesman for the trio,
James Broadfoot, said he had
done some research on garbage
collection - talking to private
garbage collectors, ' getting
approximate rates etc. He stated
that two contractors were pre-
pared to go to Vanastra and call
house to house, talk with the
inhabitants and set definite rates.
Councillor Vince Fowlie of
Vanastra said he would prefer
having Tuckersmith Council in
charge of garbage collection to
provide a disciplined service to
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Foundation
receives $100
The Van Egmond Foundation
has received a tionation of $100
from Miss Nancy Nott, Honolulu
Hawaii in memory of her
parents, the late Raymond and
Winnie (nee ,fuse) Nott, all'
former residents of Egmond-
ville.
Dpnations to the Foundation
in rhici-may. totalled $2,650.00 .
according to Treasurer Mrs.E.
Baker,
Intermittent showers and stiff
breezes could not sway the de-
termined from their task. Young
4-H' ers and junior Farmers aged
11 - 30 years, from all-mts of
the county gathered at the 'Sea-
forth,Fair Grounds on Saturday
to participate in the Annual Huron
County Livestock and Field rops
Judging CoMpetition.
In all there were 153 cortipeti-
tors. " In fact, the weather is
probably a conduc lye factor in
the large :turnout, commented
Bob McNeil, #64 Goderich, Presi-
dent of the 4-H leaders. If it
was a sunny day most of these
Host gr up
insurance
companies
The McKillop Mutual Fire
Insurance Company which has
served the Seaforth district'since
1876 hosted the Group 6 spring
meeting of the Mutual Fire
Underwriters Asseciation • of,
Ontario, at the Seaforth Legion
Hall on. Tuesday.
The day long meeting con-
vened at 10:30 when the '70 odd
delegates were welcomed by
Group 6 President, Frank
Thompson, Dungannon.
Representatives of the M.F.
U.A. were Kenneth Campbell,
President of Dungannon and Mel
McIntyre, Executive Sec., Cam-
bridge.
Farm Mutual Reinsurance
was represented by Herb
McFadden, Sec. Manager ,and
Bruce Bird, Assistant Sec.
Manager, both of Lindsay.
Visitors from, Hay Farmers'
Mutual, Zurich, also attended.
The report.of present figures
indicated losses of the various
companies were higher than a
year agd at this time.
The group requested that
thorough study be' made by the
M.F.U.A. on all ,'phases of the
insuring of trailer homes as
Mutual Companies are going to
be faced with this to an increas-
ing degree in rural areas.
Mel McIntyre reported a
task force body had been meeting
to study brooder houses particu-
larly to set up a code of standards
for the installation of propane
heat. This', also was endorsed
by the group,
During the luncheon period
Robert Archibald, McKillop
president welcomed' the •group
and Mayor F.C.J.Sills extended
a welcome on behalf of Seaforth.
James R. Scott, Seaforth,
guest speaker, talked of he
settlement of the Huron tract
and it'(so three founding fathers,
Col. Van Egmond, "Tiger" Dun-
lop and John Gait. ,
After dinner Allan George,
Hanover, demonstrated a
catalytic heater. These heaters
efficiently combine propane and
oxygen in the presence of a
catalyst, platinum, to produce
beat without flame at tempera-
tures at or below 750 degrees F.
' Products of combustion are
steam and carbon dioxide. It's
flame/ sness was effetively
demo trdted to the rellollof his
audien e when he doused it in
lighter fluid.
Bruce B.Ird explained using
detailed charts, fire, wind and
liability reinsurance agreements
on trailers.
Group 6 includes the following
companies: Culross Mutual,
Teeswater; Formosa Mutual,
Formosa; Germania Farmers'
Mutual , Ayton; Grey and Bruce
Mutual, 'Hanover; Howick Far-
mers' Mutual, wroxeter; Duffer-
in Farmers' Mutual - Shelburne;
McKillop Mutual, Seaforth; West
Wawanosh Mutual , Dungannon.
youngsters would be. at home
Working,,' he said. Mr.-McNeil
has had a long career in 4-H
as a member for nine years and
a leader for six. He says that
the 11 year olds are a pleasure ,
to work with because they are
so keen.
Len MacGregor; Extension
Assistant for , Huron County,
Clinton, was in charge of the
competition. Their philosophy is
also the club motto, he said,
"Learn to Do by Doing;" td aid
yc1ng people in leadership,per-
.sonal levelopment and good farm
Ma-nagemeiht.
registration began at 8 A.M.
4eethe cont'e'stants-paid.. a 25
fee and divided up into sections
to receive judging instructions.
After that they were on their
Own. ' Gordan Papple, # 5, Sea-
fOrth acted as announcer and
morning chairman.
• ;Livestock classes were:
quarterhorses, dairy cattle, beef
cattle, swine, sheep, hog car
casses, and beef cuts. Field
crops: corn seed, barley seed,
mixed hay, plus an identification
class of.. weeds, feed stuffs,
grains, wheat seeds and farm
utensils.
The judging of the various
classes took place in the morn-
ing and in the afternoon three
,sets of judges-took reasons on
the classes. As soon as every-
one gave their reasons, official
placings were announced. The
prize, money was made available
by the •Agricultural Committee of
the Huron County Council,
through a grant to the Junior Ex-
tension Fund. In each section
$5, $3, $2, and ten $1 prizes.
Results:
Senior - 9 competitors -
open to all young men and
women 18 - 30 years of age
arid'• also to all those Ivlio have'
repfesented the County on Royal
'Teams and Graduates of a, Two
Year Diploma Course in' Agri-
culture. 1st - Joe Phelan, #2,
Blyth score•- 800 - pessible
875; 2nd. - Barry Gordon, #1,
Seaforth - score - 785 - psis-
sible 875.
Intermediate - 39 competi-
tors - open to all young„ men
and women 15 - 17 years of
age ,who have not represented
the County on a Royal Winter
Fair Judging Team. 1st =Harry
Franken, #2, Auburn r score
784 - possible 875; 2nd. Tie -
Dave Mewhinney, #1, Lucknow -
score - 774, - possible 875 -
Jim Nivins, #3, Auburn - score
774 - possible 875.
Junior - 46 competitors
open to all men and women 12-
14 years of age including pre-
vious participatns in 4-H inter-
Club 'in Gdelph. 1st - Eddie
Franken, #2, Aubtirn - score -
769 - possible 875; 2nd. - Glenn
Dougherty, #6, Goderich - score -
750- possible 875.
Novice - 36 competitors -
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Winner
Joan Flannigan of Seaforth,
*won the twenty-sixth and final
weekly' prize of $25. in the Lions
Car Club 3. The wind up draws
take place at, a dance at the
Arena on June 15.
Gain $2,796
in cancer gifts
Gina totalling $2,796.00 have
been received by the Seaforth
district cancer campaign com-
mittee according to -the chair-
man, R.J.Spittal.
Mr. Spittal said the campaign
books would remain open until
June 9th and any who had omitted
making a gift could do so.
Reversing the direction in
which the ancestor of one of them
had sailed more than a hundred
years ago two area men left
their homes Thursday morning on
a 'journey that will take them on
the first leg of the more than
three thousand miles to Ports-
mouth, England.
Ken Campbell of R.R.1, Dublin
and . Harry Whale of Hanover
loaded their 36-foot'sloop, Mary
Poppies, on a big transport truck,
which they drove to Halifax where
they set sail across the North
Atlantic.
The men are fulfilling a long-
time dream that started to shape
up with the purchase in October
1970 of the Mary PoppiruPfrOm
Dr, Jonathan Stanley of Toronto.
The boat had- been built for Dr.
Stanley in 196'4 by the Cheoy-
Lee Boat Yards in Hong Kong.
Dr. Stanley 'and his wife sailed
the boat to Canada from England
via the Carribean.
Murray Cardiff of Ethel drove
with them to Halifax and with
Fire -area
names Chief
Don Hulley has been ap-
pointed Fire Chief of thecSeaforth
Fire Area Board. The appoint-
ment was made at a meeting
Monday. He will succeed long-
time chief John F. Scott , when
Mr. Scott 'retires at the end Of,
June:
Tom Phillips was named
Assistant Fire Chief.
Peter Kling and James Patin
were named captains.
MISS NORA R. HODGINS
Nora R. Hodgins, secretary-
trea'surer of the105,000-membet,
Ontario Teachers' Federation
was awarded an honorary doctor
of laws degree from the Uni-
versity of Waterloo, on Friday.
A native of Seaforth where she
attended public school, she is a
daughter of the late Dr. Hodgins
and Mrs. Hodgins. Dr. Hodgins
practised dentistry here prior to
enlisting in the First War. Her
mother was the former Gladys
Henderson. •
Miss Hodgins became the first
permanent secretary of the
Federation when it was formed
in 1944 with the passage of the
Teaching Profession Act of-On-
tario. The Federation had a
starting membership of 23,000
teachers,
For almost 30 years,
lvliss Hodgins has co-ordinated
the activities of the Federation
Dr. Glen Oliver of Lando for-
merly of, grey Township igniting
with them from Halifax as far
as St. John's, Newfoundland, Dr.
Oliver flew to Hall,fax Saturday
to Join them, and assist in rig-
ging the boat. •
Setting sail on Tuesday they
expect to react)' Portsmouth in
about four weeks where they will
visit with Mr. Whales' parenta
who reside near the city.
Mr. Campbell and Mr.Whale
will fly home to Canatia, perhaps
leaving their sloop to be sold by
bfikes in Ontario
•
Ceremony
which is the official and legal
body representing elementary
and secondary teachers in the
province.
, She has also represented On-
tario teachers nationally at the
Canadian Teachers' Federation
meetings and internationally,
since 1948, at the World
Confederation of Organizations of
the Teaching Profession.
She is also credited „with
spearheading and helping to, or-
ganize the Ontario Association
for Curriculum Development,
the' Ontario Educational Research
Council, the Ontario Mathematics
Commission, and the Ontario
Curriculum Institute.'
Miss \Hodgins attended high
school at \Humberside Collegiate
in Toronto. In 1934, she gra-
duated with Honours in English
and History from the University
of Toronto. In 1935, she ob-
tained her teaching certificate:
Hospital
The Board of 'Seaforth Com-
munity Hospital held its inaugural
meeting Tuesday evening and re-
elected Mrs. Joseph McConnell
as president for a second term.
MRS. JOSEPH MCCONNELL
Clayton ,Looby, Dublin, is vice,
pres,tdent while the secretary is
LleYcl Hoggarth and treasurer,
Gordon McKenzie.
Reporting for the property
committee in the absence of
chairman Robert Wilson, James
M. Scott said levelling of fence
bottoms had been completed on
that portion of the hospital prop-
erty which was rented as land.
A new line fence had been erec-
ted on the east side of the pro-
perty. Fertilizer and weed kill
had been applied to the Hospital
lawns.
The Board was informed that
a pre accreditation survey of
the hospital would take place on
June 25. The survey •is one of
the steps necessary before, the
hospital becomes accredited.
At a specials meeting of
Tuckersmith Township Council.
Tudesday night, third reading was
given a by-law to close an un-
opened road allowance on the east
of Lot 36, concession 2','-in the
Jack Riddell, Liberal MPP
for Huron riding, has introduced
a Private Member's Bill into
the Provincial Legislature which
would ensure safer sdhoolbuses
for Ontario'g students. Mr.
, Riddell's Bill 'attacks the prob-
lem of schoolbus safety from
two directions: safer ',Uses, and
safer schoolbus drivers.
"Let's consider the facts",
Mr. Riddell said. "In a school-
bus there are no seatbelts and
there are no, padded armrests;
passengers must often stand
while the bus is in motion; and,
most lethal of all, a steel bar
runs across the top. of each seat-,
back at just the right height to
mutilate the face and teeth of a
child thrown forward by a sudden
stop • or collision. passenger
cars are required by law to,
have seatbelts and padding to
give crash • protection but; by
some bizarre reasoning, such
safety 'precautions are not re-
quired by schoolbuses."
Mr. Riddell's Bill would call
for the Government to set stan-
dards for schoolbus construct-
Honor Seaforth native
a broker. ••
They have a full six week"(
sUpply of food --.1nainly canned,
Mr. CaMpbell'S wife,,,,tpart, ,with
tar three chiltfren e daughter
Kim 13, sons- Kevin 14 andaraxi-
ley 9, flew to HalifaX Sunda)" to
see them off and coMPlete'stock-
ing the food larder.
On the truck trip to Halifax
ttrey Were accompanied by the
owner of the thick; George Jutgi
of Brussels, Art Bolton of R.R.I, •
Dublin and. Marten Vincent of
Seaforth.
Huron MPP moves to
ensure school bus safety ,
Schoolbus drivers would also be e required to take .regular defen-
sive driving courses, emergency
first-aid training and a course
in practical, basic child .
psychology so that the driver
can effectively administer disci-
pline and maintain order in his
vehicle.
"The requirements that
have outlined are not particularly
revolutionary," said 1V1r.Riddell.
"They are only common sense
and they are absolutely essence
tial to protect those students who
ride in schoolbuses. Every
parent in Ontario should be
requesting Government legislat-
ion for provision for interior
occupant protection and uniform
Safety practices. Whose res-
ponsibility is schoolbus safety?
I believe it is the Government's
and I believe the time to enact
legislation is now."
ion. He suggests that all school-d
GSA Standard p250-4,11atkilliarfl--"BOard OS
automobile dash-type padding
protection. Mr. Riddell further
should surround the passenger n
seating area. to provide craSly inatigural
calls for more stringent and . •
more frequent mechanical fit-
ness inspectioniwithsuppleitien-,
tary random surprise spotchecks
by Department of Transport in-
spectors.
Mr. Riddell's Bill also calls
for higher Standard's for Ontario
schoolbus drivers.. The Depart-
ment of Transportation is called
on to investigate the ,police and
driving records of an applicant
for a schodlbus driver's licence
before granting such a licence.
Whole No, 5490
114t4 Year.
'Plowmen will discuss
International in Huron
Joyce E. Roe graduated
from University of Water-
too May 25 with a Bachelor
of Science Degree in
Honours Kinesiology Co-
Operative Programme.She
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Roe, Seaforth.
Sheila Janet Dietz;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Mervin Dietz, R.R.#1, Dub-
lin received her Bachelor
of Arts Degree in Mathe-
atics from Waterloo
Lutheran University at the
Spring Convocation in
Kitchener Memorial Audi-
torium. She is a graduate
of S.S.No. 8 McKillop and
S.D.H.S.
e f Huron Plowmen's Association
46th annual plowing match will
be held on September 15, in Hay
Township on the Howard Datars
farm, Ldt '5, Concession 12 -
1 mile north of Dashwood.
A coaching day is planned for
September 14, when expert
coaches will be on hand to give
expert advice on the proper way
to set a plow in order to make
tife best job of plop:Wing.
Plans are completed to hold a
draw .fot ko carcass of beef valued
st $450.00 - First prize - half
of •the carcass; second prize -
hind quarter; third prize - front
quarter.
A meeting has been called of
all the agricultural organizat-
ions, fair boards and County
council fdr June 28th at 8:30 In
the cafeteria of Central Huron
Secondary School, Clinton, , to
discuss the possibility of hosting
the International Plowing Match
in 1978.
Directors of the McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company
were hosts Tuesday to representatives of companies in
Group 6 of the M.F.U:IL Shown at the head table'following the
Noon luncheon are (left) H. H. McFadden, Sec. Manager
Reinsurance plan, James R. Scott who spoke at the luncheon,
Margaret Sharp, see. Mgr. of MclalloO lnStitarice and
Secretary of Group 6, P. Thompson, presideht of Group 6,
Robert Archibald, president of MelMeIntYre, Exec.
Sec.. of the M.F.U.A. and Mayor Frank Sills, Seaforth.
(Staff Phato).