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The Huron Expositor, 1970-07-02, Page 2-e Turn xposita Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH. ONTARIO', every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. MCLEAN., Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation Neivspers Subscriptio pa n Rates: Canada (in advance) $6.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $6.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 15 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696 SEAFORTH, ONT ARIO, July 2,; 1970 Seaforth Anticipates Ontario Move • From My Window By Shirley J. Keller If there is anyone in the audience (or should I say readership) who would like to be on a committee of one kind ,or another and hasn't yet had the op- portunity _ to serve, this week's column is devoted to hints. on how to become a,ctively involved in more service work than you can handle without loosing your mind. 1. Get pregnant. This- won't work for the males who happen to be reading this drivle intended for women, but for gals it works wonders. I know. I have been pregnant three times and each time, just before I was actually aware' that our household would be expanded within the year I was named to at least one new position. It works ,this way. As if by magic, nomination committees have a sixth sense about this kind of thing. In fact, if you are a woman who has been elected re- cently to a new post in the community, you had better' check with the family doctor. Chances are good that you either are (or soon will be) an expectant mother. The idea seems to be to elect people at a weak moment ...and then hold them to their pledge no matter what else takes place, even service in the maternity ward. 2. Get busy. The more jobs you hold, the more likely you are to be named re- cording secretary for the local club, Take me, for instance. I hold down one full-time part-time job; one part- . time part-time job; I'm the mother of three kids; I'm the wife of one husband; I'm the domestic engineer in one home, All I have to do is show up at a meet- ing and I can have my Choice of posit- ions it seems. Usually they want me to be treasurer while the bookkeeper gets conned Into the' secretary's, chair. It must be any honest face. 3. Act disinterested. I didn't know that this approaCh worked until just re- cently. I went to a meeting, purely to observe , you understand. I ,„sat and ar.,11•4411. listened but I was very careful to remain outside the conversation and appear to- tally disinterested in the entire affair, Guess' who was 'selected to act on a three-member work committee! You gues- sed it. 4. Stay home from the meeting, That really works for some people . I have a friend who was recently elected to fill a vacancy on a committee and the only reason she was chosen (well, at least one reason she was chosen) was because no one else would accept and my pal wasn't at the meeting to defend herself. That's a dirty trick, I think, but then some of your very best workers are picked at random out of a sea of pos- sibilities who have stayed at home,. - 5. Find financing for the group.This is a sure fire method for getting your- self on the executive. Just try to be helpful and keep the coffers filled with greenbacks and that tinkling stuff and you will be a winner when it. rails round- to election night. I know' a fellow who became a chair- man on a rather important committee '- just because he happened to be the spokes- man for an organization that was willing to donate funds to the new enterprise in town. I don't know whether a chairman- ship is considered proper payment for a sizeable grant or not, but in this case my friend felt- somewhat' obligated to accept the offer. After all, he had to show Some interest in the whole thing if he and his companions were willing to throw in such handsome funds. • So you see, there are tricks to every- thing. Don't despair if you just never seem to make the grade in your organ- ization. Use any one of Shirley's five fancy fundamentals for getting on a com- mittee and your fondest wish will be granted. Incidentally, for those Of you who would like to drop a few committee jobs, the system does NOT work in reverse. 0 • 4 • a rg arbtallta.saft, • • • • • Members of the Session of First Presbyterian Church on behalf of the congregation honored Malcolm Cameron McKellar at a gathering Wednesday evening on his retire- ment as Clerk of Session. A member of the congregation for 57 years, an elder since 1.925 and Clerk of Session for 38 years, Mr. McKellar was presented with a Bible and an appreciation folder. Shown are (left) Rev. T. C. Mulholland, M. McKellar and Clair Reith who has been named Clerk. (Staff Photo) 4 .e, r .. _ , .,, ., Wm. Pinder who ,with Marlen Vincent headed' the entertainment committee tor the Laris Summer Carnival presdnts awards to Barbara 'Anderson (left) and Barbara' and Laurie Westmari of St. Marys. - . (Staff Photo) . . • • 4 • Seaforth Council, acting on a recom- mendation of the Planning Board, re- cently approved further studies leading to the adoption of an official plan. The action was a recognition of the prob- lems that random growth can bring and anticipated- controls introduced by the province by bat a few weeks. The province recognized the problem and in legislation has provided special controls for municipalities lacking land use plans. Emphasizing the need for such acts ion the Globe and Mail comments in these words: Uncontrolled development of land is chaos. Land use plans are designed to avoid that chaos. But in vast areas of Ontario where 'municipalities have no such plans, extraordinary measures are needed. These measures were taken in the Legislature last week ..when Municipal Affairs Minister 'Darcy McKeough in- troduced amendnienti to the Planning Act.-Under the newlaw, all Ontario mu- nicipalities that have. no land use plans Much of the trouble in school A and colleges may be traceable to the fondness of parents. Many parents are unable not to spoil the child. By the time the child-gets old erughto go to school, to college, to university, to vote, he is too old to punish. Being too old to pun- ish means that he can get away with al- most anything on the campuses or else- where. Sometinaesrlieogets away literal- ly, with mu rkydssiir by Bill dhe of the last, and-one of the few traditional Canadian holidays is under attack by the termites who want to turn every holiday into a holiday weekend. The grand old 24th of May, with scorched fingers and the pungent stink of firecrackers, has been whittled into just another Monday., 'holiday. They're chipping away at Remembrance Day. And the only day of truly national Canadian importance, celebrating the birth of our nation; is due to go under to the pressures of coinmercialism. Hardly anybody calls it Dominion Day anymore, and some industries and busin- ess firms simply ignore It. When I was an urchin, it was, an impressive holiday. There were bands and baseball games, parades and panoply, and 'interminable speeches about our great Dominion, the Fathers of Con- federation, ties with Empire, and what a great guy the Mayor was. ' It meant that school was really over, at last, that the endless glorious summer had finally begun. It was a strong punc- tuation mark in the year. • If you had a cottage, it meant your dad had a day off to drive the family there, get theth settled, get the boat out. It was often an all-day job for the old man, with an average of about To the EditOr Sir; I just finished reading the June 4, ,1970 edition of your paper and missed 'my favorite section 'News of Seaforth in bygone years'. I also read with interest what com- pensation your Secondary School Teachers will receive in the next schobl year. I think the system In Huron County has been generoui with the teachers and other school administrators etd. ' I believe I,, was born thirty years too soon, as when I retired as principal January 1955, I was receiving $12,700.00 • a year, which is peanuts in this day and age. Somehow I find much to interest me in the ExpOsitor, mostly in at happened years ago 'and in the schools of to-day. Teaching school is a trying position and for my part I am pleased that teas chertr are finally coming into their owns Prom June 15th to June 27th I will visit Canada and Michigan but I doubt if I will get to Seaforth. Enclosed find check for eight dollars. Kin* renew my subscription for another 'year . Con. Spain 280 - 413th Allende, ,StzPetersbtirg Wank-Fla. 3708: will have to apply to Queen's Park be- fore they will be allowed to create subdi- visions. By putting subdivision controls on all land not protected by bylaws or plans, Mr. McKeough has, in effect, frozen de- velopment until the municipality passes an official plan. The minister had no choice. Without the protection of adequate zoning -and planning controls, land could be hacked into smaller pieces and dished out to de- velopers without regard,, to the need for roads, sewers, schools, electricity or water supply. The new pressure on municipalities to produce official plans will undoubtedly cause some economic strain on assess- ment-poor areas. Mr. McKeough should consider instituting a loan or grant sys- tem to help the municipalities in the preparation of the usually. expensive plans. Whatever the cost it will be only a fraction of the money , that would be needed to correct the problems Produced by unchecked growth. the work of malignant interests out to destroy government and injure the na- tion. Although the imported malefactors are not necessarily the instigators of the trouble, they are certainly willing at all times to help it along. If parents exercise some discipline in the early years, if they • refrain, from criticizing teachers and others who are .try,ing.to,run ,a good school, it is,,pos- sible that• many school troubles that start out perhaps as larks -may never get beyond the lark stage. (The Print-. ed Word). Smiley three flat tires en route. • . • 'If yea didn't have ,aa cottage, and most didn't, you went to the ball game, or swam in the river, 'or .went .fishing, ,or had a family picnic. 'If you had a car. Many didn't. Those were peaceful dayslin the small towns. There was no frantic scramble for the tourist dollar because there were few tourists. Summer" was a time to take it easy. The days were hot and long. The `evening were full of hot smells and children's voices, and parents rocking on the front porch. Lemonade or an ice cream cone topped off the day,which seemed 66 hours of enjoying life. What a change in those' (comparatively) few years. Today, with good roads, a car in every garage, and a restless populace, summer .begins back around Easter, with thousands thronging the highways to get somewhere. ,,, I'm not complaining, or trying to hold up progress, whatever that is.Just feeling a bat nostalgic about the leis- urely pace of' those days, and wonder- ing why we're all rushing around like nuts, today. But I can tell you one thing. • 'The clip-clop of a horse and buggy on a soft summer evening was a lot lovelier than the squeal of tires and the bellow of motor-bikes. This summer, I'm. in a bit ,of a di- lemma. I'd half planned to go to Eng- land and Scotland, and just mosey around looking up some old pubs, old cathedrals and old girlfriends. But my wife isn't Iceett. She's net much for pubs; considers one old ca- thedral much like another, and would probably Come to verbal blows with the old girlfriends:, To clinch the latter, both our student offspring are among the' vast army of the unemployed. At least, Hugh hasn't a job. Last report, Kim • had one, as she explained , When She called to borrow money on the strength of her job, but it was handling .food, and she's been knocking over glasses of milk and drop- ping cups since she was one,., so we figure she's been fired. But there's a beautiful alternative to the overseas trip. In a letter to weekly editors, I suggested I might hire a trailer this summer. The response was Over- whelming, though I wasn't fishing for Invitations, just warning,,them, so that they could get out of town. Alberta steaks, Nova Scotia sea- food and-rum, tuna fishing off beautif- ul Isle Madame, Cape Breton. And a dozen others, offering everything nrom accommodations to libations. Can't you see me with a six-hundred-pound tip..." on the other end of a line? ' Hope we can make some of them.ft may just be the best summer yet, des- pite the faift that they're tinkering around with The First of July. MI the Years Agone JULY 6, 1945. The tragic death of Mrs. Donald Mac- Laren, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Johnstone in the Red Lake Hotel fire, came as a shock to friends in Sea- forth and district. She was formerly Mildred Johnstone. Credit for saving the bare of H. H. Datum, Kippen, from being destroyed by fire goes to the women of the village who quickly formed .a bucket brigade. District Rebekah Lodges, installed Sister Jean Scott as the district deputy president for 1945-46. Sister Mrs. Alex Boyce, Tuckersmith, was appointed as district secretary-treasurer. Relatives and neighbors, numbering 65, gathered at the home of Councillor and Mrs. Dan Beuerman in McKillop to honor them on the silver wedding anniv- ersary. During an electrical storm In Hen- sall, lightning struck the home of Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Brook, knocking off the chimney, ran along the slate roe!, rip- ping off some of the slates and' down to the cellar where it knocked the door off the furnace. The employees of 'the Hesky Flax Ltd., Seaforth, presented Miss Jean Smale with a sum -of money in honor of her marriage. She was presented with a silver tea service by the head office in Toronto. Allan Campbell of Winthrop has pur- chased a house in Logan and has had it moved to his farm. ' Neighbors and friends presented Miss Lillian McClure with a large number of gifts at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Church of McKillop prior to her marria-, ge. The death took place of a highly esteemed resident of Cromarty in, the person of M argaret Laing, wife of James ,Scott in her 80th year. Robert Drysdale of Hensall is• having a handsome 'up-to-date residence erec- ted on Main -Street. Albert Kalbflelsch of Zurich has the contract and Chas.Wolfe the masonry. Bruce,MpClinchey, Edgar McClinchey, Hensall and win. Armstrong of Kippen enjoyed a fishing expedition to Chesley Lake arid landed' 22 pike and some pick- erel, some of them between 7 and 8 pounds. JULY 2, 1920. The old wooden culvert at McTag- gart's Cemetery was replaced by a large galvanized sewer pipe. The work' was done by the nearby men of the boundary. Mr. Rowcliffe's new barn oh the Pat- terson farm at Hensall, was recently raised ,and will be a fine asset to that farm. , While out shooting with two Com-' panions a, young son ,of Dan Nash sat down to explore the workings of the rifle with the result that it unexpected- ly discharged; the bullet striking him in the left foot. John McClusky of ,McKillop, met with an accident on. Main Street. He was at the Royal Hotel corner waiting for a load of logs to pass in ,order to cross the street. When the 'waggon passed be stepped right in front of a car coming around the corner. He was knocked ' down and run over by the car. Ninety-two pupils wrote on the exam- ination examinations at Seaforth. This is the largest number on record. John Lane of Beectamed,has a fine pair of twin filly foals this year. They, were sired by McMichael's champion Clydesdale stallion. ' Frank Harburn, Staffa, met with an accident when a team of horses belong- ing to Harry 'Norris ran away with him while attached 'to a manure spreader. He had a bone broken in one hand. Mr. and Mrs. T. ^M. Hamilton of Staffa tendered a banquet , to the mem- bers of the council and' township, of- ficials.- A. A. dolquhoun, Reeve of the Township acted as toastmaster. , JULY 5, 1895. The picnic held by the Patrons of Industry in James Landsborough's grove TuCkersmith was a success in every respect. The weather was delightful, ' the attendance large, the speaker was good and every person seemed to be well pleased. The ' band of the 33rd Battalion from Seaforth Was present and the chair was occupied by John Goven- lock of racKillop. Mrs'. J: li4 Simpson of Brucefield has had placed a arcopha.gus monument over the body of her late husband, Rev. J. H. Simpson in Baird's Cemetery. it is of an unique design, with the Bible placed on top, bearing his last text. Wm. Archibald, of Leadbury, had a successful logging bee. The boys had lots of fun piling the logs together and occassionally piling a man on top. • The firemen tested the newhorse and in so doing threw a stream of water over the flag staff on the tower of the town hall, a distance of nearly 153 feet. Miss Minnie Dorsey left for Toronto where she will take a course in nursing in St. Machael's hospital. As had been anticipated, Dominion Day was celebrated right royally in " Seaforth.' The weather was fine and Istrtre numbers arrived By train, while many drove to town. A lacrosse match was played between the Tecumseh's of. Toronto and the Beavers and the Bea- vers won. The annual 1st. of July picnic of S.S.No.. 4 McKillop was held on the farin of• Janies Henderson. There was a dance in the barn when the Music was furnished by Messrs. 'Mason, Hogg and BerViick. Wm. Alkenhead 'Of. 'Brucefield had the misfortune to get his ankle Injured in a runaway. , These comments are not in any way contradictory to the Statement of Roy- al Canadian Moimted Police officials and other that much of the disorder is It's Up To The Parents Sugar and Spice •