HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-02-20, Page 2SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 20, 190
_Scouting Serves
,..This is Boy Scout Week in Canada.
It is a time when eacl of us can take
a special look at the" contribution the
#100TrIent makes to the nation general-
ly and particularly to'- communitiesin
*Thiel it is active.
• Fortunately Seaforth is one -of those-
': communities in which Scouting is 'a fac-
tor. The program here encompasses
some hundreds of boys and girls from
the beginners in Cubs and Brownies
to the mote sophisticated, Rovers and
Rangers.
Today In an everchafiging world with
,,many pressures, temptations and 'pro-
blems facing our 'youth, the scouting
Movement has a positive approach to
assisting our young people. The scout-
: ing program is designed to help pre-
pare young Canadians for their part in
the present and future of their country.
Since its beginnings in the early
years of this century, scouting has serv-
ed and influenced' millions :of Canadian&
by helping them to prepare to be of
Our Community
practical service, not only in the day-
to-day life of their community but in
time of war, hurricane, flood and oth-
er disasters.
The aim of the Boy Scouts and of the
Girl Guides may be expressed simply
as being to help boys and girls become
resourceful and respons ers
of the community, by providing oppor-
tunities for their mental, physical, so-
cial and spiritual development.
While we recognize the contribution
which scouting makes to the communi-
ty there should be particular recog-
nition for those people in the Seaforth
area who make the program poisible.
By this we mean the leaders — of
which there are never enough, the or-
ganizatio,ns who assume responsibility
. for the dollar and cents • aspect of
scouting and to the public generally
who by their donations and support and.,._,,,,,
encouragement make the program po,s1.:
sible.
Readers RemeMber
The Printed Word, an interesting and '
provocative brochure that comes to our
desk eae4 month has a firm knowledge ,
of iublic relationt because, after all,
-that is its business..
With an awareness, based on long
37e4tra of experience, of the effectiveness
of the .weekly 'press as an advertising
Medium the Printed Word takes advan-
, t.sge,01 every opportunity to press home
the point. -
In a recent issue the publication un-
der the heading "Advertisers, Please
Note" called on the words of a former
Seaforth. resident as added support on
behalf of weeklies:
This is what the Printed Word' said:
"Taking the time to • reach small
town weeklies is worth the effort• ae-
cOrding to a man who is reported by a
daily paper to be one of the best poli-
-Heal executive assistantain Canada. He
is Clare-Westcott, a member of the staff.
of Ontario'i.minister of education...
"Get to the weeklies and you get to
the province. Their readers remember
what they have read."
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From The Huron Expositor
Feb. 25th, 1944
Dr. R. Hobbs Taylor, Dash-
wood, Conservative member, for
Huron, moved the address in
reply to Speech from the
Throne in the Ontario Legisla-
ture.
Mrs. Violet Gillespie enter-
tained at a shower in honor of
Miss Mary Fortune, a bride-
elect of this week. Euchre was
played during the evening, the
winners being:- Mrs. Susan Mun-
roe, games; lone hands, :Julia
Flannigan; consolation, Miss
'Annie Smith. Mrs:' Chas. Theo-,
bold .presented Miss Fortune
with a Kenwood blanket and a
pair of sheets.
The arts club . at the high
school turned out to be the
most enjoyable social event of
the year and, over 200 participat-
: 'ed. During the evening the' lady
teachers on the staff, Miss: Bona
Fennell, Miss Doris Grainger
and Miss Entity Lester were pre:
sented with corsages. The com-
mittee in charge were Dorothy
Smith, Leo Hicimell„ Buddy
Smith, Pat Bechely, • Joan Mc-
.. Master, Marguerite Wescott,
Fergus Bell,'Keith Harrison and
Donald Munn.
Art Kelly has returned to
Walton, after undergoing an op-
eration in Toronto for a frac-
ture of the spine, which he re-
ceived in a fall from a loaded
wagon on his farm a few years
ago.
Seaforth's eleventh blood do-
nor clinic was the largest' on
record with 178 'donors. The
total number of donations giv-_
en here is 1,228, with Mrs. Ross
McGregor being the 1,000th do-
nor.
Miss•Mary Halpin met with a
serious accident , at her home
.on Goderich St. East. She was
Moving a 'large pot of boiling
water on the stove when it up-
set into the fire pot and the
steam scalded her face, U. was-
n't until the next morning that
she was able to secure help and
she was removed to Scott Mem-
orial Hospital.
A number of men of the
Cremarty congregation held a
wood bee in Thos. Laing's bush
when a good supply of wood
was cut for the coming winter;
also several of the ladies gath-
ered for .. quilting -' in, the home
of Mrs. Laing.
Samuel Andrew Archibald; 59,
sales manager of the PeterbOr-
ough LoCk Mfg. CO., died at his
home.-He was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. James Archibald
of town.
Flying Officer X G. Dawson
and Mrs. Dawson, nee Edna
Plant of St. Catharines, leave
this week for Assiniboine, Sask.,
lead.
From My Window
— By Shirley J. Kellar —
a sleigh load of logs, when he
fell off, the sleigh passing over ,
one foot,' injuring it seriously.
James Smith of McKillop,
drew a load of logs a distance
of 11 miles over some steep hills
Which weighed on the scales in
Seaforth .13,000 pounds.
Many stalwart young men ar-
med with saws and axes wend-
ed their way to the bush of Wit.
Allen, where they spent the af-
ternoon in cuttchg wood. The
ladies engaged in quilting and
then served an excellent sup-
per after which dancing was en-
FEBRUARY IS SADNESS
February!
I find you very
gairY,
• ' Not to mention
• Contrary,
Weather-wise. •
Driiing is scarey
In February.
One must be wary
Even more than in
January.
Milk in bottles
From the dairy
Freezes on the porch
In February,
And it's not
A very merry
Business'
Cleaning up 'the ruddy mess
when the bottle cracks and the
milk leaks all over the
Refrigidairy.'
Sorry, chaps, but I've been
conducting poetry-w'riting classes
this Week. And at the same
time wading through drifts, try-
ing td get my car started in
the good old sub-zero, battling
my way through 40-mile-per-
hour blizzards, and helping bury
an old mate.
Not conducive to a lyric col-
umn about the longest-shortest
month in the year? Right.
As you can see from the
above,' the poetry classes have
been' going very, badly. Imagine
having a teacher who writes
such garbage, trying to breathe
Life, Imagination, Experience
into your creative poetic Soul.
It's enough to turn a kid off
poetry -for life.
February is a
Month in ;Which nobody in his
right mind can be found north
' the 49th parallel, Unless he,
littS111 the money to escape.
AA's" why there are so many
of net lurching through snow-
baits, Mikes dripping, eyet Wet-
ati*k- &Stith's• *king. Were
either °tit" of our, minas, or
poor, And in Many cases,. both.
And if we're not Out of our
Skulls w*. the nionth tieging#
e*: readY,fiir the
total sedation by the
'; :think the gods it'S not,
*0 :Year; •
:,fteeded this .3fettr, tt .
My .story this week concerns
a life and death battle for sur-
vival. It is a heart-rendering tale
,about a courageous man whose
dearest wish was to be left
alone. Except for modern medi-
cine his suffering might have
been even greater and his
chances of reawakening all but
dimmed.. •
The gentleman in this true life
adventure IS 'My heroic hubby
and the dread, scourage that
left him pale and deathly cold
was a date with the surgeon to'
have his tonsils .removed.
Unlike other Teas stout-heart-.
eit Males, thy_ man was necterre-
indent' to have the job .done.
After AIL our &Mettler had us-
dergette , the ardeal When She
about .014 .10 husband.
had 61)SeKcithertriUniphatit re-
scramblers, the sparrows try-
ing to make like eagles.
SO we gravitated, and the •
friendship, sporadic and cas-
ual,, lasted. After some years we
Wound 'up in the same school.
We golfed together quite a
lot because we enjoyed the pace
It wa's leisurely, ,good-natured,
and we both praCtiSed one-up-
manship without scruple. ,You
knoW: the loud scratch of a
match at the top •of the other's
backswing; the,_ _coughing fit
when the, other was making a
delicate putt; the gazing into
the sky when the other hit a
grounder; the gently raised eye-
brow when the other missed the
ball completely and almost broke
his back in process. •
And we kept a fairly good eye
on the yardarm. If , the sun .was
over it, we marked the occasion
in the usual manner. And many
a late-summer afternoon, we sat
under the oaks and discussed,
without rancour, the foibles and
follies of the world, while our
wives and the squirrels chatter-
ed in the background.
I'll miss-the Old Boy. And so
much for February.
turn from the operating room.
Like any normal father he
had been overcome by the sheer
magnificence of it all and had
collapsed in a heap in, a near-
by chair where nurses fanned
his brow and tubbed his wrist
to reactivate the circulation.
Therefore I anticipated a sim-
ilar weak-kneed condition o
prevail when I delivered him
hospital recently. to. have ese
somehow childish nuisances ex-
tracted. .
I was wrong. Where I expect-
ed a limp lamb to fall in, help-
less submission to the will of
the ,doctors I found a terrible
tiger ready to bolt at the sight
Of a needle and struggle lo the
death, lf need he, at the first
Whiff of anesthetic,
Although I didn't see it my-
where Mr. Dawson will be stg-
toned, .
. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Doerr
of Hullett, quietly, celebrated 38
years of happy wedded life at
their farm home at Auburn,.
Miss Annie Garrett of Londes-
boro, has been engaged as tea-
cher for SS 3 Hullett, to take
the place .of Mrs. Gill, who has
resigned.
Mr. Bert McSpadden of Win-
throp has been attending al;
radio school' in London.
*. * *
From The Huron Expositor
.• Feb. 21st, 1919
Sir Wilfred Laurier is dead.
• The stoke of -apoplexy which he
suffered'
was
dressing for
church' was followed by a simi-
lar siezure shortly after mid-
night. At 2:50 Mori ay afternoon
Sir ,Wilfred passed peacefully
away.
The Worgen's Institute at
Staffa has on exhibition a Red
Cross quilt with several hun-
dred names worked on it and
it can be seen at R. Salder's
store.
A. McEwan of Stanley had
the misfortune to fall while
carrying an axe,. inflicting a
severe wound, in 'the back of
his hand. It was attended by
Dr. Rogers Of Brucefield. -
George. Armstrong has 'pur-
chased a house from George
Hill in Brucefield anti is ibov-
ing it to the farm "Which 'he
recently purchased from D. Mc-
Intosh,' V.S.
The entertainment given'. in
the Methodist .Church, con.
stance under the Ladies' Aid
auspices, was a decided success.
The main feature was a play. en-
Sin . • ._
I am ' a subscriber to your
weekly paper and althoUgh I
live in Etobicohe now I used to
live in your area and of course
attended S.D.H.S., and later
taught in the-rural area.,
- Here, I am publicity chair-'
man for CAC (the assodiation
described in the 'pamphlet) and
put CAC 'information in all .
the local weekly papers from
time to time.
Because March 2-8 will: be des'
dared 'Consumer Week in Can..
ada we are' making a teal effort.
to reach as many consumers' as
possible. I know the Women's
faith. I was one of groups
forth. It was one of the grodps
, to help originate CAC some
twenty Years age. doett,believe
'there is an organized branch
of CAC, in Seaforth,, but I'm
sure all people 'in the area as,
consumers or Institute members
would be interested inligating
consumer inforniatilOn.
'Therefore I am sending you
this news release hoping you
will see fit to use it. The head
office in Ottawa would be .glad
to handle any further enquiries
about Consumers' Association
in Canada.
Arlene Somerville ,
The release to which Mrs.
Somerville-refers follows:
Consumers' Association of
Canada is a, hard-working organ-
ization that spreads across the'
country from Victoria to St.
John's and up into the North-
.West Territories. Just how hard
it works dependi upon the local
branches and their, volunteer
members. The Astoeiation
prides itself as being. a "grass
roets", outfit that has its finger
on th e 'pulseof buying aad sel-
ling in. Canada.
OceasliiiniaAT Criftized Ills be-
ing meddlesome, the,. Assocla-"
tion, nonetheless, has gained
distinctive recognition fed-
eral" gerirernmeint, cirdes, and
with industrial and business as-
sociations.
"They 'may not love us," say!!
CAC. president Mrs: Glenora
summon, "but they know we
are here and Must be consider-
ed.
Consumers? Association of
Canada is 'organized on three
levels national, provincial
and local. Each -particular as-
sociation tackles consumer
problems at their own level and
the national office takes up the
cudgels when a Canada-wide
pattern develops.
Local Consumers' Associa-
tion of ; Canada. groups can come
into being in any town;area or
city. They then become a fun-
nel channeling problems and
consumer situations to the na-
tional office in Ottawa.
Even in the smallest connnun-
ity,a consumer action commit-
tee can be foimed by cOminu,ni-
eating with the national office
and receiving guide lines for
basic conSumer. effectiveness.
In Ottawa'a staff of eight per-
manent personnel handle con-
sumer queries and prepare CAC
submissions to government and
industry. In addition, the na-
tional office...produces and. dis-
tributes the bi-monthly maga-
zine "Canadian -Consumer", a
compendium of Consumer in-
formation, buying guides, and
comparatiVe tests.
The editOrial staff also pre-
pares and distributes a twice-
a-month column to over 300
newspapers in Canada. Titled
"Consumers' News and Views"
it offers timely and useful in-
formation on a wide variety of
subjects.
Since the inception of the fed-
eral Department -of Consumer
and Corporate Affairs, the ntt
tional office of CAC is in daily
liaison with the new depart-
ment, to mutual advantage of
consumers and those in the' gov-
ernment trying to find put just'
what consumers are worried'
about.
At the provincial level, simi-
lar liaison goes on with pm-.
inee'a which have set up consum-
er-interest bodies,
An 'iMportant. national com-
mittee is the Consumer Studies
Committee. This Wveys, ana,
lyzee and comments open» over-
allproblema that beset all con-
sumers in Canada. One. of their
most recent surveys spotlighted
the hearing aid industry in-Can-
ada. Others include, clothing
sizes for older mplp, flamma-
bility of certain fabrice, and the
comparison of . "house" brands
and nationally advertised brands
of various products. '
A standing committee on Con-
sumer Problenis receives let-
ters of complaint from consum-
ers — regardless of whether or
not .they are members of the
Association-- anal attempts to
get satisfoctory results, to com-
plaints from triantif*turers,
suppliers, retailers . and all
those concerned, intoday's com-
plicated' marketplace, "
The basic aim of Consumers'
Association of Canada is, to in-
form 'Canadian . consumers 4O .
that they may be betterr able to ;
Understand and' to fulfill their
important role in the Canadian
economy.
That's what • Consumers' • As-
sociation of Canada is all about
-74 and very much more. •
The • Association• hai...a stand-
ing offer to send 'a detailed bre-
chure,. Without obligation, to
anyone requesting it. 'Write: •
Consumers' Association of Can-
ada, 100 Gloucester St., Ottawa
4.
Recalls
First
Pavement
Sir:
Discussions about rebuilding
Main Street recalls the first
pavement that was laidr
The, first .paving att. Min
Street was cone in 1.906. The
drains were placed fir ;t. The
contract was let to"Frink. Cut-
teridge for the sum of $25,000.
After grading was done
crown in the centre, a tide
of 4" to 5" of concrete':was
laid. This was mixed, by hand
by two or time men. A. box
with two handles was, filled
with travel and after the belt
was filled with gravel, a bag
or more of cement was added.
This was then mixed
the men using shovels and then
the water Was added. Then us-
ing the handles on the box the
men dumped the cement on' the
roadway.
The mayor at that time was
Michael Broderick and he-was
_given two hundred dollars to
supervise the work. The asphalt
blocks that formed the surface
Were laid in rows' and then
water, and cement was poured
on them and brushed in with
stable brooms. The wages at
that time were $1,50 per day of
ten hhurs.
This pavement soon becam‘
rough with the wagons making
small holes. The street was
cleaned by a man using a wheel-
barrow and a broom.
In 1924 the asphalt blocks
were taken up and solid asph-
alt placed on the concrete base.
This lasted until the . present
time although there has been
at lot, of patching done , since
then.
The first sidewalks were laid
about 1897. They were very
smooth and."'it was hard to
walk when the snow was on
them. These sidewalks' were re-
placed about 1937. The 'gravel
used was not washed or sifted
and soon the stone started to
come up. These sidewalks„were
later covered with asphalt
whicti as you know became full
of puddle holes which resulted
In the puddles of water on the
sidewalks today. Now there, is
going to be a lot of confusion
when the new pavement is laid,
We hope a good job will be
done with the -street.
I thank you for your valuable
space in the Expositor.
Walter Murray.
"Is This the Miami Plane?" Si, Senor!"
In the Years Agone.
self I.. heard of the valiant fight
he put up to free himself from
the clutches of certain death.
Time and again he pitted deter-'
mination against medical mad-
ness until he was left quieted
and still.
No one knows what it is that
keeps a man like my husband
alive when all the chips are
stacked against him. Even doc-
tors are unable to explain that
mysterious spark which bridges
a crisis' like my darling faced
that horrible day. •
A Miracle Perhaps. All I
know is the doctors accomplish-
ed their dirty work before gie
heart beat flickered knd faded
away brevet. And whlvis more
wonderful ity„.huaband is alive
today te tell the tile—ever and
OW and over and over.
.nn mwdL~
garnish' my. February - complex,
was to help bury an old mate.
He wasn't old in years, and
he wasn't. a life-long friend, but
I'll•miss him. Our paths crossed
and re-crossed since we both
made the ridiculous decision to
become teachers, about nine
years ago.
During our teacher-training •
summer courses, surrounded by
hot-eyed, panting youth, just
out of university , and happy in '
the knowledge that the world
was theirs for the asking, we
sort of drifted together in a
• mutual-defence pact of gentle
cynicism. •
I'd been through a war and a
period of carving a living out
of a pretty tough roast of a
world. He'd been through a ter-
rible acgident,
bee_
neck and
the works, years of pain-filled
convalescence. We'd both emer-
ged, battle-scarred but banners
still flying, from a decade or so
of marriage and children.
We weren't exactly student
militants, but we shared a hear-
ty scorn for and a quiet amuse-
ment at the' establishment, the
keen types, the pushers, the
From The Huron Expositor
Feb. 23rd, 1$94
One day lately, Mr. Snowden,
a cooper of Blyth, had the pain:.
ful experience to lose a portion
of three fingers on one of his
hands, while working 'at his
trade. '
The- other evening while
James Lee 'was -driving into his
yard on High St. on a load of
hay, the sleigh collided with, a
wood pile with such force as
to knock Mr. Lee off his bal-
ance, causing him,. to, fall Qff
the load.' He had ' his :shoulder
blade broken and is now going
about with his arm in a sling.
Fulton's Hotel, four • miles
north of Seaforth, was complete-
ly destroyed by fire. It was
caused by a defective chimney,:
During the mod roada ,in win
ter ,it was not an uncommint
thing for '30 or 40' teams to be
stabled there during the night.
James Archibald shipped a
par hiad of very fine hotses to
Mr. White of Winnipeg a few
days ,ago.
- Mr. ,Samuel Hannah of::Gris-,
wold, Manitoba,' a.'• former Hur-
onite; has been in town- visiting_
hii sister; Mrs. Sam Dickson.
He is one of the bonanza farm-
ers of the prairie provinces.
The Presbyterian choir were
invited to Roxboro by Mt. and
Wt. John Scott and, it is need-
less to say they had a most en-
joyable time.
A small audience was present
at Mr. Hodgson's hypnotic enter-
tainment but they seemed 'so
titled "The Busy Ladies' Aid!' well satisfied that the next eve-
ning, there was quite a 'crowd others on the program were Mrs. '
(Rev.) Sawyer, Master Lorne • out.
Dale and Melda McElroy of A young son of Joseph 0. Rose
of Egmondville, was hanging' on myth.
' • John Jamieson of Constance
has returned home froM. France
after spending four years in the
trenches and carries a 'few
scars to show the awfulness' Of
war, • • ' •
Mrs. F. Graham of Kippen has
disposed • of her farm of 1.09
acres to Mr. George Holland of
Goderich TOwnship for $11,210.
Messrs. Joynt and Caldwell of
HenSall intend adding millinery
to their large general store.
The 'Grand Trunk station at
Hensall was 'the scene of one
of the largest 'crowds that had j assembled to „welcome returned joyed to the joyous strains of
soldiers, the occasion being the Messrs. Chesneys vollins,
homecoming of Ptes. Fred Sim- James Sian and Sam Pollock
mons and 'Wm. Shepherd, both of Brucefield were in 'Toronto,
of whom enliaterwith the 161st Mr. gvv.an on business and M.
Hurons. Pollock as a delegate', from the
Nursing Sisters, „Harriet' and Temperance Society.
Ann Wilson,' daughters of Col. John Ashton, the livery man
A. Wilson, were welcomed home at Brucefield, has' sold, out his
froin overseas' after' serving in business, to .Mr. Troyer for a
France for, twoyears, good sum.
Messrs. C. Stewart, W, E.' John Clark of Constance,
weighed a pair of beef cattle Southgate and W. Bethune are
taking part in the Owen Sound prepared for shipment ,in May, _
bon.spiel. which 'tipped the. beam at 4,150
Miss Eleanor Thotnton, pounde. James Hinchley of Hul-
Cassie Everett, Miss'Clara pink- lett also has a steer that weighs
ney and Miss, Agnes Campbell 2,200.-pours
The politi al meeting held by are attending the millinery
openings in Toronto -- John McMill n was well attend-
Miss
;
Ethel Grieve has taken ed. The speaker spoke for two
hours. At the coneltuden Sam a position in. W. Crich's store,
Rennie moved a vote Of thanks Wellington Fee, whop recently
which' was passed with three sold his farm near Zurich, has
purchased the McKinley prop- cheers. .
erty on jarvis. St, from Mr. A quiet but pleasant event
Daly. took place at the residence of
Pte.- Louis Atkinson wealvel. John
Itannthe marriageallinTU o
e kef
David
rsmith.
in coed home from overseas on Thiswas
enday Sorbet and Miss 'Hannah: The
ceremony Was perfdrined by • George Jacksen, oitk of the
R , picilieere- of this section, a man e,. Shaw of teinondvflie
Dr, and eeorge Fatter- whose name was household
son are hi Toronto attending`word. to twin generations 'et Sea-
forth citizens, died on Sunday. , the Grand Lodge of trnited
Ile was born in- Ireland and Workinen as .representatiVes
came tq Hayfield when seven from' SeisfoitiClcifige,
years old, .-A•rehie Scott ,cut hit left hand
W. Manley had a sueeessful . haft while removing a breken-
Wekil,IllieSertf-""J-- Eckert, pane. from the door Of
and The 'Wyman, taldne the his' retitle Store ,
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