The Huron Expositor, 1969-08-28, Page 2Eon ositor
Since 1860, Serving the Communitg,,firet
-Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd
"Recently, a local woman missed death
by a hair's breadth at the intersection of
Wellington and Queen Sts. A car shot
out from a parking spot on Queen, Zoo-
med around the corner south of Well-
.ington and if the woman had not stop-
ped, would have draped her body pre-
sumably someplace around the top ledge
of. the Provincial Savings Office. -
This is not by any means the first
complaint of erratic driving and sheer
blatant disregard for the safety of ped-
estrians we have heard about, or wit-
nessed, within recent months at the
two down-town main intersections. It
would appear "that 'an active campaign
by police in these areas, with a special
eye to the safety • of pedestrians, is in
order.
For unknown . reasons, pOSsibly some-
thl-h-g to do with 'body chemistry,. many
drivers revert from normal, peaceful
citizens to
they
th oughtlessness the
n1iniite they sit behind a steering wheel.
Perhaps the only "shock" treatment to
cure the "diseit'se" or whatever it is,
will , be the handing' out of 4.‘. few stiff
fines or loss of driving points. (St.
Marys -Journal A rgros )
In the Years Agone
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, August 28, 1969
Sawing 'Logs
When much of what is now Hullett
and McKillop was virgin bush,- pioneer
residents depended on near at hand
facilities to, aid them in converting the
trees they were cutting down into timber
and boards they could use in erecting
their early buildings. Typical was the
Thompson sawmill which John Thomp-
son began operating in l869 on his farm
In IVIcKillop, 1860
at lot 30 con. 7 McKillop. Much• of the
lumber that went into many of the
barns still standing in that area
was sawn-at the Thompson mill. Mr.
Thompson depended on teams of horses
as well as a team of oxen, seen in the
picture, to provide power to move the
logs - into position for sawing. (Photo
courtesy, Mrs. John Thompson).
From the Old Files
WE SELECT JO _ IMO
While Seaforth has been without
parking meters for some weeks now
while street construction work is in
progress, it won't be long before the
familiar regulators are back, silently
doing their duty at their old stand on
the edges of the new sidewalks.
Perhaps this would be as good a time
as any — before the meters again are
in position — to draw attention to a
happy procedure that is followed in Hal-
ifax.
"That city issues courtesy tickets to
motorists who inadvertantly ignore
parking and other minor traffic, regul-
ations.
While some of us, who perhaps, are
more familiar than other's with parking
meters and the demands they can make
on our pockets, might like to 'see court-
esy tickets issued to all and sundry, we
realize this isn't common sense. So it
is, that in Halifax a green ticket is re-
served for visitors. It is headed "Wel-
come Visitor!"
The text, reads: "You have violated
one of our local traffic rules. Realiz-
ing the difficulty of conforming to
different traffic regulations in var-
ious cities, in this instance, as a wel-
come visitor, YOU ARE EXCUSED.
"We want your stay in Halifax to
be as pleasant as possible. Traffic re-
gulations are necessary in the public
interest. A short summary of local
rules is printed on the back .of this
ticket. Please be careful in future.
When in doubt, inquire of police.
"Historic Halifax extends to you a
cordial greeting and we trust you will
find it convenient to, come often. Do
not hesitate to make inquiries of our
officers."
So that visitors don't make a habit of
ignoring the regulations and take ad-
vantage of the good nature of the city
fathers, a note reminds Motorists that
a .record is kept of the infraction. The
message of course could be altered so
that it would reflect the-situation here.
Perhaps this i3 something council
might consider -in Seaforth.
The loss in revenue would be of little
consequence and certainly nothing to
be compared to the gOod., will and im-
proved public relatiOn which would re-
sult.
It's Up to the Pedestrians
A Small Token of Good Will
From The Huron Expositor
Sept. 1, 1944
Capt. Frank 7. M. Archibald of
'VVOodstock. son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. R, Archibald, Tuckersmith, "
has been awarded the Military
Cross for gallantry in action in
•2' Italy.
in spite of rather cool weath-
er; the annual frolic sponsored
by the Srucefield Patriotic So-
ciety attracted hundreds of
people.
A group of ladies from the
Women's Institute and the Red
Cross made 432 pounds of apple
jelly to help feed the hungry in
Britain.
Quiltings are the Order of
the day at Constance. Mrs. Jack
Carter and Mrs. EPhriam Clark
each held one.
Mrs. Arthur McQueen of
Brueefield pleasantly entertain•
ed friends and neighbors at a
shower for the bride-to-be, Ely-
' abeth Alkenhead.
Miss Lois Moffatt, RCAF (WD)
hospital assistant, left from
Brucefield for Vancouver, BC,
where she will be posted.
Rev, Vincent C. Eckert,. CSB,
son of Mrs. 'P. Eckert, Dublin
and the late Peter Eckert, cele-
brated his first Solemn High
Mass at his native church, at
St. Columban on Sunday.
A Harvard plane from Cen-
tralia Air -Port, crashed on Dick
Kinsman's farm, five miles east
I Henson after catching fire
While in the air.
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Prom The Huron Expositor
' Aug. 29th, 1919
The barn, driving shed, pig
pen and other out buildings
With the entire season's crop on
the farm at John Denholm, Hut
lett fit., near Bleb, were total-
k9deitrnYttr fire.
13,46 Robeit itell'reigne and
libiesher OSSepeop
has shipped
Wit' to the Toronto
Skate*
A large reception was held at
the hothe of G. Butson, Staffa,
in honor of his son ; Leslie But-' '
son and his bride.
A large number from Beech-
wood, gathered' at the home of
Mrs. John Maloney to welcome ,
home Pte. Louis P. Maloney
from overseas.
The Seaforth Branch of the
GWY,A. have every reason to
feel proild of the magnificent
way in which the people of
town and surrounding district
turned out for the Veteran's
Day
Mr. August Sanders of Blyth
has a novelty in the way of a
sun flower' in his garden. The
stalk= stands almost nine cfeet
and there are 40 sun flowers
and buds on it.
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From The Huron Expositor
Aug. 31, 1294
A large and dangerous bush
fire has been raging in,„ the_
swamp in the Township of Hay
for the past fcw days. The air
has been filled with smoke-
The other day, Wm. Campbell
son of the clerk of Hullett, was
hauling manure when part of
the load slipped and he fell to
the ground, injuring his shoul-
der.
We learn by the Toronto news
that Thos., Soole, an old Seaforth
boy and a graduate of the Ex-
positor office, has been Present-
ed by Fred Foster, also a Sea-
forth boy, with a magnificent
diamond ring, as a memento of
the time they were boys in the
old salt towns .
Miss Jennie Barr, daughter of
Rev. Matthew Barr of liarpur-
hey, has secured a good posi-
tion as teacher in the Grimsby
High School.
The residence of Ed Papple
on the Mill Road, Tuckersmith,
Was struck by lightning. The
chimney wan shattered and the
brick wall damaged but no one
was injured,
About.'300 acres of bush land
in McKillop, near Beechwood
has been burned over this week
and a lot of valuable timber
destroyed.
' The contract for the removal
of the town weigh scales to the
new market grounds and the
erction of a new building to
cover them has been awarded
to James R. Wright for $355.00.
Another of Huron's pioneers
has passed away. John Daly of
Egmondville died at the resi-
dence of his son Thomas, at the
age of 80.years. He left his na-
tive city,. Limerick, Ireland and
came -to Canada 54 years ago.
Huge straw. stacks are now
the most noticeable objects in
the• barn yards of McKillop- The
mid-day heat and the dust from
the grain renders threshing any-
thing but pleasant. While the
Dodds'Bros, were threshing oats
on James Cowan's farm, the
dust became so dense that they
had to cut a large hole ,in the.
barn roof to allow it agress.
Lightning struck the 'barn of
John 'McAsh of the Parr Line.
The barn and stable were a
mass nf flames in a few minutes.
There were about 2,000 bushels
of grain and 20 tons of hay in
the building.
(This is the first in a series
that will appear'Irom time' to
time and which will recall -ev-
ents of the past as recorded in
files the Huron Expositor.)
September 4. 1896
"Mr. Frank Gutteridge is Put-
ting down a piece of .granlithic
pavement for the west side of
Main. Street, between Market
street and the south corner of
the post office block: (This cor
ner is now owned and occupied
by Phillips Bros.) The work is
being done for the town, the
propery owners agreeing to
one-third of the cost. We hope
to see the- whole..of afain.Stireet.
on both' sides, laid in the same
way It would prove cheapest in
the, end"
The next Spring we find Coun-
cil authorizing another patch pf
pavement to be laid from Pick.
ard's store (the present site "Of
Geo'. A. Sills and Sons) north
ward on the west side of Main
Street as far as Mr. J. L Smith's
store (presumably as far as John
street./
4.ppareotly the editor of the
It's a free country That's
why I shrugged my shoulders in
that Ottawa camp and told my
hippie neighbor I could hardly
care less if he "tagged along"
to the changing of the guard
with us.
And I didn't really care. I
had heard there were so many
people on an average summer
morning out front of the par-
'liament buildings that you
could scarcely move One or
two hippies on my tail would
certainly - go unnoticed, I rea-
soned. ,
The drive to the parliament
buildings along the Ottawa Riv-
er was very pleasant. Except
for our two rather strange
friends who kept darting in and
out of traffic in their somewhat
rattley car, we felt quite assur-
ed and proud.
About the only place to park
the car was in a public park-
ing lot- The cost was $1.25,
"We'll lose them now for
sure," I whispered to my hus-
band. "They will never be able
in this way so long in fact that,
we fear many of the present
generation will not reap much
benefit from the completed
improvement. Walks of this des-
eription may very fairly be look-
ed upon as i'ermanent improve;
ments and we would suggest to
the council' the. advisability of
taking steps to have the whole ,
work done at once. If they Were
to make an estimate of the cost
of a walk 'on each side of Main
Street from the station to God-
°rich' Street. and then submit
a by-law for a vote of the rate;
payers, extending the payment
over a period of, say twenty
years, and providing for pay-
ment by private property own-
CPS, also in instalments, the
work could be done at once.
we would have the benefit' of
the improvements now, and the
burden 'would not be much. if
any heavier than it will be by
the method which the 'council
,is now pursuing. We believe the
citizens would sanction a scheme
of this kind. as it would be
better and cheaper than tinker-
Window
J. Keller —
camp about lunch time.
Sure enough, at noon the fel
lows were back at camp with
their groceries — a case of diet
pop, a can of soup, a can of
Kiik, a jar of sandwich spread,
a shaker of pepper and a loaf
of bread
r had pork chops cooking on
the stove- Along with potatoes,
peas, salad and butter tarts for
dessert it was a pretty substan-
tial meal.
The boys sat quietly while we
finished our meal,
"Have you guys eaten?" I cal-
led across the gap.
"Oh sure," they chorused.
"Would you like something
else?" I asked.
"Only if it is going to waste,"
said one.
That was the beginning of a
beautiful friendship. The boys
sat round our table and gave us
a good lesson on that old adage,
"Don't Judge A Book By The
Cover!"
That afternoon they took the
kids swimming One of the boys
mg away with wooden walks,
as we have been doing for
twenty-five years, and not be
any more expensive than the
piece meal •policy which the
council now ''proposes".
The Sarnia Observer in 1898
looks at the relative value and
cost of plank versus concrete
sidewalks and decides among
other things that outside of the
nosiness centre- and principal
streets that three foot walks are
sufficient, otherwise five foot
walks can'be laid down for one
dollar per square" yard.. He says
'They are free from-the object-
ions that 'make plank walk a
gradually increasing nuisance
. from the time they are laid un-
til they fall to pieces through
decay and have to be' torn up
and replaced." S'"
We might say, in passing that
Seaforth's first, piece of side
walk was the cause of several
accidents during the frosty
weather. It -had been finished too
smoothly and a little frost would
convert it into an icy. surface.
This was corrected and furnish-
ed a lesson to future operations.
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was a former lifeguard and he
took time Out to give my son. a
few swimming pointers.
At dinnertime that evening,
they ate their meager supper
which was bolstered by tidbits
from our table and some mor-
sels fror the pantry of our
Hamilton neighbors.
Over a game of cards that @
night we learned that both boys
had been raised in the heart of
Toronto, neither smoked or
drank (they didn't say whether
or not they had ever experiment-
ed) and each one had a pro-
found respect for law and., or-
der.
In the morning I didn't wait
4o see what the boys would
break out for breakfast. I in-
vited them over for scrambled
eggs; toast and jam and -coffee.
"We don't want to impok,"
they told me.
"You're not imposing," I re-
torted, "Maybe someday some-
one will feed my son when he's
a little shed of cash, Maybe it
will even he you,"
and
SPICE
by 1311i Smiley
The kids are pathetic
It's been a rough ousumer for
a lot of people, including scow
truly. There's nothing like Set-
ting home, iishauated,' after a
trip and finding a) that your
wife has lost the house key and
you have to break in through
a cellar window, and b) that an
oak limb 40 feet long and ten
inches thick has fallen moo
your hydro tines during a storm.
'However, these are minor
things. I got into the house with
no more than a Scraped knee
and a bad temper, and a good
neighbor had climbed up.,-.and
sawed the limb in two, allowing
half of it to crash down on my
fence.
But Oils is a mere bagatelle
compared to what others have
gone through. Teachers are sup-
posed• to recharge their batteries
during the summer vacation, and
hit school in September tanned,
fit and bursting with idealism.
We'll be lucky to open this
fall, the way our staff is fold-
•ing up- A hernia and a heart
attack, a total collapse from ex:
haustion, various slipped discs
and other ailments, have deci-
mated the ranks. All I have is a
touch of heartburn, and I attrib-
ute that to a couple of days of
Bloody Marys for breakfast, see-
ved by friends we were Visiting.
It's been a bad summer for a
lot of parents. First, two kids 1
met on a visit to the old home
town, told me nonchalantly that
they'd flunk their first year at
College, Their parents weren't
quite so ,nczchalant. Apoplectic
is the word.
Same day I met an old friend
who was at, his cottage, They'd
left one son at hOme, working.
The night before, my .friend'had
received, a call from the police
in his home town. They had
raided a big teen-age party. At
his place.
A friend of my daughter, a
pretty,, blonde 17-year-old, had
a stroke and her right sick is
paralyzed. No need to ask how
her family feels.
A distraught mother told me
three weeks ago that her 14-
year old daughter had disapp-
eared, run off with another kid.
She phoned, collect, this week
from Vancouver, Alive, but who
knows what she's been doing?
The lady is a good mother, in
every way. Has two daughters,
one a fine, steady girl, the other
a young rip, Why?
And everywhere you see
them on the highways, dirty,
bearded, long-haired. Hitchhik-
ing from• nowhere to ,nowhere.
Some of .them cluster in
"communes" in 'the big cities.
A commune is usually a fall-
ing-down house in a sluni area.
'It has a- kitchen of sorts, a toil
et that works occasionally, and
the rest of the floor space
covered by mattresses and sleep-
ing-bags.
Theoretically, everyone con-
tributes for food, rent and
chores In reality there are us-
--ually two or three working and
the 'rest just drift in and out
like alley cats. This produces
personality clashes and hassles
and a very unhealthy psycholo-
gical atmosphere. Add drugs to
this boar's nest' and you have
some pretty sick young people.
They claim they're opting out
of a sick society, Work is a dir-
ty word. They are meditating,
seeking a higher spiritual life.
There's a lot of talk about vib.
rations and Buddha and pure
love for everyone, All this in
a pig-pen?
The young people are rather
pathetic, but I grieve more fof
their parents, who simply don't
know how to c6pe with a way
of thinking and living so alien
to their -own- They are loving,
frustrated and helpless.
And I save a little pity for
myself.- Got a letter from my
daughter, from Montreal, tell-
ing me cheerfully that she had
one cent. Wired her some mon-
ey yesterday. Got a collect call
this morning, saying she could-
n't cash it because she had no
proof of identity. Phoned the
Montreal telegraph office, told
them. It was OK to-cash it. No
Can do. Confirmation •had to
come from our total wire office.
Called them, got off a _wire and
presumably she cashed in, as
she hasn't called back yet.
So, the original bite, plus two
wires, 'plus two long.distauce
calls to Montreal. Should all
kids, at birth, be placed out on
a lonely hillside for the ihep.
- herds to adopt? We might be
flooded with shepherd's pie, bid
it would certainly make Life a
lot simpler:
-Expositor dislikes- this method
of construction as he .writes in
the -paper Of May 7, 180.
GranolitMe Sidewalks. • LaSt
;.cur the town council laid down
a granolithic or concrete side
walk on Main Street, in front of
the block from the post office
to the corner of --Market Street.
This was done as an experiment
The town paid ,for tiro thirds
the cost and the owners of the
properly for one-third. The walk
has stood the winter well and
has given the best satisfaction.
There is little. doubt bit it will .
endure while, the world stands ,
-if no earth:0'14T or Ither subl
terra n ti IA( rha nee occurs
to interfere with it We under-
stand that the town council
contemplates building some
more in the same manner this
year, with the intention that the
work be continued year by year
in this way until both sides of,
Main Street are laid with this
material, the cost being paid out
of current revenue as the work
proceeds. This is all very good
but it will take a long, time to
get the whole street completed
From My
— By Shirley
to ,turn up enough scratch."
(Whoops, I thought, I've caught
their terrjble language!)
Wrong again, The boys mer-
rily pulled into the parking lot
and gingerly paid the attendant
the fee.
• We started out for 'the six
,block stroll to the parlraffient
buildings. The• lads were no-
where in sight until we hit the
huge lawn in front of Canada's
'government house. Suddenly
they were right behind us.
I looked at them almost un-
believing Standing there with
us were two fairly respectable.
well-groomed young men. They
told us they had changed their
clothes before attending such
an important ceremony, ,
Sure, the beard and the long
hair was the same but somehow
they looked tidy. I was genuine-
ly surprised.
We took the tour 'through
the parliament buildings. The
boys said they were going to
browse through some art gall-
eries and meet Os back at the
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