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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-08-13, Page 2wren xpositor' Since 1860, Serving the Community First IF'ubli3hd 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 Newspapers Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $6.Q0 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $8.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 15 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 13, 1970 Community Is We all, or nearly all of us, pay hosp- ital insurance to the Ontario Hospital. Service Commission and it is natural that we come to regard the operation of our hospitals as being the responsibility of the province. There are few weeks in which some- one doesn't suggest that the Onta„ori government has taken over the hospitals and the local community no longer is re- sponsible. This of course, is not the case and a recent release from the Ontario Hosp- ital Kssociation makes the position clear : "Although the provincial govern- ment and its Hospital Services Com- mission have a continuing interest in the cost of hospital services they do not own or operate your local hospital. "In non:religious hospitals the corn-, triunity, which built the'hospital in the first place, continues to govern its af- fairs by means' of a board of citizens who serve withUut pay. These• trystees appoint an administrator to run the h9spital, buTunder Ontario Public Hosp- Atals Act they eemain fully responsible, not only for the efficient operation of the hospital, but also -for the quality of medical care provided. "it is the job of the trustees to make sure that your hospital's accommoda- Responsible lion and equipment keep pace with changinii- medical techniques and the needs of a growing population. This can be a formidable challenge. But with the interest, understanding and support of their fellow-citizens, these voluntary hospital boards have done an impressive thyoug,h the years. "The fact that we now have a govern- yt ment plan which underwrites the cost of hospital treatment has not in any way lessened the trustee's responsibility to- ward his community or the commun- ity's responsibility toward its hospital. "This matter of community respons- ibility is particularly important when the.need arises for new or better facili- ties. Each community is still expected to help provide for its. own hospital needs. The average cost of building, .furnishing and equipping an active treatment hosp- ital these days is around ,$20,000 to 000 fOr every' new bed. Although the provincial and federal governments contribute quite generously, a large share of the cost still has to be raised by the hospital board from local sources. "So when 'your hospital requests. your help it isn't asking for charity: It's real- ly inviting you to make 'an investment in your own community an • t the fut- ure health of yourself atd r family." IF YOU LIVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES YOU ,CAN CALL IN- YOUR HURON EXPOSITOR CLASSIFIED AD TOLL FREE! Miserable and persistent,'mosquitoes are one of the sorrows in life to which God must have been referring when He lost4lis temper with Adam and Eve. On a cold day they lurk in the sunny spots to attack bared arms and legs. On a hot day, mosquitoes hover in the shady nooks awaiting some juicy, target. While I'm not particularly appealing to men, other women or babies, mosqui- "tees find me irresistible. When I step outside on a summer evening,• the word ,goes out to mosquito militia for blodks around that sweet, sweet Shirley has emerged.4 Tactics used by mosquitoes on• their qUarry are unbelievably crafty. They seem to work in teams. The scouter in the. group is the one who flies the fastest, performs the best aerobatics, and bukzes the loudest. 'He does not bite- he detracts. Isn't it strange? We wait all winter for spring and Summer to arrive and when the warm weather finally does come we are 'disappointed b those natural unpleasants we had forgotten - like mos- quitoes. First you hear him buzzing at 'your left ,earn- Then' you see him swooping In narrower and narrower rings •around your ankles - first one, then the other. You bend to swat him and one of the flanker mosquitoes nip you at back waist between your shorts and pop top. Now the scouter is skimming the back of your neck, making his presence felt but not lighting for an instant. He darts under your nose a couple of times to keep you alert. Now before your eyes. Frantically you dodge and dip, From My ViTt'n dow — By Shirley J. Keller flicking your hands in - front of your face and waving your arms. You are a complete nervous wreck. The scduter has done his job well. Yciu are' out-manoeuvred and out-witted- by a pint-sized patrol of hungry hunters. They move in with bayonets flashing.you swat furiously -and some over-eager pests fall. But a constant stream of new recruits dive in to replace those lost. • • In desperation you are driven indoors - to your screened-in heat and humidity., But mosquitoes always have the last laugh as you begin to swell and itch. If you are like me, you have the scars and the 'discomfort for days and days. Of all the plagues known to holidaying humans, mosquitoes are likely the most annoying of the lot. Modern mosquitoes are so sneaky-smart they are not fooled by man's insect repellents. you've seen the commercial aboat the research worker who puts an arm into a, nest of raving mosquitoes arid not one so much as sits down on the warm flesh for a tiny nibble. Well, I'm skep- tical. Any repellents I've tried - whether you spray them on, brush them on or rub them on all are useless unlesg yoU take a bath in the stuff. At a buck for a few ounces it would be mighty expensive protection. Just leave one sqtiare inch of the body untreated, though, and that small patch becomes, the main course on the menu for' the nearest band Of blood- thirsty mosquitoes. I've given up. I've resigned myself to a summer of scratching and squirming. Life .is just too short to spend all of it in hiding. Sugar and.. S by Bill Smiley ice Hermit .Kinburn In the Years Agone AUGUST 13,_1920 ., The Expositor extends hearty con- gratulations to W, H. Kerr on having completed his 40th year as editor and proprietor of the Brussels Post, one of the newsiest and best edited weekly papers in, Ontario. The 'genial townsman, Robert Mur- dock, of Brucefield, started this week %.„‘as mail carrier on R.R.I. The success of the Ford picnic at Grand Bend, the first of the kind, will be an annual affair and more territory will be taken in. Tom Sills, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sills, Seaforth, had a leg fractured when he was knocked down and run over by another boy on a bicycle. The Main Street in 'Brucefield has had a quantity of gravel put on it. Road cdmmissioner McCartney has charge of the work and he well understands the art of good road making. Reports from the Department of Physics at the O. A.C. show that the month of July was' an exceptionally cold month. An aeroplaae-passed over the town in an easterly 'ifirection about seven o'clock on Sunday evening. This was the first one babe seen this,year. The Farmer's Sim of last week 'says "J.J.McGavin of Walton, Huron County, sent in four 1150 pound steers to the United Farmers. J.H.Scott of Seaforth,, sent in 22 bUtc'her cattle ". The thresher's' whistles are again being heard in Kippen and as the crops are heavy those engaged in the work will have a big season threshing. AUGUST 17, 1945 ' Fire completely destroyed the brick cottage of Helen ,McDougall, situated on Main Street, Egmondville. Messrs:Peter and• James Roach, formerly of Hibbert Township, have been occupying it. For the first time since April 1942, motorists will now be able to' secure all the gasoline they desire. StephPn Maloney, 6 year' old son of Peter Maloney, McKillop Township, was injured ' when he fell from a manure spreader, receiving several head in- juries. A home coming party was held in LOoby's hall in honor of P/0 Thomas B. Melady, recently, returned from two years overseas service in Africa, Italy and England. Jas: O'Connor read the address and Alphonse Cronin made a presentation. A funeral service for Allan McDaugald- Sr. of Hibbert 'Township, on Thursday was /one of the largest funerals seen'in the neighborhood. In his earlier' years, Mr. McDougald was a gifted player on the Scotch bag pipes and as the' casket was being removed from the home, two pipers and a drummer played the' rriutit much loved. Seaforth men who 'haVe recently re- turned home from overseas include Pte. Charles Woods, who spent five years in England, Sicily and Italy; Tprs. Arthur and John Cameron, who spent five and `three years respectively in 'England, Italy' France, Holland and Germany; Sqd.Ldr. L E. MacTavish, who made 67 missions over enemy territory and W.O.James D. Southgate, who made eleven missions over enemy territory. • A welcome home party and presentation .was held recently in the Armouries in. Seaforth for John J. Holland M.M. A unanimous call has been issued by the congregations of Hillsgreen and:St. Andrews Church, Kippen to Rev. Albert Hinten. AUGUST 1 ,6, 1895. The Goderich Signal• and the Citizens Committee 'of that town are considering a somewhat extensive, electric railway scheme. The scheme is a radial line north to Dungannon, thence to •Wingham to Brussels, via the boundary between• Turnberry and Morris and the gravel road between Morris and Grey, thence to Seaforth and to Hayfield via Bruce- field and Varna finally making the com- plete circuit by returning 'to Goderich. Wm. Scott, of Brucefield, shipped 12,000 pounds of wool to Lawrence, Mas- sachusetts last week. Jacob Weber of Egmondville has sold the Carlin farm-oli the 2nd. concession of McKillop to Thos. Lane of 'Tuckersinith fey the sum of $4,500: It is at present occupied by Charles Wright. ' Wm. Jewitt, of McKillop, near Lead- bury arrived hoine from Algoina, bringing with him a number of samples of grain grown on the farm of Wm. , Murray of Tuckersmith. Alex Davidson, of town, is having" the well in, front 'of the Commercial Hotel arched over, and the water car- . ried -into the kitchen. The work 'is being done by Messrs. Reid & Wilson. Twenty-tWO tickets were sold at Seaforth station for Manitoba on the labor- er's excursion. It is estimated that 1300 people ,, left the Union Station, Toronto. R. B, McLean of Kippen, has barley which yielded 58 bushels to the acre. Thomas Dinsdale, of, Kippen, the' veteran thresher, has purchased one of the latest improved engines from the Leonard Company, London. The biggest event in sporting circles in town for some weeks was the bowling tournament held on the greens of the Seaforth Bowling, green. The various contests were witnessed by a large num- ber of spectators of whom Many were ladles. During the storm lightning burned out several of the telephone switches at the Central as well as a number of telephones throughout town. On several occasions complaints have been made to us by citizens of bur town to the effect that clothing left on the' lines over night has mysteriously disap- ,-peared. Mrs. Chas, Lowrie in, wilting from her home in Scotland says, "Crops of all kinds are looking well; ,Butcherit meat is One shilling per pound, OW I s.6d per . dozen; 'Sugar, 2 d. per. pound. • .0.,...+ .,..,..h.• . • .•,o,+• r • .0,-...,....• . a .. Al..*Jr•V,0, J. w *.•.., .r,*.o. It wasn't a swinging place. No bar, no entertainment, and,, thank heaven, no organized games and such. Just a place to lie around, swim or fish or play horse- shoes or walk through the woods, eat like a hog, and wonder what the poor people are doing. We 'had a cottage overlooking the lake, with a big fireplace and everything else but the kitchen sink, an Item most women are quite happy to be without on a vacation. Privacy, peace and luxury, the perquisites of the rich. First night at dinner, met an old friend from College. Was rather aghast when he told me he'd recently married Susan Kee, daughter of another old Col- lege friend. He's more than twice her- age. ,.!,Dirty old man", I thought. Was -even more confused when he Antroduced his 03-year-old son. Finally remembered he'd gone. into the ministry. What he meant was that he'd performed the mar- riage ceremony. Next day, into town for a seminar on • Creative Writing at the Haliburton School of Fine Arts. Naturally, the school was overlooking a lake. There' hardly anything else you can overlook there. Everything I know about Creative Writ- ing might fill the back of a business card, but had an enjoyable afternoon with about fifteen ladies ranging from about nineteen to - well, you know. They didn't get much out of it, but I thoroughly enjpyed boasting, telling them howl handle my wife when I call her the Old Battle- axe, and some of the hazards and re- wards of writing a weekly column. (By the way, girls; I've thrown out two per- featly good paragraphs from this column.) After the seminar, a visit to the Haliburton Echo,. a warm welcome came from editor Berkeley Fair,. his wife, and his son Creighton, and a' whiff of printer's ink, Back to' the lodge for a swim, dinner, canoe jaunt, and a long lively evening by th, e fireplace with friends and some pretty unusual , conversation. Hard to climb into' the battle-scarred '67 'Dodge and hit the long trail home. Depressing to get there 00 make your own hot dog for' dinner. Horrible to see that pile of bills and hear the phone ringing. But Werth it. B'eechwood Brumfield Chiselhurst Clinton Constance Cromarty Dublin Summer floats by, as aimless as a cloud. Nothing .seems to get done, but we seem to be doing something all the tint9. Last week was no exception. It's nice to live like rich people once in a while, be it ever so temporary. We used to do it once a year when,' was In the newspaper business. We'd go to a convention in some -exotic place, stay in a posh hotel, hobnob with swab exalted people as public relations men, and in- dulge in such sybaritic delights as break- fast in bed. It's hard to come 'down from filet mignon and baked alaska to hamburg and butter tarts, but we always felt it was worth it, no matter how long it took to pay back the money we'd borrowed to. make like millionaires. This is against the puritan ethic, but I've never regretted it: 'I've seen too many people postponing a real spree of 4 a lioliday trip because' they've needed -a ' new lawnmower, or had just bought a new vacuum cleaner, or simply had to' trade in their car. And then, when everything was finally right for the trip, Dad discovered, to his horror, that he had to have ail his teeth out. Or Mother suddenly needs a hysterectomy. And the trip fades into never-never land. Sad. Never take my advice about anything, but 'Gather , ye rosebuds while ye may' isn't a bad idea. Don't wait until you're too old and stupid and crippled with arthritis ,to stoop for a rosebud. And besides, there aren't that many rosebuds left. Last week we had a couple of days pf gathering rosebuds. As usual, it was balm for that lacerated secret little corner in most of us that knows we could have been wealthy and successful and rich if we'd just had a break. We spent two days at a beautiful lodge in Ontario's Haliburton Highlands, just -south of Algonquin Park. It's incredible country; rock, woods, and lakes every- where. The lodge was, everything itshould be for one of these escapades. Handsome lounges, huge stone fireplace, magnific- ent chandeliers, courteous and'unobtrusive help, and a sweet, pretty and even com- petent waitress for our own table . And lots of rich people around. 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