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The Huron Expositor, 1978-09-14, Page 27Expogitc4• asks; Are you going to the plowing match?' By Debbie Rarutey It's one week before the International Rowing Match in Wingham opens and Expositor Asks thought it might,,, _be interesting to find out whether local people were going to the match and for what reasons they were planning_ to attend.' James Elliott of 66 Market Street in Seaforth' isn't going, since he isn't interested in ;plowing and there's nothing at the Match that interests him. . Mrs. Carter Kerslake of R.R.2, Staffa didnt know whether she was going or not yet when she was oalled but said the only reason she wouldn't go is because it's such a long walk around to see everything. Her main reasons for going would be.to see the ladies programs and visiting some of'the tents that are of interest to women. Brian Flannagan' of R.R.1, Dublin plans to go to the Match., He wants to see "the farm machinery and the , parade ,.and whatever's. there." Cheryl McClure of R.R.1, Seaforth is also planning to go, "just to see it." She's hot interested in anything in particular, she. just Wants to go and see the whole thine. If they can get their silo filled in time, her family is going said' Mrs. Bert Thompson of R,R,2, Kipped. • Some of their reasons for going would be that "you can always get new ideas in farm equipment." She said when the match was held up in Walkerton they got their welder and they also decided to put coloured steel on their buildings after seeing a pamphlet on. it which conies from the Plowing Match. She said the Plowing Match has new things and that's where you can see all about them. Mrs. James R. Cooper of ,R.R.3. Kippen thought they would be going. S"h e said if her family went it would • be for the agricutlur „al aspect of it plus the fact that it's in Huron County. "When it:s, in your county, you should try and make a showing," Mrs. Cooper said. Mrs. Ron McAllister of Egmoridville said they're not planning to go to the Match because they had already been to two plowing matches in previous years. •• 4,•• Plaques unveiled on o 11 THE HURON EXPOSITOR, SE I -I 1, 1978 — vacation few crackers .for, the baby. Oh yeah, she hiked too, In a pack on my back. One of the better half's reasons for this forced march was to help me lose some weight .so. he insisted I carry that extra 20 pounds. Gaby the baby, was , undisturbed- K all these ulterior motives however and just enjoyed the view. And', after I calmed down and learned to like the sound of my lazy bones creaking and the fell of wasted muscles being flexed again. so so did, I, * * * * It's not often a second chance' foi• anything comes ,along in this ,old life. But, `because of the International Plowing Match in north ,Huron next week, Ted Johns is coming back to the. Blyth Theatre with' his one man School Show. It's the best theatre I've seen in a long 16rig time. I caught• it at Blyth in August at one of its sold out performances and it's terrific. We la ug-Itted uproariously but at , the same time had to do .a thinking about the Great Teachers Strike of '78, about our county and about what kinds of people' we are. - And Ted, known around herefor his role as the farmer in He Won't Come in From the Barn,,,sfoes..it...all himself. If you ,didn't see it this summer, grab this second chance and get up to Blyth. It was so stimulating and so much fun 'that I'm going to see- if again. Again OHC apartments delayed au example of the first farm houSe style, considered to be one of the first brick residences to be built in Seaforth. (Miss Belle Campbell).” The Dunlop Residence - Built in 1875, one , of the finest examples of a later "farm- house" structure ill Seaforth. The Harlsen Residence - Built in 1855, 'vernacular style consisting of variations orignidting with foreign architects, particularly the deep cave, projection with finely detailed yet massive wooden brackets. (Mayor Betty Cardno). The Horthy Residence - Built in 1872, one of the earliest brick .houses built by John Ament; front'facade facing east is believed to be original. (Sheila Murray). 'The Kunz Residence - Built in 1880, centrally located front projection with the entrance on the side rather than the front, shaped roof verandah of the early Regency Period ,in Ontario. architecture. (Sandra Tucker). • Lorne Villa-Apartment - Built 1886 - 1890, represents the nonfarrnhouse. style of residence in Seaforth. (Mrs. Crouch). The MclVer Residence - Built in 1874, features a unique set of three Scottish dormers, plus vertical gooves on the clapboard siding. (Mayor Cardno). The Smith Residence - Construction date unknown, it is one fo the last remaining board and• batten, finished' houSes. (Paul Carroll). The Walker. Residence ; Built as a store in 1864, the symmetry plan accompanied by , the blend of the wood portions to the basic brick structure makes for an attractive home. (Mrs. Jack Riddell). • • the paper (we weren't all that far away that we didn't read the 'paper.) . No, a chubby lady with her feet up reading a book or chasing a demon crawler baby through the sand would have been a more accurate ...picture of me on my holidays. Yes I, bad a lovely rest, read some good books and got some attn. But I also satand. looked out at enough rain to last me" all year, got, really ,expert on lightning ormations and tried to help while our baby fussed with teething. Except for running after baby and groping .up to her crib when her teeth woke her up in the middle of the night I h ad just the sort of hOliday I love--an inactive one. Oh, I swam a bit, and walked on the...beach and down the aisleS"afthe,grocery store but mostly I was I azy. SO lazy that, near the end of the second week, my ,very active husband could stand it no longer. "We're going on a , hike," he announced, and he wouldn't take. "no" or "later" for an answer. Anybody who says a hike isn't .really very active has never tramped Lake 'Huron's shore with Andy. We only went about a mile up the beach. But we did it the hard way, up the hill behind the o cottage, along the top and downtnto a gully, across the gully and up the other side to the top again. And down s and 'up again two or three more times. used to take these hikes when we were kids," the*better half yelled out enthusiastically at me huffing and puffing, slipping and, sliding behind him. He was patronizing too, condescendingly showing me hoiv to scramble down clay and climb up brush. "I used to take hikes too you know", I spit out in self defense. Only on my kinds of hikes we traversed 'pretty level ground and always stopped for lunch. That day the expedition, leader wouldn't let me take anything but. a Hensall, council .el SEAFORTH FAIR BARBECUE--These were Mile 'of the people who attended Saturday rffOht''s pork barbecue in the Seaforth Arena which was held to raise money for this year's Fall Fa'r. (Expositor Photo) • .Somethirt4t6 iffy by Susan Whe I did estimated would cat approximately $4,000. The two planners said the. Ontario Municipal Board must know how much pressure the water system can handle' before the planners proceed with their subdivision plans. - Betty Oke, Hensall clerk, said the proposal approved by council members this' week will be sent to Nick Hill to forward to the subdivsion developers, Phillips said it was his understanding that the DND schools' would be in neeed of principals in • near future and he wanted permission from the Huron board to apply for a post. 'The CHSS principal. who took over as senior administrat or at the.Clintonschool in -1977 , told the board that he realized it was a surprise move eon. sidering he had just taken over his present duties. modem errors in Mr. Phillips' letter. "Not Thai it's going to get me anywhere hut I would like to make note of the grammatical errors in Mr. Phillips'. letter," said Mrs. Wallace. "This isa letter from a secondary school principal and there are three mistakes in it." ''Yes but the Nviiting is real good," said Exeter trustee Clarence McDonald. _ Grant for handicapped job at a Cost of about $130 with the work to be done the first week in, October , according to a motion made 'by Councillor Frank . Falconer. Council was irked . because' onemale resident at Vandstra said he knew who was responsible for the vandalism of the bulbs but refused to identify thetir at this time. A livestock claim for three sheep by Henry Klaver of RR4, Clinton, will be paid, bin only for two sheep at a cost of $100 each Tbe first animal was removed by Mr. Klaver' before he understood it had to be viewed by the livestock claims officers. Dogs running at' large caused the death of three sheep. The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 p.m. there will be enough water pressure for the village and the proposed Reid subdivision.11 '''"--MTS70.1tedid-iiot wish to comment iurther. The planners wanted council to pay 75 per on the proposal until it was in the hands of cent of the cost of the study which they the developers, The Huron 'County Board of Education ' wants to try to solve financial . •probelms , • plaguing technical and commercial 'de- partments in county high schools before •it deals with academic areas and stingy' supply budgets. - •Trustees realize 'that budget conditions could seriously hamper the. operation of techncial, commercial atid academic pro- grams in the future „ in the five county secondary schools but chose to deal with one area at a. time. The hoard was asked in April of 1977' b y W.5. Craig, Technical!' director at Central Huron Secondary Sehdol in Clinton, to give serious thought to allocating more funds to technical equipment replacement in schools. Mr. Craig told the board that the'equipment in the schools was ,old and outdated and not only was in poor repari but was inadequate` for today's teaching needs. • He said 'the equipment in use in technical shops was over 20 years old and technology had advanced to Principal's request approved, despite poor grammar, 'real good' writing (Continued from Page I) the commerical core of the town.(Jack Riddell, M. P.P.). Victoria Park, including the bandshell of about 1920 and the War Memorial, is recommended for designation for' architectural and historical reasons. The park is an important local meeting place that is close to the commercial heart of the town. •The tall shade trees enhance the restful and refreshing character ofthe parkscape. The bandshell is a great example of a solid, no frills building that is easily adapted to suit the occa sion. (Mayor Betty Cardno). Round -House, (Part of farm Lot 25, McKillop Twp.) Agricultural Park, The Round' House, built about 1902 is recom- mended for designation for architectural reasons as• a particularly fine example of a two storey octagonal exhibition hall. It is one of a few remaining octagonal halls in Ontario as well as being a local landmark. (Walter Armes). , The Britton Residence - A Georgian style 'housc built in 1871, featuring a round headed Italianate style window. (Mrs. David Cornish). The Carroll Residence - Built in 1875, a two-storey white brick house originally a • square plan Italianate house, now a "T" shape through ,an 1880„addition. (Mrs. McLean). • Thc Cornish Residence - Built in '1870, it contains *examples • of Neo-Classical and Gothic Revival detail. (Mrs. Robert Newnham). The Doig Re:sidence - Built prior to 1850, ' (Continued from Page I) considered cheaper than hiring extra office help. The Huron County Health Unit authorized the council to have the former Huron Acoustics property cleaned up as. it is considered a health hazard. The plant burned down about two years ago and no' attempt has been made to clear the rubble which is an eyesore. Ontario Hydro .notified council it, has replaced all the bulbs in the street lights at Vanastra and 20 of the new lights have been broken by vandals. Hydro refuses to replace these as it is only responsible for those'lights that burnout, due to.normal wear and tear. Council will have to foot the bill and do the A request from Central Huron . Secondary School principal G.O. Phillips for permission to be nominated for Department of National Defense work was granted by the Huron County. Board of Education Monday night but not without some subtle criticism by Goderich trustee Dorothy Wallace. Mr,Phillips sent a letter to the 'board asking it to nominate him for a two year stint in one of the DND schools overseas. Mr.. hat It's traditional that when summer's over and you start back to school, the teacher asks you to write an essay titled "What I did on my summer vacation." At least' that's the way,it was when I . went to school. Nobody's given me a similar assignment but like 'those teachers of long ago, 1.1ve realized the topic is a perfect one to keep the little dears busy, or in my case, to fill a column. So, dear reader, let me take you on a condensed and slightly censored version of my 2 week vacation. First of all, that creature with golf club, 'tennis racquet; a bottle (suntan lotion ' of course) and a suitcase th at'appeared'in this space the past two weeks has nothing to do with me. The staff here got a little giddy in any_absence and thought it was a cute thing to run in My space. I thought it' was embarassipg. "You blUshed when you looked at it". my husband said, when I opened Hensall council met in a special session on Monday night to draw up a proposal on a 'study of the town's water system for architect Nick Hill. Recently Mr. Hill, and Ray Alarie, planning engineer of the Conestoga-Rovers Associates attended council's permission of the town's 'water The purpose of the Hensall council to ask to proceed with a study system. study is to determine if The Public Utilities Commission have asked James F. McLaren and Atsociates,,OV London, co resulting engineers, to draW up specs for the pumping and standby equipment at Seaforth's, new well. Well accommodation will be built on the' town's Welsh Street site. Tom Phillips, PUC manager, said the commission is also investigating the cost of erecting a steel or concrete building on the site. Mr. Phillips said the commission will be charging more to fill swimming pools in Seaforth next summer. The new rates .will charge a flat rate for work done during the normal working hours of PUC employees and about $5 more per hour. for work done outside normal working' hours. Since the rates vary depending on pool size, Mr. Phillips said pool owners can stop by the. PUC office to check the new rates, Members of the PUC 'and PUC employees, will be attending tnree upcoming conven- tions. • Tom Phillips and a member of the . commission will ' be attending a labor, , relations meeting for non-unions personnel" held in Cambridae on October Za. The hoard's approval ,of Mr. Phillip's nomination means that if he is accepted for a INA() year DND term a Huron bord must guarantee him a similar job to the one he leaves here, Asprincipal at CHSS he is paid $37, 590 a year. The letter from Mr. Phillips to the board was handwritten, and shoWed the principal had excellent penmanship but Goderich trustee .Dorethy...Wallace . noted...the.. gratm Construction Of 16 senior citizens' units in Seaforth is still expected to begin sometime this fall. _ A delay in IMilding the units, which were approved three years ago, has been caused rar by rising consttion costs,, according to Bob Adami of the ministry of housiing. The contract to build the .16 ithits was awarded to Don Riehl Construction Ltd. of New Hamburg for$331. 520. This is higher ,th'an the federal 'governnient is willing to .allow. 'The statement issued by Chief John Cairns of the Seaforth police ferce printed in last week's Expositor should have read as follows: ' "Having completed 22 years of police, service it is my experience that very few law abiding citizens complainabout their local police force. HoWever, there are a few on the other side of the bridge that like to get their' two cents printed. I can assure the people that the members of the Seaforth police force are not the troubled ones although they may the point that students learning techniques on the" old machinery were totally un- prepared for post secondary training or to take jobs. , Mr. Craig asked the Board to come to the shops in the schools and sees for itself the condition of the equipment. He said the issue was "Slowly killing" technical pro= grams and required immediate attention and suggested communication between the board. and its teachers may help find solutions. . That request sparked the board into harming a committee which ,did tour the schools. The committee gave technical equipmetn replacement top priority in the budget but that priority amounted to $500. Mr. Craig later expanded his request to include commercial equipment pointing oat that commercial programs were in the same dilemna as technical.' Ashfield trustee Marion Zinn suggested' that the board establish, a committee to work on problems affecting the technical Ale- 'partments since that area had already been, 'studied by the board. Goderich trustee Dorothy Wallace asked if that recommendation wasnt• mearly "nib- bling away" at the real problem. She, said the board faced similar crisis in other areas of education and should , be attempting to forecast capital expenses in the entire system to enable the board establish future spending priorities. "It seems to me the technical costs are part of the whole system," said Ws. Wallace. "We're getting shorter and shorter of dollars and can't keep going to the public for more. We haven't assessed any , priorities to, see if it is more important to feed money into the technical areas or something else." Board chairman John Elliott said re- presentatives-of-t eehnic,a1 departments had done a considerable amount to get more ideration at budget time and the budget mittee had funnelled all the money possible to meet technical needs. "There just wasn't enough money and I Mr. Adams said the higher cost is because the site contains a building with a concrete foundation which will have to be torn down and filled in. Winter construction is also expected to add to the cost. • Since the seniors' units will be funded by the Central Mortgage and Housing Cor- poration, which pays 90 per cent of the cost of construction, the provincial ministry of housing must iron out problems with the federal agency before work can begin on the units. p.m. at Romeo School,' Stratford. Speaker is tvfickie Ellis of Conestoga College Nursery School. Topic is _Early Identification and Intervention. Refreshments will be served. -All are' invited. , for the :ommission of words from Chief Cairn's statement. The four men who appeared before council as a citizens' delegation 'to air complaints about the Seaforth police chief have been asked to put their charges in 'the form of written complaints. Clerk Jim CrO-Cket said letters were sent to the four men on Friday, asking. them to put • any complaints against thp members of the local police force in writing and return them to the clerk' s 4effice. his letteiPlay t The clerk had not received any response to Wednesday afternoon. think that's one of the paramount problems facing the, board," said Mr. Elliott. The board should look at' curriculum and see where it's heading before it starts looking seriously at single areas." Mrs. Zinn reminded the board that the technical directors had made a presentatipn to the board and that it was the board's responsibility to do something about if., "There's no reason we wouldn't," said Mrs Wallace. "The crunch may get so bad we have to go blck to teaching kids the 3R's and send them to the private sector to apprentice for a trade." Colborne trustee Shirley Hazlitt suggested that the board would probably get ,another presentation from another department head outlining similar problems. She said it was time the board zeroed in on the whole problem. • "If we had meetings with the• technical directors we may solve some problems," pointed out Clinton trustee Dorothy Wil- liams. Education director John Cochrane agreed with Mrs. Hazlitt pointing out that the board is going to get each individual department 's interests. Mr. ,Cochrane said the heads will be at the board meetings "Screaming and yelling for all the money they can get" adding they should be doing that as deparmtent heads. "The board will get a fragmented impression. of the problems if it hears reach individual and should be looking at the whole problem," said Mr. Cochrane. The board agreed to the formation of a committee made up of trustees and an administrator to look into financial problems affecting technical departments. "What are we going to do next meeting when we have four more of these requests?" asked Exeter trustee Clarence _ /*Dee al d An Expositor Classified will pay you dividends. Have you tried one? Dial 527-0240. UC works on well Amen by Karl Schuessler Seaforth collection studies water system' open meeting Tuesday, Sept. 26, 8 p.m.. at Everyone is welcomi at the Van Egmond the town hall. • e ounc or x.cept onal Children, is meeting Wednesday, September' 27, 7:30 • cr t c e Some of the -rtietermen will likely be ' • attending a metermens' workshop I have no further comments at this time:" oe Huron Expositorwishes to apologize B You're invited Police ch i ef's statement oard grapples with lack of money for tech courses p (Continued from Page 2..) younger man-older woman combination is more common these days? Most •people wouldn't agree to my questions. They said this set up has been around all along. That relationship is only more open now. It's out of hiding. The media are hyping it. Every major magazine has picked up the theme. So have books, television and now the film. It's just a hot topic that's Selling swell. Yet one woman could give me some sound economic and personal reasons for it. Freed fromthe kitchen and kids, women now Move in the work world where .they meet 'many Mote men. They earn more Money. They pendlt on clOthes, hairdos, the pill, glamor and body upkeep. Keeping in shape atilt eating the right food Make thetn more attta,tive. They don't work themselves into an early maturity like the old farm women did-- having ten kids. 'stooking hay in the field, and milking cows in the barn, I talked to one yoitng nineteen. Did he like Otabr women? Sure. lie said, he liked older women. But did he ever make love to them? "Well, no, he said, "1 never thought of that. i prefer young girls." "nut I thought You said you like older women?" "I do," he grinned, "I like older women, like my more.; • So there I was. Back to mom and apple pie at a lusty movie. The young man had the tight idea, He can say he likes older women, but that doesn't mean he has to spend his time with them in the bedroom, • Don't let anyone kid you. The public has it tight on. Good sense. Corraitoti Sense and sound judgement. Despite loaded questions. Media events and jaded sex. - (Continued from Page I) collection are five single horse garden plows, two high cut Plowing Match sod plows. one banking plow, two potato plows and one trench digging plow. Mr. Coleman said many walking plows today end up either as mailbox ornaments or lawn he. scrap heap. nge e various models has another challenge was oleman said today walking plow handles scarce as hen's teeth, The- collector nately located a Mennonite farmer near bank who had a bundle of factory made 'plow o 'era,:daar. Coleman points out that his Gs, now painted up for the International Plowing Match are soncioy A real walking plow ,wouldn't usually be painted but a good plOWmen would keep his implements inside out pf the weather, and grease them each time he finished a day's plowing. Although Mr. Coleman has never entered a competition. as a plowman himself, he still appreciates a good plowing 'team. The secret, according to the collector, is a team that's been broken to the plow, with one of the horses trained to stay in' the furrow. Those were the kind of teams that once won prizes for the plowmen of Hibbert Township. Mr, Coleman's walking plows, displayed at the Armstrong farm outside Wingham next week, will be a reminder of the days when plowing matches and competitions between 'neighbouring farmers were an important part of a township's social life, ornaments if they. escape Chall Although locating proved a challe repairing are fort hat Mil 1‘4r, OWS. dies which he was willing to part with.