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The Huron Expositor, 1968-10-03, Page 2Mizog_181(), Bossing t1eCoOttntiltity first Published, at SEAtiniTH, ONTABIO, every Thusday Morn. bY ',MEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd.' ANDREW Y. MOLEAN, Editor Methher Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulation., and Class IA' Community • Newspapers Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $5.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $7.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 12 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa dims -SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 3, 1968 An Important Nomination Meeting Every nomination meeting is impor- tant for it is here citizens make the first decision as to those who will rep- - resent them in various offices at var- ious levels of government. This year — if one nomination can be considered more important than an- other — will be a year when ratepay- ers will have a particular responsibility. For the first time the community will be called on to select persons who will form a county wide board of education. As finally spelled out by the minis- ter of education, several groups of mun- icipalities in the county will each Sel- ect one or two representatives — de- pending on assessment — to sit on the board which conies into being .on Jan- uary 1. The new board takes over sup- ervision of all public and high schools in the county at the first of the year. The voting area in which Seaforth is included also includes Tuckersmith, Stanley and Bayfield. As the munici- pality with the largest assessnient, Stan- ley becomes responsible for the election machinery and the school trustee nom- ination will take place at the same time and place as the Stanley nomina- tions — that is at, Varna on November —. Elections follow on December 2nd. The representatives that are chosen by Huron voters- must -of necessity -be of exceptional ability. On them will fall the bread policy making decisions af- fecting thousands of student,s'•aefross Huron County. The problems they will face as a board will be' different than those which trustees in the past have contended with. While it is true their basic responsibility will be to the in- dividual student and his progress through the adoption of programs best spited. for all, no longer will it be pos- sible to think on terms of one student or for that matter of one school. Details of physical plant no longer will be a prime concern of trustees because it obviously will be impossible -,for a trustee representing Ashfield area to know the solution to a drain that is plugged in Usborne. These mat- ters and hundreds more like them will become the concern of paid staff. Such a wide flung- system, involving schools located across the county will necessitate supervisiors and administra- tors in a variety of fields not previous- ly envisaged by even the most progres- sive board. As department of education officials assume increasing responsibili- ties in the local field civil servants will continue to be pressed on the board to carry out duties which in the past haye been done 15y trustees without remun- eration. Perhaps it is here ,that the new trus- teewill find his greatest problem, that of maintaining some balance between an expanding ,supervisory staff and a ,,rapidly rising educational tax rate. The new system is designed to pro- vide equality Of opportunity for every student regardless of whether he lives in the town, village or. township. This is as it should be. - What constitutes equality and how it can best be achieved here in Huron will be something for the new board to face. Certainly it will have the bene- fit of professional advisers but the fin- al decisions must be those of the elect- ed members of the board. That is why it is So important that the best available people be. nominated and be elected to represent we. There is nothing more important than the education of Huron children. 'Newspapers Can Make the Difference It can be said that newspapers make a big difference in the lives of people. People need all the information -they can get concerning the many social, economic and political problems of the day in order to, act responsibly and prddently. It makes a difference whether local situations are improving or deteriorat- ing. . . whether taxes are going up or down . , . whether police and fire Pro- tection are adequate . . . whether the business outlook is good or bad . . what merchants are offering . . . who won the big game . . . whether suffic- ient recreational areas and facilities are provided for citizens. . . it makes a big difference in a hundred ways in people's lives every day. It has been said that a city or a town >, is the reflection of its_newspaper. Good newspapers are found in good, wide- I awake, aggressive towns. The opposite also holds true. Adoption of newspapers as "Living Textbooks',' in school classrooms throughout the nation ,is growing daily. Recognition by -educators and teachers of the importance of newspapers as a 'means of acquainting young people with the rapidly changing world scene is increasing. No bouiid textbook with a hardback can keep up with it. Newspapers are being used in class- rooms to afford. practice in basic read- ing skills; to improve verbal facility and vocabulary skill and development, and to enrich pupils' understanding of many subjects. (From the Collingwood, Ont. Weekly 'Enterprise -Bulletin). From My Window Every so often when I alt demi. tit write these articles I'm without one single idea that could possibly peas as an ex- cuse for a column. Today is one of those awful days. The baby is asleep; it's three o'clock on Friday afternoon; and deadline for this bit of drivle is one hour hence. It is OW or never. But I just can't think of anything to write about. could tell you about the pair of school shoes we bought for our daughter. We jut got them yesterday and last night when she wore them Or an hair Or so to a rollicking genie of "kick the toe (whatever in the world that,Js) she came henie wittetilisters on her feet. She tells tis eow.tho Shoes were too small When we bought, them. tut you- wouldn't he interest- 04.;in that I'll bet, you've got kidint yeer lieUge *liege edet grOW ,a halfan itielt In three hoixra MaYhe- *at-tiif1ce f,g'W abed the Pant lit:0)14a we have tit the *teed thei, (hit 'We*t . 1COlar Son is at tluit aWkivard stage — he's too young to be treated like a man and he's too • old to belt on the hind, end without just eause., But he needs trousers. It is indecent to send him to School without them. Only troeble is, the child hesret n pair of pants in the house which are all in one piece. About six pair of perfectly good pants have gone down struggling since the beginning a school. Even though our son very carefully wriggles into his pants each day, save& strain on the Seares by having his sister tie his shoes fot hire and sits down in a standing position on the sehooi bus, the )3titclies at the crotch 41:v06 pull out." The ,titiuble has to be rotten thread or poor workinenehip, ft feat Ohl be diet the pants aTe too darn tight because that's the Style. "f„'EVerYtitie wears them that 40iiy, Mein.° Bet t won't bother you with that gordid tale. Most young men look like strangled zombies these days. No use to reitind you of it. Perhaps you'd _like to hear about the day my two-year-old went shopping in his T-shirt (and nothing else). That was the day we Ieft home in a hur- ry for two weeks of camping while the neighbors tried to forget.' Or what if I'd report back on that big garden we planted this past spring—the one that grew so wild we had to pull sonae plants to keep them from ehok- ing the neighbor'g orchard. Right now, my husbandcould be mistaken for Dr. Livingstone who chopped his way through' the _African jungles—only, it's just 'eerri stalks my spouse is slashing and felling. What's the use. You wouldn't want to read about common place happeniegs like those. And times up./ hear my little butilozei waking up from his nap. Ikto time now to 'write a col- umn. in the Years Agone Frain The Huron Expositor Oct. 8th, 1943 Professor Frank Hogg of Woodstock has been granted his Bachelor of Arts degree by the Queen's University, Kingston. He is a son of Mr: and Mrs. W. S. Hogg of IVIcleillop,and was a former student of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute. The "Stitch Club" met in the , form of a theatre party to hon- or 1Vliss Mayme Watson, who leaves shortly to train as a nurse in Stratford General Hos- pital. Lunch was served at the home of Misses Vera and Laura Mole after which Miss Isobel Anderson presented Miss' Wet - son with gifts. A "family night" was held in First Presbyterian Church when the four mission-organiza= lions of the church joined to present a Mott interesting pro- ' • gram. Kinsman•Bros., Cromarty pur- ehased the top .price bull at Unionville for' $2,500. The ladies id the Hullett Boundary met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Dougan where with the assistance of a feW visitors from the 13th conces- sion of Hullett, completed three much needed quilts for the Red Cioss. Mr. Otto Walker of Cromar- ty is at present busy at a new house near Hensall. Frani Kling has moved his tinsmithing and plumbing busi- ness to the vacant store in the Box block occupied by Par- son's barber shop. The sum, of $70.00 was rea- lized from a baking sale, bazaar and tea held at Winthrop in aid of the Red Cross. • * * From The Huron Expositor Oct. 4th, 1918 Members of the Women's,Pat- riotic Society of Dublin met at the home of ,Mrs. Joseph Nagle when they presented Mrs- A. VanHolt Michael with an Ains- ley salad bowl and servers. John McGrath of' Dublin ship- ped a fine carload. of horses to Montreal. ' Many persons regret to Awn of the death of Nelson Davidson �f Leadbury who made the su- preme sacrifice for the Empire the battlefield. Misg Ella and Mabel Turnbull of town left to attend the Fac- ulty of Education. Col AIME Wilson has sold his residence on James St. to Robt. Archibald of Mclfillop. Mr. Garden, who has leased the reeently occupied by H. Livens, has had the in- terior of the store renovated and has pet in e stock of new cedes. I. J. Merrier, 111P, hair. chased the residence of the late , Mrs. M. C. Chesney on John St. from Dr. Atkinson. Sohn C. Bell is one �f the successful fanners of Tueker-, smith and is recelying much comment on a grand field of cern. He is able to show stalks of 12 feet long. The farmers in the vicinity of Hentall, together with the flax manufacturer, Owen Geiger are Making good use of every fine day now in the bean and flax fields. The lefeKillop Children's School Fair was a grand SUCCSS In every particular. The day *as delightful arid a large atten- dente was present. • * * Frbrrs The Wren exnailfor Oct, 6th; 1893 14 R. 4,0t and Xr. Brigham of iftillett %vete driving the,ot11-. er day, the horse shied and Pit. • ched them out of the buggy. Mr. Scott had two ribs fractur- ed and his shoulder and back hurt. The terrible fire alarm whis- tle at Broadfoot's awakened the citizens from their comfortable slumbers when it was discover- ed that the rear part of the residence of J. W. Snell, clothes dyer, was on fire. The buildings belong to Thomas Kidd. In4the•absence of the precen- tor on Sabbath last, in Egmond- ville, the singing was led very acceptably by Miss A. G. Gem - C. W. Papst of town has pur- eliased a very handsome mika- do, with canopy ton, fro* Hugh Grieve. It was at the show and attracted much attention. The recent photographic dis- play we have •seen at a kcal show for many years was made by Bauelaugh and Trott at the Seaforth show. Nearly forty invited guests assembled at the residence of Donald McLachlan, Cromarty, to hold a social in connection with the Young People's Chris- tian Endeavor Society. George TO THE EDITOR Hamilton was chairman. The night being cool, the organ was moved inside and the program was finished. Isaac Modeland has purchas- ed from Mrs. James the neat and comfortable residence on the corner of Market arid Louisa Streets for $900. Mr. L. Ellison has bought from Mr. W. H.-Ait- chesen his property on Cole- man St. for $375. Both these sales were made through the real eitate agency of Messrs. If. A. Strong and brother. , - The community was shocked. to learn the sad an& sudden death of Mrs. Lennon, wife of James Lennon, Huron Road, Mc- Killop. She was born in Tipper- ary, Ireland, in the year 1839. There were over 100 vehicles in the funeral procession. Mrs. Robert Hawthorne de- parted this life at tbe residence of her son, Mr.- Peter Haw- thorne, town line, Hulled, hav- ing reached the unusual age of nearly 89 years. Her maiden name was Helen McGill. She was a native of Scotland and came to the new land something ov- er 40 years ago. Sees More Soap As Solution RR 3, Hannon, Ont., Sept. 22, 1968 Sir: On reading Mr. Argyle's write- up on "hippies and their pre- sence in the commtunity, we be- lieve that some municipal of- ficials do get roused up to fev- er pitch ever" these people wan- dering around the streets dres- sed as the are. If Mr. Argyle has been to downtown Vancouver, in par- ticular, he could plainly see why the Vancouver ,City of- ficials are fed up to the teeth with these 'odd balls, their filthy garb, matted hair, and very often, we are told, they are infected.WRh We, as well as other tourists, -were unable to take colouted snaps of the fountain and stone work in front of the court- house on account of these people being all over the flag stohes, balustrade Mid court- house steps, With the only_ girl getting a drink at the tneritain with her lend hair haiiging in the water. 7- Itilludson'Bay store we were told that eustoriiett shied away from these hippies in the store on account of their dirty con- dition and also because- they may carry lice. We have spent our summer vacations for the last three years in Oregon, Washington State and the City of Vancouv- er and found Vancouver has the dirtiest type- of hippie we en- countered. In 1958 we saw no hippies at all.- • Seattle has its quota too. In Portland, our big surprise, sit- ting up on a stone post by the Federal Bldg., was a hippie, dlr.: ty with bare feet and all the trimmings,' asking tourists if anyone came from Kitchener, Ont. He said "I come from Kit- chener, Ont." Everyone moved on. , Until this country banishes all soap or its le, there is no possible, exeu for these odd balls not to,keep them- selves clean and p esentable to society,. The exe se that par- ental,. elid Wine trouble Is the 'Ceetee d'itit11•40841,ot atop. them, otegetip, tfierels Witter. - • • Eobert Reid. -24k0h0Te Goderich, Ont., 30, Sept., 1968 Dear'Sin •,I am writing to extend an in- vitation to all Seaforth and dis- trict boys who might be inter- ested in, trying out for the Goderich Sifto Hockey Club of the 011A --Juniv 'Er Central -We will be beginning prac- tiees at the aoderich Arena • this coming Saturday, October 5, with workouts at 10:00 a.m. and :0() p.m. and on Sunday. October 0 at 1100 nun. and 400 p.m. The boys are asked to bring their own , ecitiipmelit• for the tryouts. They should also note the new age lirnit this year — they intist'have-heen born after December, IOU to be • • The, Oita will be playhig In seven team league this year • 0,9and Okeri Stratford Warriors; St. Maria' Litiobinit -:‘'Xitaliener Green - alike, Waterloo &skins an Strithroy Hoards, :Coach of the Siftos is Mtn Leleti year we had two Seaforth area players It Scott and Murray Plebtiers n. qlanleis attending the University of Waterloo this year, but Mur- ray will he back with the Sift* frail from a good shovying at, the Hamilton Red Winds* Syn., iot„"A" camp. fiVer half of gat year's" team will he' Missing heetiese of over. age, attendance at university or graduation to .Tunior_if\fk" ranks, so these trying out Will have many spbts to fill on the team. We are hoping many Seaforth boys will attend, SiriCe we are Stressing area talent this year- §ttletelV S',131F,4 itichar4 A-. Madge, Publicity,,Pirectors, Godetieh Sifto Hockey dab ugar and pice — By Bill' Sxuiley'.— lAN IS QUITE A LAP of a afferent color. Young people, however fine their ethical. standards, have a knack Of getting themselves, and innocent bystanders, into some unholy messes. Herewith a couple of examples. - Our neighbor's bey, Ian, is a good 'lad. lip's clean, honest, polite and law-ahiding. He's about as normal a young fellow as you'd meet. Likes girls, plays football and works hard at - everything except school. He and his 'tang are mad about motors. Motor -bikes and ears occupy much. of their wait- ing time. Ian had a Honda, then. a Volks, and this summer bought a convertible for $60. It runs. • •Last week, his group was out cruising Around, looking at used cars. They had no money to buy one. Just looking, And they came across a deal no red- blooded car -lover could resist. It was a hearse. A huge, black 1950 Cadillac hearse. It hadn't been stripped down into a veg- etable truck or 'something of the sort. It was a genuine, ready -for -work hearse, complete with purple upholstery and every detail, right down to a crucifix. Think of the history in that black behemoth's years of serv- ice. Think of all the good soul§ who had their, first and last ride in a Cadillac in that long, sbeibre body. I don't think the boys pon- dered !midi on these things. But they were hooked. They'd have the coolest transportation in town. And a Cadillac. But what did it was the price. One hundred dollars. Ian, the only one with any money in the hank, wrote a, cheque on the spot. -The others were to come in on shares when they raised the money. • I don't blame., them. If I'd seen it first, I'd have bought it as a, second car for my wife. It would certeinly be a conversa- tion piece. ,And that's exactly what it turned out to be. -When Ian drove up and parked it in the driveway, and his parents found out what he'd done, there was some conversation, all right. He was told in no uncertain terms that he had made a grave error, that he'd taken on a stiff proposition, and that this as not a motor -bike, but a hearse But the damage was done. The menacing black hearse had been seen in the driveway. The phone began to ring. The neigh- • bors •started taking up a collec- tion for flowers, The Potato Man, • who calls regularly with produce, tapped timidly at the back door, hat on his ,breast, tears in his eyes, and said bro- kenly, "I didn't know whether I should call today, when you've had a sadness in the family." Ian was told to get that hearse out of sight. He let one of the other lads take it home. The latter's mother told him not to 'park it within a block of their house. People chased him away when he tried to -park in front of their homes. And so it went the rounds of the boys and their parents,. It is now hidden behind the cottage of one of the families involved, deep in the woods. But the boys, undaunted by ghostly or gruesome associa- tions, are planning some fine parties and fishing trips in it next s'ummer, when the heat is off. The second incidelt occur- red at our school this week. These days, teachers are trying " all sorts, of novel methods to make learning come alive. Some work; some don't. One of our young history teachers had carefully plahned k mock triaL He arranged for one of his 'students (a girl with a benner's driving license) to "steal" his car, take it to the students' parking lot and try to drive it out of there at neon, -which is verboten. She was to be apprehended in, the felony by a. "detective", the vice-principal, questioned, then turned over to her class- mates for trial. All went *ell. She got the car started. The teaeher had it pointed in the 'right direction. Then all hell broke loose. She had trouble with the hand- brake or the clutch or some- thing, took a leap forward and staved in the side of the teabh- er's car on the bumper of an- other one parked there. • Net results: history teacher has a $100 body repair bill looming; one hysterical teen- ager felt worse than if she had stolen a car. But it was a good idea. This Week and Next — by Ray Argyle — MON DIEU, MES AMIS The ,French-speaking nation- alists who have gained power in Quebec face a very difficult problem in attempting to pro- tect and promote their lan- guage and culture. Their_ almost-feverieh attemp- ts to make Quebec a one -lan- guage state are, of course, aim- ed at building dykes te protect their French-speaking island in the sea of 200 -million English- speaking North Americans. To do this, Quebec must cast off any kind of bilingual cover. But in so doing, it isolates its five -million French Canadians, drives off economic investment from outside, and ensures We- bec's continued isolation. The, result is to restrict tile ,, ibilities of its People to com- pete in the English dominated world of modern commerce and tlubscience.e's rejection of the kind • of bilingual policy which had been held ,out as a goal ,or all of Canada, means also that . the English majority in the, • restitof.rthe: nation will Stiffen Its, resistince:.te,- cannet accept -a bt _. .Canada, how ther, can the rest of the country be e.x peated to do ece?. 'Jitst as the settlement Of the West was left to migrants from 'Ontario and across the sea, so also will the frontiers of the . future be manned by other than French Canadians. There are already signs of this in Montreal, where to the horror of the Quebec establish- ment, attempts to Make French the dominant lanitiage,,have so fr rad:with failure.• , The -faet is--"that.lViontreal Is still as. dreat an English ,hone ▪ in the throat of Atieheeas it ever VAS.' This partly accounts for the emotion " of Quebee's Cultural Affairs Minister, Jean Noel Tremblay, in declaring that both einployers and hand- graiits should vei4to the m o,rk' atin: de busitiess hi the' Preach lan- , guage. Thls position, . mil:Tatted, by '4111P14110.Preieter Daniel Jolinson„eontraids sharp- ly with the views of Prime Minister Trudeau. The Priem, Minister, genuine- ly committed to a "One Cana- da" policy which respects the rights of citizens to the lan- guage of their choice — be it French or English — views Quebec's drive toward a one - language .state as ,both deplora-• ble and misguided. He has said: "Our position is that we hoped that rather than withdraw privileges from- the Englise minority h Quebec, the privileges would be giveh to the Ftench Minorities in other _ provinces." The English rights which Ot- tawa can protect in Quebec are ()illy those built into the BNA et. These are limited to the p etection :of English .in the legislature, the courts and the statutes of the province. The language bill which -the Quebec- Government will an- nounce shortly, jsexfected to contain certain, protections for English rights. The. most important protec- tion, however; is in the field of eaueation,' not in laws respect- ing ;language. And Atiebec is noinraitted- conatittitiOnaily only to providing Setieelliigforo- testant and iths. e'lliere is no,:laW;that' education ha'S to be in tnglish as Well as Freech. • .. This LS why the Montreal suburb of St Leonard has be- conie a bittlegiound ;between the languages The itoniae Cath- olk school board „there has de- cided, to phase out English as a language of instnictiori year bY year — starting this year with all,Freech Grade 0.0e. Englide *eking, parents including Marty, Italian hteiligrents who realize their future in the New World depends on their mas- 'tory �f nglish — have pulled their children but of school and aie refutihg to pay school taxes. Unless seine kind of a rea- sonable compromise can be worked out, there is no doubt thatQuebec will indeed become a Frenclvspeaking only, state. But the results will be as dis- astretts for Freneh, Canadians as they will be disappointing for the rest of Canada. • • a • • •