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This scene from Belden's Atlas of 1879 indi-
cates the business activity that existed at Winthrop
at that time.' According to the Atlas "Winthrop, on
the Seaforth and •Bruce County turn-pike, is five
miles north east of the former place, and has daily
Mail by stage both Ways. There are two large steam
mills (grist 'and saw), store, Dominion Telegraph
office, cheese factory, church" and school."
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Since 1860, Serving the Community First ,
Pubillaba4at iilIMPORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd.
The Anron (Expositor ra NEVER UNDERSTAND WOMEN!
FOR 'MO ItiSOVITAS MOM'S SEEN GRUMPY
EVERY KORNING,..-PrIIS MORNING SHE'S
ALL SMILES !
ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor
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Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, September 4, 1969
Its Been a Grand Summer
While the end of summer doesn't ar-
rive officially for another three weeks,
to all intents and purposes with the pas-
sage of Labor Day, the season is over.
True, there will be many more wond-
erful days; some of which will be as
warm as any in August. But there will
be a chill in the evenings and in the
mornings that suggests of changes not
too far in the future.
The weather is a factor but even
more responsible in closing the door on
summer are the activities in which we
now are engaged. •
The kids are back to school, the cot-
tages are closed except for odd weekends
when the weather permits. Most of us
have had our holidays except those lucky
ones who will take a month or two in
Florida next winter ; and even they
probably managed to fit in a few days
of relaxation during July or August.
The round of Fall activities is at hand
with organizations vieing with each oth-
er for a free night in which to hold
a meeting. Fall fairs already have be-
gun and will be a weekly feature in the
area for some weeks.
It has been a good summer with prob-
ably the 'most consistently warm plea-
sant days we have had in many years.
Not for some summers have we been
able to sit outside evening after evening
and yet find little inconvenience because
of hot, humid nights.
While the weather, as far as many of
us are concerned, has been perfect there
are others in the community who are
concerned at the continued dry spell.
And' well they might be for lack of
moisture in recent weeks is creating
many hardships for area farmers.
While in the immediate district lack
of moisture is serious enough,' farmers
in other parts of .Huron are in even
greater difficulties. Crops in many
cases have suffered, apples and fruits
are in short supply., Pasture is at a pre-
ium and many wells have dried' up or
are producing water on a limited basis.
Those of us in the towns are happy
enough to enjoy the kind of summer we
have had but not at the expense of our
rural friends. Some nice showers Would
be good -for all of us.
Short Trips Can Be Dangerous
Still we caution farmers to be ever
alert when using the public highways for
the conveyance of farm equipment from"
one location to another. Since these are
most generally slow moving vehieles,
they must not only bear the proper sign
advising motorists of this fact, they
Should also ride the shoulders of the
road whenever possible to avoid deadly
traffic delay.
One other nuisacice — and potential
Farmers are a great bunch of folks.
They are hardworking genuine people
who certainly play an all-important role
in the economy of this entire commun-
ity.
We realize how busy they are too,
especially at this time of year when the
harvest is in full swing and time seems
to be of the essence.
hazard — is the short-hop from one
laneway to another, perhaps less than
one:quarter of a mile down the road.
Today's farmers often have second
barns on the farms adjacent to their
own. They may use the family car as ,
transportation from one barn to the
other at chore time, for instance.
With minds intent on the job at hand,
the farmer will -sometimes, -011 otit
• (safely perhaps) in front of a row of
cars moving at a speed limit only to slow
down and pull off the highway a few
yards down the road.
We wonder if in courtesy to through
traffic and in Consideration of his own
safety, the farmer would be much wiser
to wait until the traffic has cleared to
make his short-hop to the other barn.
(.Exeter Times Advocate),
Sugar and Spice
About garbage and all that
Summer wanes, and so does
the sky, and so do I. How and
why., do we wane? The summer
wanes with sadness and dignity,
as is her custom. The sky wanes
regularly. And I wane Violently.
Some people grow benevolent
and kindly as they get older. I
just get more:violent. I hope I
turn out to be ad Angry Old
Man, And I know if I
can just hang on long enough to
get old„It's a world to turn
anyone, even a gentle, sweet
chap like myself, ca bit savage.
Don't think I'm just getting
crotchety. I've been crotchety
for years. You hear people going
around all over Canada saying,
"My, isn't that Smiley crotche-
ty?" And others replying. "Yes
crotchety is the word. If, there's
a word of it, its crotchety."
' Mind you, I love the world
around me, and up to half a
donee people, and I laugh like
a mental case at some of the
things I see, But there is a limit
to the amount of garbage I can
stand being thrown in my face
MAIN STREET
ita.
' by Bill Smiley
day after day in this year 1969
AD. That makes me just like
the Prime Minister,
For instance. We have so
much surplus wheat that we
have a national hernia, trying
to lift it tow here to there.
Politicians go white trying to
figure out what to do with it.
Why don't we give It away? I ,
don't mean the farmer, I mean *
Canada, Pay the going' rate to
the farmer and give it away to
people who are starving, Up go
the taxes? So what? They go up
anyway.
For instance. Our educational
system eaters to the mediocre,
to Mass-production, of tl'e medi-
ocre, just like big Industry. The
intellectual elite 'among ovs kids
are starved to death, that, is, bor-
ed to death, and the kids who are
to death, and the kids who are
below average are swept under
the ,rug.
This means our schools are
full of fat, lazy kids Who are
there only because they don't
want to face the lean, cold world,
I'd turf out on his or her tail, at
16, every kid, who wasn't interes-
ted. And I'd let him back in,
with generous help, when he
became interested.
For instance. Daily newspapers
lie daily. Not downright lies.
They merely slant, distort and
colour the "news" depending on
their policy and politics. How-
ever, it's a free country, and I
guess they're free to lie.
For instance. Television could
be a tremendous force for
spreading pea& and love in the
world. What it does is spread
jam on cake, and violence on
ignorance. With a few , notable
exceptions, it serves its patrons
patrons garbage in a fancy
garbage in a fariey wrapper.
From The Huron Expositor
September 8, 1944
The induction of the' Rev. C.
P. L. Gilbert B. A. into the
Rectorship of St. Thomas Church
Seaforth, and St. Marys Church,
Dublin, was held in St. Thomas
Church.
Neighbors gathered et the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Carnoehan
to honor Mn Ed Allan before
leaving he line to move to the
Watson farm on the Mill Road.
Alex ClheoneY read 'an address.
There were 151 donors at the
16th Red Cross blood donors
clinic. One lady and 14 men
gave their . seventh donation,;
seven ••ladies 'and 23 men gave
their sixth donation. '
Friends and neighbors gath-
ered in Harlock School to honor
Mr. and Mrs. George Miehie,
who were recently married. An
address was read by Mrs. Arthur
Colson, and Miss Gladys Leiper
presented, a purse of money.
Seaforth schools opened for
the Fall term with, in most cases
an increased attendance. 55 pup-
ils were enrolled at the Separate
school and at the High school 88.
Wm. Miller was re-elected
president of the McKellar re-
union at ,-Seaforth, . Lions .Club
Park: Aglieoary tdour of rain
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From The Huron Expositor.
September 6, 1919
Thomas McKay' and Wm. J.
Manley, shipped a carload of
cattle to Toronto and- took in
the ExhibitiOn.
The barn of Mra William Cole-
man of Hermit' was completely
destroyed by fire together with
the season's crop.
Seaforth., Public School trust-
. ees have appointed Foster Fow-
ler as POirscipial to succeed A.
A. Naylor, who has .accepted"
the principalship of the Chatham
school.
W. E. Kerslake has sold his
seed and feed store which he
has conducted for a number of
years to Marshall Stewart,. .
Win. R. Sumervillle, railway'
* and steamship agent, has sold.
151 tickets for Toronto Exhibit-
ion so far thiS year, as compared
'with 95 for Last year.
J. J. Merrier has moved into
the residence North Main St.
which he recently purchased
from. W. Govendock. -
From The Huron Expositor
September 7, 1894
While John Westlake of Far-
quhar was engaged with his
steam thrasher op the. farm of
Mr. Neil, near Lumley, the
chest of: the engine hurt, malt- ,
a• total wreck of it. • ,
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tinned for nearly two months
was broken when the parched
earth was freshened by showers.
The ground had become so dry
and hard that farmers were uto
able to plow.
Samuel Rennie of Hay TOWEL- ,
ship was in town and said that
an immense deal of valuable
timber has' been destroyed in
the big swamp by fires.
The 33rd Battalion. Band de-
lighted he citizens by discours-
ing sweet ;music from the bal-
cony of the Commercial Hotel.
There 'are two or three cases
of typhoid fever in town.
The people of the section
around Walton have been great-
dy terrified on account of hush ,,
fires that have been raging, Suns
day-men and teams were work-
ing 'hard all day on • Sunday
fighting a 'fire on the west side
of the village.
There have been ;some McKil-
lop reports of 'big threshings .in
the papers but John 'C. Morris-
on received a letter from Dokota
telling of one 'or two t'h'at make
them all small affairs, Joseph
Morrison threshed 2,870 bushels
in one day.
The barn. of James Longwooth,
Mail:lop, near' Irish Town, with
all its contents was destroyed by
fioe. A lantern exploded and the
fire spread. rapidly.
Every once in a long while
someone v411 telephone me and
ask bow the world looks from
my window today or "Have you
got your window cleaned this
morning?"
I take it in the spirit it was
meant,' I hope . good whole-
some fun.
But every so often someone
will challenge me on my attit-
ude toward life and right away,
I'm on my guard. I cherish my
right to say what I. think and
the golden opportunity I have
every week to do fast that.
Despite what most people
think of me, I'm a very insecure
type. My little boat on life's
rough seas rocks very easily and
to combat that whatam-I-going-
to-do sensation I've leaned to
philosophy. The outlet for my
deep emotional mudlings is this
column and I've been congrat-
ulated on the very rare occas-
ion for clear down to earth com-
ments.
Arnongthp,lhings I've discov-
ered in my heart to heart talks
with me inner self is that teni-
sion can kin the average person.
You think I'm. kidding? I'm not:
Ask any doctor you trust.
Tension can make you dizzy,
gives you headaches, stomach
aches, back aches, nausea and
nosebleeds. It can Make you
shake like a leaf or leave you
aralyzed. It can have you irrit-
able,„erankty and genera* sick,
I know. I fight tension every day
of the year . and so do you
very probably.
My answer or a ,small part
of it has been this column. I
take all my frustations, coin-
plaints and worries, shake them
up in my huge idea. bag. Pour
them out through my' 'added
brain into my' typewriter and
phsh the carbon copies "off to
the various newspapers.
Many times I never think of
the columns again. Sometimes
I'm reminded of a certain scrib-
obling by a reader but most of
the 'time I identify the problem,
analyze it and forget it.
Excellent therapy, I find, for
me.
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„, lit could be tough though that'
I'm just thrusting my cares on-
to you the'readena That may be
the reason that some of you
don't like „what I write . . . ih
may: be just too dote to the
truth to sett everyone.
If you are onp of those who
finds this column just depresses
you, increasing your tension, I've
had a wonderful cure for tension
passed on to me from an Wexler
uncle.
' This man is over 70 year old.
He's been through the mill and
he's spent a good deal of ids
life in simple observation of
things around him.
He says people don't sing any-
more and singag is a way to re-
lease tension
He put it this way:
"When I was lad on the
farm things were more quiet
and peacefill We were,, busy rind
every minute of the day, was
accounted for. But when we went
to the field to work, the horses
were silent. There wasn't the
steady drone of the tractor to
drown out the sounds of nature.
and our own thoughts.
"To entertain ourselves, we
whistled or 'hummed or sang. lit
made the work go easier some-
how. We were too dumb to know
that we were actually releasing-
the tension building up inside
us.
"We went into the house for
the evening. There was no tele,
vision, 'blaring in tour ears, No
radio or record player to blast
away at our senses.. Quiet reig-
ned. supreme affording more
actual relaxation than, - most
people get these days.
"And there was music. Maybe
it was a family -sing-sang. Maybe
it was just gentle melodic
sounds - of the parlor organ.
Maybe it was shtply mother's
hum as she rocked to and fro
in her rocker. But there Was al-
ways music to south the harms-
sed after a hard day"
" . Think about it for a while..
It makes sense.'
So if this .column gets on your
nerves, and it could, just sing
a chorus of Dixie. You should
feel better soon.
.Its entertainment does not
entertain. Its news seeks out the
sensational or the .silly. Its earn-
mercials are aimed at a world
of morons. Do you really believe
for example, that a certain brand
of beer is making Canada fam-
ous throughout the world? 0.r,
that you can get clothes clean-
er in cold water than in hot?
Or that you'll never make it if"
your armpits sweat? . •
And for all this obscenity the
three big U.S. networks last year
split over two billion dollars in
profite The CRC, which gives
us the same refUse, generally,
came up with its usual deficit.
This shows the superiority of
Canadian. television.. 'Somehow.
For instance, There are two
laws, One for the 'rich and one
for the rest of us. And any aw-
yer and any policeman knows it.
If you're a dumb kid from New-
fie,, or an, Indian who got drunk,
you can rot in, jail for a month
or 'two before your case is even
heard. If you're a middle-class
doctor or businessman, and you
have the money and the right
connections, you're home free
and everything is hushed up.
For instance.. Poverty. Twen-
ty million people living in one of
the biggest countries In the
world, with enormous natural
resources. And millions living
in° sordid, squalid poverty.
For instance.' The Church.
Again with a few notable ex-
'ceptions, it does not face life.
It wrings its hands, or washes
them, Pilate-faShion. You don't
see many preachers charging
into a finance company and
brandishing a whip these days,
do you?
For instance. This colorrin is
about garbage. And I just re-
membered this is garbage day
and I forgot to put mine out.
Concentration Is the abil-
ity to read the newspaper
while your frau recites your
list of chores for the week-
end.
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(This is the second in a series
that will appear from time' to
time and which will recall -ev-
ents of the past as recorded in
files of the Huron Expositor.)
Travelling County Road 12,
north of Seaforth, we come to
a crossroad which, judging by
the number of buildings, seems
to be or have been, of some more
importance than most.
'The Atlas 'of 1879 says that
Winthrop "is on the Seafortid
and Bruce County turnpike and
has daily mail. by stage both
ways. There are two large steam
mills (grist and saw), store; Dom-
inion Telegraph office, cheese
fadtory, church 'and school."
We would like to know more
and from an. Expositor of 1875,
we glean the following by a cor-
respondent who is evidently a
native of the district or at least
knows' it well.
"Winthrop — This is another
In the Years Agone •
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Huron village which will soons
no doubt, aspire to 'become in-
corporated, and it may also cat
ch the county town- infection
,like Exeter. It is situated on the
,gravel road five miles north of
Seaferth, and was formerly
known. 'as Ballibary. Mr. Watson,
the founder of the place, having
accumulate( a fortune, retired.
His successor, , a Mr. lla,nnah,
after, years of toil and attention
to the public wants, also amassed
a competency and returned
froin the battle of life to his
plow, Mr. J., Herman, ,o*gentle-
, man of German extraction, now
occupies Hannah's Hetet and
judging from the general ap-
pearance of the host and host- '
ess, we predict for them a
like success with .their pre-
decesiors, Ballibay has changed
since the hollow-backed horse
swung from the hotel sign. The
forest has .receded and' the spot
where the roaring lion devour-
ed his prey is now the scene of
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business, life and activity. Bus-
iness, marts, and manutfaetories•
have succeeded the forest trees,
and instead of Ballibay ,we now
have the more euphonious title
of Winthrop. Mr. Herman, as I
said, keeps the hotel. Mr. Alex-
ander Murchie has the post of-
fice and general, .store. Mr. A.
Govenlock and soh have a 'store
and the Dominion Telegraph Of-
fice, also two saw mills and a
grist mill giving employ:Men*,
to numerous hands. A new Pres-
byterian Church is being erect-
ed; also a new wagon maker's
shop. Mr. Murchie is enlarging
his premises and determined ba-
be outdone in, enterprise by no
merchant north of Seaforth,
There are also three blacksmith
shops; a cheese factory owned
by Messrs. Morrison and Hill;
a school house; a Lodge of Good
Templars, of Whom Mr. W. Geo.
entokk is the life and soul; and
an Orange Lodge, within, a mile,
whose worthy master is Mr
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4ohn, Scarlett, Mr. Alexander
Shaw is our school teacher, and
if our young 'folk follow his in-
structions, we will soon have a
generation of philosophers. One
mile south of Winthrop, where
the once famous Mr. Combs
kept a hotel, is now kept by Mrs.
Leslie, whose fame as a caterer
to, the travelling public is well
known. Such is Winthrop, Mr.
Editor, and Who shall say that
it should not aspire to be the
centre and seat of a new Coun-
ty.
So there, Mr. Motorist, is a
view of an early settlement in
Huron. There is one admonit-
ion. The popular conception of
the road running "north" is not
quite true — rather, it is north-
east.
(Letters of comment or cor-
rection as well as fresh material,
are welcomed and should be
addressed to "The Old Files"
care of this paper)
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