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SEAFORTH COUNCIL gave final approval Monday night'to a plan for new lighting
on Main Street. Under consideration for some months, the new flourscent units will
replace incandescent lights on heavy cast standards which have been in use since the
ihid-thirties. The installation ,provides for 28 .units, an increase of one over the pre-
vious arrangement. While the new units will provide a substantial increase in light,
the actual consumption will be lower, officials said. Shown here near Seaforth Machine
Shop, installing one of the new units in a test of its lighting capacity, are Seaforth
Public Utility Commission staff. Gordon Pullman, top left, and Ron Drager complete
connections above, while Charles Reeves operates the PUC ladder truck. (B-H photo).
• Outstanding Stock Features
Annual Hensall Spring Show
A novice competitor, William
Snow, of RR 1, Woodham, won top
• prize for finish in the Hensall
Feeder Calf Clubshow feature of
the annual Hensall Spring Show
Friday evening.
The 14-year-old's steers sold for
28 cents a pound in the auction
that followed.
The reserve award went to Mar-
• , garet J. Broadfoot, of RR 2, Kip -
',pen; who received 26% cents a
'pound for her steer.
Showmanship awards were won
by George Townsend, of RR 3,
Seaforth; Jim Papple, of RR 4,
Seaforth; Joan Sinclair, of Kip -
pen, and William Snow.
In the cattle classes, Whitney
• Coates & Son, RR 1, Centralia, cap -
lured both herd and get -of -sire
awards for Herefords. Elmer Ribey
of Underwood, won the Angus
class and Shorthorn honors went
to W. E. Parker, of Watford.
Champion Holstein female was
shown by Keith Rader, of RR 3,
Zurich, and the award for best
market animal went to Robert
Kinsman, of Cromarty.
Major horse event winners were
Nile Shantz, of Plattsville; Charles
Halliday, of Chesley; Allan Knill,
of Paris; Orval Bestard, of Thorn -
dale; Fred Jones, of Belton; Wal-
lace Munroe, of Embro, and Mrs.
Hazel Wallis, of Granton.
In the baby contest, winners of
t h e six -month -and -over division
were Cheryl Ford, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Ford, of Hensalt;
Garth Hargreaves, son. of Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Hargreaves, of Bruce -
field, and Brenda Ballantyne,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne
Ballantyne, of RR 3, Exeter.
In the under six months division,
winners were Ruth Chappel, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Chap-
pel, of Seaforth; Edward Webster,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Web-
ster, of Hensall, and Dale Marie
Armstrong, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Armstrong, of RR 1,
Exeter.
The fair was opened by Elston
Cardiff, parliamentary secretary to
Agriculture Minister Harkness and
Conservative MP for Huron. He
was assisted by Ivan Forsyth, war-
den of Huron Cbunty.
This year's fair was one of our
best, according to Earl Dick, .of
RR 1, Cromarty, president.
The fair opened with a school
parade led by horsemen and the
Clinton Community Concert Band.
Prizes for marching were won by
SS 7, Hibbert; SS 10, Hay; and SS
1, Tuckersmith.
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Set Schedule For
Softball Series
In Central Huron
As a result of two years of grow-
ing enthusiasm on the rural soft-
ball diamonds, the Central Huron
Softball League has been Organis-
ed and a full schedule drawn up
of games, with teams entered from
Kippen, Brucefield, Varna, Hayfield
and Holmesville. All games start
at 7:00 p.m. Umpires are drawn
from participating teams, but in
no case will officiate when their
own team is playing.
Schedule
June:
14—Brucefield at Holmesville
16—Kippen at Brucefield
20—Brucefield at Kippen
22—Kippen at Bayfield
24—Bayfield at Varna
28—Varna at Holmesville
30—Holmesville at Brucefield
July:
4—Varna at Kippen
6—Holmesville at Bayfield
8—Brucefield at Varna
12—Kippen at Holmesville
14—Bayfiield at Brucefield
18—Holmesville at Kippen
20—Brucefield at Bayfield
22—Kippen at Varna
25—Bayfield at Holmesville
28—Varna at Brucefield
August:
1—Bayfield at Kippen
3—Varna at Bayfield
5-11olmesville at Varna
9—Brucefield at Holmesville
11—Kippen at Brucefield
15—gBrucefield at Kippen
17—Kippen at Bayfield
19—Bayfield at Varna
23—Varna at Holmesville
25—Holmesville at Brucefield
29—Varna at Kippen
31—Holmesville at Bayfield
September:
2—Brucefield at Varna
6—Kippen at Holmesville
8—Bayfielc,1 at Brucefield
Church Groups
• GROUP I MEETS
Group 1 combined a most enjoy-
able pot -luck supper with their
regular meeting at the home of
Mrs. Don Wood, with 16 members
and one visitor answering the roll
call.
Mrs. Roberton took charge of the
business and opened the meeting
with the Lord's Prayer repeated in
unison. Minutes were read and
adupted. Blue bags were brought
in. Anyone who has flowers or
birds to lend for next Sunday's
church service were invited to do
so and they will be much appreci-
ated.
Final arrangements were com-
pleted for the wedding which
Groups 1 and 3 are catering to on
June 24, also for the strawberry
supper on June 28. Volunteers
were invited to help to clean ber-
ries, etc., in the afternoon. ,
Mrs. S. Garnham and Mrs. D.
Lemon were in charge of the devo-
tional program. Mrs. Garnham read
the Scripture from the 15th chap-
ter of Romans, and Mrs. E. H.
Close led in prayer. Ruth Ciuff
contributed a lovely solo, accom-
panied by Mrs. Johnson.
-Mrs. Cuthill gave a most inform-
ative and inspiring talk, taken
from a composition composed and
compounded by Rev. Harold Young
and featuring the life, experiences
and influence of Martin Luther,
entitled, "Why Are We Protest-
ants?"
Mrs. Lemon thanked the hostess
for a most enjoyable meeting in
her home and those who took part.
Uncle: "What brought you to
the citl, Johnny?"
Johnny: "I came to see the
sights, so I thought I'd better call
on you first!"
Dad: "Tommy, I'm going to buy
you a pair of trousers. Now, which
ones would you like?"
Tommy: Can I have those
marked, 'Cannot be beaten'?"
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1961 SECOND SECTION, Pages 1144
RethOlExperiencesWheri
E4itisitor Was Younger
The recent 100th anniversary of
the commencement of a weekly
newspaper in Seaforth has prompt-
ed former members of The Ex-
positor staff to recall eyents dur-
ing the years they took part in
the production of the paper.
Lieut. -Col. John G. Habkirk, now
living in St. John, N.B., is a re-
tired Salvation Army officer. He
last visited Seaforth during the
Old Boys' Reunion in 1955.
A frequent visitor to Seaforth,
George Love, who contributes the
second story, is retired and living
in Goderich.
Outlook Broadened
By Association
(By JOHN G. HABKIRK)
"If we would but remember while
while in this house of clay,
That the things that really mat-
ter, is 'what we do today."
What a blessing that we are able
to remember and to have happy
memories depends largely on how
we live or do with our lives.
Thinking of the long years of The
Huron Expositor, my memory
flashed back over. the -years of
my life, and for a moment there
seemed to be so little to write
about,
There does ,not seem much to
write about in my childhood. I
was born north of Seaforth in 1873,
and my father and mother before
their marriage were John Habkirk
and Mary Cowan,. We left the old
Habkirk farm soon after my birth
anemoved to Wingham, where I
can remember my father was a
policeman, and led the singing in
the Lower Wingham Presbyterian
Church, before., they had organs
and pianos in --churches. I started
to school in Wingham, but later
went to school in Grey Township
and in Winnipeg, where we went
in the early eighties, when the
C.P.R. was being built to the west
coast. My first memories of Win-
nipeg are not too pleasant, having
ran away from home and nearly
broke my mother's heart. Then
my father died in the West, and
left Mother with four boys and a
girl. Times became hard after
that and we returned to Seaforth.
I had some schooling in Sarnia
and. in Seaforth before being ap-
prenticed to the printing business.
One of my very vivid memories
after we returned to Seaforth was.
the fact that my mother joined the
Salvation Army, which was not
very well understood and some-
what persecuted at that time. This
seemed ,to change the whole course
of my life, as naturally I went
with my mother, and on the 13th
of July, 1886, in a very small Sal-
vation Army, meeting, held for
children only, I made a decision
to remember God in my youth,
and devote my life in some way
to the betterment of mankind,
This was not understood by my
pals, and I was subject to some
personal persecution, but I kept
to my purpose.
My association with The Ekposi-
tor is a very happy memory, and
the editor and publisher at that
time, M. Y. McLean, and other
members of his family, were a
great help and ihspiration to me.
The time spent at The Expositor
broadened my whole outlook on
life, improved my education and
fitted me for better living. I never
became a professional musician,
but I do remember working over-
time on The Expositor to earn
enough money to buy my first
cornet, and to be modest I did be-
come bandmaster of several bands,
and finally went to England with
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the Salvation Army Canadian Staff
Band.
On finishing my apprentice with
The Expositor I went to Stratford
where I worked on the Stratford
Beacon, and from Stratford I re-
turned to Winnipeg and worked on
the old Northwestern and the Win-
nipeg Free Press. During these
years I continued my connection
with the Salvation Army and in
due time became an officer. In
1898 I carried Adjutant Louie Wal-
ton and together we commanded
JOHN G. HABKIRK
many of the leading Corps in Can-
ada and as far east as St. John's,
Newfoundland, as well as other
important positions, as Young Peo-
ple's Secretary, Chancellor and
Divisional Commander.
Time will not‘permit me to elab-
orate on these, but in 1925 we were
transferred to the United States
from Regina, where we were the
Divisional Commanders, to be
Secretary for Prison Work for the
eleven Central States, with head-
quarters at Chicago. This was
somewhat as a surprise to us, but
when I got acquainted with my
job and work, I say now, after
spending some 13 years in the
prisons of America, they were the
happiest and most useful years of
my life. I became a prison evan-
gelist and often had as many as
1,000, 1,500 to 2,000 men and wo-
men in'a service. It is impossible
to estimate the good accomplished
and space will not permit me to
enlarge. I have been with men
and women under all kinds of cir
cumstances—in the death cell, on
the scaffold, electric chair, etc—
and only eternity will reveal the
good accomplished.
It was . in connection with this
work my privilege to commence a
correspondence course of Bible
Study for prisoners, which is now
being used in all the major prisons
of America and in Canada; also
to appeal to the Gideons for Bibles
for prisoners, and now, thanks to
the Gideons, we have Bibles in
prison cells, as well as hotel rooms.
I have had the privilege of in-
terviewing thousands of men and
women and to help and advise
'them-. Naturally I could relate
many true stories. Someone asked
me recently to tell the story of the
worst man I ever knew.. That
would be difficult, as- I have known
so many. However, their flashed
to my mind the story of a man
who sat' in one of my meetings,
when I said, "You may want a
friend some day, and if you do,
you will find me at 719 N. State
Street, Chicago, Ill." A year later
a knock came to my office door
and I said, "Come in," and a man
entered, dressed in a suit of
clothes made in prison, and he
said to me, "Colonel, 1 have come
right from prison to you. I have
broken every law; have commit-
ted every crime, but I want to be
good. I don't want a meal or a
bed; I have $175.00 in my pocket,
I made it in prison at 10 cents
a day, but I want you to tell me
again the story of Jesus, who came
to save sinners." This I did, and
he knelt at my desk and we pray-
ed together and he found peace of
mind. He became a Soldier of
one of our Chicago Corps, and has
since died. I expect to meet him
in the Glory Land, and if he was
the only one—but there were scores
of others—I would be glad I re-
membered, God in my youth and
He has fuliiiled His promises to
, even to Old age, when I have
so many happy memories. We
have two children, both officers in
the Salvation Army,
('an 1 close by finishing the quo-
tation I begun with:
"If we would remember, while in
this House of Clay,
That the thing that really matters
is what we do today;
If we would remember, how quick
earth's treasures pass
That what's laid up in Heaven is
the only things that last.
If we could but remember that Gnd
is always near,
Through every stress and danger,
with Him we need not fear.
If we' would but remember that
not a sparrow falls
But what He sees and wills it, He
understands it all;
If we would but remember, His
way is always best,
That. all our little. trials are only
just a test;
If we would but remember the
things we oft forget,
Would we not have more happi-
ness, and not so much regret?"
The Canadian Red Cross is serv-
ing you and your community in so
many ways.
Many Sidelines To
Printing in 1908
(By GEORGE LOVE)
My reminiscences, take me back
to the month of August in the year
1908 when, as a young lad, I join-
ed the staff of The Huron Exposi-
tor as a budding young apprentice.
There were a lot of sidelines to
the job in those days—the place
had to be swept and dusted; fires
looked after in the winter—all part
of the job, Then there were out-
side duties—much more interest-
ing ones—distributing auction sale
bills, putting up funeral cards and
notices of coming events in the
town. Cleaning the lamps was an-
other "extra," as there was no
electricity available at that time.
The machinery had to be kept
clean and in good running order.
There was a Rogers Typogriph,
forerunner of the Linotype of to-
day, which was a great help. De-
spite the machine, most of the
type had to be set by hand. Some-
times when trouble developed in
our press, a trip had to be made
to Clinton to use the facilities
there, as the weekly paper, then
as now, had to some out on time.
The mechanical staff in 1908 'con-
sisted of John Darwin, Alex Low-
ery, William Tierney, Sidney Town,
Frank Weiland, Charles Weiland
and myself. Mr. Tierney and Mr.
Town left in that year; Charles
Weiland, the next year. In 1910
Harry Weiland joined the staff.
William Hart, who had formerly
been a member, returned that
year.
Many of the "old" boys who had
learned their trade in The Exposi-
tor office dropped in when they
were in town — William Powell,
William Steet, George Watson,
Thomas Soole, R. Dunsmore, Wil-
liam Thompson, Jack Van Eg-
mond, Robert Jones, Charles Hart
—all come back to mind,.
Just recently I had the pleasure
of going through the office and
couldn't help but make many com-
parisons. Now the plant is all on
one floor, where formerly we had
two, and all the modern, machin-
ery is run by electricity. It is a
far cry from the days of foot-
poWer.
In 1912 I went to Toronto to
work in a large book printing
office, but I never forgot the many
good times and old friends at The
'Expositor office.
A monument at Solferino, Italy,
commemorates the birth of the
Red Cross idea and honors Henri
Dunant, the founder of the Red
Cross.
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From Medicine Hat
ik minister from the prairies was
elected moderator of the 87th gen-
eral assembly of the 'Presbyterian
Church in Canada Wednesday night
for the first time in 12 years, when
Rev. Dr. Robert L. Taylor, of Medi-
cine Hat, Alberta, was the choice
after three ballots, Rev. Dr. Ross
K. Cameron, Toronto, and Rev. Dr.
Edwin J. White, Edmonton, were
eliminated in a close contest after
Rev. Mariano Di Gangi, Hamilton,
withdrew his name.
Dr. Taylor has been minister of
St. John's Church, Medicine Hat,
for 18 years. All his pastorates
have been in the west. He is a
graduate of Orillia High School,
the University of Toronto, and
Knox College, Toronto, .which
awarded him an honorary doctor-
ate last April.
Born in Scotland 51 years ago,
the new moderator .is the first to
hold this office from Medicine Hat.
He is married to Jean Findlay, and
they have two sons and three
daughters.
Commissioners to the general
assembly were welcomed to Knox
Presbyterian Church by„the Rev,
William Fitch, minister.
The highest court of the Presb4-
terian Church in Canada was con-
stituted by the retiring moderator,
the Rev. Principal Robert Lennox,
Presbyterian College, Montreal. He
reported on visits to Scotland, Bri-
tish Guiana and Jamaica, and his
official tour from coast to coast in
Canada.
On Thursday the general assem-
bly was addressed by the Very
Rev, John A. Fraser, chaplain to
Her Majesty the Queen ,and official
delegate of the Church of Scot-
land. Greetings from the Anglican
Church of, Canada were bronght
by the Right Rev. G. P. Gower,
bishop of New Westminster. The
Waldensian Church in Italy waS
represented by the mOderator, the
Rev. Dr. Ermanno Rostan, and the
Presbyterian Church in New Zea-
land by a former moderator, the
Very Rev. A. E. Horwell.
Some 250 commissioners, half
ministers and half elders, repres-
ent 'the 48 presbyteries in Canada
at this annual meeting.
The Pretbyterian Church has
198,881 communicant members,
and through its 1,184 churches
ministers to 142,310 families. Last
year 28 ministers were added to
the roll, for a total of 794, the
highest in years.
Overseas the Canadian Presby-
terian Church has work in Japan,
Formosa, British Guiana, Nigeria,
and on two fields in India.
Rev. Dr. E. A. Thomson, Toron-
to, and Rev. Dr. L. H. Fowler,
Aurora, are the clerks of general
assembly.
CHARLES MacGREGOR IS AWARDED
$500 SCHOLARSHIP AT A.O.C.
Charles F. MacGregor, a Senior
at Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph, has been selected to re-
ceive the Ralston Purina Scholar-
ship Award for 1961-62, according
to an announcement made in St.
Louis by J. D. Sykes, vice-president
of the Ralston Purina Company.
The Purina Scholarship amounts
to $500. It is awarded each year
to an outstanding Junior in each
of the 50 land grant colleges in
the United States and in one
Puerto Rican and three Canadian
agricultural colleges. Winners are
selected at each college by a fac-
ulty Scholarship Committee on the
basis of sCholarship, leadership,
character, ambition in agriculture
and a desire for financial assist-
ance.
Charles F. MacGregor is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ross MacGregor,
of Seaforth. He was an honor
graduate from the Seaforth Dis-
trict High School.
Leaving a dinner one evening,
the tightwad reclaimed his coat
from the cheek room and didn't
leave a tip. The checkroom girl
smiled sweetly. "In case you lose
your purse on the way home, sir,"
she said, "just remember that you
didn't pnll it out here."
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THE ANNUAL Ontario Rural Adult Education Conference at
the Ontario Agricultural College last week brought together more
than 100 outstanding rural leaders and educationists from all parts
of the province to discuss rural education, "DistusSing the pre--, ,
gram are Larry Wheatley, Seaforth, lnd4frs: -At ,litericock
ton, a vice-president, Ontario Mane and Saw Aasaniation,
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