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Years Agone
. MAY ..24 ,
The, death of Judge Toms created a
vacancy in the Judiciary of this county'
and of course a great deal of speculation
is being indulged in to as who will be his
successor. In the ordinary course Junior
Judge Doyle woule,,most_likely be,„matie
Judge.
Mr. Wm. Oke, of Hullett, near Harlock,
has placed a stone cellar under his house
and purposes putting, a stone foundation
under his barn this, summer.
The seven year old son E.J.C.Adams,
Huilett, met with a bad accident. While
'riding in a wagon, he was accidentally
thrown out, breaking his arm and also
dislocating it.
Wm. Murdock, 2nd concession of Stan,
ley, left Brucefield with a car lOad of
cattle 'of his own feeding for the '.old
,country markets.
A new cheese factory at Brucefield
is now up and the roof on and workmen
are busily engaged in the internallittings.
Mr. Coleman, a competent cheese maker;
has been employed.
A handsome Heil organ has been pro-
mired through the old established firm of
Scott Bros. of Seaforth ,for Egmondville
Presbyterian Church.
Workmen are busy clearing away the
ruins of the old Commercial Hotel, pre-
paratory to the erection of a new build-
ing,
Wm. Stewart, son of -Alexander Stew- •
art of this town, is climbing to the top
of the ladder. He 'was recently appointed
manager of the Twin City Company of
St. Paul' and Minneapolis, ,Minn. at 'a
large salary.
• "Geo. the hatter" paid his usual spring
visit to the town.
A.Cardno had strawberries for sale,
the first of the season. •
The Tuckersmith Branch Agricultural
Society have decided to hold their annual
fall show on Sept. 26 and 27th.
Robert Pringle, an old Seaforth boy,
and now of ,Chicago stock exchange, has
made $40,000 in °the last two weekg
speculatihg. in wheat.
We are indebted to W.N.McMichael
of McKillop for a nice basket of apples.
MAY 21 , °1920.
R.J. Uegg, has opened a music ,store,
and repair department in the premises
on Main Street formerly occupied by
Mr. M. McKellar, as an express office.
The work of rebuilding the flax mill,
which was destroyed by fire a few Weeks
age is going ahead rapidly and the roof
is being put on this week.
li, • Lebeau, who recently sold his
farm on the London Road, south of Bruce-
field, has purchased Dr, Soctt'a fatin in
Harpurhey which has been leased for some
years by John Powell.
Leslie Scott, has moved into the apart-
ments in the Beattie Block on Main Street
recently vacated by R.T.Mclntosh.
J.13;Bell, a well known business man
in Seaforth for many years, has pur-
chased a grocery business in Toronto.
He was a member of the famous La-
crosse team and for ten years was chief ,
of the Fire Brigade.
The warm rains of this week have
made a wonderful change in the appear-
ance of the countryside,
Mr. and Mrs.. Henry Bennewies Sr.
Of Manley liad a narrow escape last
week, whet'i"their car turned over in,
the ditch. Luckily both eacaped unin-
jured. The steering gear became un-
manageable and brought the car to, a
stand still.
Messrs. Austin and Charles Dexter
of Constance -each sport a new car.
It was with a great shock of surprise
and deep regret that the people of
Seaforth learned of the death of Mrs.
J.W.Beattie.
The memorial section of the G.W.V.A.
club house will be beautified by the
addition of a fine, silk flag presented
R.$4-lays in memory of her'soel
,Stanley,.- who' was killed in Texas. This
flag will be draped over the honor roil
Thirty-five relatives and friends as-
sembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John John ston of Hensall, to honor them
on the occasion of their 50th wedding
anniversary.
Robert Higgins of Hensall had the
misfortune to get his wrist broken while
engaged in cranking the 'auto which he
uses in collecting-the cream.
MAY 25, 1945.
one' of,' the worst electrical storms
in many years visited the western and
northern part Of .the country. The storm
in many sections was accompanied by
hail of, large size and rain fell for More
'than a,n'hour.,
The fire alarm sounded shortly after
six o'clock on Tuesday morning and the
fire brigade made a quick run to the
residence of Bernard ,Iiildebrand where
overheated stove pipes threatened the
interior of the house.
A reception in honor of Pte.Leonard
Donnetily, Dublin, who recently returned
from• overseas, was held in 'the Parish
Hall. An address was read by Dr.
Ffloukes and a presentation of a wrist
watch and a purse of money was made.
Approximately 1100 people_ filled the
new barn .of Mr,and Mrs. Thos. Slavin
near Kippen and many more attended
but ,couldn't be accommodated in the
building. A splendid dance was enjoyed
to the music of the C. K. N. X. Ranch boys.
The community of Walton received
• good news when word came thatt two of
the local boyS of the R.C.A. F. were safe
in England. Mr. and Mrs. W.J.Bennett
received notice that ,their son John, who
'was' 'reported missing 'was -In England.
Word also came to Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Bryans, that their son Stewart, who was
taken prisoner by -the -Germans, was
safe in England,
Miss Lenore Normington of Hensall
was pleasantly surprised recently when
a number of her girl friends met at her
home on the occasion oilier birthday and
presented her with a pen. and 'pencil set.
She expects to leave this week to enlist
with the Canadian Army Women's Corps.
Dr. R. Hobbs Taylor of DashwoOd,
member of the Ontario Legislature for
the past two years, has again been chosen
as the Progressive Conservative candi-
date for Huron.
Dr. John Grieve, veterinary surgeon
in Seaforth, for 54 years died.
Mr. and Mrs. W.A.Wright, Miss Jean
Wright and Miss Jessie Grainger of Clin-
ton were an Guelph attending the grad-
uation exercises at the Guelph General
Hospital, when Miss Lois Wright grad-
uated as a nurse,
There passed away at his hoine in
Port Credit, one of the pioneers of
'Tuckersmith, in the person of W. C.
Landeborough. His parents settled in
Tuckersmith over a hundred years ago.
The play ',Here Comes Charlie" spon-
sored by the Red Cross Society and pre-.
sented by the Tuesday night club of First
Presbyterian Church was given in
Cardrto's Hall to a very enthusicstic
audience. Mrs. E. H, Close welcomed
the audience. Mrs. Prank Kling sang
two numbers and four young boys, Douglas
Stewart, Kenneth Willis, Gordon Pullman
and Ronald Rennie sanu two selections
very acceptably.
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Changes In The Farming Industry
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For some time it has been apparent
that the farm community as it has been
known for generations is changing.
Trends which were noticed in the
Immediate post war years have acceler-
ated until in recent years we have- seen
the disappearance of much of the
independence of farm life that made it
so attractive to so many Canadians.
That the changes to date are relative-
. ly minor in relation to what can be an-
ticipated is suggested by' the report of
the task force on agriculture which re-
ported this week following a two and
one-half ,year study of the industry,.
Reports of the conclusions reached
by the task force indicate that by 1990,
the Canadian farm papulation will be
reduced to about three or four per cent
of population, there will be a substan-
tial reduction in the number of com—
mercial farms but with much larger
production units, there will be less in-
dependence for individuals within the
industry and stronger marketing boards
increasingly national in scope, with in-
creasing planning and contractual ar-
rangements, and few government sub-
sidies and support programs.
The 132 recommenions include:
• Initiatives aimed at reducing tar-
iffs on agricultural products.
• A free trade market with the Uni-
ted States for livestock, feed grains,
oilseeds, potatoes and some fruits and
vegetables.
• Placing the Canadian wheat board
under a new department of agricultural
industry with its own cabinet minister.
• Ending freight subsidies an ship-
ments of livestock feed. *
• A-n export target of 500,000 feed-
er cattle a year.
• Announcement of dairy programs
five years in advance by a dairy com-
commission revised to help the dairy
industry move to operation without
subsidies.
• A national agricultural marketing
board to delegate powers and, responsi-
bilities to commodity marketing boards.
Sugar and Spice
by 4111 Smiley
From My Window
-7— BY
This may be cheating, but somebody
else Is going to write my column this
week. I received a 12-page letter trete
a Prairie wife that made me sick of my
own petty whining. With a minimum of
editing, and changing only names, here
it is.
"Dear Smiley: We've read your column
for a long time. I enjoy it. When you
told of your daughter's illness, I wasn't
able to read the column because my
.husband was seriously ill with cancer of
the lung. I was with him most of the
time. I read the one later where you
thanked everyone for their prayers
"Anyway, I wanted to 'tell you hoW
so many people prayed for my poor hus-
band. He died March 9th. I really believe
all the prayers helped him accept it. He
got pneumonia suddenly, had the last
rites, went into a coma and died. He
was quite thin, but could have lived down to
skin and bones, because he had a strong
heart, and was only 51.
"He was taken prisoner at Dieppe. The
first year they had their hands tied. When
'the Russians began getting closer, they
(the Germans) moved them on boxcars
and on toot, with very little food. He
once said he thought he should always
carry a piece of bread in his pocket
the rest of his days so he'd never have
to go hungry again. (Ed. note: Me too).
" ‘"He came home in '45 and quite a
few of his chums died of lung conditions
soon after the war. Anyway, his nerves
were really bad, and with trying to farm
and father four boys he was an akoholic
for six years.
Then he went to an A. A. centre.It,
was terribly hard On him, but he quit
for six ye a/.6, Then he ended up with
cancer.
"He used to tell of all the close
calls he had had as a prisoner. Then, one
day, he was riding a tractor, standing
up and, looking for a new calf. The big
wheel hit a hole and then another, and
threw him over the front and the tractor
ran over him.
"It broke his right hip and his' pelvic
bones. He turned over en his stomach and •
crawle11 a quarter-mile to the road. He had
our faithful dog with him and sent him for -
h.elp. The dog came back and licked his
face, and Jack told him again to get help.
He went south to the edge of some
neighbor's trees and barked and barked.
The farmer was just going with his
tractor to work again after supper. He
told his wife, who thought it was a coyote,
that . it was Jack's dog and something
must,be wrong.
"When he, saw Jack lying there on
the road, he thought it was a clump of
--old rags. Anyway, Jack told us how he
prayed and thanked God for the neighbor
paying attention to the dog.
"In the hospital, the doctor operated
on his bladder. The pelvic bones had busted
through, and the blood was taking Urine all
through his system.
"Our neighbors had a bee for him and
put the crop in. He got home on crutches,
That fall, our crop got hailed out. So 'he
sure had his hard knocks in life as well
as close calls.
"He used to talk about his accidents
:
so- he could likeTy (lit!
'death I • "So when hefound out' it Was 'catibe
in his lung, he .seemed to expect it. He
had his operation, and lost his voice
all summer and got really Then
he gained weight up to 14'7 poundS and
got his voice back, with all our prayers.
(But, to summarize, large lump on
neck going- to brain; loss of control of
right hand, burning bedclothes when ciga-
rette dropped; mixed up mentally?) ,
. "So I think the prayers, helped him
to come to his death sooner than he could
have. 'He felt very bad about being a
prisorier and being through so much and
people didn't appreciate what 'they went
through to save our country for us. He
was very sad about Vietnam.
"He would just cry when he'd see
the,-Bob Hope show at Christmas, all those
young boys going through, so much and the
big-shots making millions on,their deaths
and , crippled lives.
"Thanks, Smiley, for listening. I have
four boys."
ReSt in peace, old kriegie. Be of
good faith, noble woman. Be good to her,
four boys.
By W. E. Elliott
Joseph Kidd, born in the village of
Dublin, "where only one Scotchman was
allowed to live, at that time," related
at a Burns dinner, of all places, his
recollections of`that Scot.
"He was blessed with the sanctity of
a David, the strength of a Samson, the
wisdom of a Solomon and the patience of
Job. Sandy Ross was the village dentist,
police magistrate, and the whole police
force . If a row occurred among the
Irishmen, and someone called 'Here comes
Sandy Ross,' nothing could be seen but
*Irishmen's heels."
An ancient scrapbook yields a copy of
the pr gram enjoyed by Goderich Scots
'and others in Oddfellows' Hall (noW the
Legion Hall ), January 25, 1912. At that
time the fraternal order of Sons of Scot-
land evidently was strong in the land, for
Inverness Camp, Goderich, was numbered
54. Its chief was W. T. Millar, but Dr.
W. F. Callow vlas chairman for the
evening,
There was a long list of'toasts, "Our
Sister Nationalities" was near the end,
and Joe Kidd, responding, said he had
decided' not-'to speak of Ireland, thereby
arousing envy, but would recall his early
impressions of the Scots. (His' father,
Joseph Kidd, had operated saps in
Dublin.)
"When I came to Godericotake
charge of the International Salt Works,"
he said, "in looking over the names of
the men working there, I found them all
McDonalds,McMillans and McPherSons,
and the bood fairly froze in my veins.
Driving around the Square, I counted three
McLeans, four ' -'a n, six Strachans
• and four Nelms. Asset a dance at the
British Exchange, I met McDonalds,Mat-
Oregors, McDougal's, Rossss and C er-
ons."
Mr. Kidd married Christine Mc-
Dougall, daughter of Dr. Peter A. Mc-
Dougall, Goderich physician, and "never
It is one of those bone-tired type
daysfor me. I feel like a chessman on
a board, being pushed and pulled every
,which way and never really having time
to relax and do just' as I like to do,
I suppose we all get this feeling;
especially in a day and an age when life
is just one round of running and racing.
For what? Who knows?
On a day like this though, everything
gets to ane. My morare is so low that
nothing cartdraw me out of the doldrums.
I see we are about to have another
mail strike. Whoopee. I'm not saying
the mailmen don't deserve a 'raise be-
cause I'm not familiar with their pay
...schedules or the financial strain they
are under. What I do know is that the
postal'employees have picked a poor time
to bargaln for more money. With jobs
getting scarcer and the whole country,
caught in a mild kind of recession, I
doubt that the .mail carriers are going
to get much sympathy for their cause.
'r.e prospect of a mail,strike doesn't
reallr make me happy... I have a film
regretted the 'merger." At the' time of
the Scots' banquet and for 19 years in all
he was downtown' agent of the C. P. R. and
Dominion Express, and a very active
member of the Board of Trade . His
family has long been scattered, but one
son, John. A., resides in Goderich after
many years elsewhere in the service of
the Canadian Bank of Commerce.
Returning to the Burns anniversary
dinner sa year's ago, let it be stated
that the haggis was borne in by Camp
Chieftain George McPhee, and that Miss
Isabel McNevin contributed a Highland
Fling.
There was an innovation in tnat
"a good number of ladies" was among the
200 present. In another part of the
report, one learns that for lack of room
many men were turned away, but 'the two
circumstances are not expressly assoc-
iated.
Rev. J. B, Fotheringham, who had
travelled Mich in Scotland, told of many
historic spots. Malcolm Graeme Camer-
on (afterward a county judge) 'responded
to the toast to Burns. He spoke of the
great services performed by Scots in
Britain and throughout -the Empire, and
declared" Burns the greatest lyric bard
of his own or any' age. He gave many
passages from Burns' poems. ^
"It was without dbubt," the Signal
writer asserted, in cdurse of a .three-
column report, "one of the most pol-
ished utterances ever heard inGoderich."
Speakers listed on the program in-
cluded Rev. George E, Ross, minister
of Knox- Presbyterian Church; 'Sheriff
R. G, Reynolds and County Treasurer
William Lane; William Proudfoot, M.L. A.;
Charles Seater, Mayor Reid, Dr. Mack-
lin, Chaflim-Garrow (afterward a justice
of Ontario Supreme' Court.) Dr. W. J.
R. Holmes, Capt. Sale, Capt. Dunlop,
Capt. Rougvie and Dr. Turnbull. Not
one of theee now survives, and the Burns
celebration seems to have passed out with
them.
away to be 'developed and it is some -
where in transit. But it' doesn't really
worry me a great deal either. If the
mail • doesn't get through, I won't know
about all the terrible things '-that will
happen to me if I don't pay my bills and
I won't be -receiving those' bothersome
notes advising me that so-and-so is hav-
ing a plastic ware demonstration and wants
me to come early and •buy lots.
The good news that Canada's major
banks will stop "charging, exchange on
out-of-town cheques should have brought
me momentary elation bet I felt very
little excitement. It could be because I.
, have ,very few out-of-town cheques to
bother about; or maybe it is because I
have learned that when .you get something
, for nothing it winds up costing you twice
as much in the end.
I see some of the banks have already
indicated they may have to adjust their
service charges to-offset the loss.'That's
not surprising. What's more, I'm just
pessimistic eribugh to predict that the
service charges are increased, they will
be raised enough, to compensate for a
few other things whidh before this time
haven't really shown up in our banking
business. So what's to applaud?
And the other headlines are just as'.
much' fun: North Vietnam pledges to re-
sist US threats; South Vietnamese launch
drive on Cambodia; National Guard al-
erted after Ohio student riot; Racial
prejudice said increasing in Britain; Que-
bec teachers seek French-only legislat-
ion; Jobless figures rise despite spring
pattern; final try in liorsburgh case fails.
They go on and on and on
Also in today's paper I've come across
the tragic story of t,vo kids who have
drowned in a manmade lake. One of the
youngsters was the daughter of an
acquaintance of mine , She was also a
claseinate of my son at one time.
I recall that this same family has
known great grief this 'year already.
Another son died prematurely a few months
ago of an illness which is usually con-
sidered "simple". One would net expect
complications.
I wonder why it is that God expects
some people to bear up under so much
sadness. Although i am convinced of
His wisdom, I sometimes wish the human
body ,possessed an automatic shut-
off switch that could black out all the
unpleasantness in this world, even for
a day or so .., just time enough to
permit restoration of the mind and the
gathering of fresh strength and courage.
Of course this cannot be so. Yet on
a day like today when I'm obsessed With
this bleak forlorn attitude, I would actual-
ly welcome a respite trona reality.
My mind is flying now to a concert
heard a few days ago with about 30
voices singing in perfect harmony for
an entire evening. I remember thinking
how good it would be if I could carry
that sound around in my heart forever,
for during the concert I felt like a new
person filled with hope and expectations
for a brighter future.
If I've depressed you I'm sorry. If
I've caught your mood, I'm even more
sorry. tut if you have never experienced
the kind of black moments l'in .describing
here , sorriest of an because you have
missed one of the blest mind-expanding
blessings this life has to offer.
Kidd Family Noted in Dublin
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