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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-06-12, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Communal? First Published at SEAFORTIX ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Aisociation 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, JUNE 12, 1969 Lions Swim Program Saves Lives Statistics rarely are exciting but those we received from the Canadian Red Cross Society recently make rather sad reading. Last year, 1,186 Canadians died be- cause of drowning accidents. This is a disturbing number when we know that many of these deaths were unnecessary - quite unnecessary - because they were caused by carelessness. Lack of adult supervision was respon- sible for the death of '212 children, of which 159 were under 6 years old. Their deaths could have been avoided if some- one had cared more. It takes little time for a toddler to drown if he falls face down into a few inches ot water and 'no one is there to piek hitn up. • That is why the Learn to Swim' Pro- gram which the Seaforth Lions .Club has carried out at the Lions Park year after year for more than thirty years means so much to this community. Be- cause of the program many hund- reds of area people caniswim who other- wise may never have learned. What this has meant in terms of lives saved is impossible to estimate. But the fact that through the years there has been almost no' loss in life because of an inability to swim would suggest the pro- gram has paid off. . This is one of the reasons, support of the Park and all its means to the corn, munity is so 'important. Last year, 361 people died in boating accidents, and again, many of these deaths could have been avoided. It is the stated law for all power boats and sail- boats to carry one g'overnment-approved life jacket for each passenger on board. However, the law can't compel a per- son to wear the life jacket when he is in the boat. Many times it has been report- ed that a life might have been saved if the person involved in the boating ac- cident had been wearing a life jacket. Water Safety Week is observed every June and this week as well as year-round people are being told how to enjoy safe water activities. And right here at home the Lions Club, 'through a broad pro- gramme ranging from beginners' swifn, ming courses to instructor training, teaches without charge the basic rules of safe swiming, as well as ,artificial re- spiration and simple rescue techniques for emergency situations. List year more than 400 district young people were enrolled in the courses. • In the Years Agone ' Tot the rehe,. but I was worried for a while, First Dad said no." 4 A • I Sunlight and ShadoW The Silver Creek bridge on No. 8 highway, east of Seaforth at the Lions Park was built more than fifty years ago and in the intervening years has s 'at Lions Park undergone several' rebuilding program. A new bridge is to be built this summer, Huron MPP, Chas..MacNaughton announced last week. (Staff 'photo by Haley.) From My Windo-cs • -- By Shirley J. Kellar rt SOCKEYE SALMON 49c 14zillILEr CORN $;$1.00 GARBAGE BAGS 1°549c Jodi'' LIQUID 59 COFFEE - BOTH TEA BAGS FOR WIENERS .5~ -GROUND CHUCK P. BA CON 180't ORANGES: PHONE 345-2420 DUBLIN FOOD STORES 1 JUNE 15, 1894 The Masons, under the dir- ection of Hiram Hill have just completed the foundation for a large new barn for Ben Church- ill of, Hullett. Mr. Riley will do the frame work. The alterations in the inter- ior of the Methodist Church have been completed and the finishing touches will be given next week. Mr, Forbes has had the auto-, matic telephone in his livery stable replaced by a Bell in- strument. ' ,Harry K. Beattie of town has passed his first law examinat- ion, with honors, and obtained the third scholarship of '$40.00. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carter of the Huron Road, Tucker- smith, celebrated their silver wedding. when quite a large company of relatives and friends assembled to do' honor to the occasion. A handsome monument of Swedish granite has been -plac- ed in the Harperhey cemetery to the memory of the late Robert Jamieson of the Golden Lion store, here. A merry-go-round out-fit has come to town, and is established next to Mr. Stewart's blacksmith shop.Jt draws big crowds and its brazen toned steam organ brings vivid memories of Coney Island. Thomas Neilans o? Harlock has the „stone work under his barn finished and is to put in the approach soon. While A. Cameron of Staffa, the blacksmith, was putting, on a shoe the horse knocked him down and trampled on his arms and legs. Richard Pethick, , Winthrop will raise his new barn on his farm which adjoins the village. M. Blanchard also is elevating his barn 'and putting a foundat- ion underneath it. . :Robert .,Grieve of Winthrop" met with a painful accident when working in the bush. One of the logs which he was load- ing, rolled back on him injuring him and crushing his feet. F. W. Hess of Zurich has bought a new photographic in- strument to take outside' views. While Edward Bossenberry of Zurich was on the Goshen Line, recently his horse got cross and made for him, tore his vest •and forks to the , brute's head, Those who stood by took sticks and forks to the brtitis head, until he let go, .. . JUNE 13th, 1919 ' Charlie ,C I a r k, Thompson Scott, Harry Weiland, Ken llfcKay and Allan Habkirk have arrived home from overseas. The memorial Hall committ- ee at Londesboro, has.. purchas- ed a. site for the new memorial hall from John Cartwright. John Dietz of Kippen, While out driving with his car met with a mishap when one of the axles broke. Two gravel bees were held for the new school at No. 10 Tuckersmith. The section ag- reed to do the teething. Mr. Tuffin of Staffa and a gang are now busy putting in the base- ment. Hensell and vicinity has been mere than delighted to wel- come. a number of soldiers from overseas among whom are G, Harburn, Edgar Munn, Earl Mc- Ewen, and• Win, Stone. Miss Mary L. Cowan of town has passed her 'fifth year Facul- ty of Medicine examat the Uni- versity of Toronto. • The Seaforth band• has been reorganized with W. A. Chap- man, leader of the 161st Baltal- ian Band as leader. Pte. James T. Scott and Mrs. Scott arrived from overseas. The • Misses William have disposed of their groceiy busiilkes to G. D, Haigh. ' G. Eyre of Chiselhurst held a gravel bee getting home '22 'loads. W. G. VanEgmend, a former Seafcirth boy his been appointed a member of the' Central Dom- inion Advisory Committee on ' war memorials., JUNE 16th, 1944 The Board of the Seaforth High School has engaged Lorne E. Fox, of London, as principal and Mathematics teacher-to suc- ceed G. A. Ballantyne, who has been principal for 14 years. Wm, Haskins, local 'steeple jack, suffered fatal injuries, when he fell from the high roof of the large apartment house at Market and High sts. The Militia 'unit of Seaforth, Clinton, Goderich and Exeter left for 'a couple of weeks train- ing at Thames Valley Camp. London. The old established butcher shop, owned and operated by J. W. Beattie, on Main st. for many years •has been sold throu- gh the office of E, C. Chamber- lain to Wilfred L. Whyte of Hul- lett, Twp. J. W. Free, who has been managing the business since illness forced M. Beattie to relinquish the active manage- ment has been a continuous employee since 1913. Messrs. Albert Hildebrand and Lorne Dale, have hung up a record for Brown trout that will last for at leatt this gener- ation. Albics "fish weighed 4 pounds, 2 ounces,.. dressed and measured 22 inches long. Lor- ne's weighed 2% pounds. Seaforth and district were signally honoured when his Ex- cellency, the Earl of Athlne, Governor General of Canada ac- companied by his gracious Con- sort, IL R. H. Princess Alice, at- tended the second field day and picnic of the Huron Federation of Agriculture at the Lions Park. A choir of the school child- ren from all parts of Huron -"County under the direction of Miss M. E. Turnbull, opened the program with "0,Canada" an the 'The Maple Leaf Poretier," and Rev. R. P. D. liurford led in a prayer for the invasion forces. SUGAR' and SPICE by Bill Smiley We all know what happens to good Samaritans, don't we? They end up holding the bag. Recently we acquired a kit- ten. It was practically over my wife's dead 'body, but Kim in- sisted she was going to crack up psychologically if she didn't have a little brother for Com- pany. As usual, Dad was the catalyst. No pun. It turned out to be a little - sister, as I've mentioned, but that was to be expected. She was a little beauty and immedi- ately took over the house with that mixture. of charm and ut- ter arrogance that only a female kitten can muster. Even the Old Battle Axe be- came fond of the thing, despite the usual clawing of furniture and drapes. Kim was ecstatic. I'm the only one in the family who can barely be' civil to cats., I'd as soon have a baby' gorilla, or a pet anaconda, as a cat, Pip, the kitten, had been re- trained, after a traumatic lapse when the painters were here. All Twas serene. She had, run of the house, slept with Kim, and began spending some time play- ing in the backyard making like a • tigress with insects and worms., Tragedy struck Sunday afternoon. I was sitting- outside, reading, when I heard the un- earthly but mistakeable scream of an animal in its death:throes. I 'couldn't believe Our kitten' could'rpake such a noise. But it was definitely feline, and she'd been playing around in the yard only a little while before.' Leaping up, I spotted the di- rection of the; wails, and ran out to the road. There was •Pip, head down, wailing wildly, crou- ched in the middle of the road, as the cars sped by, I picked her up' as gently as possible, certain she'd been run over, or at, least hit by a car. She' squealed piteOusly and clutched my sweater. She was shuddering with terror and pain. I carried her in like a wound- ed bird and called my, wife. She' .was horrifi,sd. The kitten was obvipusly in shock, eyes gazed, „head shaking. Her hind legs seemed Paralyzed and I thought her , back must be broken. Her face was bloody and half her nose seemed to be missing.. We put her in box-bed and stood about wringing our hands. My wife shrieked, "She's shrink- ing!", and I agreed. Creatures seem to do that when they're dying.' My wife wailed, "Her eyes are funny, and her ears are turning inside out." I agreed. The' kitten shivered uncontrol- lably. The death rattle was im- minent. "Better tell Kim," quavered 'the boss. "She'll never•forgiVe us if Pip just dies and she isn't' here." Once again I agreed and raced upstairs, where Kim was watching Hamlet on TV. My face,as long as a foot, I inton- ed, "Kim, you'd better 'come quick. I think Pip's• been run' ever, and she's in bad shape." She' looked up, startled, and said, "Dad, what have yoit been into? Here she is, right here." And sure enough, there was Pip lying snoozing on the couch, as elegant as Cleopatra waiting for Mark Antony. Well,- you don't have to be Sherlock Holmes, do. you? I'd rescued the wrong blasted cat. There was some excuse. My tender heart. The thing was screaming. -And it was exactly the same colouring as Pip. The reason my wife thought the beast was shrinking was that it's about a month young- er than Pip. The reason its eyes were dull is that it's retarded, I'm sure. Kim promptly produced a saucer of milk. ,The cat with the broken back and paralyzed legs just as promptly walked over to it and drank • it, though- still shivering, then curled up and slept for two hoUrs. Its bloody nose was probably from. gravel spattering under a car's Wheels. Well, what do you do? Throw it back on the road? Pip and my wife are furious, one at having an interloper, the other at hay; ing two cats when she didn't want one. Kim is delighted and determined to keep the ugly, stupid little mutt, who eafs like a lion. - - And I, as usual, despite the fact that, this is a cat story, am In the dog-house, where good Samaritans frequently find themselves, I really have forgotten where .1 read it, but it seems that -'science=AarrIkiiiven that the man with• the wife who never faits to kiss him good-bye in the ,..morning is the man who will • live a • longer, 'more pro- ductiVe life. Studies have shown that a simple goodbye smacker in the morning will preserve a man for another fivei years. That shoots down the theories of germ nuts who imagine that kissing is un: sanitary. Smooching between husband and wife, particularly in the early morning hours, is kind Of an immunization against an untimely death, ' At our house we had grown a little careless about those good-bye kisses. After 15 years of wedlock, some of ,the.breath- Jess romance had gone out of our marriage. What's more after making lunches and breakfasts for five people, rustling up enough cash for the milkman and spooning cream of wheat into a baby with his lips clamp- ed tightly shut, we weren't too much in the mood for love. But we've made an effort for the sake of husband's longeiity. Sometimes we've forgotten that private 'peck at the door and we've been forced to engage in a rather public pucker on the steps or even at the •car. But we manage to get the job done and that's the main thing we figure. Besides preserving husband's life, those quickie kisses have given new impetus to the nei- ghborhood gbssip. Why does she chase after him every morn- ing, -they must be asking, just to give him a kiss? Does she have something to hide; Is she trying to ,win him back from' someone? Are they trying to impress the children? Have they no shame? Nobody stares when you soak up Vitamin D in the backyard wearing a skimpy bathing suit.. People accept it as normal be- haviour to see a full grown male jogging around the block at some ridiculous hour of the day. Surely they" can under— otand the healthful habit of kissing husband goodbye! I imagne 'though, there will be some concern. in the homes where hubby is not standing in good stead with his wife. If she should deliberately, with hold her favor when he leaves for work in the morning, it could be classed as homocide, - I suppose, should husbapd suc- numb at an early age. Wouldn't that be a difficult charge to make stick. There was no Indication in the article, however, just what ef- fects would be .brought if the little, woman failed in her wife, ly kissing duties and some oth- er woman took on the job. Or how long the average, male would survive if his wife and at least one other woman endOwed him freely with their kisses: every day? It is plain to see the subject needs more intensive study. In the meanwhile, continue to buzz my husband every morning before lte leaves the house fr 'Work. It can't do any harm, it might do some good and it is enjoyable 4n the bargain, • fi