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Peter Moran left Simcoe County archivist talks with member of the Essa Historical Society at the societys first regular meeting on July Moran described the work done by the Simcoe Carnegie courses attract wide variety of people By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner In the late 1960s the path to self awareness could start at several points including drop ping out mind expanding drugs or variety of oriental philosophies and religious guaranteed to facilitate the pro cess of getting in touch with oneself But todays successoriented society is becoming more in terested in sélfawareness through personal development and achievement of goals That this is the aim of the 70s becomes more apparent with the increasing popularity of terms such human resources development success motivalt tion and interpersonal rela tions as well as the swelling number of personal growth and development programs now available for the wouldbe achiever One of these programs at tracting new interest is the Dale Carnegie course the grand daddy of them all Founded 67 years ago the course last year graduated 104000 people in 17 languages from 52 countries says Herb Roseneck area supervisor with Crone and Associates Inc licensed sponsors for the course in most of Ontario And this province alone ac counted for 3000 of these graduates who successfully completed the 14week course sys the supervisor whose ter ritory includes Peel Region as well as Muskoka and Simcoe ounties INCREASING DEMAND To meet the increasing de mand Roseneck is currently in Barrie with his wife Linda sales representative for the Course to structure schedule of classes to begin in the fall Although once the traditional domain of business executives the How to win friends and in fluence people course as it is familiarly known is attracting people from all walks of life in all age groups from 18 to 80 say the Rosenecks Faced with stiffer competr By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner As society changes our system of education must keep pace if it is to remain vital says Audrey Trotter Innisfil trustee to the Simcoe County Board of Education An education should help supply the child with the con7 fidence to deal with an uncer tain future she says When was growing up you knew exactly what was expected of you today children cant be sure Trot ter told The Examiner The school board is respon sible for ensuring modern education equips the child for living in the real world she said For that reason Trotter supports the human relations 59 program being proposed for use in Simcoe County schools and would be in favor of other programs that would expose students to the reality tion in the working world young people are recognizing the importance of skill develop ment and being able to prepare themselves for the job says Mrs Roseneck As for being too old for the course it just isnt true she says The only limit is your im agination One group of people who con tinue to swell the ranks of Carnegie graduates says Roseneck are housewives We call them household ex ecutives he says because the average housewife makes more decisions in day than most highly paid executives With its emphasis not only on getting in touch with oneself but also with othersthe courses objectives have re mained basically unchanged since its beginning PROMISES It promises to help people communicate effectively in crease their selfconfidence develop the ability to get along with others improve their self image develop their hidden abilities and reduce business tension and stress all in an at mosphere of approval We dont have any magic answers to success says Roseneck We just supply the tools and skills to help people affect their own habits People seem to be growing apart and these skills are becoming more important than ever The strength of the Dale Carnegie Course says Roseneck lies in its teaching methods Classes are conducted in greenhouse environment where students are never asked to do something embarrassing or face ridicule and criticism We help people to take look at their strengths he says They dont need to know whats wrong with them but whats right with them And its to acquire skills and not knowledge which the course emphasizes he says because knowledge alone cannot in of life trustee since 1973 Trot ter was against the program when it was first considered some five years ago Gradually as talked to people about it people who worked with childrens aid doctors and so on came to believe the program is need ed she said It isnt perfect and people should have the option whether their child will take the course but think this sort of thing is good ex perience for the child Its important not that people learn what to think but learns the process of thinking Its good to see them students asking ques tions Trotter said The course teaches them to appreciate the differences between people and make them more aware of others Trotter like the majority of the boards other 20 First historical society meeting County Archives which attracts visitors from all over the world The society meeting was held in Utopia Photo by Brian Baker crease levels of confidence which lead to changes in at titude It is process of practice and participation not academics he says BASICSKII One of the first basic skills the course teaches is how to remember names Most people are surprisingly weak in tis skill says Roseneck but after one class their improvement gives them added confidence and they are encouraged to practice their newly developed ability outside of the classroom You dont just take this course you live it But the major stumbling block the course helps people to overcome is fear whether it be of public speaking their bosses other people or what is most common fear of failure This last fear says Roseneck is the reason why 99 per cent of us dont have goals In most people seven out of 10 thoughts are negative because we have been condi tioned that way We are controlled by negative selfimage which holds us back The bottom line of the Carnegie Course he says is that it helps develop positive selfimage Unfortunately says Roseneck the course still suf fers seine criticism from those who see it as success formula needed by those who cant make it the mental equivalent of body building course taken by 90pound weakling who wants to stop the bully from kickingsand cn hisfacc If this was so he says then most of the top executives in some of the largest corpora tions around the world would qualify as losers Over 200 of the chief ex ecutive officers in companies in the United States are graduates he says and last year in Japan 44 of the largest banks and corporations sent their top management persona nel for the course knovv your school board School must equip kids for real world AUDREY lROITIIR prepare students trustees also believes some revision of the program is necessary She is also concerned that the school system is not do IREQLENI USERS Corporate giants such as Ford Motor Co Chas Manhate tan Batik CoealtCola and ham pion Spark Plug are among the most frequont users of the course says Roseneck and in the past 30 years General Motors alone has sent 50000 employees for training Other critics of the course he says have claimed that its teaching is nothing more than common sense and ideas col lected from most of the major religious and philosophical leaders throughout history By BRIAN BAKER Examiner Correspondent THORNTON Summer or winter to enter Thornton Greenhouses on Line of In nisfii is like entering well kept tropical jungleFrom three large greenhouses Dick Weistra sends out to retailers and others over 200000 baskets of tropical plants seasonal flowering plants and summer flowering baskets and summer border and box plants Dozens of hanging baskets of summer flowers ready to grace the town of Gravenhurst and thousands of other bedding box and hanging basket summer flowering plants made most colorful sight in the rotating greenhouse Two other adjacent greenhouses are reserved for tropical plants on all levels floor level bench level and suspended from the roof so that as you walk down through these greenhouses you are surrounded by all kinds of strange and wonder ful tropical plants in rich and varying shades of green On summers evening it is most refreshing experience RESEMBIJISIWIARF Tee giant dumbcane or to use its scientific name Deifenbachia Exotica resembles dwarf banana tree The Norfolk pine looks like monkey puzzle tree in minature The spikeleaved bromiliads resemble pineap ples without the fruit The strong of hearts is very dainty very slow growing spider plant The birds nest fern has glossing tongueshaped leaves rising up from around nestshaped cluster of em bryonic fronds which prior to unfurling look like eggs in the bottom of nest As you walk through the greenhouses you see some tropical plants you have seen and many you havent There are exotic ivy varieties the Early centre for lumber milling By BRIAN BAKER HILLSDALE One of the more interesting and pretty villages in North Simcoe we discovered is Hillsdale with its past rich in history its heritage of early buildings and its treelined streets which once reechocd to the hoofbeats of logging horses and the clatter of lumbermens hobnailed boots First we had nice visit with friend Mrs Ruth Lea Hillsdale correspondent to The Examiner and keeper of the Tweedsmuir History She show ed us through her home one of many in Hillsdale dating back 100 and more years Mrs Lea whose late hus band Joseph was deeply in volved in pioneer reforestation work in North Simcoe showed us through her frame house with its cozy interior and its ceilings charmingly covered with ornamental patterned tin with central radiations around the central lamp dating back over half century little red barn harked back to the days when village people would keep cow or two flock of hens and maybe two or ing all it could to initiate children in the art of living in an adult world It worries me Sometimes think the kids dont get good handle on what lifes all about In an age when people are being forced to specialize and gain knowledge in specific field to the excluston of others getting out and discovering what it is you want to do is important Trota tersaid She said an extensive pro gram that allows high school students to examine the workworld before having to enter it would be welcome She acknowledged that some schools have such program on their own It would be nice it we could help the kids get real life experience before leav ing school Trotter said We have to prepare students for the future undertaken three sheep or pigs and horse fortravelling FIRST SETTLERS The first settlers according to the Tweedsmuir History were Hugh Marlow John Hamilton and the McGentries on lots 59 60 and 61 just north of town Marlow in 1834 opened the first store in the area and later tavern Petty courts were held at the Marlow home The Swan Brothers were veteran soldiers from Ireland Morrison built the first blacksmith shop in Hillsdale on the north corner now owned by Gerald Canton The first mail carrier was Ed Arthur who in the 19305 carried mail on foot from Holland Lan ding to Penetang In the early 1840s Mr Milligan did the same mail run using dog teams Still later Holmes and Smith did the routes on horseback Hillsdale was one of the most important lumber milling cen tres in North Simcoe including the F105 Lumber Co Shaws mills Blackwells mills Wes tends Hayes Shortbreeds Cooks and Martins lumber mills So important was the lumber milling industry that standard gauge railway known as the Flos Tramway was con structed from the railway at Elmvalc around the north side of Orr Lake to Hillsdale in 1897 walking tour of Hillsdale proved most rewarding star ting with the United Church with its colored windows dou ble entrance and soaring louvreAsided shingleroofed steeple dated 1889 and St An drews Presbyterian Church with its square brick tower in place of steeple Going east and then turning south just before reaching the 012 Penetang Road Highway 93 we came to the tiny turnof the century jail and courthouse just 20 feet square with white concrete walls green eaves tin roof and single chimney Peers ing through the windows we looked into the three prison cells eight feet by six in size entered by iron barred doors single light hanging from the tin ceilings In front was the courtroom MET GRANDSON We met Charlie Martin grandson of one of the early lumber mill owners Jasper Martin When his Charlies father was working in the mill office as boy of 15 in 1892 he received wooden wall clock for buying twodollar subscription to The Barrie Ex aminer making him the only Thornton greenhouses resemble tropical iungle fivefoot cornplant the fid dleleaf fig the emerald pep peroni of the arum family the prayer plant which at night folds its redveined leaves as if in prayerthe wellnamed asparagus fern the odd pouch plant and the friendship plant so called because it is constantly sprouting new plants which you can give to your friends Season plants most of which he imports include 5000 poinsettias at Christmas coleus and African violets for Mothers Day and lilies for Easter Weistra uses 20000 fibrous begonias and 50000 geraniums year for sum mer basket and box ar rangements SELLS RETAIL Most of his business is wholesale to retail dealers but he also sells retail to customers and homeowners who come to his door Yes this is very in teresting business says Weistra There is never dull moment around here We dont need to go to Florida for the winter because it is summer all year round in the greenhouses When you consider that it takes $30000 worth of oil each winter you can see that it is not all profit to operate tropical plant greenhouse throughout the year this far north Something worth men tioning is the fact that ever since the greenhouses have been here and my father John built the first one in 1951 song sparrows have nested inside of them It is so nice to come out in the morn ing and hear their bright and cheerful song As we stand potting plants the song spar row will sit two or three bars away singing its heart out For the 1st four years robins have also nested in the greenhouse this year in philodendron plant Because Hillsdale subscriber The clock still runs perfectly can well remember when my family operated lumber mill planning mill and hoop and stave or barrel factory recalled Martin sweeping his hand across his lower fields can remember seeing steam engines picking up 15 or more carloads of lumber at time from the mills and have even seen passenger train right down the field When we were youngsters we used to push little hand car two miles up the grade of the old tramway and then come tearing back down at breakneck speed My grandfather Jasper Martin was in 1868 the only magistrate in the area north of Barrie With 33 hotels between Barrie and Penetang and whisky selling for five cents glass he had to settle many fights My mothers father Charles Farager used to pick up the mail from the train in Barrie during the 18805 and deliver it to post offices in the tavern along the Penetang Road As mailman part of his duties in cluded bringing prisoners from the train at Barrie to the prison at Penetang handcuffed to the side of his twoseat democrat TRA We walked down across Mar tins field to see the trackbed of the historic tramway now growing up with trees since it was abaondoned 60 years ago It ended here split into We visited our music teacher of public school days Miss Eva Rumble well known to public school children in rural schools in the townships surrounding Barrie during the 19403 1950s and 19605 Retired she still has private class of 23 students We concluded our Hillsdale visit at Jack Rumbless feed mill mile east of the village where he showed us through the picturesque redpainted wooden mill where all the flour milling machinery used in his fathers time may still be seen In the back of the mill he show ed us the wooden crown gears which once transmitted power from the water wheel turbine to the mill machinery BB PROVIDES MANY JOBS The Housing and Urban De velopment Association of Can ada says the residential con struction industry in Alberta generated 27000 manyears of employment and total wage bill of $483 million in 1978 the examiner Tuesday July 10 1979 we cannot water the plants where they nest very heavi ly we lose two or three pots of plants every summer But that is small price to pay for the song and company of the birds Weistra is helped by his wife Mary Lou and on weekends by his children Melanie 19 who would like to become floral designer and two sons Derick 15 and Shane 13 When they travel they visit other greenhouses throughout Ontario but when they go on vacation they do just that by going to the cottage to relax or go fishing PROPAGATION In the tropical plant busineSs propagation is the name of the game In special soil mixture contain ing peat and perlite under an automatically timed misting system leaves cuttings and shoots are coaxed to Send out roots and become new plants Because cacti like hot CIny and cool nights and orchids which people most often associated with tropical plants require hot and humid conditions conditions entirely different to most tropical plants Weistra does not grow them He does supply plant for terariums and has collec tion of cactus for his own satisfaction The yucca which he does grow for sale is not cactus but rather member of the lily family Weistra who employs six people excluding his own family supplies tropical plants hanging baskets and patio plantings seasonal gift plants and bedding plants to retail outlets throughout Simcoe County south to Toronto and north to Gravenhurst Huntsville and Parry Sound In the future he hopes to add more greenhouses to his setup most popular tropical plants that he sells Hillsdale canbOast of past thats rich in histor No one identified last weeks entry in the Know Your County Contest as the old Midhurst Cemetery it you know the answer to this weeks entry send your name address and telephone number along with your entry to Know Your County Contest The Examiner Box 370 Barrie L4M 4T6 Winners receive two free steaks courtesy of and Super Discount stores In Barrie Angus or Alliston MMLLltL4eAaAhL4