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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-08-14, Page 21 Encourage Letter Writers The Acton Free Press in a recent is- sue make's a'plea for more letters of op- inion on matters affecting the commun- ity it serves. It goes on to, enlarge on the matter of readers contributions and why some are rejected others altered. This newspaper is guided by the same principles and the Free Press comments which follow thus are applicable to the Expositor. The Free Press put it this. way: •Like most other newspapers, The Free Press desires to print news of in- terest to readers in this area, at the ;same time reserving the right to edit all copy and in some instances to reject part, of it. We particularly welcome letters to the editor for publication on the various issues which may pop up in town and district. We are 'glad to hear readers' view points on subjects which concern them and , we will print most of the let- ters we receive, although not necessarily in the week we receive them. However, as in the case of news re- ports we 'reserve the right to withhold publication. This is necessary to guard against publication of malicious or libellous- material which will get us in trouble with the•courts," as well as the Writer. These articles and letters are few and far between, but occasionally we do receive one. We may'agree with the opinions but if the writer is malicious or libellous The ,Free Press cannot be re- sponsible. The writer must sign his or her name' in any case, although a pseud- onym can be used ire the newspaper. Our news columns, except in the, case of signed articles, are relatively free of opinion. We like 'Straight honest repOrt- ing wth the stress on accuracy, although we are lenient when it conies to plugg- ing some community matters. The most frequent rejections are us- ually tiothing more than articles which are camoulflaged propaganda or adver- tising. Reams of it come to this desk from many sources and we file it in the waste paper basket. Sometimes; too, we must cut out advertising from local copy. We do not think it is necessary to explain that a newspaper cannot afford to, advertise free.. Advertising is the life- blood of the ,newspaper business. The •advertiser is the man who makes this newspaper possible. He provides the major part of the revenue to keep the country's newspaper going. A much higher -percentage of news and advertising appearing in home town weeklies is actually' read than that ap- pearing in the metropolitan daily or a national magazine. One-half of all the retail buying in Canada is done in small centres served by weeklies. In the past year the readership of the weeklies has increased more than any other news media. These facts are supported by an in-. dependent survey and make the weekly newspaper one of, the most attractive market places for the man who is in- tereste'd in getting his message 'across to prospective customers. Sugar and Spice won firpositor WIRN BIRD, WE HAD ONE BUIIPIN-9 WAS A 100* TO FLY FROM - TO T. NEU! it was supposed to indicate a trip. If they hunched-UP/Pother-he a big blob that was taken to mean that tine who, bad'sipped from that cup would soon be a part of a large gathering. • Tea leaves that stuck to the side of the cup in the shape of au object, like a ring or a box or 'a bow were. believed to hold some secret message for the soul who drank from its rim, but now that tidy tea bags have be- come a normal part of everyday living, all . that after-dinner excitement has been forgotten. I guess that's why the horo- scope means so much to me. It fills that wisely gap between the present and the future. I tell myself I don't take it serious- ly but I never pick up the pap- er, without turning to that page where my destiny is chartered in black and white.' To make it worse, my pining son Is a horoscope nut. He even buys the magazine they print about' the trends for a Whole • month. In them you can see what you should eat, what you should wear, what kind of moods you can expect, everything! It leaves ' nothing to the imagination ex- cept frying to imagine what all the hidden meanings really say. I guess it runs in the family. From grandmother to mother to SOIL It probably . denotes in- security or something worse but there just isn't anything you can do about it once you get the horoscope hug. . What is my horoscope for to- day? You • won't believe it. It says: Your feeling may lead you -to go beyond reason. Reconsider when somebody suggets that you are overly enthusiastic. 1 haven't beea a horoscope fete very loqg, maybe two or three Years, but simply amazed at the Wilber of people who share my interest. I'm what you might call a skeet cal horoscope reader. I would much rather read the lit- tle paragraph under my sigh the' day afterl rather than the day before. I like to apply the mean- ing of qv horoscope to things as they actually did occur- rather than to try to' imagine what to- morrow has in store for me. But just about everybody reads the daily horoscope column in the newspaper. Some like me take it very lightly.. Others re- fuse to make a move without. first consulting its wisdom. I don't remember whether or not there was a horoscope col- umn in the papers my mother read before her death a decade and a half ago. If there had been, you can bet she was one who would have put a great deal of faith in the words of Jeane Dixon, or someone like her, I grew up in a house where fortune tellers were considered to be rather sacred people. Al- though they always frightened , me to some extent, fortune tel- lers made my mother's day brighter. She seemed 'to need that mystical kind of reassur- ance fortune tellers often give that something good is :about. to happen very soon. My mother herself was a kind of self-made fortune teller. After every meal• she read the tea leaves. She even taught me some of her tricks. I, can remember that if the tea leaves trailed off one after the other in some sort of a line a WHY IS THE PRINTED WORD SO IMPORTANT IN ADVERTISING? MINIS 11:111 'Ich It's Permanent 41 It's Believable It's Clear , The Newspaper is the GREATEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM for many rea- sons. One of them is that it carries the power of, the printed word. People believe in a , message that is perManent — one that is written, They ,. under- stand it better. Also the newspaper, because of its permanence, lets the read- er choose his or her own time for abiorbing the message. And once put down it can always be picked up again. _The mes-, sage that lives is the One that is written in the newspaper. gin liuron fxpositor other points sold at Seaforth station on. August 10th which was Civic Holiday. • A. J. Bright and W. Ament caught '90 fine front, in about 5 hours, in a. stream in East Wa.wanosh, near Belgrave. James 'Beattie has completed draining of his grove and it is now one of the best' drained . portions of the town. Miss Effie McKay and Mrs. D. MeKin.non were driving to Seaforth, when opposite Mr. Leatherland's place, a cyclist caught. up to them. This fright- ened, Miss McKay's horse, and it ran away, upsetting the buggy and throwing the occupants out. Miss McKay was rendered un- conscious and Mrs. McKinnon escaped with slight injuries. W. Adams of Seaforth, thresh- ed on the Foley-,farm in Ribbed, 23 loads of wheat, 5 loads of oats and one load of peas, in four and a half hours. John Thirsk' of Blake, is mak- ing extensive alterations and im- provements in connection with his grain crushing establishment here. He is putting in a cider mill and has purchased a 'large boiler ,arid engine with which to drive his machinery. Some ten years ago, when Messrs. A. G. VanEgmond and sons rebuilt .and enlarged their woollen mill,' the town gave them a loan of $5,000 for ten years free from interest, This loan came due on the 31 'st of this month, put they repaid the whole 'amount this week. There was quite an exciting time down, by„ the railway track, east of town when sparks from a locomotive got into some grain on John Devereaux's' firm. The fire swept over a field, burning a couple of loads of oats and a good deal of fencing. Dr. R. W. Bruce Smith of this town has been appointed medic- al officer at Orchard House, Hamilton, Insane' Asylum. He was selected from a list of 51 applicants. August 15, 1919 Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King is leader of the Liberal Party in Canada. He was select- ed by the- National Convention after a close contest, to succeed the late Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Solomon Sharman a promin- ent and highly respected pioneer of McKilbp, passed 'away un- expectedly. Miss Mabel Turnbull . has ac- cepted a' position as teacher in the Huntsville school. k There was a very large attend- _ ance at the auction sale 'of W. Govenlock, the residence and chattels all being sold. J. J. Mer- ner M. P. purchased the resid- ence ..for $4,300. Mr. and Mrs. Govenlock and their, grandson, Gray Parker have left far Van- cOuver where they will make thr ir future home. Mrs. liobert. Bell -and ' Miss Anna, left 9n a trip, to Seattle, Washington. They tbok the boat from Port Mellichol and expect to be gone several months. John Habkirk, Market St. pur- Chased Mr. Merner's residence an the corner of John and Spar- ling Sts. W. J. Duncan has purchased the residence of G. A. Sills, op- posite Victoria Park, Mr. Sills is erecting a new residence on John St. on the site ,of the cot- tage formerly owned by him. The, War Veterans Day cele- brations was all that itwas plan- ned and expected to be, a huge success. Main St. never 16oked better, 'the decorations and col- ored lights being very attractive. Zurich and Seaforth played a game of ball, Zurich winning by a score of 13-7. The after noon program consisted of a large and attractive parade headed by the Clinton Kiltie Band, • the the Henderson Highlanders Band, pipers, dancers, calithum- plans, a camoflaged and Circus parade which was a great merry maker, and the 161st Battalion Band, the citizens Band, The winner of the car was Mr. Bel- Cher of Goderich. 'Tea and meals were served on the grounds. In the evening a. dance took place on the pavement oli1VIain St. and a happy strong of merry makers kept things going until the small hours of the morning. Joseph Arden has sold his 100 acre farm on the 9th con- cession of Morris to John• Mars- hall of Walton for the sum of 0,000. 1 • Since 1860, Serving the Community First • Matted at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MeLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd ANDREW Y. M01,4FAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newstraper 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 ' There are lots of things which most of us take for granted and high on the list is that kids who are growing up in towns like Seaforth or Clinton have a pretty good knowledge of the rural scene. We assume, since they live next door, that while they may not be authorities they have an idea of what happens on a farm. We expect that at some point- in their lives, even though they may have :been around but very few years they would have gained some knowledge of the usual farm animals. But apparently this isn't so as Mrs. Ken Williams, a teacher in the Clinton school has learned. Discovering that 14 of her 40 kinder- garten pupils had never seen inside a What They Find On the Farm SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, August 14, 1969 barn she decided this was an omission that must be corrected before summer holidays. The childrens impressions, now made public, must have been as surprising to Mrs. Williams as were the cows to the children. These are the conclusions the kids reached. ' Cows don't bite people Cows have big soft eyes. Cows can stick their tongue up their noses. Cows don't hit at you with their tails when you walk behind them. Cows give lots of milk. Cows are really big — almost as big as our teacher. To The Edith': Huron A/PP Discusses Assessment Act Changes bage collection, etc. Your editorial made refer- ence to the farm assessment committee, established by' the Minister of Municipal Affairs, which will prepare recommend- ations for a base upon which working farms should be taxed under the provincial reassess- ment program to evaluate all properties at market values. This particular step recognizes that farm properties should receive special treatment, The farm assessment committ- ee's recommendations will pro- vide to' the' provincial ovens- ment before Queen's Park takes over . the assessment function from the municipalities on Jan= uary •1, 1970. There will be plenty of time, of course, tolm- plement the committee's pro- posals before re-assessment tak- es effect. Quite properly, some misgiv- ings have been. expressed over the costs that will be incurred by the province in taking over the , assessment function from the municipalities, particularly in areas where county systems have been established. I suggest- it is necessary to evaluate these costs against the results that ls' rr,t,ols" FrcOn Shirley J. An unexpected guest My young brother and I are verj close. We always have been. We slept in the same bed for years, shared the same. teachers in school, spent our, summers together at the fami- ly cottage, and fought furiously about such things as who was going to get the bike that day. Even the war didn't keep us apart. We both served • in the air force and trained as fighter pilots, soMetimes at the same stations. We were T both shot down. We ended the war with the same rank. The only real difference was that he could put the letters DF.C. after his name. But I was able to counter that with horror tales about prison camp. ' Yes, we've been very close. So close that we sometimes re- member to send a cat& at Christ- mas. And we .make a point of corresponding •• every three or four years. Mid at least once a decade we have a visit. It happened this past week- end. There's a lot to "get caught up on" when you meet your lit- tle brother so seldom And boy, did we get caught apt He arrived Friday evening in his colonel's uniform, ablaze with ribbons. That night we got caught up until 5 ant. on• Sat, urday. Saturday night we did even betlf, getting caught up Until 7:30 in the Sunday tem. And Sunday night we got caught up until 1:30 a.m., Vim by Bill Smiley thanks to a merciful providerice, he had to leave to •catch a bus to catch a plane back to Colorado Springs and the panic buttons. I learned a lot of things. That I still awed him• $9 for my share of the bike. That his only child has married a very wealthy En- , glishman and has cars, dogs, ser- ' vants, the works. It's only money in the entire family connection," as far as I know, but I can't see how I'm going to get 'my hands on any of it. And I learned (this is .how close our family is) that a fa- vorite uncle of •mine had died a month ago. Uncle Omar had reason to detest me. As an in- fant, I had cried lustily and steadily throughout his marriage,- which took place at my parents' honie. But he forgave, and offered a big helping hand on a couple of occasions when I needed it like plasma. A male-skinner in World War 1, he worked hard all his life, did well, had 'a loved and loving family and died at 76. A good life. ,. My kid brother and I conjured up a host of forgotten faces and incidents, most of them funny. The Incidents, that ls, not the faces. We had some good sport talking Ottawa Valley English; which Is unique on this or any other continent We recalled with pride Mountain Jack Thom- peon, a great-uncle who was the terror of the lumber camps. The only man who could liek• him was his brother, my grandfather. • -• Perhaps I should envy the young brother, He's had an px- citing, roving life 'in Europe and North America. He is com- pletely bilingual, in excellent health and will be retiring on a fairly fat pension. But I don't. I wouldn't want to a serviceman, even a col- onel, put on the shelf in my prime. He has no home, a scat- ered family, and must sort him- self out for a •new life at •a time when most of us are easing off a little. Does he envy me? I live a comfortable, middle-class life, own my own home, have a good job and any two rotten kids. No, he wouldn't touch it with a ten- foot pole. And perhaps that's Why we get along so well. Noerevy, which can be. a destroying fele- Merit in any relationship. just brothers who are completely different in outlook and temp- erament, but retain the warmth of childhood affection and shar- ed experience. Another reason we get along well, of course; is that we see each other so seldom. There should be a lot more of this (that is, not seeing each other) among families. They'd last' longer and, finish stronger. But next time he visits, I think I'll arrange for a couple of hospital beds in advent.. We'd never make it through an- other weekend of "getting cau- ght up." , Dear Sir I felt it might be helpful to provide a few comments in re- sponse to the Expositor's edit- orial of June 19 entitled "Move to Adjust Assessments". You may recall that the suggestion was made that "for too long farmers have been subsidizing the urban type property that to an increasing extent is growing up in what until 'recently have been rural municipalities." I think it is fair to point out, at the' outset, that working farms in Ontario have received a preferred basis for assessment for many years. 'Under Subsection, (3) of Sec- tion 35 of the present Assess- ment Act, the assessor, in the valuation of the working farms, gives consideration only to the sale value of working farms. He does not consider sales of lands and buildings to persons whose principal occupancy is not farm- ing. Farms are the only proper- ties entitled to this considerat- ion. Under Section 37 of The Ass- essment Act; farm lands may be granted partial exemption from taxation for some municipal ex- penditures such as sewers, gar- August 18, 1944 Over one hundred merhbers of the congregations of St. Thomas Church, Seaforth, and St. 'Marys Church, Dublin met in, the Parish Hall, Seaforth to say good-bye to Rev.' Dr. Hui-- ford, Mrs.. Hurford and Miss Jean and to honour them before leaving for their new home in London. H. G. Meir acted as chairman and an address was read by R. G. Parke. Mr. Thos. Jackson and Mr. Corman . of Dublin presented 'Dr. Hurford with a brief case, and a purse of money. Mrs. J. A. Case present- ed Mrs. Hurford with a crystal plate, while tMiss 'June Shaw,' presented her with a bouquet. The presentation of a purse and flowers was made to Miss Jean, by Jean Agar. D. M. Beattie formerly of Sea- forth and now of London has been appointed associate chief Grading and InspectiOn Services, Dairy Products Jahn Montgomery of Winthrop had a narrow escape from ser- ious injuries when he fell from a load of sheaves he was hauling in. Wm. J. Bell. and Robert Coop- er of Kippen have left to assist with the harvesting in the west. Two sea gulls were playing tug of war with cat-gut fishing line equipment with four large hooks, each hook holding a fish for bait at Hayfield. When they landed on the shore they both were exhausted. Some of the're- sidents went over to them and found both with two fish hoops in their throats. They lay quietly for 30 minutes on their backs while the hooks were removed. August 17th, 1894 What Might have been a very serious fire to some of the nei- ghbors at Kippen, when a spark from •the engine of a train set fire to Mr. Kettle's fence, which was noticed by R. B. McLean, who apistied pails of water and soon made things secure, . Dr. Minion, dentist, ,has now get comfortably' located in his,. new quarters in Eidd's block, over Mr. Pickards store. There were 67 tickets, to Tor- onto, 27 to Goderieh, and 22 to will be achieved in terms of fair play for the individual tax- payer and in the ,development of a sound assessment base for each municipality. In considering costs, one must take into account current loss- es in municipal revenue because of properties improperly ass- essed'or not assessed at all. An- other • factor that is often over- looked is the expenditures that might have been necessary for the . Assessment Branch of the Department of Municipal Affairs to supervise reassessment under county or municipal syStems. These costs, which will be ab- sorbed in the new organization, would have included the prepar- ation of manuals of valuation technique, the development of training programs, and the act- ual training of assessors. I trust' these comments will be received in the construct- ive spirit in which they are pre- sented in, an effort to assist our people to appreciate the import- ance of the new assessment pro- gram. Yours sincerely Charles 1VfacNaughton M.P.P. — Huron In the Years Agone