The Huron Expositor, 1977-02-24, Page 3LATE VICTORIAN! FRAME HOUSES ---- Storey and a 'half and two Storey frame
' houses were popular in •Ontario towns in the late Nineteenth 'Century and are
reflected in these Seaforth residences. Such homes featured steep gabled roofs with
verandas, ornate barge boards and intricate fret work on the gables, A unique
feature of, he hoUse in the lower picture, is thatit15 built in the ft5ritrof a cross each
end.'of which appears as. a bay window featuring, ornate design with panelling
brackets 'and., scrollwork.
The top photo is of a house on Church Street and the lower is on James Street...
Mpre photos.-of Seaforthis-architectural heritage will appear in later issues of the -
Expositor. • (Expositor PhOtos).,
Something to Say THE HVFIQN:EXPpSITOR; FEBRUARY 24, 1977 —3
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, 'RIGS
- PHONE . Neil 527-1737
Dud 527-0828 '
"Jim ,527-0775
famous, hilarious Farm Show, trucker in a big new candy apple
"1837", and others: 'The whole coloured, Kenilworth truck.
hour and a half show is in music Well, he chases Molly (maybe
and verse: . .
It's excellent music, by John
' C.Tr.4y, played by "John Gray and
Ed Henderson: Some Of the lyrics
and verse is 'good, Some of it's so
bloody awful that it's funny, like
"bones some." - an Atherican ' company. ---•
making lots of money driving for, when. "lonesone" rhymes: ,,with
The bestsong (number?) is the The shoW is about life and
one about . Sadie, "a „ hell of a "death' and things -truckers face
lady" a waitress at and 'the star- everyday on the road, including
of the Hollywood Grill"., a truck •• boredom t (trees in .New
stop near Kenora. 'But lots of the Brunswick ,trees in Quebec, trees.:
. songs are , humable,' they're all in. Northern Ontario).
Canadian and some of them are -- _There's rather a. heavy number
•
Watch for the : score' of ' "18 „.•
sellable as recordings, I think. about the big accident in blinding
Toronto Wheels" s- in the record store -:— • snow
-on Highway 400 north of
t9 a" few years .ago.
Anne• Anglin is Sadie and the Thursday night I didn't.like all the.
two truckers a re. Robert • kaley. gory detail that was pulled frOrit
and Frank Moore, They are pretty press reports of the disaster and
good singers and comics and from court hearings afterwards.
quite believable. , . It felt over done. We all 'know
The ,secand-best nuniber is one it's dangerous' to drive, but why
near the end about a trucker. and'tivArell'err-it7- I- thought. ,But....,
his , wife Molly. 'Molly 'gets couple of days later I found that
lonesome staying at home, starts "death on Highway 400'! scene'
...
travelling ., with' her' 'trucker.. Sticking in my mind.
husband and 'turns into the best
'-• . ' ,
is, that•-the southern travellers
hve used-up p their holidays while
we still have ours to look forward
to. '
Anyway, welcome back to the
travellers who've been south.
We've missed you more thin you'
know
* * * *
Whatever you do,- don't let
your frustration at being stuck
here in the snow while others
cavort down south, change you
into a snarling grouch".'We heard
unconfirmed reports:that a mini-
epidemic of mild fights broke out
at several social events in Huron
County over the weekend.
The fights were variously .
attributed to the state.of the moon
(it 'was a new one and not.v.isible)
and to the February Frustrations
or the blahs. If you really feel the •
fighting urge coming on, blow the •
budget and take' yourself off to
warmer climes. It's not worth a
-broken nose, the loss of 'a friend
or an injured ego to stay here and
suffer.
Is my _husband listening?
• ** ** **
Maybe there isn't a whole lot of
sense inwriting a review of "i8
Wheels", the Theatre Passe
-Muraile tnitsibal that played 'in
Memorial Hall Blyth on
Thursday night. -
It, was only a one night stand
and.probably your only'chance to
see it (if you weren't among the
sell-out d crowin Blyth)' will be if
you happen to be, Brantford
tonight or tomorrow night, or in
Chatham on Saturday night. ,
But maybe, just maybe, if the
blytli audience's tesponse is any
indieation, it'll be back in the area
some time, If it does conic back
and if ri-d\hke music, go and see
it.
,.18 Wheels" is a 'departure-
from the - •kind of thing that
Theatre Passe Muraille has don6
around, here in the past: . '.the
reports Clown in Florida" waS one
--trucker's comment about getting
a load through in ice and snow,
Theatre Passe Mutiille and the:-
Blyth Centre for the Aqs.,, who
sponsored their performance
have come through with another
good ode.
Now I'm looking forward to the
Blyth Festival's summer season.
If its summer shows are as good
as "18 Wheels" we've got an
interesting July and August to
look forward to. And who says
Western Ontario-is a cultural
wasteland? .
as, much because she's-built up
his business' as out of love) and
that Yankee all 'Over the U.S.A.
but finally gives up when he
learns that Molly has split with
the American and has' a 'JO
It did impress me with how
You're
Invited
trucker for .miles around, So her
husband lets her, do most of the
driving while he gets fat and lazy
and one night he comes out of a
truck stop to find that Molly has
taken off with --an American
fragile life is when you're out in
the road. I got a new respect for
truckers who have fantastic
_driving skills and must be out in
all kindS. of weather. :"My, bpss
deeSn't get the Canadian weather
Income Tax Returns done for
Senior Citizens:, with income less
than -$5,000 by Seaferth
:1-n- the librarY- starting
9:30 - 11:30 a,m. Wednesday,
March .2. For information call
527-1664 frbm 9 - •4 or Huron
-Volunteer Bureau 482-3037,
The Happy Citizens of Seaforth
will meet for euchre gatnes in the
Seaforth Legion. Hall on
Thursday, March 3 at 2, -p.m.
Ladies -please bring sandwiches.
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f est,
&fiction" .Satigfaction Servic
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...
s About this time every: winter,.
Seaforth ancLareadivides into two
classes. Yes, our friends, neigh-
bours and acquaintances are
suddenly made up of the people
who go down south and the
people who stay hoine.,
• To • my everlasting sorrow, I
belong- to the second group. '
It's a major phenomena and
surely some • psychologist out
there is interested in studying the '
effect that. a sudden trip out of
snow country to the- balmy
„breezes has on #1; those who go
and #2, those •they leave behind.
There's beep, 'such a run on
trips south, this winter that one
Expositor' staff member had' -to
case all three Seaforth banks
before she could get enough
American money and travellers'
cheques to make her trip 'to'
;Florida worthwhile. Another staff
Member was •so desperate to get
to warmer climates that she
reports that as soon as a plow.,
made. it down her road after the
big storm, she and her fellow
travellers followed it out with
' their suitcases.
Still another staff member here
left Saturday for a month in New
•-• -Orleans, 'Texas and Mexico.. Yet
" another Expositor person • is
planning to spend the school
midwinter break in 'Bermuda._
And we've -heard rumours that
the' , publisher (or at least 'the
-publisher's wife) is pushing for a
trip to. Florida some time soon;
Depressing isn't it, for those Of
us who-stay behind? '
"I wonder if Teresa's, got .her
" coat off yet?" I heard one person
in the front office say to another
very plaintively' late one cold
blustery day last week, maybe. six
hours after Teresa had left on her
trip south: '• •
And that's about'all we are left
with, we who spend the .winter at
home. . .vicarious dreams about
what it' must be • like to walk
around with your coat off, rest on
,, the beach and maybe even swim a
in mid-February or March.
One consolation, about-the only
one I ean'think of (and I've tried),;
heritage
• 1 1
• Thomas Anglican Church built in 1863 is the
Gothic ReviVal style.. It is characterized by
•• steeply: pitched roofs, pointed windows, and,
e' in houses, an abundance of the decorative
trim known as .bargeboard Or gingerbread.
Variations and interpretations of this style are
sometimes said to be in the PiEfireli "iine style.
About the time of Confederation: many
houses were built showing evidence ef--the
Italianate style, Houses of this type are often •
square, with square towers. Windows are
round headed in this style, argil many brackets:
generally decorate 'the eaves.
The Queen Ann style was popular between
1885 and 1900. Many houses in Seaforth are
built in this style. It is generally called simply
, the "Victorian" style, Houses of this type are
generally large and high, ceilinged, There is
often a tower offset in these houses and a
broad veranda.
. These broad definitions of the characteristi: '
styles of the nineteenth century serve only as
a reference point by which we may identify
elements of various-styles present in most
buildings constructed in the 1800's. -•
These styles were adapted and „Ift6ed,
often to suit the whim of the person for whom
a house was built. Sc, for ekample, it is not
unusual to see }lefties which are basically
Georgian in style sporting' neo-classical or
classic •revival porches. 4. Cottage Gothic
Revival houses. complete with bargeboard
• and pointed window under thegable inay.have
a neo-classical entrancewith fan transom and
sidelights. ••
it is this.,,,, richness of invention and
inspiration which is perhaps the, most pleasing
and fascinating aspect of our architecture.
• The only test which a critical eye
can apply to these combinations is one of '
- balance and • pronortibn. -WW1 the
',eoritbittationsol• styles. are -done-well. the
-effect is delightful.
The older houses which•are alf around its
give, us-clue's to 'the life and' attitudes of our
ancestors,. They show u.s the careftileitfts- -
ManShip or air age when' time was not' a •
pressing weight to;be fought 'against, but an
'expanse of hours and years ,filled with simpler
pleasur Id homes 'are a testament to Our
pasts ard Treminder both of what we were -
andwhat :••we have become.' We must strive to
preserve 'and cherish them. . •
The, Architectural Conservancy Of Ontario is'
an Organization formed•to foster the apprecia-
glen of and continued existence of our past.
The Huron County Branch of that organization .
is working to have, a number ',of buildings
designated to be preserved. Seaforth council-
has recently taken a' positive step in declaring
two areas in town subject to protection.
Canadians are,.„0„ young people, And the. •
young think not of the past but of the future.
The feeling that what is newest is best dies
' hard. • ...,
But there, is yet td"nstire that the past
does not fade frOm Our. Memories,
. Take the-,:time tolook at the old bniftlings
which stand. along Seatorth. streets: You will
glimpse an earlier age, 'and a unique aspeccof
our: ,,Canadian heritage. The ,movement to
proteet that heritage is gathering force. We
should all lend our support to it, to make cent
ain that the past 'continues to be a living'
reality in, out present. • A
(By Len PizzeY)
Canadians everywhere are looking for roots.
for a sense of their beginning. We believe that
we are different from other people, but the
nature of that difference eludes us.
In"a realsense, we are the sum of our past:
To know what we are, 'we must knOw What we
have been.
:_kieritageDay4 _which may becorne an official
holiday in time 'for next February, represents
a step toward the end, of that search to define
ourselves.
History does not die with the people who
lived it: It is more than, words in a textbook.
History is a liVing force that shapes our
present. It can be feltitithe desire to return to
a simpler life which has taken many rating ,
people back to. the land. It can be seen in the
revival of arts and crafts like quilting-eat -the
love of craftsmanship 'and in the desire for
Self-sufficiency. It can be seen too, along our
streets, in the hoUses .our ancestors built.
They are embodiements ofan earlier time.
and to those who look carefully, they provide
an oppcirtunity to know more about onrselves.
Architecture is not a dead and 'static art, but
• a living; dynamic one. It reflects 'the growth
and development of a culture. Canadian
buildings are as various as the land itself. In
them we.can see a blend of the practicality of a
people struggling against a hOstile climate,
and a desire to relieve the monotony of land.
and, sky, ,the •oPpresSiveness of weather and'
season. •
Nineteenth century Canadian bbildingS,
were seldom constructed, with any strict
integrity, of style. Molt ettnir older hmises
possess elements- .of many'' different styles ,
mixed together. This mixing is known as
"eclecticism" or, more simply, as- the
"vernaeular!'...Evidence .afit-can-be -seen -all
.over the Seaforth area.
Styles popular in England and the
States;',,shanged often ih the 'nineteenth
century. Before 1820,-the Georgian style was-
-very pleasant.. Its influence can be seen in '
many .buildings in this area, Most notably in
" the- Van Eginond house.,The style ' i§
characterized_by-hipped or our skirled •roofs,
andbalanced fronts with centre entrances and
three, live or seven windows.
• T he Neo-Classical 'style,- using Greek
motifs or columns and pediments over '
entrances followed the Georgian. The most
ea,sily-recongized feature of the Neo-Classical
style_is the semi elliPticalfantransem window
over a dOor with sidelights or narrow side
windows. •
The Regency style enjoyed' popularity up,to
about 1840. Houses in, thiastyle,are one' or one'
and a 'half Stories-high and look like cottages.
•• • It is Varlet's StYle and not easily recongized
in a pure form•iii thrs area.
The Classic Revival style was poplar till
about 1860 and examples of .this style can be
seen in Seaford': Buildings in this 'Style are
.„„!......builtWithr a strong resemblance• to temliles.4
IsillaSters, 'brick on: Wood work projecting
slightly to resemble , Celurtni support
entablature over doors aii'a windows. Many
houses in Settforthr contain some. aspects of
this style. An example of, it carried out in a
target' building eats seed in the Seaforth Manor. .
Otid of the most widely seen style- of the
nineteenth century is the Gothic Revival. St
•
To study
ozone -
pollution
• Huron
...
Adrien Vos, Chairman of the
Huron PoWer Plant ComMittee
(and representative of the Huron
Federation of .Agriculture on that
body) has announced that the
Royal , Commission on N uclear
Power, better known as the Porter
Commission, has approved' a,
• grant of $2500 to fund farther
study into ozone, pollution in
Huron.
The fonds ' will go to Dr.
Douglas 'Ormrod. a 'professor of
Agricultural Science at the
University of Guelph, to conduct
-additional research arising from a
study carried 'out last summer.
• That, study, also funded. by the
Porter CommisSiOn, cost $1,000
and showed abnormally, high
ozone pollution throughout the
• ' county .
The new study will involved
researching meteorlogical records
for that ' time period and.,
corhparispri studies between
fluctuations in ozone pollution as
they relate to fluctuatiens:in the
weather.
According ta,the 19711,,Orrnrod-
• ..study: sensitive crdPg'-gti-eti""'nf
white bean, snap bean: radish,
sweet corn,-potato, soybean ,ancl-
. onion "would-be-expected to 'be
injured by ozone-episode,sw":„ ,„,,
"There ' is • .little -doubt."
Dr. Ormrod Said; '"that 'ozone
concentration's in Huron County
are quite frequently. higher than
the threshold for crop plant
damage." •
Last'snmmers program was •
carried out ti§ing tobacco plants
as the 'test case,
, • (Continued from' Page 1)
Childrerr'S Morning Out activities.
Morning out will charge, each... •
. adult a'aominal 75 certtS tp,pay for
refreshments • for children • and • •'
adults and to„pay...th-e babysitter.,
• Some of the speakers and •.
programs that 'the group -hopes to
off& arc, a 'travelogue to the:
.sunny' south, speaker on
nutrition ; • •a• • psychologist talking
abeut family life, an interior
decorator., a speaker • on
vdening and a plant sale and a
craft day,
be more information -
Aladin. the first March 8 .Mernitig
tint pregrairrand fittere Sessions
sin next OvereleS .E.Xpositor.
Morning out I
starts
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