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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-07-17, Page 21MIRACLE WHIP, 32-oz. jar Ballet TOILET TISSUE • • • • 2 2-roll pkgs. 4,90 27c Off Labs' ARCTIC POWER, king size Beef or Irish PURITAN STEWS., 24-oz. tin 490 Nature's Best Choice CREAM CORN 6 14,oz. tins $1 Hyatt's Choice PEAS 5 14-oz. tins $1 Lee's Crushed PINEAPPLE 4 19-oz. tins $ 1 PRODUCE Ontario Near BEETS 2 bunches for 290 Arizona Seedless GRAPES per pound 290 per pound '90 OntariO New CABBAGE. 570 $1.29 • FOR ADDITIONAL SPECIALS SEE LONDON FREE PRESS THURSDAY OPERIORI *FOOD MAIKETS*1 PERSONALIZED COASTERS GIFT IDEAS - • SERVIETTES THE HURON EXPOSITOR Phone 52)7:6246 • • Seaforth • -4 Since MO, Serving the Community First Alit MON% every rilAZI14,4Y morning by MeLEAILBROS Publishers Ltd. --ANDRENI Ntor r dialirlfireehltigewslalier Assnci' 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 SPECIALS FOR Kellogg's RICE KRISPIES, 17-oz. pkg. 500 Thursday - Friday - Saturday Now for some days the temperature has been in the early eighties and nights have ,been cool for sleeping. Just the kind of weather that most of us — or so we would think — would regard as being right for mid July. „. But what do we hear? A continuing complaint of "Its too hot" or "a little rain would do, a lot of good". The very people who a few short weeks ago complained about cold wet days • now „find fault with hot dry days. `Fortunate indeed we are that Some- body else has the last word about weather. If it was left to us on earth the resulting fracai would become so violent that few would be left around to enjoy it regardless of whether it was hot or cold, wet or 'dry. • No matter what happens from 'day to day, we 'have to admit that. on bal- ance the weather we enjoy in this part of Ontario is pretty good. Lets, leave- it as it is and enjoy it when we can. They should be relieved that county . council sees the worth of a park, area at Huronview and is waling to take another,look at the situation with per- haps a more modified plan in mind. But Huron taxpayers 'should also be grateful to men like Roy Pattison and 'Alex MCGregor who envision such a beauty spot in our county". Their job is certainly county ,de,veldpment and, we think their committee is to be congrat- ulated for the attempt to preserve an-. other "green area'' for, future genera- tions. , . We like WardenJames Hayter's idea to adopt some sort of plan for the pro- posed park and then to work it out in easy; affordable stages to prevent any serious landscapping or engineering re- grets or any overlapping of costs. Council for the County of Huron is correct in its immediate reaction to cut- back on spending, ,in line 'With recent 'edicts from the provincial government. It is also of - considerable merit to keep the development doors open so that fu- ture generations cannot charge we mis- managed their heritage..(Exeter Advocate). Managing Their Heritage Whether or not we like the weather, there's not niudi. we can do about it. Which perhaps is just as well. We hesitate to think of the animosities that would be, aroused if determining the weather were to become the responsi- bility of the government or the town council. The arguments which parliament has bad over the Official Languages Bill or which are underway now as the opposi- tion in seemingly endless repetition pro- claims its right to filibuster, would be as naught 'compared with the noise and fury , which a debate on the weather would precipitate. All during June and throughout May and even as early as last winter each day brought complaints of too much snow, too much cold, too much rain. Certainly some of the complaints were justified or at the moment appeared to be. There was a lot of rain, seeding was delayed and haying is late. When members of county council sit down together in session their job is not only to spend the taxpayers' money wisely but to build prudently for future generations. Of the two requirements, the latter is unquestionably the most difficult It is almost impossible to Provide for a future age more complex and more com- puterized than the one in which we -now live. To say that progress is so rapid these days that most plans are obsolete even before they are off the drawing board is, to, give, some idea of the irn,, me.nseurici frustrating job county dinars., and in fact all elected officials, have these days. Huron . County citizens should be proud of council's deliberations last week concerning a park on the two- acre plot between Highway 4 and the entrance door to Huronview: They should be impressed by the opin- ions of most councillors that an expen- diture of $20,000 to build walkways, fountains, pools, gardens, picnic areas and the like is too great for Huron rate- payers to finance at the time in one lamp sum, . -Take time to give thanks - There's quite a backlash these days from the middle-class ag- ainst practically everything: wel- fare, subsidies, inflation, taxes and everything else, that hurts where it hits. The squawkers, and I join them once in a while, that there is conspiracy among. the government, the poor, the far- mers, the skilled tradesmen, lend almost everyone except the mid- dle-class to grind the latter ex- ceedingly small. I'm about as middle-class as they' come. Middle .age, middle income. mortgage, kids to edu- cate. And like all the other mid- dles, I pay far too much in taxes . But once in a while, I take stock . and, despite the 'grind- ing, find plenty to be thankful for. This week, I met' a lady who is living on welfare. Her hus- band, from whom she is separ- at6c1,. contributes nothing. She has six kids to feed and clothe. There is no car, no treats, no frills, , no little extras. Every month she is almost frantic with Worry trying to make ends meet, just before her cheque arrives If the older children can't get summer jobs, they can't go back to high school, because they won't have any clothes. One boy has been remanded by'his prin- . cipal for wearing jeans to school. They're the only pants he has, and they're clean, The total income of this fam- ily is less than many middle-class People pay in income tax_ The by , Smiley lady is not welk• Even if she could go to work, it would mean deductions from her welfare cheque. She's struggling deep-. erately, but cheerfully,.. to keep her family together and give them an education And she's doing it, but walking the thin edge of real poverty. ' Why shouldn't the wheat for- mer be subsidized? Many-of our fatten industries are, through tariffs and special tax deals. The farmer-works harder and longer for less money than any- body in the country. Why shouldn't a skilled work- er make ten thotfSarld a year? He's 'going to pay plenty of it in taxes. How can the,. governirient control inflation when the peo- ple demand more and more and more, while at the same time everybody is trying to get his snout into the trough. Why shouldn't -Indians get help so they can lift themselves out of the degradation and sq- ualor that has been •forced on them? Frustrated by poverty and lack of education, they eith- er cling to the communal life of the reserve, or venture_into the world, get ,,, a punch of discrim- ination rigt on the nose; and- escape to (lots of theiii do on the reserve, too, but what else is there to do? Weave bas. kets?) There's another group that -I feel for, a large one These are the elderly and the disabled. Sure, they get a pension. Try living on it, you middle-class cry-babies. Happiest of these are the. born In the Years Agone Sugar and Spice bums, who've always lived in a shack, never paid invest, insur- ance, and seldom rent They're in clover, proportionately. But they're poor. Perhaps the saddest portion of this group is the elderly cou- ples who work hard, never as- ked anyone for `anything and saved for their old age. They may have a small pension from the job, or even some savings bonds. And now, ready to spend a few golden years, their pen- sions and bonds are halved in value, their living costs tripled. They can't pay the taxes and have to sell the home they've sweated for and move into a couple of rooms. The reward for 30-40 years of -honest toil. .It's enough to make one join the hippies_ It's a great • country. But next time you start whining because you can't afford a . second car, think of the farmer whose wheat can't be sold, the plumber who cleans your stinking drains, the In,dian who fought in the war and can't get •a job, the doughty woman battling for her family, or the little old lady sitting al- one in a furnished room, living' on bread and tea until her cheq- ue 'Comes WIMassey-Ferguson MF 510/ MF 410 Combines SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY 17, 1969 What's Wrong With the, Weather From My Window — By Shirley J. Keller — We always find ourselves, tak- ing a new look at familiar sur- roundings. Sometimes your per- spective changes a bit when you see things through the eyes of another. An old fisherman at the tin- end of the pier sat bundled up in his old fi.sherrnan's jacket and cap. His fishing .rod and the rest of his gear was well worn from regular use. He was sprawled in a folding chair at the water's edge with a line in the lake and his mind on noth- ing but fishing. I couldn't help noticing the old plastic pall sitting beside him. It was half-filled with gas- ping perch that were too small to make worthwhile eating and too large to throw back in. Most amazing of all was 'the fact that of all the fishermen seated on the pier, only this one man was cat ping anything at all. `Why do you catch fish when nobody else does?" I asked. "Because they don't know how to fish," be stated curtly. Just, then he jerked sharply on his line and began reeling in an- other fish. "Da you fish. often?" I quer- ied. Was sprouting another set of ears. "I cut off their beads, I split the bellies. open, I .take out the grxis, I cut off the gills and I fry all the fish I catch in a good depth of oil," he told me "With • a bottle of wine, I have a meal fit for a king." "What kind of wine is best? I asked him. I wanted him to know that to be proper, you must serve certain kindS of wine with certain kinds of food. Fran- kly, I can't ever remember what goes with what, "White wine is the best," the old man offered as he hauled in another perch right before the eyes of his envious companions. "But if I only have red wine, that's what I use." He settled back in his chair, completely happy and content "Know how to catch worms?" he asked me after a while. "No," I said, ail the tithe thinking he probably dug them out of 'his garden. "You water a patch of ground and leave it for a while. Then a little later you take a flash light, cover the light with a red cloth and shine it onto the little moist spot you made," be told "Every day"" he granted as me. "There they'll be, stretched he dropped *rather one in the out and relaxed, males and to together, ready to be "What do you use for bait?" picked up in your fingers. No I asked, hoping to learn some- trouble at all." thing I didn't already suspect. "Worms are just like hum- "Ifinnows and worms," be an- ans," he mbttered wiliat's what swemd, "jure lie everybody i learned " else." I walked with a glow. I had "Do you oat all the flab you seen the world through the eyes catch?" I wondered, "Or do of a very simpie soul and I Ilk- you just dab for the sport of ed what I saw. There was no it?" greed, no malice, no rush, no He looked at use as though I fuss. •• Last evening my husband and I had one of our rare evenings 'out without any of the children. We spent it touring a nearby resort town on beautiful Lake . Huron. For someone who lives year round within walking distance of that body of fresh water, it is difficult to imagine there are really folks who are experienc- ing it for the first time. We took a stroll ottt to the end of the pier and while' we always • find it relaxing and quieting for frayed nerves, we are never quite prepared for those who gaze in awe and won- der at the vastness of the lake, the . whiteness of the sand, the magnificence of the harbour, the grace of the serignIts, the UNKI- (Ay of the trees, the colors of the smset the sweep of the landscape. "Charlie, has the romance gone out of our marriage?" "Well. 1 don't think were going to u}'* et the balance of naturor From The Huron Expositor July 21, 1944 Over three hundred neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholson, newly weds, tendered a reception to them at Jowett's. Pavilion, Hayfield- Mr. Harold Jackson read the , address and Elmer Cameron and Wilson McCartney presented them with a sofa bed and smok- er. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Praiser received word 'that their' son, Pte. Arthur Praiser bad been killed in action in France. Ile went overseas in 1942.-A Pte. Everett Felkar was pre- sented with a money belt by his fellow workers at Spence's Poultry Plant. • Messrs. Frank Kennedy re- ceived word that her husband had been severely wounded in the right forearm. He was a former member of the Beaver Hockey 'Club Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bennett have arrived in Walton from Dinsmore, Sask_, and intend making their home here. Messrs. D. H. Wilson and W. L Whyte are in Toronto attend- ing the annual meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge. 'A group of. friends surprised Mrs. Teresa Redmond of Dub- lin, in honor of her 83rd birth- day. • 0 • From The Huron Expositor July 18, 1919 Word' was received that Lome Hutchison of the Royal Flying Corps Lad arrived in 1fitchell from overseas_ Forty or,, fifty people ,motored to his father's home to welcome him. Mrs. James O. McLean of Kip- pen had the misfortune fall and bruise her shoulder badly. The pupils of Wass Antlie Govenlock gave a. recital in the Carnegie lainary. The .lotuses were well received as were alao the vocal solos by Miss Dorothy Wilson and Miss Mabel Turn- bull. Ralph Reid returned from overseas on Thursday last. Morley Habkirk, who recent- ly returned after nearly four. years overseas is visiting at the home of his father, John Hab- kirk. The London Road is receiving a heavy coating of graiel and many teams and men are busy at the work. F. Gutterridge, contractor, has filled a long felt want be" building on Market St, a' fine brick double house. Directly west Samuel Dulling is also building a neat and comfortable brick dwelling house. The old building at the south end of the Egmondville bridge has been pulled down and John Daly is using, the material in the construction of a more com- fortable dwelling. J. Scott, the genial superin- tendent of the Bell Telephone Company, says that Seaforth is the best telephone town of its size in Canada and he expects to have a night service here shortly. ` Arthur Porbei .has added a large carryall to his stock of. rigs- John Paul, manager of the flax mill here, has now eighty hands employed in pulling flax. Findlay McIntosh of Leadbury had a successful bee drawing pressed hay to Seaforth_ He had nearly 30 tons hauled. The garden party held at the Methodist Church parsonage at Kinburn, was a success_ The or= gain music by the Best brothers and others and the Seaford) brass band was much appreciat, ad. • From The Huron Expositor July 20, .1894 BOYES FARM SUPPLY The biggest time savers on the market ... Harvest corn in the morning ... beins in the afternoon . . . takes 5 minutes, or less with a little practice, to change headers. Saves lots of time between jobs ... detach table directly onto MF 9 Implement Carrier/Trailer ... you're ready to roll.