The Huron Expositor, 1979-02-22, Page 1120th Year
Whole No. 5889
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REGISTERING FORA RUN Alec Scott, left and Gordon La •
ing both: of
Staff
a, were istra '
manningthe re
g tion desk at". Sunday's snowmobile
poker k y for the South Hibbert Ath etic Association when Brian Dow
of Listowel signed
up. The fou 's first rally attracted about 100 100 en
t
ries'
ona 20 mile cross country run More ocos on theDublin page. -
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An 18 year old Walton youthremains
si in serious condition in University Hospital,
London following a car. -bus collision just
wear of the village on Tuesday morning. •
Douglas Mitchell of Walton was heading
east on County Road #9 and', the bus was
heading west when the head-on .crash
occurred at approximately $ a.m..
Tony .Poland, of Seaforth driver of the
United Trails school bus, had just started his.
morning pickups and there were only six
students on the bus at the time of the
accident. •
Mr. Poland used the two-way radio in
bus to notify the Seaforth office and they
called. • the " Wingham. _g,,P,P.' ,and an
ambulance,
The windshield of Mr. Mitchell's 1973,
Grand Prix was completely shattered in the
accident. The left front of the Mitchell car hit
the left front of the school bus,
An student, John Lammerant, ';14, of
R.R.1, Blyth. a pupil at Central Huron
Secondary School; received minor injuries.
in accident and was taken, to Seaforth •
Community Hospital, He received 11
stitches and was released from the hospital
later in the day.
The other students weren't injured in the
C
Eclipse on Monday
BY ALICE GiBB
It is the very error of the ninon:
She coaxes more•near the earth than she was
wont
And makes 'men mad. .
—Shakespeare
The Feb 26 eclipse of the son. which will„,
darken the sky.: over Seaforth .at :approx .,
iniately noon. won't drive nten orad: But the
eclipse. caused when the moan's shadow
falls on earth. is noteworthy - it will. be the
last total eclipse of the sun seen in North
America this eeniury.
The best, place, t o view th c eclipse k
Manitoba uoba -;ion .:a. line. front Brandon to
gd
Winnipeg. The darkness will 'last the •longest
here and the sun.vin be the highest in the
sky of any populated areas. Experts are
• predicting two and a• half minutes of total
darkness. with the least chance et` Cloudy
weather to spoil the view. in this part of
Canada.
Astronomers. photographers and scien-
tists are expected to_ pour into the Brandon
area in addiion to ordinary eclipse -chasers.
t y
The Winnipeg planctari11111 is ntounfi ig a
special show on eclipses anda retail, outlet in
the city has purchased 60.00() eclipse
viewers •
el ... visitors:, w
to sell tors:, Local towns in the
region have planned everything from
snowmobile rallies to a Festival of the Solar
Eclipse to coincide with the Feb. 26
phenomenon. •
But the upcoming eclipse also carries the
potential to permanently damage the eyes of
anyone who tries to stare 'directly at the sun
during the'pre-darkness phase, The only
" earl l . is
time anyone look directly at the sun .
when it is completely eclipsed. '
During the .1976 eclipse in Australia.
:billboards in the country advised people ter
keep ''Eyes down on eclipse day." .
The safest waw to ‘vatch an eclipse, before
and after darkness or throughout a )partial
eclipse,' is with a projected tmape.. For
example.. )Ic
tl a pinlotnt through aluminum toil:
With carclbo ard• heId iii focus•scycral•1nches
.behind it,workswell for a.fatiily viewscrecn..
A tothcr viewing tool can be made from a
shoeliox.t
Jt st make a pinpoint. in one end:
and remembei' to --use the box with your back
to the sun.
Sun '
filters, <)ncc believed to protect the
p.istcclipses, have been
eyes .:froni glare
proven "unsafe. Th . only filter which' is safe
must be made front No. 14 welder's glass..
;i iilitble only from welding PsuI Miers: The
story that looking through a piece of exposed
color'tilm at the eclipse will protect viewers'
eyes is also false. .,
Scientists and astronont{crs are interested
in eclipses ' since they present a fleeting
c1iancc to conduct experiments under
conditiees that earl be very' rove cling. both
about our atmosphere a
d the sun itself;
"They're like 't switch turning off the
mnit ettei'gy Source in our solar system,"
.sited Prot'. Ralph Nicholls of York University„
Toronto: "We can observe very Coni �l ice
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chemical reactions when it's turned, off and
1 then on again several minutes later."
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the past. It number of discoveries have
been made through eclieses..1n an 1868
eclipse, the featherweight' gas helitun, today
used to blow up 'party balloons, .was.
discovered.. Einstein's theory. or relativity
as'ts tested during a- 1925 eclipse and other
benefits of past ccli tse research have.
included im roved r. d TV .
P , h lo. and 'satellite
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Here's how to photograph it safely
BY PAUL ELL1IS
For .centuries, man 'has
been viewing eclipses of the
stin, Since the mid -1800's, he
has been trying tophoto-
graph them.
However-, this has proven
Lobe even amore dangerous
than direct viewing with the
naked eye: The arrangement
of the highly polished ele-
ments in a modern lens
nagnifies the 'brilliance of
The sun. So, if you were to
Took at the eclipse through a
camera's lens, as with a
single lens reflex camera, the
Chance of retina buret is
greatly ijncrcased.
It is possible to photograph
the eclipse, axing the proper
camera and precautions, it
would be almost useless to
try to use an inexpensive
Tamara such as a pocket 110
or an instamatic type. They
just don't have the ability to
handle light of such intens-
ity.
For those of you who are
going to try to take pictures,.
be careful. Use a 35mm br -
Other complex camera on a
tripod. With this, you can
aim the camera once and
leave it, so you don't have to
continually look through the
lens.
Any lens can be used; but
a telephoto lens will give a
larger intage on the film.
Remember the sun is
bright) Use the slowest_ film
possible, to help bring the
-exposure w thin the range of
your, camera,
For anyone lucky enough
to have a set, use neutral
density filters (filters which
cut down on the light enter-
ing the t:amera) without
changingthe colour bal-
ance.)
•For determining exposure,
a hand-held light meter is
better than one which is built
-into the camera'. Cheek the
exposure frequently, and be
sure to bracket by several
f-stops.
Good IticIC if you are going•
to try to• photograph the
eclipse, gut remember this
warning: looking at the
eclipse through a camera is
extremely dangerous,
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yiro: up
May
collision and attended classes at Seaforth
Public and Seafurth District High School as
usual,
Mr. Mitchell was taken to. Seaforth
Co#neunity Hospital and then transferred to
the :intensive care unit of University '
Hospital.
Harry ' Watts, safety .officer in the
Kitchener office of United• Trails, said it was
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Seaforth Hydro rates are expected to go
up in May following. increases by Ontario
Hydro in its:. rates 'to municipal electrical ,.
utilities. '
Tom Phillips, manager, Seaforth ,Publie
Utilities . Commission, informed commis
sioners at a meeting Thursday night that
9ntario Hydro: had increased the rates by 9,8
per cent the first of JanuarY : He said this will
result in increases to Seaforth hydro users of
around nine per. cent the first of May,.
PUC accepted the tender of McLaughlin
Moto s
S h tosupply
. � _ eafort new one -ton
_a
.
'Chevrolet
cabin chassis i truck
for $6,463. It •
was the lowest of two tenders; the other from
West End Garage, Mitchell was Jet. $5,000'
plus trade-in of present 1974'truek.
The commissioners accepted Meryl
Glanville's tender for $1,600to purchase the
present PUC 1974 International tandem
Continued, on Page 3)
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arrly good year"
- fortunate the bus had a 'two-way radio to
summon help since the ;accident occurred
about one half mile from :any residence.
Mr. Watts said the only injury the bus.
driver sustained was a slight bump, on . the
knee.
The safety officer estimated damage to the
bus is between $1:,5Q0 to $2,000. .
The Mitchell vehicle wa.. .tttetasively
damaged in the accident:
f■1
Mr.. Watts. said the bus driver told him he
Pulled as: far to the right of the road as he
could, but was unable -•to avoid) the collision..
' Constable , W.R. Bell" of the Wingham
Q,P.P. investigated the accident,
Although no cause has been given for• the
accident,' Constable Bell° said Mr. Mitchell.
was driving directly into the sun at the time
of the collision,
Egmondville
Cooney Weiland
river....rat"
was NHL star
1•ditor's note: This is the first; of three
articles about the career of Ralph "Cooney' ,
Weiland, the Egmondville native who
became one of the early stars of the NHL,
BY ALICE GIBB
In January; 1971. • a Boston Cilobe
sportswriter by the name of Frank' Rosa
started a campaign. The 'purpose of his'
campaign was to get Ralph "Cooney"
Weiland. the Egmondville nativewho,
starred in the NHL both as a player and
coach, elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
;The .result of Rosa's•campaign=was-that
`•`Lefty"'Reid, curator of the Hall of Fame,,
put. Cooney Weiland's.:name before the',
selection committee -and the Egmondville
native earned a permanent place among',
hockey's greatest players, coaches and
referees.
NOWmaynot'be
although the honor
quite ;as impressive as election to the
Hockey Hall of .Fame, the . Seaforth
e,
rc rection committee want RalphWeiland
Hand
to receive some long overdue recognition in
hik,own community. The•committee plans
to dedicate a trophy case in the'Seaforth
C}l'nmuni
ty
Ce ttea in honor
of Cooney
Weiland in the hope his achievements
will
inspire other local athletes; to broaden their
vision:
The committee thinks it's time the
younger generation: was reminded one of
Canada's most exciting hockey! players..
grew up.:right here in Egmondville worked
his way up throught the Junior "A" ranks
and went on to be pan of the Boston
Bruins' famed Dynamite Line.
Cooney Weiland played in. the NHL for.:
11 seasons, with Boston, Detroit and: the
old Ottawa Senators and was 'a member of
two Stanley Cup Championship teams -the
Bruins Of .1928-29 and 1938.39, his first and
last seasons in the NHL. His goal scoring
technique once reduced the famous
Montreal Canadians player Howie Morenz
to tears and Weiland was known as one of '
the slickest stickhandlers1n the game.
How • did a kid 'from. Egmondville, who
learnedtoskate on the rough ice of the
Bayfield River, end 'up as a star in the,
NHL? Well, it's. quite a story, folks.
YOUNGER DAYS
Ralph. Weiland was the youngest son.
of Mr, &' Mrs, Henry Weiland, who lived in
the white franc house across the road from
t V"an Egmond house. Henry Weiland's
father bad Come to Egmondville in the
early days of the villa.lage and aP erated" a
brewery. until 1850, when • he sold the
business.
His son Ralph's father,Worked
Henry,.
for-ea
0 30 rsasacoocraw
s C manmakes
pho
and repairs barrel staves) for. William
Ament: s sawmill, the same mill where
Co nes Weiland Co:me)," n worked to pickup pocket
money in his younger days .
Ralph's' family= included six brothers,
-Frank. Charley. Harry. Bili, Roy. and
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•
•
George ;and:: sister Margaret. Mrs. Ria
Smith. of Walton, a neighbour of. the
Weiland's when she was a girl, said the
Weilands' were the only family by that
name in the district.
Ralph was born in 1904 and proved to be
a colorful character from the time he was a
boy -"always full of pep and energy and
overflowing , with mischief, "Bill " Hart
wrote in the 1934 SCI Alumni Yearbook,
"He waeeas ': much like Mark Twain's
hero as Tom Sawyer himself," Mr. Hart
said. Since Weiland!s lived on the banks
of the–Bayfield River,"it wasn't siiip icing
that this formed the background for his''.
activities.
Mr. Hart wrote, '''During the winter,
"Shinney'' under the bridge wasthe main
sport and "Cooney" and the "River Rat"
gang werethere almost daily." Another
game which Ria Smith remembers was
popularwithwith the young;people at the time,
was "Run, sheep,' run alsoplayed down
by the river.flats,
'Now Ralph, nicknamed “Cooney in
honor of his, .. come)soon became
on of the neighbourhood leaders,
Bill Hart recalled in 1934, •' "He knew
• where all the luscious . fruit from Van
Egmond'.s grape vines to Mrs. Bolen's
.Swim trees. cherry • Swimming
t ming was chief.,
pastimebut with a host of others to fill in
the spare moments, such as catching
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Tuckermsith Township ns ended with p ta
surplus of 571,880 for 1978:
Its been a -fairly good year for ' the
township,"
• auditor Mike Meyer of the firm ..
of
Die el Malcolm.and Ha a of"Stratford,.
• gg Y,
informed council at a;meeting in :Brueefield.
Tuesdayni ht.: As well•hework
g praised the � ork
done by Jack. McLachlan, clerk treasurcrror
the township. s p
In resent
e 197 n .
• i . 8 financial report for
P ng th• P
the townshi the p, t e auditor included among.
the many details that the popp uu
lation of the
township is
3,189` down 140 from 1977.and
n
is ce_ iced-between`frro steep hills::Councl
will attempt to show the engineer the need to
replace theold iron bridge which is on a
school bus route.
Thisea council v
can
y r ell �. ih charge a rent e of 522
Cr
hour fora •
pet' ......g radcr', and operator for work on.
privateproperty r ._
b in�.:t p p y he township. up from
$18 last year: For grass cutting.on private
g g
property council.'wili chargeper : 512 hour for
tractor and !ower' with operator.
Council will investigate'the:costs of a nes-
s
heatin system 'f
• g y orthe newly , purchased
80 surplus in -
tory
ttshi office building
Pat Vanastra, also
new storm windows- It is presently heated
by electricity but the small heaters are not
enough to supply Iy comfortable heat to
Pp . the
office of clerk and the flacon `Federation
office, which rent office space in the
building.
Council will lir � ill ,ask the Huron Federation of
Agriculture tor an increase in rent eat -5125 up
from 5100 as of April 1.
Council swill ask th '
e Ausable. Bayfield.
, Conservation. Authority to have its summer
that here are 842 households up eight from
Seafo r h
•
man
If fte
cHereported the taxable asses$ment for 1977.'
the township was $4,014,000 " fo 1978
' compared aced to $4,-385,000
in 7
197 . He'•a'd of. a
Pt
total amount of takes,' $
5604,000 for 7
19 8,..
5401 916 has not been:. paid to date,
compare . ,
compared d tp total taxes. of $652,000 in 1977:'
when $369;781 in taxes was uCi aid:
P
He said the accumulated deficit for the
Vanastra Recreation Centre was 5125,584 at
the end of 1978, reduced from 5160,930 'in
1977 by a Wintario grant.
Council will have an engineer -assess the
needed repairs to the 'road surface of the
Vanastra'brid a as requested bythe'.
g q
. Ministry , of Transportation and
Communications, Council, :will arrange a
meeting with Engineer Russ Jackson of
Stratford office of Transportation and
Communications to inspect the bridge
(Crich's) on Sideroad off No. 8 highway, to
consider replacing it. Council considers this
a dangerously narrow bridge, especially in
'winter when it covered with snow or ice. It
safely out of
John Scott, son of Mr.. & Mrs.. James
Scott has < s been .safely airlifted• out of Iran.
Mr. Scott telephoned his brother's home
on Monday afternoon to. let the family know
he was out, of Iran and on the way to Kuwait
where he will stay with friends.
On Monday morning, the Scotts had also
received a callfront the Canadian External
t nal'
Affairs department to let them . know that
John was hcing, 'airlifted out of trap;. •
Mt. Scott has been teaching in Tran since
last May for the American tirnt Telemedia
Company., tie has also taught in India in the.
past.
Mr. Scott's,.fantily hadn't ons• word from
their son since January when they received a
letter from hint. The letter was brought out
Of Iran by a courier service for Telemedia
Leone Rowat-vice-chairman of
Conservation Authority committee
Leone Roc t of 'Settforth was elected
vice-chairman Of the community relations
board • of the Ausable-Bayfield Conser•
vation Authority at their anneal'theeting,
The 1979 budget approved Friday by the
Ausable-Bayfield. Conservation Authority
calls for only a. slight increase to be paid by
member ntunitipalit,es. •
p.
The budget presented by serrctary
treasurer Matidn Lamport set' the
municipal levy at 5119 596, 'This is an
ilietease of less than one p'ereent; Last
year's levy was $11085,
• lean Hearn of Luta* ss8s named'
.Authority chairman for the I'M term
replacing Roy Westeott Cif Usbot ret, ilsvtt•
ship who has completedthe mai;ttnunt term
of three years.
Robert Austin of the village of Arkona”
an' Authority representative for 25 wears•
was named vice-chairman. Austin defeated t,
Allan Campbell pf McKiliop'in att election;
for the vice -chairman's. position. Also•
nominated but declining Were John White
more and Paul Steckle, •
Before the election` Was hell) the method
of electing chairman and vice,chairmen of
the various advisory hoard'committees was,
changed and the number of boards re.
dtirrrd. ; . lean �
Newly elected cbairman }learn said
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Ltd. and then mailed to the Scotts. from
Chicago. In this letter Mr. Scott, who lived in
the capital city' of Tehran, told of seeing cars
set on firer in the streets: However,:ayhen this
letter was written, he planned to try and stay
iMarch.n the country unfit the terns finished' in
Gwen G
ci
t Scott said the changing political
situation, with the Ayotallah Khomeini
coming to power, had made it difficult for
employees of American companies to stay in
Iran.
Although she said Mr, Scott didn't scent.•
too worried about his plight, the family are
relieved -to heir he is, safely out of the
. country.
M.r. Scott was flown out of Iran with about
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work team clean up the Bayfield River banks
out from Egmondville as it is an unsightly,
mess of weeds and wild shrubs,
Council willPay 512 perB meeting for its
three representatives of local fire area,
boards, Councillor -Robert 'Fotherin harn`
g on
Seaforth Fire Area Board„Councillor Frank
Falconer on Clinton Fire Area Board and
Deputy -Reeve Robert Bell on Hensall Fire
Area Board. Cleave Coombs of'Egmondville
will be paid 510 per attended meeting as the
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John Scott
Cromarty Barn Burns.
Day Care'. . . .
,Letters from Iran .. , .
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