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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, July 9, 1970
The Bayfield Deserves Help
The Clinton News-Record is concern-
ed at the lack of beauty Spots in the
town and that no action is-taken to de-
velop natural attractions.
"One of these is the area at the
southern end of the town where the
Bayfield River crosses under London
road. In the spring, or after a heavy
rain, when the river is running full,
you can see the Bayfield as it was once,
and could be again. But ask people who
know the river and they'll tell you that
often in the summer the river is little
more than a trickle and that it runs
completely dry at some places along its
course to Lake Huron.
"Ask some of those who live near its
banks and they'll tell you that the riv-
er actually stinks on hot days in the
summer.
"It wasn't always that way and it
doesn't have to be that way forever.
Many other rivers have 'been In the
same sad shape until programs were
initiated to clean them up.
"The problem is that this is a pro-
ject too big for any one . municipality.
The Bayfield River is the responsibility
of every town and township that has
water that drains into the river. The.
benefits of a clean-up program would
go to all.
"Parks such as The Falls at Benmil-
]er show what a' conservation authority
can do. The time to save- the Bayfield
River is now, before it's too late."
Monument is Sad Sight
The Wingham Advance-Times re-
minds us that it doesn't take long for
people to forget and •describes the con-
dition of a monument to thousands of
gallant airmen..
"A .few years ago many people from
this area were interested 'attendants at
a ceremony at Sky Harbour Airport,
GoderiCh, when the last of the Lancas-
ter bombers, was flown in, decommis-
sioned and dedicated to the memory of
the thousands of Canadian-trained air-
men who had lost their lives and "gone
missing" during the Second World War
in their gallant effort to defend the
cause of freedom There were tears in
—Many eyes as generation of'Canadians
or thought back to the vvar years and the
boys Who had written home about their
adventures in the "tanks".
"For some reason the tears have
dried quite rapidly. The gallant old Lan-
caster was placed on a permanent stan-
dard near the airport, buildings, visitors
looked it over with interest for the first
summer or two and then apparently
everybody forgot about it.
"Now it is a home for birds who have
nested in its fuSelage and wings. The
doors 'are standing open, the flaps have
been pulled away. The whole sad sight
has beconle a monument to human care-
lessness rather than to heroic Cana-
dians. If nothing better can be done the
Lancaster •should be taken down and
given 'a decent burial." _
In the Years Agone
JULY 13, 1945
The ' property 'of Mrs. Ella -
J. MacKenzie, formerly of Eg-
mondville and now of Toronto,
on Centre St., has been sold to
Mrs. Mary J. Smith of town.
Sgt. Major C. A. Ferguson of
Aylmer, son of Mr.and Mrs. J. E.
Ferguson well known residents
of Mckillop Township, who re-
cently received mention in dis-
patches in .recognition of gallant
and distinguished service, has
been promoted tolhat rank over-
seas.
Retirement of ,Dr. G. F. Ro-
gers as Deputy•Minister of Edu-
catibn, was announced. He was
a former Principal of Seafqrth
Collegiate Institute.
A meeting of Scott Memorial
Hospital Board was held in the
nurses' residence to bid fare-
well to Miss •Margaret Wilson,
R.N., who for sixteen years has
been superintendent in this in-
stitution and as a tangible expres-
sion of the Board's appreciation,
John Finlayson on behalf of the
Board, presented Miss Wilson
with a cheque for $100.
This week, a Legion commit-
tee, including J. E. Keating, C. P.
Sills, John Earle and M. A. Reid,
decided on the site for a proposed
Legion Memorial Hail.
The new hydro sub-station on
the farm' of Graham Kerr, north
of town, hat been nearly com-
pleted and will soon be in opera-
tion.
Edward Boyes of Tuckersmith
has Peen employed to operate the
power grader for the Township
at a rate of 50/ an hour: James
A. Hay, assessor, reported to
Council on the convention held in
• Niagara Falls which proved to be
both interesting and instructive.
Canada is going to have meat
rationing again and very soon. It
does not make pleasant reading
and some people are getting pas
nicky about it.
During the heavy' electrical
storm that passed over the Tott-
ship of Usbornes'the home of
Mrs. John Oke was struck by
lightning, knocking down the
chimney, ripping paper tram the
wail and filling the kitchen with
soot.
Turner's Church Tucker-
smith Sunday school and congre-
gation held their annual picnic at
the Lions Club Park with 75 pre-
sent. A presentation was made to
Mr. and •Mrs. Lewis Teblititt who
are moving to Seaforth.
Miss Helen Noakes of Hensall
left for London, where she •has
accepted kposition:
The following girls are atten-
ding the Presbyterian camp at
Kintall for ten days:. Patsy Ann
Brugger, Margaret Stevens, kir-
en 'Kidd, Barbara Wright, Peggy mats, Doris Pullman, Jacque-
iine Habkirk and Marilyn Milliken
car Millbank. •
Mr. and Mrs. John MacTavish
have received word that their
son, pilot Officer Oban Mac-
Tavish, has been promoted to the
rank of Flying Officer.
Mr. "and Mrs. David Stewart
have leased the Robb Cottage on
West William St. and have taken
possession.
Lawrence • Murray of Kippen
had the misfortune to get his hand
caught in the conveyor belt of the
crushing machine and had it badly
torn. It required eight stitches to
'close the wound.
JULY 9, 1920 • J.,Decker,Srs.of Zurich, pill.:
chased a fine team of chestnut
horses with' a silver tail and mane
for the House of Refuge, Clinton.
The garden party at Constance
was a grand success. The Bruns-
wick Trio kept the crowds in
laughter. The proceeds amounted
to $213.00.
Joseph McQuaid, Gertrude
and Catherine McGrath and Mary
Feeney are in Seaforth this week,
writing the entrance 'examina-
tions.
The Governor-General issued
a statement announcing the re-
signation of Sir Robert Borden
and the calling of Hon. Arthur
Meighan to form a new' cabinet.
Miss Gretta Lammie of Hen-
sail has successfully passed her
examinations at the Brantford
Institute, both for piano and vio-
lin and with honors.
Seaforth was 'visited by ano-
ther serious fire when the gent's
furnishings store of W. D. Bright
& Son in the Case block was
damaged by fire and water. The'
fire originated from an electric
iron which had beenleft turned
on.
Wallace Parke of Norwich,
England, arrived here recently
to enter the employment of Reid
Bros. He was in the Royal Fly-
ing Corps with Dave Reid.
A young son of Mrs. E. C.
Case met With a nasty accident.
While visiting at the home• of
his grandparents in McKillop, he
was kicked in the lace by a horse
receiving a badly cut lip and
other injuries.
Frank Freeman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Freeman, com-
menced the study of the drug
busineSS with Elton Umbach.
Messra. J. M; Best, W. E.
Southgate and K. M. McLean
were on a fishing trip to Eugenia
Falls.
A. C. Hazen of town is having
the cottage he recently purchased
from J. F. Ross on John St.
raised and a collar and cement
foundation placed under it.
R. H. Best of towh who
graduated • from osgoode Hall,
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Toronto, has opened a law office
in Timmins, New Ontario.
JULY .12th, 1895
The old school, known as
Broadfoot's No: 6, Tuckersmith,,
has been,torn down and a neSvone
will be erected as soon as pos-
sible.
Miss Jeannie Caldei and An-
nie McLaughlin of Grey were vi-
sitors at Maitlandbank Farm,
McKillop. They brought their own
rig and had a pleasant week's
outing, extending their drives as
far as Bayfield.
The Beavers went 'to Toronto
and played the return match with
the Tecumseh's of that city in
'the championship series. The
'Beavers were again victorious,
repeating the score, fbur to one,
made here on Dominion Day.
William ' Habkirk filet with a
serious accident.. He was riding
on a cart driving a horse and
leading his-stallion behind. When
crossing the small bridge east
of Egmondville some boys who
were fishing caused the stallion
to be frightened and he jumped
forward on the cart. Mr. Nab-
kirk was thrown off the cart and
one leg was severely injured.
Nearly every farmer who
comes into town novfra-days car-
ries borne with him a cargo of
binder twine;
Archibald Scott of town has
returned from a three months'
visit to Manitoba and says that
'crop prospects •were never bet-
ter. He also paid a visit to
Robert Greene, who lives near
Sheldon, N. Oak., and he has 425
acres of as fine looking wheat as
he ever saw growing.
Thomas Gevenlock of town
shipped a lOt of very fine fat
cattle from here for the old
country,
Fred Gales of town arrived
home from Chicago and says that
business is commencing to hborn
again and• that soon "the people
there will have forgotten all about
hard times.
Miss Sarabel McLean 'has
passed the examinations as kin-
dergarten teacher.
A valuable brood mare be-
longing to a Cardno got caught in
a barbed wirelence and had one
of its legs badly cut,
John Ward of town has soldhis
driving mare to John Hays, Me-
gillop for $100. She was one of
the best drivers in toad.
P. N. Forsyth of Kippen and
teacher of SA No, 7, Tucker-
smith, was in Seaforth fulfilling
the duties of presiding examiner
at the high "school primary exami-
nations.
' The foundry in the village of
Kippen is kept busy repairing
machinery and the proprietora
at his wits end to supply all wants.
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' "I hope that bikini is "Ore-shrunk!"
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Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
"In. this speech, you say 'there'll be no political plums'.
Does that' include, me?"
It's hard for the average chap to get
away from the daily bind: wife, kids, job,
mowing the lawn. He's fortunate if he can
sneak a game of golf or get out fishing,
without experiencing a deep guilt feeling.
This week, I did it, have no guilt feeling,
and spent one of the most enjoyable days
I've had in years.
A colleague who is an ardent, crafty
and persistent angler, and is leaving the
area, decided to treat me to a d4's fishing
at one of the secret places he has recon-
noitred over the years, and would rather
sell his wife and children into slavery than
reveal its location.
He doesn't have to worry. It took us
three hours to get on the lake and I couldn't
find my way back there with the helper a
bloodhound handcuffed to a Mountie. We
began on highWays that dwindled to gravel
concession roads that shrunk to mountain-
goat paths that ended in solid bush.
We crossed a couple of bridges that
looked although a well-fed family of but-
terflies couldn't walk across them without
going through. And we were in 'a van, with
a boat in the back. On each occasion, I felt
something in my mouth, and knew it wasn't
my foot, but my heart.
But finally, there was the lake, lovely
and utterly solitary. Just us and the bugs.
And we were outnumbered abOut eight
million to one. Mosquitoes the size of
starlings.
Those beasts lapped up fly dope like
kids licking ice cream. You could have had
a bath in the stuff, and they'd still have
come in like another wave'of Zulu warriors
Later, I was put ashore for a short
portage, and got an inkling of what the
coureurs-de-bois suffered. Any roan who
tells me that "the bugs don't bother me" is
a liar.' When you're swallowing about six
with each labored breath, and your pose
and ears are full of them, it's not hard to
believe that a man could go, insane in a
very short time, alone in the bush.
While ashore, in thick bush, I could put
my hand to the back of my head, and remove
It with a solid handful of blood and mashed
mosquitoes. In five minutes my head was a
phrenologist's' delight - a solid mass' of
bumps and blood:
. But Once on the lake, we got a modicum
of relief. And the fishing was very plea-
sant. It was one,of those too-rare summer:.
days that are ideal for fishing: Cloudy, odd
flash of sun, threat Of rain, and just enough
breeze to ripple the surface.
We trolled and chatted and ate Sand-
wiches and had a slug of rum. It must have
been the last item that did it. After more
than an hour without even a snag, I was
caught on bottom, right after we'd had a
'snort. We backed up to try to save the
lure, and suddenly the bottoM began to
move. •
I knew it wasn't areal fish. A-speckled
rainbow, or bass will fight, jump and try
to snag you under the boat. This was an
old rubber boot. Besides, there were no
rainbow, speckled or bass in this lake.
• After- ;lye minutes of praying,that my
rotten line;iinsu VA for two years, kook t
break, I caught 14 glimpse of himsaintiliiY
suspicions/were confirmed. Just a dirty big
sucker I'd probably. hooked by the tail.
Oh, well, I had to get my lure. So I
dragged him up, my partner netted him,
and with considerable chagrin I discovered
I'd caught a 5 1/2 pound lake trout. Sneaky
devils go for the bottom instead of coming
up and fighting.
Ahother hour without a touch andwe de-
cidedoto move into the other secret lake,
svhere 'the big speckled are. After a. viciou s
60-foot portage of sorts, which left me
gasping like a trout out of water we were
on it. Again, a completely lonely little lake,,
Wooded to the water; with not a cdttate or
water-skier in sight.
My 'partner' took a 10 1/2 pound lake
trout as the `sun went down and Total peace ,
reigned. He didn't like to, but he was forced
to smile is he laid it down beside my 'big
one'.
, A nice day. Two strikes, two lakes, two
'fish. And my wife nearly died of shock when
I walked in holding them.
I'm one of those women who will bawl
at the drop of a hat. If there is a tender
love story on the television, T weep buckets.
If there is a sentimental happening at home
I cry instantaneously. If a total stranger is
touched by something or other and begins to
wipe his miler eyes, I blubber in sympathy.
I'm the post watery-eyed female you
ever knew of . . . . and yet I can be hard
as nails when I want to be.
Take the other morning for example. It
was the first day of July - Dominion Day - ,
and a holiday. My darling husband woke at
his usual hour - 6:15 a.m. and proceeded to
stretch and to yawn in a way that seems to
say, "So when are you going to wake up,
wife?"
al tried to ignore him. After all, who
gets up at the crack of dawn on a holiday?
It wasn't too long before our youngest
scko began to stir. In just a minute or, two,
he tip-toed down the hail, and into our bed-
room.
"Morning daddy,/,' offered the lad.
"Good morning," whispered my hus=
band. "Sh-sh-sh! Mommy's trying to
sleep."
Our son crawled up on the bed. He
snuggled down beside his dad and then made
his' feet go as though he was pumping a
paddleboat on the Avon Rivet."
"Keep still," admonished hubby.
"Mommy's still sleeping. We don't want 'to
wake her up!"
Then our son hoisted himself up on top
of his father's stomach. He began to giggle
and to laugh as he teased his father into
covering first his eyes and then his chest
and then his mouth.
"Don't do that," warned my darling.
spouse. "Mommy won't get much rest if
_you don't lie quietly."
Our son prostrated himself on the side
of the bed. Only the smacking of lips against
a thumb could be heard.
Then father began to tickle son . . .
just gently at first but gradually increasing
the pressure until our son was in, convul-
sive laughter and kicking in very direc-
tion.
It was now about-6:45 a.m.
"why don't you two go into another
bed?" I asked in my sweetest first-thing-
in-the-morning voice.
"Oh good morning honey," piped my
husband.
"Morning mommy," shouted our son,
forcing himself over to my side of the bed
and pushing his face close to mine.
"I'm tired," I cried. "It is a holiday.
Why don't you two get out of this bed and go
into another one where you won't bother
anyone."
No response. Instead, my husband be-
gan to rub my back, probably a vain effort
to soothe ruffled feathers. Our son kept
picking at the both of us.
"Why won't you please get out of bed
and let me sleep," I whined, the irritation
I felt showing ever more clearly in my
voice.
No answer. Still the efforts to rouse
me continued.
Finally, in desperation, I crawled out
of the bed and moved down the hall into.
other quarters.'
" you' can ha.ae this bed,htranted my
husband, obviously angered by my depar-
ture. "I' m going to get up and make break-.
fast for the two of us."
I listened as husband and son made
their way down the stairs. I closed my
eyes and rested. I heard water-poured into
tea kettle. i noted the shower. It wasn't
long before I was aware that my husband
and our son were have a disagreement over
something or other. Was it my imagination
or was 'my husband becoming more and
more upset?
It was no use. At 7:15 1 rose for the
day. Thus it was that I began my holiday
in much the same, manner as any other day,
only very disappointed because I'd been
denied a special privilege to steep in.
There was no sign of emotion ill me.
Like a martyr, I did the wifely and mother-
ly thing. Stone-faced and quiet I completed
'my chores and complied with my husband's
every wish.
By evening he was subdued and sorry.
I was triumphant once more. I hadn't shed
a single tear - though it had crossed my
mind - but cold, hard, strength seemed the
wiser course. It had worked remarkably
well.
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From My Window
--- By Shirley J. Keller
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ANNOUNCE WINNER
OF SHOPPING SPREE PRIZE
AT FINNIGANS
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. • Mrs. Alex Finnigan assists as Everett SM1th, Egmondville, draws
the winning ticket in Finnigan's Shopping Spree Contest.
The winning ticket in the 'Shopping Spree
Contest that has been in progress' at Fitnigan's dur-
ing recent months was. drawn Monday night by' Ev-
erett Smith, Egthondville,-assistO by Mrs. Alex
. Finnigan. The winne'r'was:
ALFRED ROSS Sr.
R. R. 1 STAFFA
As his prize Mr. Ross will have 5 minutes in
which to "take away as much merchandise as he is
able in the dine allowed.
FINNIGANS PLACE
EGMONDVILLE
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THANKS!
The members of' the Seaforth Lions Club express appreciation
to the public for its generous support of the 35th annual Sum-
mer Carnival.
We want totthanic particularly those who co-operated so will-
ingly in assisting in the Carnival arrangements and w'h'o help-
ed in any way during the nights of the Carnval.
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