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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-02-19, Page 2Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley Isn't -it odd how troubles come ,in batches'? You can sail along for as many as two whole Weeks with everything going as smooth as cream. Then the roof falls in. Ours almost 'literally did last week, when the ice piled up nearly two feet deep behind the eavestroughs, . and I ouldn't find anyone to chop it off. Your run of calamities, however, usually begins with a few minor things, like a toothache, or the -flu, then, builds steadily to .a crescendo of catastrophe.' That's, the way it's been with me in .My latest bout with the fates. Knobs coming off doors. A broken tooth. Corn- ' ing down and find the froht door wide open with the temperature 10 below and the furnace straining to keep up. Wipers on the car broken 'down, which is a fairly easy route to suicide 'the way it's been snowing around here 'this winter. Then my car, on which I recently spent $63 to remove the problem of its not starting in the morning, started not starting again. My gimpy curling, knee got gimpy and I've been limping around ever since like .a sailor with a wooden leg: But these thitigs you are used to, and cope with, one by one. Got my tooth -- fixed. Got a chap to hack the. ice off roof. Got• 'the' door-knobs working, the wipers working,. and the knee wrapped in an elaStic bandage that cuts off the circulation so badly my face is purple. a It's the things over which you have no control that .hat you right between the eyes. Like Sunday -noon. when we got a call from my daughter announcing cheerily, though with a touch of trepid- ation, that she was calling from the .hospital. with infectious hepatitis. You can't say that the kids nowadays don't live dangerously, at any rate. Kim left. for the city at New Year, having quit university to live in a commune. I don't have to go lip the commune bit again. It's the method some young people ateeCtoday's society ,to escape from the latter. A commune is an idealistic Utopia in which everyone shares the work.and the rood. Just one big happy family, with no 'nagging parents and nobody stopping one from doing one's .thing. The commune has vague links with the early Christians and the modern Israelis, which is a nice touch of irony. There have been hundreds of attempts to form such communes in the past. The only thing wrong is that they don't work, unless they are rigidly authoritarian, like the communities of Mennonites. Kim spent a (presumably) happy week in the commune, . then caught hepatitis 'from. one of the other inmates, and lay sick, semi-conscious,, without eating, for ' about two weeks. She had too much'pride, feeling she had let us down, to call. We didn't have any phone number and were waiting' for a letter. We finally wrote. She staggered out to the emergency ward of a general hospital,, where they gave her a shot of penicillin and threw her back into the sno banks. On a, Thurs ay night, one of the members, who h d lately been getting a -,' bit weird (going on a big religious kick), dressed himself in his best, went to his room, and set the house on fire. The others barely got out,'into a winter night, with the clothes they were in, and noth- ing else. He—was burned to death. The house 'was destroyed. SornehOw, Kim 'got into hospital. All she'd saved was, her Chilistenaapresent a a radio. A friend loaned her some clothes. She's feeling better. But, and there are some big BUTS, we don't yet know what damage has been done. Her liver is affected. Its normal thing is 35 tc, 50, whatever it does. A doctor told her that the worst case they'd ever had in the hospital was 3;500. And then told her that hers was 6,000.- Give us a prayer if you have a moment will you? FROM MY WINDOW By Shirley Kellar The announcement last week that Canadian radio and television broadcasting is going to be 60 percent Maple Leaf produce (Canadian) left me thoroughly up- set. I understand the thinking -behind till move and I suppose it has merit to keep Canadian artistic talent working at home. But really! I have visions of sortie of the most horrible entertainment anyone could Possibly imagine for the next few seasons until Canadian actors and directors learn there is more to life than bare bosoms and sex. Of course, I'm fudging all Canadian television shows by the dramatic product- ions I've seen lately which have been produced by the CBC. Mast people wil. agree with me that whoever writes those things have sick, evil minds. ,saw one performance not too long ago that involved two couples(at least I think it. involved two couples). That's the thing about CBC productions. You're never quite sure what you did see unless you have a seventh sense that can look deep into the hidden meaning of things. Anyway; getting back to this television show, it was about two couples who were cheating...the wives were cheating on the husbands and the husbands were cheating on the wives... well, what they actually had done was exchange partners although 'no- body knew this...' It was a real switch- ahbfft to say the very least. Although the plot was most confusing, it was very obvious the game was pure lust. One fellow attacked the other guy's wife in the ally and then pretended to rescue her. He then helped her to her apartment where he began to make wild, violent love to her..., on the coffee table I believe. And -there never was, a satis- factory ending. One other ShOW I saw lately was about a drug addict who married a sweet in- nocent girl from the count*. Actually the Story wasn't bad but the filming includ- ed several eceaes where bare bosoms were not only in evidence to the audiefice but were obviously ,stirrinn up the ener- gles of the male star. And then there was the thing about the young rebels who had the minister cornered in the "well hole" I think it was called. In that episode which• lasted two long weeks, the baste,ChriStian beliefs were. dragged through every kind a " mire one could imagine while the boys and girls laughed and giggled and made sly, sexy- whoopey in the back pews. And as usual, nothing was made cleaaintlie end. Instead, everyone was free to make his own de-. cision about how the story really ended. I know I've been crying hi recent weeks for an end to the gosh-awful sounds which flow from my radio every hour of the living day. But now that 60 percent of the recordings Width we hear over the radio are to be Canadian, I'm concerned about how listenabie they will be. At home the other day we were dis- cussing 'this change in regulations: We wondered just how many Canadian re - cordings there were around the country so we asked our teenaged son. He men- tioned Gordon Lightfoot (incidentally, Mr. Lightfoot must bet quitehappy with the proposal) and a couple of other per- formers. It squnded as though it might be a pretty dull program. My husband remarked, "Sounds like we'll be heating much more of 0 Canada from now on." Could be, Of course, there are other view- points, like the one held by an acquaint- ance of mine who insists that this latest, proposal by the CTRC is moving us closer and closer to a communistic society. I'm not really so worried about that. What gripes me is that most Canadian television dramas are purely garbage and that's the kind of Stuff we're supposed to watch more after September if this pro- posal goes through. Welt, televisiOn will' stay off for Ringer periods I gUeseastilOoMe to think of it, that's not such a bad idea. Maybe I'll get my ironing done during the week it is -washed and maybe' tile family can get back to some real family living. • • "I had- a fantastic game . . . two slap shots, and I hit r.the puck both swings!" ••••:a1.11,1tpo..;,• • ••t:$, Here's the Answer Birthday Greetings HORIZONTAL 2 Satiric 1 Feb, 12 is his 3 Sewing tool birthday 4 S.Yrnbol„ for '8 He .was born cobalt in a 13 Interstices 14 Irregular 15 Pedal digit 16 Abstract being 17 He was shot while viewing 3 4 "5. 6 7 'e 9 ao 11nr"*. 3 14 1 5 /6 17 10 19 20 , 4 zz 23 1121 27E 26 27 al 29 So 3i • 34 34, n 36 as 1111‘5..v±: 4o 41 42 43 • `5.., .. 44 45 46 g7 4 49 50 51 53 '5% 55 57 69 59 40 • d 11 Bring into syntony 42 Gazer 43.C,tiides 46 Gay — 49 Roof finials 50 Observes 52 Challenge 36 Harc.en• 5 Oil (comb. form) S Weapon of war 7 Cuddled • 8 S0rrendet 9 Artivals (A.)" 29 P u Aar 10 Rowed ' 30 Employers 11 Sister of ' 32 Spanish a-- 18 India (poet.) Antigone 19 Month (ab.) 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Canada (in advance) $6.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $8.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES - 15 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number Ofieti, Wild• Life Area Boon to District flame IP FRANKLY DOCTOR, I'D RATHER "TAKE MY CHANCES ON THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE 'PILL Proposed Wild Life Area Raises Questions To The Editor jr:S This • is in regard to Ontario's announcement of the Bullet Township pro- ject to take over 5Q00 acres for a wild life area. To start with It was stated that it was marshland. This is not so. It is some of the best grass land in Ontario: It also grows good crops. It is our liveli- hood. However, the main concern is that this past August the Hallett Council agreed to let them go ahead and see rate- payers about it under certain provisions set out. These provisions were neither accepted or rejected. There has been no' communication at except when one rate- payer involved wept to Mr. McNaughton with questions and was told, "Keep Your Powder Dry."' This certainly helps when it means our future and the future of our children. Since August a meeting has been requested with Mr. McNaughton, many times, but he has never found it convenient. The result is that we, the people required to give Up our land, read the announcement in the paper the same time as the man On the street. Would you, the reader, like to pick up the paper and read that your business was being taken over for a project without you ever once being consulted? Then when you try for a meeting all you get is the old run around. I just feel people should realize that the ones who own land involved are not all in favour of it. We are even less in favour of the way it is taken out from under us without us hiving any say in the matter at all. This letter is being sent to Clinton, Exeter, Seaforth and London newspapers. We shall see then, if all these papers believe in each side having the right to tell their story. It is to be hoped that Mr. McNaughton, when he reads thts letter will 6e able to' find it convenient to liave a few answers to our questions so to be able to start to plan a different future.thati the One we've 'worked for all these years. If this, letter can do this, at least, we'll know it was the "power of the press" that accomplished it. 4, • There will be many advantages to this district as a result of the decision of the province to establish a wild life area in Hullett as announced- last week by Huron MPP Hon. Chas. MacNaugh- ton. Not only will the wild life area prove a popular tourist attraction, increasing through the years,. but i._ will store valuable water during dry seasons thus materially effecting the availability of water in the area. For too long the provincial,policy has been to pay out grants for drainage works with little regard to the benefits. Are the advantages always sufficient to, outweigh the damage and loss from alternating flood and draught condi- tions which all too frecpiently follow in the wake of drainage programs? ,By establishing wild life areas such as is, proposed in Hullett the province takes a long step towards restoring the balance intended' by nature. While' there 'can be no doubt as to the advantages the hew area will pro- 'vide there is concern at the same time that the announcement was made Rs it was. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dick of Hensall, feceived official word from Ottawa that their son Able Seaman BenSori,Dick, R.C,N, V.R. R Ir F. rating had been killed in a motor torpedo boat Overseas. Relative to Previous word regarding Pte.Lalrd Hud- son of Hensall, wounded in, a mine ex- plosion in Italy, Mrs. Olive Hudson re- vealed that the wound 'was an amputation of the right foot. The property of Miss Minnie Nixon, Gait, and formerly .of Seaforth, has been sold to John H. Quigley of Stanley Town- ship. A new mode of travel for the aeroplane was seen on No. 4. Highway near Mensal], and Kippen., For lack .of a landing field the plane shed its Wings and travelled car style, Zack„McSpadden of _Winthrop has re- ceived word that his on Jack McSpadden . had been seriously. wounded. He had been with the Canadian troops in Holland and. Belgium.' A Ghost enjoyable time was spent at the home of Mrs. Phoebe Booth, when 12 of her friends gathered at 'her home In town to celebrate her 81st. birthday. Dr. Stewart Plant, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. plant has been appointed to the staff of the ' Gravenhurst Hospital. Miss June Shaw, popular High School, pupil, was the winner of the public speak- ing contest sponsored by the Seaforth LiEins The speakers in the contest were' Doris Ferguson, Archie Watt, June Shaw, June Pevitt and Mary Marg. Cleary. Movie shorts were shown between speeches. Members of the . Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Abel Turnbull, sang two numbers. Miss W nnifredSavauge was the pianist. The Goforth Mission Band held a Valentine tea when Mrs. c..E.Smith poured tea assisted by Helen Smith. and Leona Stevens. 'The program included quartette by Margaret Hemberger, Marilyn Kling, Sheila McFaddin and Marian Milliken; quartette by Margaret Stevens, 'Doris Pullman, ,Joyce Glanville and Barbara Wright; duet Kenneth Willis and Ronnie Sutherland, duet by Carol Glew and Lois charters, and . Karen Kidd and Joan Hun- ter; solo Helen Smith. FEBRUARY -20 , 1920 The great convass In connection with the Forward Movement in the Anglican, Baptist. Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches is now practically over. In some cases the results were splendid, in others shameful. The canvass is over, but there remains a, very serious situation that demands In ,nediate atten- tion. A pleasant event occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stewart, "Whyte Farm", Hibbert, Feb. 11th when their eldest daughter, Laura Elizabeth, became the wife Of Hugh Norris Sillery of Bruce- field. Miss Pearl Stewart played the The council of Hay Township adapted a resolution respecting the war memorial project, approved by the rate payers at the last Municipal nomination' meeting. It was proposed- that council should expend from $1200. to $1500. in providing such a memorial: The snow storms of the week have again led to the cancelling of trains at Hensel and have made travelling on many reads impossible, while on others it is next 'to impossible to make any headway. The Jackson calothing Company are rifling orders at Hensall in a satisfactory manner and the number of operators is being added to from 'week to week. Mr. ' Ooodwin spares no pain to make every thing go to the satiefattion of the company and staff dt employees. At the annual meeting of the seaforth Surely a Proposal that will have the economic effect on the _township 'that this one will should have been discussed with the township in detail. Surely agreemcvnt should have been reached on those important conditions set out by the township. Instead the province' chose to make a -unilateral announcement ignoring com- pletely the quite proper eRestions rais- ed by the tpwnship. In suggesting there Were mixed feel- ings in 'portions of the township Reeve Flynn was acting only as a responsible official should act. More than anyone he and members_ of his council know . the financial implications for the town- ship resulting from lois in taxes; they know the added road maintenance costs ,which increased tourist travel will make necessary; they know the losses which abutting property owners may face as a result of severance of existing holdings or restriction in travel. These all are-proper questions which the township has raised and 'Which de- serve answers and which we are satis- fied the province will answer in due course It is too bad they weren't ans- wered before the announcement. Public Library, was held. Officers elec- ted were: W. Hartry, chairinam F.G. Neelin, secretary; John Finlayson, treasurer and Miss 'C-retta -Thbmpson, librarian.- , Mr. and Mrs. Alex Broadfoot of Moose • Jaw, who halo been visiting relatives here_ since the New Year, left for the west having been called home owing tothe illness of his brother, C.H.Broadfoot. 'The congregation of St. ThomaTs Church has passed its otictive in the Forward Movement drive and the returns are not all in' yet. We, understand that the other , town churches have als9 been very succes- sful in their canvass, ' Mr. Gortriley, of Sei.forths is now comfortably settled in Dublin; he cater to the' Miblic by supplying all kinds of musical instruments, furniture and attend to burials as formerly. Harry -Riley of Londesboro, has pur- chased the two small hciuses from Mrs. Manning. The Missionary Society at Londesboro met at the home of MrS. Hiles. Mrs.Ernest Adams gave an interesting paper on the Forward Movement. FEBRUARY '2 2 , 1 89 5 . While a horse belongtneaell ohnFrayne of Usborne, was stand-WI in front of H. Spackmah's Hardware store, Exeter, it became restless and walked up on the sidewalk: The walk being slippery, the horse fell, its head going through a large plate glass window. The animal's head was severely cut. John Berry, of the 12th concession of McKillop, has purchased the fifty acre farm of James Nicholson. The price paid was $2,350. A special meeting of the Fire Brigade was held at the Fire Hall, when the re- tiring chief, Wm: Cline, was presented with an illuminated ,address and a hand- some secretary, as an acknowledgement of his long and faithful services in different capacities. Mr. R.. Mercer intends removing his jeWelry establishment to the store in the Kidd Block, recently vacated by H. W, Miller. Geo. R. Scott will remove his barber shop into the presmises va- cated by Mr. Mercer. Mr. Willard will remove his wallpaper establishment to the premises vacated by ,Geo. Scott and James Graves will remove his wallpaper business to the premises vacated by' Mr. Willard. M. Y. McLean, M. P. P. for South Huron has left to attend the session of Legislature at foronto. Henry Cooper of McKillop has shown us a young grasshopper, which seemed to be getting ready for operations next spring: J. G. Crich has finished painting .the interior of Turner's Church in Tucker- sm ith. James Blair of Kippen has bought a hundred acre farm near Centralia, 'he having sold his fifty acre farm to Mr. McLean, his neighbor. Peter Douglas of Blake has purchased the farm. of Mr. Otterbine which adjoins his oWjl. D. B. Stickle of Blake has recently made .an important importation in the pig line. He got from Freeport, Michigan two very fine Poland china pigs. The Aries( of horses, is• looking up again at Leadbury. There were three sold of 'the line at a very ,good In speaking of the deep snow .and bad roads, it is reeelled that 38 years ago the snow was four feet deep on the level, although the pitch holes Were not so bad. S, Cudmore of Lumley had his ears and face badly frozen during ,the recent storm. In the Years gone • 133XlINATC4 LF4fLAM SYNCtICATE SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, February 19, 1970 (Signed) John W. Medd Clinton. Ont. Feb. 16, 1970.