Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-09-17, Page 2turn xpositor Since 1860, Serving the Community First 1Pilb0010 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) $6.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $8.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 15 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696 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. In the Years Agone