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The Huron Expositor, 1968-03-28, Page 11.. Whole No. 5220 109th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO„ THURSDAY', MARCH 28, /968 — 12 PAGES Lions And Farmers Get Together Seaforth Lions were hosts Monday evening for the club's annual rural relations dinner when nearly 100 Lions and far- mers gathered in First Presbyterian Church. Shown here as the evening got underway are (left) Orville G. Oke, Lions Club president, John McKay, Tuckersmith, Dr. Finlay G. Stewart, minister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kit- chener who spoke to the gathering, Milton Dietz, Tuckersmith and Clare Reith, chairman of, the Lion's committee that ar- ranged the event. (Expositor photo by Phillip). Lions Host Area farmers At •Urban Rural Dinner Seaforth Lions were hosts to area farmers Monday evening when the annual urban -rural dinner was held in First Pres- byterian Church. More than 100 were in attendance. The gathering, a long stand- ing event, sponsored by the Lions Club, brings together many area farmers with Lions members when an opportunity Is provided to share an evening of discussion of matters of common interest. The guests were welcomed by Lions president Orville Oke. Guest speaker for the occa- sion, Dr. Findlay G. Stewart of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kitchener, dismissed the freedoms of man in his ad- dress to the group. Dr. Stewart in his opening re- marks noted that during the second World War and immed- iately afterward, four freedoms were predominant in everyone's mind. -- These were: the freedom of expression, freedom to worship, .freedom from fear and freedom -- from want He suggested that these bake freedoms no longer exist, that they have been lost somewhere Hold County Picnic at Lions Park Harold Robinson, chairman Of the warden's and personnel com- mittee and reeve of Howick Township, reported that the county picnic will be held again at Seaforth Lion's park because It is felt that `for the present it is the most satisfactory area." Five delegates- instead of the usual three rePresentatives will be sent to the Ontario Counties Convention. Each county is en- titled to five voting delegates and MTh the emphasis this time on regional government, council felt that additional men should be on hand to boost Hur- on's position. , Warden Cal Kreuter; Reeve Leroy Thiel, chairman o he finance and executive commit- tee; Harold Robinson; Grant Stirling, Reeve of Goderich Township; and Clerk-'rreasurer John Berry will attend from Huron. during the last 20 years. "I suggest that the freedom of expression doesn't exist to- day" he sad. "There is no such thing as a, strong personal opin- ion or even a well -identified public opinion. It changes all the time." As an example of changing opinion he referred to the Ste- phen Truscott case, when in 1957 the community was up in arms and ready to take justice into their own hands.. Yet sev- en years later when a book was published about the case, these same people were wondering what kind of a judicial system we -have: •He added "If these changes of opinion are true in areas similar to Seaforth they are doubly true in •cities like De- troit and Chicago." He blamed pressure from the press and other news media for swaying opinions. Speaking on the secOnd free- dom, the freedom to believe or worship, he added "More than 50% of the people today don't care whether or not they wor- ship or believe." - He exemplified the freedom from fear in the recent gold rush panic. "People today don't want to, stand tip and face any- thing and that's what puts the teen-ager in Yorkville." • "Twenty years ago half the world was without food and starving and today three-quar- ters of the world is in that pos- ition. People today just don't care. They are too busy making sure they have everything for themselves from the cradle to the grave," he said, referring to the freedom from want. In today's modern complex world the greatest single asset is the freedom to excel. This can ,mean 100 different fornis of excellence to 100 different people.' s, Within this freedom to excell is the freedom of belief. He not- ed that to excell we have to be- lieve not only what we know but also in what we feeland have been told. Many major decisiens in a man's lifetime are based on his feeling or emotion. Asap ex- ample he gave three .personal cases when emotion prompted a decision. They were his deci- sion to leave teaching and en- ter the ministry., his marriage and his decision to join the service. "As for believing what you are told" he added, "that often depends on the area of author - ity from which it was told." Also within the freedom to excell is the right of people to- day to exercise moral judge- ment. A definite right or wrorfg answer can't always be reach- ed, but by having everyone voice their moral judgement we can arrive at a moral climate which will best suit the situa- tion. - In summary, Dr. Stewart said "Probably the single most im- portant freedom in tomorrow's world is the freedom to be a prophet." During the past few years the leadership of mankind has been in the hands of the scientist and technologist and they have un- folded a great new world. "To- morrow's leadership," he con- tinued, "will be in the hands of prophets because the' are the ones that will motivate th'e pub - lie towards their goals." This freedom belongs only to the yoeng, for it is their free- dom to be a prophet and go into *the realm of knowledge and daring adventure. Dr. Stewart was introduced by Rev. D. 0. Fry and appreciation was expressed by Ross Scott. Appreciation on behalf of the guests was expressed by Reeve Elgin Thompson and Reeve Ken Stewart, whO stressed the con, tribution which the Lions Club makes to the community. - The meeting was in charge of Clare Reith and assisting were Allan • Campbell, Irvin Trewar- tha, W. N. Ball and G. A. Whit- ney. Robert Spittal and James M. Scott led the group in commun- ity singing. Passes Final Examination Fred (Ted) Savauge received word this week that he had successfully passed his final ex- aniination following completion of a six-month mutual funds course which he began last Selotember. Mr. Savauge who has been associated with Sav- auge Jewellers here said he plans to liquidate his interest in the store so that he an de- vote more time to the invest- ment .business. He is local rep- resentative for A.G.F. Manage- ment Limited, distributors of four Canadian mutual funds, including American • Growth Fund. Open Fridays Beginning April Sth Seaforth stores will remain open Friday night until 9' p.m. to acommodete area shoprpers commencing Friday, Anril 5th. Decision on the commence- ment. date was taken at a meet- ing of ,merchants Tuesday eve- ning in the Town Hall, which had been called by the Cham- ber of Commerce. In other business, the "'meet- ing appointed Frank Kling and J. J. Wilkinson as a nominating cominittee to recommend a chairman and secretary for the merchants committee of the chamber. The meeting was attended by 14 merchants and seven others, unable to attend, had indicated. their opinions as to the matters under discussion. Hibbert Council Holds Social Members of Hibbert Town- ship council and township of- ficials met at the Township Hall Staffa, Tuesday evening for a dinner and social. evening. The dinner- was served b).' Staffa WI. About 50 were in atten- s dance. ' Preceding a program of' cards, Reeve Ross McPhail and councillor John Drake present- ed a gift to Don Kernick• who had served as township assessor. • Brucefield Resident Injured Mrs. John Broadfoot, Bruce - field received lacerations to her hand when a tar driven by her husband was involved in an accident on Ne. 8 Highway east of Stratford, Sunday aft noon. The other car was driv by Michael Peter Last, 271 For- man Ave, Stratford who was treated at Stratford General Hospitgl. Mrs. Broadfoot, was treated at hospital . and released but has been confined to bed since re- turning home. Both cars were extensively damaged. Automatic Here in '93 Pioneer Dial Telephone System Had Seaforth very nearly became one of the first communities in the world to have an automatic telephone system — as early as 1893, in fact. Fragments of the story came to light recently in a search through the Telephone Histori- cal Collection of The Bell Tele- phone Company of Canada. . Contrary to general belief, Ideas for autotnatic telephone systems are almost as old as the telephone itself, brought to practical use by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. Only three years later, AL D. and T. A. Connolly and T. 3. McTighe patented an automatic telephone exchange. It was not commercially 'practical, but it showed that inventive minds were at work from the start be story of the first. sue, cessful automatic system, pro- totype of that in service in Sea - forth today, is a dramatic one. One morning in 1888, a Kan- sas City undertaker named Al- mon n. Strowger opened- his newspaper and read the death notice of a friend. What was, even more shattering than his bereavement was the statement that the friend's body was ly- ing in the funeral parlor of a cornpetitor. Dark suspicions crossed Mr. $trowger's mind. He reasoned that the bereaved family had tried to call him and had been ."switched" to his competitor by a bribable telephone operator. Almon was furious. He cal- led the girl first, and then him- self Visited the telephone ex- change. Each operator, he not- ed, sat before a board contain- ing 10 •rows of 10 outlets each. Eaeh outlet represented one telephone. If a caller wanted number 65, for example, the operator connected a line from the calling party'S outlet to the 'fifth outlet -'in the Sixth row. Such a system, Strowger paw, left telephone calls open to a variety of human error. Returning to his office, he emptied a circular collar box, then stuck the box with 10 rows of pins, 10 pins to each row. Dangling a pencil over the pins, and probably still muttering in anger through his beard, he wondered If there were not some way for the pencil to make an automatic contact with the par- ticular pin needed. There was a way — with mag- nets! After months of manipul- ation with cords, switches, but- tons and wires, Strowger in 1889 filed an application to patent his automate telephone exchange. Two years later, the patent was granted, and on installation was2, 1892, an was actually put in service at LaPorte, Indiana. This was the first automatic telephone system to be instal- led anywhere, and a consider- able amount of ceremony was attached to the affair, with a special train run from Chicago, and a brass band on hand to greet the guests. Shortly thereaft6r, steps were taken to promote the invention In Canada, and on April 1, 1893, the 'Automatic Telephone & El- ectric Company of Cando was incorporated for this purpose. It was proposed to install systems in Terrebontte, Que., Agree.to Defer Actio .thondvnie Road Iteethistruction of No. 12 'county road from No. Highway fftrotigh Egmondville has been AtIerred and there is little lance the work will go to tem; ;let this year it was learned this W 11, nron County engineer J. W. Britnell said Wednesday lack of previncial funds had resulted in alt aspects of the county road program being moved back. Al- nfost the entire cost of the con- struction, which is planned as a"'ttleveelopment road, will be - covered by the province. Engineering of the new road began a year ago and at that time it was indicated the pro- ject could go to tender late last Year with construction to be completed sometime. this year. "There is no immediate prior- ity established for the work new. Engineering isscheduled for completion late this Sum- mer when the project could go to tender", Mr. Brintnell said. He added this would be depen- dent on the priority -given it by the county road committee and on whether necessary provincial funds are available. The program, which involves Seaforth Main Street as well as the road through Egmondville, is being co-ordinated with the Seaforth storm sewer program Huron Briefs Minister The need for permissive leg- islation was stressed in a Hur- oir*Uounty brief prepared for submission to Hon. C. S. Mac - Naughton, treasurer of the pro- vince of Ontario who has assum- ed ministerial duties- for the re: gional development program. an accompanying letter, members of , Huron County Council wrote, "It is our opin- ion the need to make any leg- islation flexible is most impor- tant." In the brief, the following statement drew some discus- sion • at the Monday session in Gode • h: "We realize that the man hp_pays the piper calls the tune and this continued move has centralized- control of so many of these items at the provincial level that county authority has diminished stead- ily and one may wonder wbat the county state is today. We are all aware that the govern- ment closest to the people gets the greatest value for its tax dollar." Reeve James Hayter, Stephen, noted that the bulk of county spending is controlled by prov- incial dictates. "Let us carry -our own load," said Hayter amidst the applause of his as- sociates. 'Clarence "Derry" Boyle, reeve of Exeter, asked council to "aid the provincial government in this new regional government idea" by helping to formulate sensibl anning. Warde Cal Krauter interjec- ted " •vincial government is e servant, not the master." The brief to be presented to Toronto concluded with a plea for all counties to take the in- itiative to keep 'pace with changing times. "If we do not take the lead in our own areas, then we will have mandatory ,legislation forced upon us which may or may not be to the benefit of all concerned." Mr. Britnell said: The decision to defer con- struction came to light with the announcement by Huron MPP Charles MacNaughton that a $500,000 development road pit- ject had been approved for Huron road 3 from Brucefield to Varna. This project will cover 4-2 miles including some urban sections in both • Varna and Brucefield. It will include grad- ing, granular base and hot mix pavement. Under -the Develop- ment Road Program, the prov- ince' assumes 100% of the physi- cal construction cost. • Any land purchase involved is the respon- sibility of the eounty. Huron County Council learn- ed Monday that the road com- mittee has found it necessary to recornmend an increase in the mill rate for road purposes from 9.3 mills to 10 mills. Chair- man Jim Hayter, reeve of Ste- phen explained the committee was reluctant to institute the increase but added, "We must have the money to just stay even." Maintenance costs have been estimated at $550,000; road construction at 0380,008; bridge tand culvert construction , • s159,900. Total ,road budget li $1,930,000 With $650,009 amount to be raised' at county level. At .10 Mills," amount raised for road p,mimaaa will be $692,689- Approval Was given to tinder - take a new needs study. of the present •county road system._ The last needs study carried out in the county eest "POMO it was noted by Mr. BritnelL The cost will be subsidized 50 , percent by the Department Of Highways. Huron Councillors Act On Planning Proposal Huron County councillors on Tuesday morning proceeded with extreme caution through a long, discussion on rejoining the Mid -Western Ontario Dev- elopment Association and the establishmentof a county plan- ning board., , Approval was finally given to pay a membership fee of $5,302.- 26 to MODA representing the, annual cost to county ratepay- ers. The Industrial and tourism committee had recommended that membership be maintained.. MODA general manger Bill Urquhart explained hopes that the Huron Zone would become an effective arm of MODA through the adoption of Plan A which would organite ihis'eoun- ty into a development council within MODA. It has been sug- gested that a fulltime executive secretary be hirod to co-ordin- ate efforts in Humn. He indicated that there would be An early April ..meeting in Huron similar to the one held in Clinton recently to discuss problems peculiar to Huron and establish goals for future devel- opment. He ,encouraged councils to compile briefs containing local views on industrial and tourism development in the various mun- icipalities and to submit it to CLIFFORD R. DUNBAR, Reeve of Grey Township, who has been honored in having been presented with a Cen- tennial Medal. Reeve Dunbar who has served on township council for 12 years has been .reeve since 1959. Active in the community he is a mem- ber of the Brussels Lions and Oddfellows. A veteran of the First War he serOed overseas for four years. the Hon. C S. MacNaughton, Provincial Treasurer who has assumed ministerial responsibil- ity for regional development in Ontario. The industrial and tourism committee had also suggested In •their- repert that county - council consider the possibility of engaging the services of a planning consultant to work with a county planning board made up of six county council- lors (including the warden) and five non -council appointees. This board would work with - existing planning boards in Clinton, Goderich, Wingham, Seaforth in formulating plans for developing the county's po- tentials. It was suggested that the cost in the initial year of operation would be approximat- ely One-half mill or about $33,- 000 - $34,000. Although no financial com- mitment was made at Tuesday's meeting, council did give the committee approval to arrange meetings throughout the coun- ty with municipal officials and other interested persons to dis- cuss the adviseability of a county planning board. At these gatherings, E. A. Gomme of the Debartment of Municipal Affairs would be a resource personality who could guide the thinking of -all indiv- iduals. It was anticirrated that the industrial and tourism com- mittee could compile the find- ings at these meetings into a report which would be present-, ed to county council in June or September. - • Clerk -Treasurer John Berry assured councillors no financial comnritment would be made un- til the complete report from the committee had been thorough, ly discussed in a regular coun- ty council session. Council gave approval for the preliminary steps toward a planning program for Huron after questioning Mr. Gomme and Howard Smith of the firm! of Dryden and Smith,. planning consultants from -Kitchener. Smitli 'told council he estim- (Continued on Page 7) Loss $29,000 in Two Area Fires Loss estimated at more •than $4,000 resulted early Tuesday evening when fire completely destroyed a sugar shanty on the farm of R. W. Campbell, lot 19, con. 7, McKillop. In addition to the building, the loss included sap evapora- tion equipment, a number of sap pails and spiles as Well as ..a–large chain saw that was in the building. A quantity of sap which had been collected that day also' was lost. It was the first good run this year according to Ken Cambell: Only five gallons of syrup had been made this S, ear. Mips Christine Pryce attend- ing a -11-H meeting at the Camp- bell home said the shanty went up so quickly it had not been possible to save anything. Wal- ter Shortreed driving along the -county road to Seaforth saw the blaze to the east and thought it was a barn. There was no indication as to how the fire started. Robert Campbell had been in the build- ing earlier in the evening and everything was in order at that time, Lose 7,000 Chicks About 7,000 month-old chicks were lost in a $25,000 blaze that destroyed a poultry barn own- ed by Eizar Mousseau at Kip - pen about 7 o'clock Saturday night. Fire departments from Bruce - field, Hensall, Exeter, Seaforth and Clinton ,battled the stub- born fire that was finally quel- led shortly before 3 a.m. Sun-. day morning. Heavy snow and high 'north winds hampered efforts to con- tain the blaze first spotted by a neighbor. The home of Vivian Cooper a short distance from • the two-storey, Mousseau barn was saved. Mr. Mousseau was overcome _hy smoke when heg tried.to ei- ter the barn with a portable fire extinguisher. He said his loss was partially covered with insurance. He did not know what contributed to the fire nor whether he would rebuild. The same niglit a large win- dow in the nearliy store of Nor- . " man Dickert w,as blown in. Compete for Trip to UN , Speakers from each of the , five secondary schools in Hur- on will compete at Clinton Col- legiate Friday evening for the United Nations award sponsor- ed by Huron Bebekahs and Odd - fellows. Each school will be rep- resented by two speakers and . the winner will be given a trip .to UN at New York. Early Trial In Seaforth And Area and in Seaforth, Mitchell and Arnprior, Ont., but the only in- formation available concerns that in Terrebonne, where in- stallation was made in Novem- ber, 1892. While the new sYstetn was being introduced the Bell sys- tem already in use, continued to expand. The Huron Expositor of Ap- ril 6, 1894, refers to improve- ments in these words: "The apparatus in the cen- tral office of the Bell Telephone Company, at Mr. C. W. Papst's storey is being replaced this week by a newer and more ef- ficient system, under the sup- ervision of Mr. Wadlarid, of Hamilton. A new switchboard with improved Methods of con- necting subscribers' instru- ments, and greater capacity, a phone, with headpiece attached which permits the operator to use both hands, an adjustable transmitter) and better meth- ods of stringing the wires and, bringing them to the board are among the improvements being made. The representatives of the Telephone Company say that the Town of Seaforth now has the best equipped central office West of Toronto. A new trunk line is also being put in this summer which will give more satisfactory service than the one now in use., It is on what is known as the "metallic circle" system, similar to the New York (and Chicago line, which is probably the longest telephone line in the world." Prior to this however, the automatic company began er- ection of lines -in Seaforth fol- lowing a series of meeting with Seaforth Council accord- ing to references in issues of The Huron Expositor during 1893. By the time the' October 6 ,issue for the year was publish- ed it was possible to carry a - story indicating the lines were ready and an office with W. R. Counter as agent was open for business. A month later the paper indicated that automatic phones had been installed in the Royal and Dick Hotels and ' that now all hotels in town were connected. By 1892 the Strowger system was by no means the highly developed machanism of today. It was not until 1896 that the dial was introdueed, and' the first Installations used but- tons to establish the connection with the distant telephone. There were five wires running from each user's telephone to the exchange — four for mak- ing the connection and one for talking. To call the number 315, Strowger states in his patent, the telephone user pushed his "hundreds" button three tintes, his "tens" button onee, and his "units" button five times. He was then connected, and by cranking the handle of his mag. neto , generator, he rang the bell at the called party's toter -- phone. After the conversation Was over, he' pushed his fourth butrt ton to release the switchett lii the exchange so that theY would be ready for ,anether esiL There WM no provision &Wind (Contintted On P, age 0)