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SEAFORTH; ONTARIO, September 17, 1970
Municipal Elections Are Near
Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
I've never really wanted a fur coat,
fortunately for me. My figure has such
proportions that if I were to don a fur
coat 1 would take on the appearance of a
teddy bear...so for that reason alone, I
have shunned fur coats like the plague.
, But just recently I read an article in
a fashion column which made me long for
a fur coat. For once I was ready to
throw caution to winds, say to heck with
looking fat. and go in hock up to my neck
for a mink. Yes, a mink.
You see It has come to my attention
that mink is considered one of the very
best furs for short, stout women to wear.
According to the fashion experts, mink
will make a woman look slimmer than any
of the other furs.
The article went on to state that mink
is no longer considered to be a status
symbol, but I didn't pay any attention to
that bit of poppycock. In my neighbor-
hood, mink is still very expensive and
anyone who can afford mink is looked
upon as very fortunate indeed.
Now the question seems to be how
to convince my husband that I really
require a' mink coat. I'm positive that
he'll never believe me when I tell him
that mink will make me appear svelte and
ophisticated. I'm going to have to
think up some other line with which to
approach hubby.
I've given the matter some thought
in the past and decided that one of the
best ways to convince my spouse of my
worth is- to keep an itemized account of
the savings I afford him by just doing
the thing's I do around the house.
For instance, I have surely earned
a mink jacket for the stacks and stacks
of dishes I've washed in the 16 years
I've been Mrs . Keller.
That jacket could very well grow
to a three-quarter length -coat when you
throw in the number of times I've washed
and ironed his shirts and mended his
socks.
And there is little doubt I could have
a full-length mink if I pressed him for
the money I've earned caring for his
children, his house, his garden, his bank
account and even his car!
If pure and simple logic doesn't work
on my husband, then I will resort to
tears. That usually breaks him up
pretty fast.
You know how it goes, girls. You
don't have to bawl loud and long. Just
a few big salty tears on his cheek
will get the message across to him that
there is something on your mind. When
he asks me what is wrong, I'll explain
to him that every woman should have ir
mink coat at least once in her life. and
I'm pining for mine this fall.
Then I'll stroke his brow and smile
through my wet eyes and 'gay "'pretty
please".
And he'll answer, ',Why sure honey.
If you want a mink coat, don't let me
stop you. As soon as you have the' money
saved you can get whichever coat it is
that you want."
Normally you know, when my hus-
band suggests that I buy 'something for
myself, I forget the whole thing right •
then and there. Somehow the sugges-
tion that I should foot the bill for my
own luxuries causesme to lose the taste
for them.
But this time I'm going' to fool him.
I'm going to start a fund to finance my
slimming mink and someday when I have
enough money, I'm going to sweep into
some expensive furrier's shop and buy
the best mink in the place.
I'm going to do that, of course, if
I don't spend the money before then
on a new furnace for the house, a new-
er car, a holiday with my husband, a
dishwasher
HYDRO
INTERRUPTION
There will be an interruption in Hydro Service
weather permitting, in a portion of the Sea,
forth area commencing at
8 a. m. SUNDAY
September 20th
and cohtinuing until 4 p.m.
The portion of the town affected will include
Main St., East side, Crombie Street 'to No. 8
Highway (Goderich Street), Victoria Street
and George Street gast
We regret this in'terrupti'on in service but it
is necessary 'in order to update our system.
• SEAFORTH
PUBLIC UTILITY
COMMISSION
SMITH'
\SUPERIOR/
[!FOOD MARKET*
17i
Swift's
WI ON MEAT, 12-oz. tin • .2 for $1
Facelle "Royale"
BATHROOM_ TISSUE
Maple Leaf Red Sockeye
SALMON, 7 3/4 -w. tin • •
Kellogg's
CORNFLAKES, 12-oz.
Allen's Assorted
JUICE DRINKS ; • 2
Poly House Heavy Duty Large
GARBAGE BAGS • • • •
Dole
PINEAPPLE JUICE, lge 48-oz. tin • • 350
SCHNEIDER'S SPECIALS
For his Week
Bulk Fresh
COUNTRY SAUSAGE • • • • • lb. 590
Beef, Pork or Chicken — Reg. 49c pkg.
ALL MEAT PIES • • 2 pkgs. for 7*
THIS WEEK ONLY
FROZEN FOOD FEATURE
Large Size — Reg. 59c
COFFEE RICK 32-oz. • • • • Special ea. 490
PRODUCE
California Size 163's ' .
ORANGES ..... • .... • • • • • • per doz. 390
Wealthy or McIntosh
APPLES . 3 lbs. for 350
Ontario Grown •
CELERY HEARTS .... Pkg• 29
FOR ADDITION AL SPECIALS
SEE LONDON FREE PRESS THURSDAY
ii1PER1011) Smith's
[t FOOD MARKETS*
Phone 527-0990 Free Delivery
.. 4 2-roll pkgs. $1
• • • - • • 630
354 or 3 pkgs.
48-oz. tins 590
• • •-• pkg. of 10 390
"Here's your credit card and receipt . , . also your trading
stamps, coupon on the T.V. set, a cup of our delicious
hot coffee, your .free litter bag, ball point pen, balloon,
your ..."
From My - Window
--- By Shirley J. Keller =--
In a burst of blind fury, t made my
wife get off her tail and go with me on
our Big Trip, in the last' week of holi-
days.
It had started out, back in May, as a
leisurely trip to the British Isles. It
shrank like a dowager on a crash diet.
There was no formal opposition, just
a lot of little feminine tricks, something
like the Chinese water torture. Drop after
drop. Insomnia, nothing to wear, can't
afford it, who'll cut the lawn, absolutely
must have the so-and-so's for a weekend.
You know the gamut.
By mid-July it was a trip across
Canada, with a trailer. Looking up friends
and relatives, not driving too far in A
day, enjoying the camaraderie of the
trailer camp.
By mid-August, it was a mad dash
to the Maritimes. But Kim was home and,
",We can't leave her alone" (and she
didn't want to go with us, after just
having been there).
• Well, spilt milk isn't much use. We
finally made it. .Left on a Thursday
afternoon, and got home Sunday,evening.
How's that for a Big Trip?
However, perhaps it was worth wait-
ing for all summer. It was different.
We bought a- Coleman stove, as we plan-
ned to cook along_ the way. Anyone
interested a brand-new Coleman stove
that has never even been lit?
And, of course, we bought food here
and there, to cook on Our new stove.
Arrived home with two huge boxes of
groceries. I. swear I had 12 meals in
a' row of bacon and eggs and beans. No
mean -fare. But we've still gpt two weeks'.
supply.
We just drove until we felt like stop-
ping. North and north- And we wound
up spending a couple of days in a cabin
on a lake and loving it.
It was a run-down, old-fashioned
tourist resort. We got one of the de-
luxe cabins. No "bell-hops no broad-
loom, T.V., but a 'real washroom,
with running water. In fact, the' water
was running all over the floor, from a
leak or something, when we. checked in.
Strangely,, my wife loved the place.
At home, she's a psychotic emptier of
ashtrays, sweeper of floors and maker
of beds. , At the cabin, she cheerfully
walked around in grit up to the ankles,
and actually chuckled when the Trans-
Canada train went by three or four times
a day, rocking the cabin like a cradle.
For a couple of days we forgot about
pollution and population-explosion and
other such poppycock. It was enough to
wrench the door open, look at that great,
clean lake 20 yards away and wonder what
the rich people were doing. Sunshine and
sand an d bacon an d eggs and beans.
Evenings were just as paradiaical.
Campfire until midnight, then into the
hut with the little gas stove sputtering
cosily, a novel, a nightcap, and' no
phone ringing or car' door slamming to
indidate callers.
We had a special treat on Friday
night, when the proprietors held a dance.
The rock band made the railroad train
sound like a muted whisper. we didn't
go to the dance, 'but it was just like home,
when Kim has a record on.
But idylls must end. Third morning,
woke to a wild wind, a driving rain
coming In around the front door, and the
worst storm of the summer in full flight.
Drove the long way home in rain
that was worse than a blizzard, with
sundry morons tail-gating, cutting in,
passing on corners and hills and over the
white line, when you couldn't see the
front of your car. Shaky.
Things didn't im:orove.They just got
back to normal. Discovered daughter
was engaged to a fine young chap who had
two cents. Literally. I know it's hard to
believe in this affluent age, but he had
two (2) cents cash when he proposede
"The Computer Mate Selec-
to? ays you are one of four
million girls' suited for me!'
"Certainly I care about
medical science . . but
I don't want a transplanted
appendix!"
The summer-like weather, with
which, until recently, we have been
blessed has served to lull us into ignor-
ing the passage of time.
It was not until we were reminded
by the Clinton New-Record we realized
that within a few short weeks we
would .be in the midst of municipal el-
ections.
The last time most area municipali-
ties went to the polls was in 1968 at
the time when the first county school
board was elected. With the next elec-
tion within sight it is not too soon to
consider what is involved as the News-
Record warns us.
"Already some radio stations are
telling us how many shopping days are
left Ail Christmas. But if you think
Christmas time is coming fast, your
days of shopping for good people to sit
on municipal councils and school boards
are even fewer.
"This is an election year, and the de-
, cisions you make in a couple of months
time, or the decisions you fail to make,
:will be around to haunt you for the next
two years.
"Some people on most boards or
councils aren't doing the best possible
job. Most if not all are trying very hard
to do the job to the best of their abili-
ty. But effort apd the will to serve are
not the only criteria as to who should
be on these governing bodies. You may
SEPTEMBER 20, 1395
While cutting wood in J. Walker's,
bush, TuckersmIth, H. Monteith gave his
foot a bad gash.
G. Petty, Sr. of Hensall, recently sent
a large shipment of fine cattle to the Old
Country. They will be sold by his brother
James, who is in England.
Wm.' McDougall, of Kippen, who re-
cently sold his farm to Thos. Forsyth,
has purchased a dwelling of Robert Bell
Jr. of Hensall and intends moving.
A very handsome granite momument
was erected in the Egmondville Cemetery
to the memory of the late Alexander
Charlesworth, son of A. Charlesworth.
Geo. Turnbull is buying and packag-
ing apples in and around Georgetown.
S. Dickson, Postmaster here, has
rented his 200 acre farm in Grey to
a -gentleman from MoAris at an annual
rental of $450..
James Lennon had two horses killed,
by lightning during the storm.
W. D. Trott, photographer, of town,
is making extensive improvements to his
studio, Scott's black.
The mas Stephens of town had a val-
uable colt killed by lightning.
Frank Millson, cheesemaker of. Win-
throp Cheese and Butter Manufacturing
' Company was awarded 1st prize for white
cheese at the London Exhibition.
During a heavy electrical storm in
Zurich, a tree .fell on a family of Indians
where ^they had camped, killing a man
and his .wife and badly injuring his child-
ren.
Wm. Shipley of the Huron Road, Hullett,
met with a heavy loss in the death of
three of his horses from cerebro spinal
meningitis.
The barns and out buildings of Wm.
Fotheringham of Tuckersmith, with all
their contents were burned to the ground.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1920•.
,Mrs. R. L. Clark of Seaforth received
Word from the Army Headquarters that
her son, Sgt. C. R. Clark had won the
Military Medal for services rendered
in connection with the operations in front
of Valviciences; France-,
The worst fire in McKillop, in many
Years occurred oh the farms of Samuel
Storey when his two bank barns• and the
entire crop from 200 acres were com-
pletely destroyed by fire, together with
the separator of Archie Lamont, who was
threshing on the: Brown farms The loss
will be about $15,000.
Donald Urquhart, of Hensall, has sold
his oatmeal mill and elevator to G. T.
Mickle, late of Ridgetown.
We are, glad tb' state that Gordon Mc-
Gavin, of Leadbury school, whose name
did not appear with the successful catns
didates in, the entrance examinations, has
received his certificate.
Miss Anna Manley of Manley had the
misfortune to break her arm.
Harry Tyndall. of Tuckersmith, has
purchase om the Robert Bell Engine
and Thr sher ompani', one of their 15-
30 Tin sal Waders.
Th Murless Players of town have
receiv d numerous requests for appear-
ances in various towns including Goderich,
St. Thomas, Exeter and.Hensall.
ChaSf Holmes, who 'has, Wen in Owen
Sound takingA course in upholstering, has
like a man and think he is honest and
hard working but it doesn't m::n he.
should be running a business that
spends half a million dollars in the case
of the town council and more than ten
million in the case of the school board.
"Government today is big, big busi-
ness and clever business-minded men
and women shbuld be handling it. The
time to take a look at those who are
presently handling the job is right
now. There are still several' meetings
before election time for you to see these
representatives in operation. Go to the
meetings if possible.
"We aren't advocating a wholesale
change of all governing bodies in the
area. We are urging a thoughtful re-
view so that we can have the best gov-
ernment available. The next two -years
will be extremely important for this
area.. We need men with the eourage
and know-bow to guide us along the
best road with such major changes as
the ,closure of the air. base and oncom-
ing of regional government in .the off-
ing."
The News Record concludes with this
warning that applies not only to Clin-
ton but to every other area municipality.
" "If there is no election in Clinton this
fall because not enough candidates of-
fer themselves, every citizen in the
town is guilty of, helping to kill demo-
cracy, and has °ply himself to blame if
the town disintegrates to a ghost town."
returned to Seaforth, and will soon be
ready to commence business.
Warren Ament has returned to De-
troit, to resume his position. He has
been at the home of his parents, recover-
ing from a severe attack of pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Stewart' of town'
have moved into the home they recently
purchased from Miss Lawrence on North
Main. Street.
Joe Eckert has purchased the
threshing outfit of L. Aberhart and will ,
milt this season.'
' Miss Anna Woods of, town has resigned
her position on'the public school staff to •
accept the positiOn of teller in the Sterling
Bank at-Bayfield.
SEPTEMBER ,2 b• 1945.
During the severe electric storm which
passed over this district, the residence
of MerVin Lane, of Tuckersmith, was
struck by lightning and completely des- '
troyed in the fire that followed.
Chas. Hagan of town has a watch
with an interesting history. It was owned
by his uncle, the late Thomas Gorman,"
who lost his life in a hotel fire in Eureka,
Calif. 78 years ago. It is solid silver
and winds with a key. It is still in
workable order.
One hundred and fifty friends and
neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Clare Haney
of Tuckersmith gathered in •the Seaforth
Armouries to honor this pcipular bride
and groom and present, them with a
purse of mOney.
The property of Chas. Reeves on
Coleman Street has been sold to Ray-
mond Townsend. The property in Eg-
mondville belonging to Wm. M. Mus-
grove of Goderich, has been sold. to
Wm, D. Papple of Egmondville.
Mrs. Louis Hemberger of town en-
tertained at her home in honor of her
sister, Miss Marian sclater, when
twenty-five friends and neighbors gath-
ered. Margaret Bomberger drew in a
decorated wagon containing kitchen uten- "
sils. Later, Mrs. John Sclater, Mrs.
Hemberger, Mrs. John Muir and Mrs.
Enos Boshart served lunch.
Mrs. J. R. Murdock, of Brucefield,
has been appointed organist and choir
leader of Brucefield United Church.
Mrs. WM,. D. Smith is in Scott Me-
morial Hospital with a broken knee cap
having suffered a fall.
There passed away in Scott Memor-
ial Hospital on September 19th, Sarah
Archibald, widow of the late James Hays.
She was born in McKillop, the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Archibald.
Although she has not enjoyed good health
for some time, she was always cheerful
and her passing came "asa shock to her
many friends.
Dr. D. G. Steer, ,of Hensall, who has
'been practising in Hensall for the past
10 years, left for London where he will
take up residence. •
The national clothing collection for
the millions of destitute in war devas-
tated ‘lands abroad has opened. C. E.
Sdith has been appointed as local chair-
man.
The', Seaforth WOmen's Instittite met
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Scott, McKillop. Mrs. Robert McKer-
cher favored with two vocal selection's
after which Mrs. Grace Miller took over'
the meeting.
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