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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-12-18, Page 2HALF -PAST TEE:"! Since 1860 -,erring the Community First • Published at SEAPORT'', ONTARIO, every Thursday moiling' by McLr1,Biaos., Publishers A ICER 7,' MCLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year United -Staters (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES -- 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of Canadian -Weekly Newspapers Associatign 0,r/44BUBO! TH/S NEXT 5eR/ES OF 4VWM5 CAL,L'S FOR TigE 5U.6577--. TC/T. iai,v OFA MAN W/TI-1 POWER, SIAM/NA-/NrELL/GEMCO.. 50 Z2L. SEN© /N HOGAN. • SEA.FORTH, ONTARIO; DECEMBER 1;S 1959 Seaforth Lights Reflect Ch istrnas Spirit : There are not many - towns that'"': s'ha`re a more attractive Christmas= time Main Street than Seaforth• In Y -;fact, there are not many towns that earl: match the display. The. Chamber of Commerce, the day:. ' Tey point up . the fact, that-- S'eafo h is a cheery- place �--- that here is 'place interested in 'people `and in th " needs. ' Seaforth s Main Street is like a big department store, andin the various Lions Clubthe merchants—all who shops can be found everything that contributed in the creation of the is available in much larger centres. : Christmas wonderland deserve ' a Hearty thank you. Thelowin and colorful lights g g g that are shining .along --Main Street and in increasing numbers on other streets throughout the town, say, a And without the rush, the mad crush that is a feature of cit shopping. Y, Pp . As Christmas' each day comeS::near- er, . more and more people ' are com- ing in to townto see the 'lights and decorations,. and to "shop -.:in - Sea- cheer greeting, not only to Seaforth'-° forth. 'We're ...lad= to see them and. Y �' g, Y : g iesidents, but to the hundredswho have them spare-,vith us the e twinkle ir kle visit the town or pass through it each and glow of thetlirlstmas Town. Weeklies Face ProbIems in CityDelivery V This newspaper, like so many other It did not include th e flood o di, weeklies, is experiencing difficulty in retsaadvertising which has ; obtaining reaso ble postal deliverygrown to such proportions as to ser- in the large urban centres. Not a iously inpede the°flow of mail which --week ._. goes without- a' -subscriber --- the- public is expecting:—The.late.ar in Toronto, or Montreal, or some:rival. of such mail, including- news-' other centre,`- writing to . tell us his papers, is: placing the entre postal was delayed several days, and- service in a bad light., , People know paper Y 5 g p in some cases not received at all:- when their paper should -arrive , they Copies of The Expositor are des- could not care less,, if ,most of this patched by the Seaforth Post Office direct-mail matter never reached every Thursday, hursda and those that are them or their wastepaper baskets destined for. area points reach their »Mr. Postmaster': General, simply destination . either the same day or lay down the law that the mail must Friday. • o _through with dispatch the mail a :�' is wanted, that is. t But if a subscriber lives - in Toron-. ,, to, he becomes a victim of the big Stress ;that, Mr. Hamilton in the nit - him that should reach:runningof .: your department met° holdu �. Copies ,art p him arida or Saturday, at the las-_ more emphasis, on fast.'` delivery of est, generally take several addition- the mail that is :wanted."" al days. ' . The Glengarry Nevvs suggests the difficulty arises because postal em - Do as -I sa. not <as.I-do" .. would. to ees no :Jon er concern them y' p. Y• i i seem to be the' basis of: the=Diefenbak- selves with providing a -service for• -items people want. er government's trade policies The 'News quotes avet_eian IJOStalLast week Mr. Balcer,"ahe sol ici o r- employee, - ` and .refer -ring, to. delivery general, 'left Canada to attend a con., of the Glengarry weekly, says: `ference of t e General Agreement on "They would have it on Saturday Tariffs -an Trade., Before he left he ; latest if the Post Office'work- announceCan- edmeeting the on the same - rinci p al this veteran, ada '' will "seek a ' liberalization of p p. postal worker knew, as common prac- trade throughout the world" and'will • tis e r -en 'a decade ago His post was- also try to end restrictive trading be - in - a city terminal and the unwritten tween .soft -currency countries ' and nY rule was that all mail that was -want Canada. ed must be given priority. ,: That is fide-soundingtalk. But it "Thatincluded first-class letters would sound more convincin if r g M and parcels, of course, but it_„also Baker were not the representative of took in daily and weekly newspapers a go-vex/Merit which, sinceit came to which ostal employees then recog- power, has restrictedworld trade by nized as 'wanted' -because they were ' a`policy:.of higher tariffs and increas r protection.—Winn e �`Free being paid for. � edp . _ 1? g Press, • : D SPICE - 1 T. SMILEY,,. O As ' I ; Sa} By W. (Bill). B Christmas is • fine 'for' kids, the "selfish little , ingrates. And it's. pretty, good for old people,; be- cause somebody pays'> -some' atten- tion ;to them. #or a :change.: But for everybody in those prime -of - life. years, itseems to bei, a -time of tension, =scrambling,- -worry-and- weariness. , It's` 'a great' pity, but Clgistmas has got -out of•hand,;,;economically, and. 'socially. .The Famly,Rrovider watches with growing unease as the demands increase annually and he -knows he'll be in debt until June: -The harassed housewife, fry- ing to; cope With ,children's con- certs an - ever -swelling list ' of gifts, and cards, ,and an' ever -in - •.creasing round ' of pre -Christmas entertainments, • -along ' with all the cleaning and fussing ,to do be- fore the efore'tlie big day, becomes, a study in exhausted asperity. ' Howdver, it's all our own" fault, and 'there's rio"need..: to feel .sorry for ourselves. People who .have weak : steniachs '.shouldn't ride on roller; - coasters. And people ;; who.. haven't -enough 'gumption to'. climb off' the pre -Christmas bandwagon and .make it a, good arid- happy time, deserve -to take up on Christ-, nias morning worn "out, hung ' over and broke. - Despite the. seasonal scramble and the,. high-pressure salesman- ship, it alesman-ship,+fit CAN.. be a, happy climax in our year, with a, little effort a little: thought, and a good meas�rtre of tolerance. Just adopt the fol- lowing simple:' forumla, and ,you'll` have the happiest, most reward- ing Christmas season you've: ever enjoyed •: _ DON'T win. 'a 25 -pound turkey at; a pre -Christmas raffle, totter up the stairs under its 'weight at 3 a.rin.'and throw' it triumphantly on the bed" just as your ball -and -chain is getting upon her elbow- to blast you! -I did' one year; the bed col-' lapsed;: and the :Old Battleaxe` wound .up .onthe floor in the- ern- brace mbrace of a cold and very dead turkey. This -is conducive to neither peace on earth nor good will to- ward men. o-ward°'men. . A MAN -working for himself provides his own tools and machines. For example, a farmer uys the tractor,' cultivator and other equipment for hi farm . In industry, equipment is tdo expensive for one man to buy, andplants and machines are bought with the invested 'savings of shareholders. At The Steel Company of Canada; . Limited, the; average investment per `employee, in plant and equipment is $211,70 Besides;:paying shareholders for. the ,use ,-;loci. savings; profits replace worn out. equipment and provide for factory .expansion. A comp y withotlt.a profit' is ¢company without a future. : e "; u she has found : tli presento y bought for her -"and hid so care- fully; full ; and -she is not enamoured of that lovely pair -of kneeling pads.. e e..: -al o. DON T- l av 1 your Chris- mas' shopping :until the last day, then ,,,get ¢few. hackers. -under -your belt and sally forth to wrap:'it all • up in, one merry ;excursion. Fellow I:know did that. last -year. It took him until April to.get rid, Of the pony that arrived' on Christ- mas morning : for his four-year- old son. And he never could• get back the down payment from' the airline conipanyoon one of; those "Fly Now - Pay ' Later" trips to South America, with which he pre- sented his, wife: DO take the family out in the woods to get a Christmas tree. As yoyr wife points out, it's an old tradition, and sort of,'' well, fun. You wind up, with wet feet; head colds, "Torn -clothing, the car all. scratched, and a tree that looks' as. .though. it had : been, the' locale ''of the Annual .Spruce -buds ,Coriven tion. But you can always buy one down at the :corner the next .d'ay: DON'T' allow ,s women and chil- dren in the house when you're put- ting up the tree! Thereis a time that tests men's souls,;, and by the Holy Old. Jumping' Jeremiah, that is one :of them! It is not the Iang- uage I worry.'about at; this tune. It is .tie fact that there is an( axe too bandy. DO make. up a big' basket and take it', yourself . -to--the poorest family in town, on Christmas 'Eve. But don't"be put off if they're all 'sitting around,-wa`tc'hiii'g"•television and tai youngest child: looks at amour baskc"etnd pipes: ; "Another clucken,. Ma!,That makes /four geese, two'tukeys and, eight chick- ens ! " It's the pyinciple that counts.' *, To ,top; off •this. recipe for a happy -Christmas; I, suggest .you memor- ize__these'.lines,: the - only known fragment ,from the works of Hugh Dunnit, the ,great'Welsh••bard of the eleventeenth„century¢ A DO 'be as. helpful - and incon- spicous as possible around the house during thnse hectic.days be- fore Christmas Your wife is not necessarily undergoing her change of life. Those,•:screams at. the. children, snarls' at yon, and.: other manic depressive symptoms mere- ly mean that (a) she'.lost;.her Christmascard'list from Iast year,. or khl„,'Aunt• Sadie and: Uncle Gl orge have: -list written. ;to 'say that \they'll be along for Christ mas, ; with pie five. kids,, < or. ,(c) +` THE �. STEEL COMPANY . OF;, CANADA LIMITED MONTREAL GANANODUR - HAMILTON BRANTFORD TORONTO Canadian -Made Steel from Canadian -Ovine ants 'lather than help the wassail Or,loiter under the mistle ' Toe, Get up early and off you Go; On Christmas ',Day in the .morning. V}si 'your frietid5 and' -'wish them - cheer; L. Add to your wishes9K A Happy -New, Year Scorn'all„ of rye': or Beer, And you'll feel better, I know, my Dear, i .- On Christmas Day in the morning. WISE MEN In; the days of Herod the King, there came wise men from the East, saying, "Where is he that. is born. King of the Jews?" For we have seen his star in , the east. and are come to worship him. The coming of the wise men to Jerusalem -inquiring for Jesus ' is a familiar Bart of -the Christmas story. And many legends; for so must they be, have gathered around their coming. . For ex: ample, the belief has been hand- ed ' down' that their number was three, and their names are given. Remember the music, "We three kings of orient are .” But no one knows that they were kings and. that they were three in num-. Two cities were ` known to the ancients ";as'. the:, fountains of hu man "wisdom—Memphis' in Egypt.` and; Babylon of the Chaldees. "From --the -east" in Jerusalm would take out Memphis, " Which was south. So the wise men must have come from the immerirorial' land +:lying . between the Tigris and the Euphrates. 'And ;.in: that land, men first sought to fortellx.the, des- tinies . of man by the signs of the. stars. So the wise men may have. come fro Cha den m.,. i This much we know—they were wise men. :And, we conclude that there is wisdomin seeking Jesus. And we need to realize this great truth to the full in this time of. need for 'clear heads and ` conse- crated hearts. IN THE YEARS. AGONE interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50' and 75 years ago. From, The Huron Expositor December 14, 1934 Celebrating. the tenth annivers- ary of the founding of the club, the Seaforth Lions Club on -Monday. evening entertained the ladies, The special speaker of the evening was Rev. George W. Tebbs, of Burling- ton. r: The Huron County. Council de- cided to request - the .Ontario -De- partment of Highways not to clear the King's Highway of snow this coming winter, but to leave at least six inches for 'persons living adjacent to thein who wishto' use sleighs. - In . a jack -rabbit -drive 'on . Mon day, local, hunters bagged 162 'of the jacks. Art^'Nicholson was elected "presi-- dent' of • the"Junior Farmers Hock- ey Club at the annua], meeting' in the Town Hall here.: on Saturday night. While _ working .at the town stables. on - Wednesday, Thomas Storey slipped' `at the same . time as the: horseand sleigh moved for., ward, ::with', the result thatthe run- ner ran over : his' leg. He was re- moved to Scott Memorial Hospital,. where it wasfound; that his leg ,.was -only badly bruised. From The Huron ,Expositor December 10, 1909 On Friday last Ben: Churchill and John, ;Watkins;' of Clinton, wound uptheir operations for the season, during ', which they, shipped close, to 6,000 barrels of apples: A special meeting 'of the `., town^ council was held on Monday :night last, when the by-law fixing the• assessment ..of The -Bell Engine Cohnpany was read a second': time, and. accounts to the amount . of. $234:74 were passed for payment. At the municipal election in Jan,' cut, fell on him.. uary the council will submit a by -1 - law to the ratepayers,t fixing the - assessment of the plant of The Bell' Engine Company „for the next 10, • years at $5,000, Baeker Bros. have addedan electric motor to their already well-equipped butcher shop, to be used in chopping meat, grinding bones, < etc. Mr. , J. A. Wilson has had the only frame house on Goderieh St., between the - parsonage and ` Dr, Burrows, raised up;. preparatory to moving it to hi's own lot, `to be used as 'a stable. From The -Huron.-Expositor' • December 19, 1884 Mr, 'Thotnas McKay, fanner, a short distance north of ^Kippen, met with a near fatal accident. He had been working in the mow of his barnand while descending' by means of a ladder, which slipped from beneath' him,' he. was precipi- tated to the floor beneath, striking the ladder with his back and head,• inflicting' serious injury. He is re- covering slowly: The Entrance examination to the Seaforth High Sehool will open in the public school building in this town next. Tuesday morning. While Mr. George Thompson, of, the London Road; was driving home from Hensalf last•week, one of his horses 'showed symptoms of sickness. Mr. Thompson . took no- tice of it but did no • c d e tconsider i veryserious,` and' when within: a few hundred yards of his buildings the animal suddenly'dropped down dead. On. Wednesday of last week 'maul Benny, of Winthrop,had a narrow. escape from a -severe ;;accident: He waspassisting.at Campbell's wood... bee when a tree that was being �a. (prepared; ,by, the Research. Staff 'Of.' Encyclopedia: Canadians) • Whiere.D1.d',Bou g . ainvillaea'Get Its T� i he v i:(e bouga nvillaea tares its :name from aFrenclitkldiei, navi- gator, Scientist and 'diplomat, Louis: Antoine, Comte. de- Bougainville .(1729-1811); `one of the• most brit liana of Montcal7!n's._officers,`and;a. ,man who played 'an .important:.role in the , defence of Quebec in' .1759. He first came :to' -Canada,as aide= de, -camp to; Montcalm in 1756,and 'took part,,in the victorious Cam- paigns' against Fort Oswego and .Fort •;William eery. Ile'' ' was slightly wounded d the'• de- �. �g fence of Fort 7�iconderoga'..in 1758. During, the'°final stand at...Quebee- he;: won a minor.,_engage nent against, the. British at Pointe aux. Trembles..: After':'the capitulation Of ;Montreal, Bougainville acted, as:. �as,gn officer ,between.:Amherst land: Vaudreuil.. In1768,.he enters, 'ed the French'navy as captain BeKS .twe.en,1766, and..1'269 .he;made a. famous 'scientific''expedition round the world, of which he gave an ac- Count,in his phenomenally., success= ful Voyage : autour dii Monde, Pub - hailed, in 177i,: ' . What Was 'the' foard of Trade ,and Plantations?' It was a. five -member board of lords commissioners setup by .Wi1 liana III,. of England• in 1696 ."for promoting.' the trade, of our king- dom and for inspecting "and im- proving\our plantations hi America and. elsewhere!. . At times it es: erted an. iinportant influence Canada and the American. colon ies. 'The: board was ab'olished;in SEEN IN, THE COUNTY PAPERS Needed One Vote Mrs: Wilbert Routley was—nn- - able to vote at Sandwich on.Mon- day when : she foundit,, necessary to rush to the bedside of her fath- ers Charles Allison, of .Goderich,, wlio died in: hospital at, London on Tuesday.. Her , husband was run- ning:for Sandwich Bast council. .MJ',. Routley 'lest out in his bid for: a fourth year oncouncil—by one vote.=Goderich Signal -Star. Dentate $3.00 l'or Cottage ,. Some lawbreakers have a Con- science. Police report a group' of people broke I into the cottage of John Bailey, 'London, at -Duch ,arme's beach. ecently to stage a, party with their own.food and bev- erage.' ev-erage . 'ley left $3.00 on the kit- chen table, . presumably to com- pensate . for the window they had broken to gamy entry. Exeter Times -Advocate; : Ask For ;Outlets The December :meeting of the town council as marked by a lively discussion an Monday even- ing when a letter from the Wing ham Business :Association was read as follows: "Now that the Majority of the voters have indi- cated their desire; for the estab- lishment of legal outlets in Wing- harn by voting in favor of the revo- cation• of the Canada Temperance Aet, we, :the Wingharn Business Association, request the council: to apply—inimediately for the estab- lishment of authorized outlets, namely, a retail liquor store and brewers' -retail store in Wingham.'i Mayor- McKinney, to clarify; the council's position, said that he had talked to the solicitor for the On- tario hiyuer :Control''Board s:and was led 'to understand. that the, LCBO could proceed to establish liquor and beer retail outlets if they see fit, without a request ^from council. He pointed out that Blyth has already sent a del- egation to Toronto for establish- ment of outlets in that community; that a majority of merchants have asked for the establishment of outlets, in Winghani, and that if they are not established in Wing - ham they might well ,be Set up in neighboring communities, tri which case Winghllm would Lose"business to other centres Wingham Ad- vance -Times. Thea New Bridge Land buyers from the Ontario Department of highways' were in Goderich -Tuesday and Wednesday completing arrangehlents for the purchase of land on either side of the 'Maitland River at' Saltford. The newly --?acquired land will be used, in the overall plan -for the building of the million :dollar bridge over -the Maitland, work on which is scheduled .to commence in the spring,—Godorich Signal - Star, ' Who Was Thayendanegea? This was the Indian' name . of Joseph Brant, principal' chief of the -. Six '.Nations Indians, after wit—dri' Brantford, 'Ont., is named. Born ' on the ba ks of : the Ohio River in 1742, Br nt, was educated in, a Protestant.;S, hool in , Connec-' 'tieut and _then act -d as" secretary to Sir John John on,. the great friend of ,the Six ations .Indians. Brant "fought with e rank of. Cap- tain on. the Britishide during -the- and after the hawk tribe to valley of 'the at is now On- at Wellington gton, Ont.) in American. Revolutio struggle `led 'his'.M a ':.newhome in th Grand ,River,' in w tario. He in Square (now. Burl 1807. ' When Did , dians Defend ' Ca ada? , At the Batt of Beaver Dam, one of the ngagements in the. War of 1812, the ,Americans were defeated by a force made up en; tirely- of ,.I r dian allies of the Bri- tish. Ear on the morning of June 24, 1813, an American force of 600. en led' ;by Col. Charles. Boers r left' Queenston to' attaek a ` Bri a sh: outpost ten miles' to the Vest -, near Beaver Darn. They: we soon 'attacked by some 440 In » ians : in the ;wooded country of gh • which they passed. To es - ape massacre, the Americans. surrendered to Lieut.', James Fitz- Gibbon, of the outpost that they. had set;out to capture. FitzGibbon had been warned of their approach both by the Indians and by -Laura Secord.° • A SMILE` OR TWO Burks: "I understand your son, Bill, is,doing extremely well," Skinks: ' "He certainly is. ' Two yea7j•siago lie was wearing myold suits, and now I'm wearing his." A works foreman congratulated one of bis men on his new Sunday. suit, but suggested the use of a coat hanger to ,:make, the jacket keep its shape. On meeting the foreman on the following Sunday, the workman • said: 'I've 'ad to give up: that coat 'ager, It was: very trying across the, shoulders an' whet I stooped down the 'oak pushed :try 'at off.” Since 1860 -,erring the Community First • Published at SEAPORT'', ONTARIO, every Thursday moiling' by McLr1,Biaos., Publishers A ICER 7,' MCLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year United -Staters (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES -- 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of Canadian -Weekly Newspapers Associatign 0,r/44BUBO! TH/S NEXT 5eR/ES OF 4VWM5 CAL,L'S FOR TigE 5U.6577--. TC/T. iai,v OFA MAN W/TI-1 POWER, SIAM/NA-/NrELL/GEMCO.. 50 Z2L. SEN© /N HOGAN. • SEA.FORTH, ONTARIO; DECEMBER 1;S 1959 Seaforth Lights Reflect Ch istrnas Spirit : There are not many - towns that'"': s'ha`re a more attractive Christmas= time Main Street than Seaforth• In Y -;fact, there are not many towns that earl: match the display. The. Chamber of Commerce, the day:. ' Tey point up . the fact, that-- S'eafo h is a cheery- place �--- that here is 'place interested in 'people `and in th " needs. ' Seaforth s Main Street is like a big department store, andin the various Lions Clubthe merchants—all who shops can be found everything that contributed in the creation of the is available in much larger centres. : Christmas wonderland deserve ' a Hearty thank you. Thelowin and colorful lights g g g that are shining .along --Main Street and in increasing numbers on other streets throughout the town, say, a And without the rush, the mad crush that is a feature of cit shopping. Y, Pp . As Christmas' each day comeS::near- er, . more and more people ' are com- ing in to townto see the 'lights and decorations,. and to "shop -.:in - Sea- cheer greeting, not only to Seaforth'-° forth. 'We're ...lad= to see them and. Y �' g, Y : g iesidents, but to the hundredswho have them spare-,vith us the e twinkle ir kle visit the town or pass through it each and glow of thetlirlstmas Town. Weeklies Face ProbIems in CityDelivery V This newspaper, like so many other It did not include th e flood o di, weeklies, is experiencing difficulty in retsaadvertising which has ; obtaining reaso ble postal deliverygrown to such proportions as to ser- in the large urban centres. Not a iously inpede the°flow of mail which --week ._. goes without- a' -subscriber --- the- public is expecting:—The.late.ar in Toronto, or Montreal, or some:rival. of such mail, including- news-' other centre,`- writing to . tell us his papers, is: placing the entre postal was delayed several days, and- service in a bad light., , People know paper Y 5 g p in some cases not received at all:- when their paper should -arrive , they Copies of The Expositor are des- could not care less,, if ,most of this patched by the Seaforth Post Office direct-mail matter never reached every Thursday, hursda and those that are them or their wastepaper baskets destined for. area points reach their »Mr. Postmaster': General, simply destination . either the same day or lay down the law that the mail must Friday. • o _through with dispatch the mail a :�' is wanted, that is. t But if a subscriber lives - in Toron-. ,, to, he becomes a victim of the big Stress ;that, Mr. Hamilton in the nit - him that should reach:runningof .: your department met° holdu �. Copies ,art p him arida or Saturday, at the las-_ more emphasis, on fast.'` delivery of est, generally take several addition- the mail that is :wanted."" al days. ' . The Glengarry Nevvs suggests the difficulty arises because postal em - Do as -I sa. not <as.I-do" .. would. to ees no :Jon er concern them y' p. Y• i i seem to be the' basis of: the=Diefenbak- selves with providing a -service for• -items people want. er government's trade policies The 'News quotes avet_eian IJOStalLast week Mr. Balcer,"ahe sol ici o r- employee, - ` and .refer -ring, to. delivery general, 'left Canada to attend a con., of the Glengarry weekly, says: `ference of t e General Agreement on "They would have it on Saturday Tariffs -an Trade., Before he left he ; latest if the Post Office'work- announceCan- edmeeting the on the same - rinci p al this veteran, ada '' will "seek a ' liberalization of p p. postal worker knew, as common prac- trade throughout the world" and'will • tis e r -en 'a decade ago His post was- also try to end restrictive trading be - in - a city terminal and the unwritten tween .soft -currency countries ' and nY rule was that all mail that was -want Canada. ed must be given priority. ,: That is fide-soundingtalk. But it "Thatincluded first-class letters would sound more convincin if r g M and parcels, of course, but it_„also Baker were not the representative of took in daily and weekly newspapers a go-vex/Merit which, sinceit came to which ostal employees then recog- power, has restrictedworld trade by nized as 'wanted' -because they were ' a`policy:.of higher tariffs and increas r protection.—Winn e �`Free being paid for. � edp . _ 1? g Press, • : D SPICE - 1 T. SMILEY,,. O As ' I ; Sa} By W. (Bill). B Christmas is • fine 'for' kids, the "selfish little , ingrates. And it's. pretty, good for old people,; be- cause somebody pays'> -some' atten- tion ;to them. #or a :change.: But for everybody in those prime -of - life. years, itseems to bei, a -time of tension, =scrambling,- -worry-and- weariness. , It's` 'a great' pity, but Clgistmas has got -out of•hand,;,;economically, and. 'socially. .The Famly,Rrovider watches with growing unease as the demands increase annually and he -knows he'll be in debt until June: -The harassed housewife, fry- ing to; cope With ,children's con- certs an - ever -swelling list ' of gifts, and cards, ,and an' ever -in - •.creasing round ' of pre -Christmas entertainments, • -along ' with all the cleaning and fussing ,to do be- fore the efore'tlie big day, becomes, a study in exhausted asperity. ' Howdver, it's all our own" fault, and 'there's rio"need..: to feel .sorry for ourselves. People who .have weak : steniachs '.shouldn't ride on roller; - coasters. And people ;; who.. haven't -enough 'gumption to'. climb off' the pre -Christmas bandwagon and .make it a, good arid- happy time, deserve -to take up on Christ-, nias morning worn "out, hung ' over and broke. - Despite the. seasonal scramble and the,. high-pressure salesman- ship, it alesman-ship,+fit CAN.. be a, happy climax in our year, with a, little effort a little: thought, and a good meas�rtre of tolerance. Just adopt the fol- lowing simple:' forumla, and ,you'll` have the happiest, most reward- ing Christmas season you've: ever enjoyed •: _ DON'T win. 'a 25 -pound turkey at; a pre -Christmas raffle, totter up the stairs under its 'weight at 3 a.rin.'and throw' it triumphantly on the bed" just as your ball -and -chain is getting upon her elbow- to blast you! -I did' one year; the bed col-' lapsed;: and the :Old Battleaxe` wound .up .onthe floor in the- ern- brace mbrace of a cold and very dead turkey. This -is conducive to neither peace on earth nor good will to- ward men. o-ward°'men. . A MAN -working for himself provides his own tools and machines. For example, a farmer uys the tractor,' cultivator and other equipment for hi farm . In industry, equipment is tdo expensive for one man to buy, andplants and machines are bought with the invested 'savings of shareholders. At The Steel Company of Canada; . Limited, the; average investment per `employee, in plant and equipment is $211,70 Besides;:paying shareholders for. the ,use ,-;loci. savings; profits replace worn out. equipment and provide for factory .expansion. A comp y withotlt.a profit' is ¢company without a future. : e "; u she has found : tli presento y bought for her -"and hid so care- fully; full ; and -she is not enamoured of that lovely pair -of kneeling pads.. e e..: -al o. DON T- l av 1 your Chris- mas' shopping :until the last day, then ,,,get ¢few. hackers. -under -your belt and sally forth to wrap:'it all • up in, one merry ;excursion. Fellow I:know did that. last -year. It took him until April to.get rid, Of the pony that arrived' on Christ- mas morning : for his four-year- old son. And he never could• get back the down payment from' the airline conipanyoon one of; those "Fly Now - Pay ' Later" trips to South America, with which he pre- sented his, wife: DO take the family out in the woods to get a Christmas tree. As yoyr wife points out, it's an old tradition, and sort of,'' well, fun. You wind up, with wet feet; head colds, "Torn -clothing, the car all. scratched, and a tree that looks' as. .though. it had : been, the' locale ''of the Annual .Spruce -buds ,Coriven tion. But you can always buy one down at the :corner the next .d'ay: DON'T' allow ,s women and chil- dren in the house when you're put- ting up the tree! Thereis a time that tests men's souls,;, and by the Holy Old. Jumping' Jeremiah, that is one :of them! It is not the Iang- uage I worry.'about at; this tune. It is .tie fact that there is an( axe too bandy. DO make. up a big' basket and take it', yourself . -to--the poorest family in town, on Christmas 'Eve. But don't"be put off if they're all 'sitting around,-wa`tc'hiii'g"•television and tai youngest child: looks at amour baskc"etnd pipes: ; "Another clucken,. Ma!,That makes /four geese, two'tukeys and, eight chick- ens ! " It's the pyinciple that counts.' *, To ,top; off •this. recipe for a happy -Christmas; I, suggest .you memor- ize__these'.lines,: the - only known fragment ,from the works of Hugh Dunnit, the ,great'Welsh••bard of the eleventeenth„century¢ A DO 'be as. helpful - and incon- spicous as possible around the house during thnse hectic.days be- fore Christmas Your wife is not necessarily undergoing her change of life. Those,•:screams at. the. children, snarls' at yon, and.: other manic depressive symptoms mere- ly mean that (a) she'.lost;.her Christmascard'list from Iast year,. or khl„,'Aunt• Sadie and: Uncle Gl orge have: -list written. ;to 'say that \they'll be along for Christ mas, ; with pie five. kids,, < or. ,(c) +` THE �. STEEL COMPANY . OF;, CANADA LIMITED MONTREAL GANANODUR - HAMILTON BRANTFORD TORONTO Canadian -Made Steel from Canadian -Ovine ants 'lather than help the wassail Or,loiter under the mistle ' Toe, Get up early and off you Go; On Christmas ',Day in the .morning. V}si 'your frietid5 and' -'wish them - cheer; L. Add to your wishes9K A Happy -New, Year Scorn'all„ of rye': or Beer, And you'll feel better, I know, my Dear, i .- On Christmas Day in the morning. WISE MEN In; the days of Herod the King, there came wise men from the East, saying, "Where is he that. is born. King of the Jews?" For we have seen his star in , the east. and are come to worship him. The coming of the wise men to Jerusalem -inquiring for Jesus ' is a familiar Bart of -the Christmas story. And many legends; for so must they be, have gathered around their coming. . For ex: ample, the belief has been hand- ed ' down' that their number was three, and their names are given. Remember the music, "We three kings of orient are .” But no one knows that they were kings and. that they were three in num-. Two cities were ` known to the ancients ";as'. the:, fountains of hu man "wisdom—Memphis' in Egypt.` and; Babylon of the Chaldees. "From --the -east" in Jerusalm would take out Memphis, " Which was south. So the wise men must have come from the immerirorial' land +:lying . between the Tigris and the Euphrates. 'And ;.in: that land, men first sought to fortellx.the, des- tinies . of man by the signs of the. stars. So the wise men may have. come fro Cha den m.,. i This much we know—they were wise men. :And, we conclude that there is wisdomin seeking Jesus. And we need to realize this great truth to the full in this time of. need for 'clear heads and ` conse- crated hearts. IN THE YEARS. AGONE interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50' and 75 years ago. From, The Huron Expositor December 14, 1934 Celebrating. the tenth annivers- ary of the founding of the club, the Seaforth Lions Club on -Monday. evening entertained the ladies, The special speaker of the evening was Rev. George W. Tebbs, of Burling- ton. r: The Huron County. Council de- cided to request - the .Ontario -De- partment of Highways not to clear the King's Highway of snow this coming winter, but to leave at least six inches for 'persons living adjacent to thein who wishto' use sleighs. - In . a jack -rabbit -drive 'on . Mon day, local, hunters bagged 162 'of the jacks. Art^'Nicholson was elected "presi-- dent' of • the"Junior Farmers Hock- ey Club at the annua], meeting' in the Town Hall here.: on Saturday night. While _ working .at the town stables. on - Wednesday, Thomas Storey slipped' `at the same . time as the: horseand sleigh moved for., ward, ::with', the result thatthe run- ner ran over : his' leg. He was re- moved to Scott Memorial Hospital,. where it wasfound; that his leg ,.was -only badly bruised. From The Huron ,Expositor December 10, 1909 On Friday last Ben: Churchill and John, ;Watkins;' of Clinton, wound uptheir operations for the season, during ', which they, shipped close, to 6,000 barrels of apples: A special meeting 'of the `., town^ council was held on Monday :night last, when the by-law fixing the• assessment ..of The -Bell Engine Cohnpany was read a second': time, and. accounts to the amount . of. $234:74 were passed for payment. At the municipal election in Jan,' cut, fell on him.. uary the council will submit a by -1 - law to the ratepayers,t fixing the - assessment of the plant of The Bell' Engine Company „for the next 10, • years at $5,000, Baeker Bros. have addedan electric motor to their already well-equipped butcher shop, to be used in chopping meat, grinding bones, < etc. Mr. , J. A. Wilson has had the only frame house on Goderieh St., between the - parsonage and ` Dr, Burrows, raised up;. preparatory to moving it to hi's own lot, `to be used as 'a stable. From The -Huron.-Expositor' • December 19, 1884 Mr, 'Thotnas McKay, fanner, a short distance north of ^Kippen, met with a near fatal accident. He had been working in the mow of his barnand while descending' by means of a ladder, which slipped from beneath' him,' he. was precipi- tated to the floor beneath, striking the ladder with his back and head,• inflicting' serious injury. He is re- covering slowly: The Entrance examination to the Seaforth High Sehool will open in the public school building in this town next. Tuesday morning. While Mr. George Thompson, of, the London Road; was driving home from Hensalf last•week, one of his horses 'showed symptoms of sickness. Mr. Thompson . took no- tice of it but did no • c d e tconsider i veryserious,` and' when within: a few hundred yards of his buildings the animal suddenly'dropped down dead. On. Wednesday of last week 'maul Benny, of Winthrop,had a narrow. escape from a -severe ;;accident: He waspassisting.at Campbell's wood... bee when a tree that was being �a. (prepared; ,by, the Research. Staff 'Of.' Encyclopedia: Canadians) • Whiere.D1.d',Bou g . ainvillaea'Get Its T� i he v i:(e bouga nvillaea tares its :name from aFrenclitkldiei, navi- gator, Scientist and 'diplomat, Louis: Antoine, Comte. de- Bougainville .(1729-1811); `one of the• most brit liana of Montcal7!n's._officers,`and;a. ,man who played 'an .important:.role in the , defence of Quebec in' .1759. He first came :to' -Canada,as aide= de, -camp to; Montcalm in 1756,and 'took part,,in the victorious Cam- paigns' against Fort Oswego and .Fort •;William eery. Ile'' ' was slightly wounded d the'• de- �. �g fence of Fort 7�iconderoga'..in 1758. During, the'°final stand at...Quebee- he;: won a minor.,_engage nent against, the. British at Pointe aux. Trembles..: After':'the capitulation Of ;Montreal, Bougainville acted, as:. �as,gn officer ,between.:Amherst land: Vaudreuil.. In1768,.he enters, 'ed the French'navy as captain BeKS .twe.en,1766, and..1'269 .he;made a. famous 'scientific''expedition round the world, of which he gave an ac- Count,in his phenomenally., success= ful Voyage : autour dii Monde, Pub - hailed, in 177i,: ' . What Was 'the' foard of Trade ,and Plantations?' It was a. five -member board of lords commissioners setup by .Wi1 liana III,. of England• in 1696 ."for promoting.' the trade, of our king- dom and for inspecting "and im- proving\our plantations hi America and. elsewhere!. . At times it es: erted an. iinportant influence Canada and the American. colon ies. 'The: board was ab'olished;in SEEN IN, THE COUNTY PAPERS Needed One Vote Mrs: Wilbert Routley was—nn- - able to vote at Sandwich on.Mon- day when : she foundit,, necessary to rush to the bedside of her fath- ers Charles Allison, of .Goderich,, wlio died in: hospital at, London on Tuesday.. Her , husband was run- ning:for Sandwich Bast council. .MJ',. Routley 'lest out in his bid for: a fourth year oncouncil—by one vote.=Goderich Signal -Star. Dentate $3.00 l'or Cottage ,. Some lawbreakers have a Con- science. Police report a group' of people broke I into the cottage of John Bailey, 'London, at -Duch ,arme's beach. ecently to stage a, party with their own.food and bev- erage.' ev-erage . 'ley left $3.00 on the kit- chen table, . presumably to com- pensate . for the window they had broken to gamy entry. Exeter Times -Advocate; : Ask For ;Outlets The December :meeting of the town council as marked by a lively discussion an Monday even- ing when a letter from the Wing ham Business :Association was read as follows: "Now that the Majority of the voters have indi- cated their desire; for the estab- lishment of legal outlets in Wing- harn by voting in favor of the revo- cation• of the Canada Temperance Aet, we, :the Wingharn Business Association, request the council: to apply—inimediately for the estab- lishment of authorized outlets, namely, a retail liquor store and brewers' -retail store in Wingham.'i Mayor- McKinney, to clarify; the council's position, said that he had talked to the solicitor for the On- tario hiyuer :Control''Board s:and was led 'to understand. that the, LCBO could proceed to establish liquor and beer retail outlets if they see fit, without a request ^from council. He pointed out that Blyth has already sent a del- egation to Toronto for establish- ment of outlets in that community; that a majority of merchants have asked for the establishment of outlets, in Winghani, and that if they are not established in Wing - ham they might well ,be Set up in neighboring communities, tri which case Winghllm would Lose"business to other centres Wingham Ad- vance -Times. Thea New Bridge Land buyers from the Ontario Department of highways' were in Goderich -Tuesday and Wednesday completing arrangehlents for the purchase of land on either side of the 'Maitland River at' Saltford. The newly --?acquired land will be used, in the overall plan -for the building of the million :dollar bridge over -the Maitland, work on which is scheduled .to commence in the spring,—Godorich Signal - Star, ' Who Was Thayendanegea? This was the Indian' name . of Joseph Brant, principal' chief of the -. Six '.Nations Indians, after wit—dri' Brantford, 'Ont., is named. Born ' on the ba ks of : the Ohio River in 1742, Br nt, was educated in, a Protestant.;S, hool in , Connec-' 'tieut and _then act -d as" secretary to Sir John John on,. the great friend of ,the Six ations .Indians. Brant "fought with e rank of. Cap- tain on. the Britishide during -the- and after the hawk tribe to valley of 'the at is now On- at Wellington gton, Ont.) in American. Revolutio struggle `led 'his'.M a ':.newhome in th Grand ,River,' in w tario. He in Square (now. Burl 1807. ' When Did , dians Defend ' Ca ada? , At the Batt of Beaver Dam, one of the ngagements in the. War of 1812, the ,Americans were defeated by a force made up en; tirely- of ,.I r dian allies of the Bri- tish. Ear on the morning of June 24, 1813, an American force of 600. en led' ;by Col. Charles. Boers r left' Queenston to' attaek a ` Bri a sh: outpost ten miles' to the Vest -, near Beaver Darn. They: we soon 'attacked by some 440 In » ians : in the ;wooded country of gh • which they passed. To es - ape massacre, the Americans. surrendered to Lieut.', James Fitz- Gibbon, of the outpost that they. had set;out to capture. FitzGibbon had been warned of their approach both by the Indians and by -Laura Secord.° • A SMILE` OR TWO Burks: "I understand your son, Bill, is,doing extremely well," Skinks: ' "He certainly is. ' Two yea7j•siago lie was wearing myold suits, and now I'm wearing his." A works foreman congratulated one of bis men on his new Sunday. suit, but suggested the use of a coat hanger to ,:make, the jacket keep its shape. On meeting the foreman on the following Sunday, the workman • said: 'I've 'ad to give up: that coat 'ager, It was: very trying across the, shoulders an' whet I stooped down the 'oak pushed :try 'at off.”