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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-09-11, Page 2"the Auron fximsitor Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAF'ORTH. ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper 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 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, September 11, 1969 Proper Safeguards Are Needed 4 Celebrate With Queen Victoria. Seaforth loyal citizens had spent weeks preparing for a , celebration to • mark the jubilee of Queen Victoria. When June 22,,,89? arrived everything was in rea.dinfess, Arches were erected along Main Street, stores and homes were decorated, a parade was anxious 'to take off and the people eagerly await- ed a program that was to fill every moment of the ,day and which tided with a concert and dance in Cardno Hall that night. .This picture made available' by Miss Belle Campbell, shows the 'arch on Main Street opposite what is' now 'the Scout Hall. The building on the right is the Donlinion Hotel which was built - in the 1860's and was burned down on a cold night in February 1899. Seaforth Public Library now occupies the Site. Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley Seaforth to-day who, had the letter of the law been followed, would find them- selves in the dog pound. But in other cases seizures carried out in private properties could result in, for instance, the owner of a dairy herd being put out of business. Out of busin- ess without knowing in the initial stag- es, the offense against which he must defend himself. No wonder then that the London Free Press comments in this fashion concern- ing a seizure carried out recently by the Ontario Humane Society in the Glencoe area : Without warning or warrant socie- ty officers invaded private property, seized and subsequently put to death large number of dogs and, temporari- ly at least, put the operator out of bus- iness. Mourning charges will be laid, it will. be for the courts to decide wheth- er or not such extreme actions were justified: The society, however, has taken certain irreversible actions with- out due process of ,law. Its position is fait. accompli. Those who place human rights ahead of canine welfare can put forward a strong argument for restraining these powers on a much tighter leash. They run counter to the individual right for Protection against invasion of privacy enshrined in law. In his Royal Commi&sion-Inquiry into Civil Rights, former'44 'justice Mg- Ruer recognized that powers of eptry are a necessary part of many types of modern legislation—particularly those regulatory statutes which facilitate the day-to-day inspection work of such people as municipal assessors and build- ing inspectors. They should, however, be sparingly dispensed and always with proper safe- guards. As it now stands, the OHS is a law unto itself. • "Come in, gentlemen. You're just in time for cocktails!" "What's so special about this ode?" "Actually, Ill a: At, 0 „,„7 estzla trwt`re-.5 is there any word at all about the road?" ‘ki I STOP PAY TOLL n. • forewarned them of winter's ap- proach. Then ' southward. they flew for a more congenial clime. For four seasons or more these two little parent pewees when Winter relinquished his snow and icy authority and gentle, balmy Spring stepped into his vacated place. Northward these two birds winged their way through a trackless atmospheric path, with- out a compass and guided by in- stinct alone, putting to scorn man's reasoning powers. With spring's advent and April's gen- ial sun on duty, again to life awoke the flowers, grass, leaves, blossoms- and honey bees and the 'countless thousands of Hur- on's frogs joined with their songs of gladness in the great spring jubilee at being released from their torpid winter slumb- er. Birds of many kinds sung and warbled their• melodies of joy and apparently all nature rejoiced, and our two little bird "friends %WWII inspect the family home and again a fresh family of pewees would be rais- ed, and the same repeated for several amain. But there came a spring when the male bird only During the past year there have been thousands of words spoken and more thousands of words written con- cerning a bill Which the 'Ontario govern- ment proposed to introduce in connect- ion with the operation of stray animal pounds. While many of us read the stories, we didn't become too concerned. After all we were neither participating mem- bers of the Ontario Humane Society nor were we the distraught owner of a fam- ily dog that had fallen 'foul of the dog catcher. But then we didn't realize the powers the OHS possessed, under the Jaw. We didn't know that a representative of the society could arrive, unannounced, and demand a dog which the local dog custodian had removed from circulat- '' ion by confining it in, perhaps not pal- atial, but bertairtly adequate accommod- ation in one of the town buildings. According to thellaW probably he was well. Within his rights. There is no re- quirement in the law, we understand that he, or the society of which he was an employee, indicate the identity of the complaintant that precipated his visit to Seaforth; nor the nature of the com- plaint nor, of course was there any re- quirement that he produce anything to „indicate he possessed the authority to' obtain an animal without notice and in the manner in which he did. In this particular ease, of course, there was little effect on the result. The town had picked up a .stray animal 'which, in due cause, would have been dealt with as the law provides. The fact the Humane Society now possesses the animal won't change the end result. Certainly, having regard to •the num- ber of complaints which the town offic- ials and members of council receive each week concerning stray dogs, it can not be suggested that officials are making a business of harassing and picking up family pets. Probably if the truth were known, there are many pooches loose in From The Huron Expositor hold duties she fell down cellar, SepteMber 14, 1894 breaking her arm and receiving .., John, McMillan of Hullett, this other injuries year raised 32 bushels of wheat Chas Consigney Jr, who re- to the acre and 54 bushels of turned recently from overseas oats. has purchased the restaurant J. T. McNamara, son of Ed 4b • usIness in the Cardno block McNamara, formerly of Lead- burg, Township of McKillop, is another of Old Huron's sons who is distinguishing himself abroad. He has recently been elected De- puty Sheriff of Houghton Coun- ty, Michigan.. One of the severest thunder storms experienced here for a long time lasted for about 2 hours. The wind blew a perfect hurricane, the rain descended in . torrents, the thunder was terrif- ic and the lightning nearly continuous. Thomas Lapslie's barn adjoining the town on the north was struck by lightning causing a fire. A tot-Arad for a new building has been' let to Patrick Keating., A blaze in the south proved to be 'Messrs. Scott Bros. barn in Tuckersmith. At ,the 'same time the barn of L. L. Meraul of town was struck but since the roof Wael slate and the stable" brick it was not dam- aged. . The electric lights of town were run for the first tune under the new management. Meteors. Scott Bros. have erected at the railway station a new brick power house. J. M. Beat, barrister has pur- chased the handsome residence of Dr. Smith and will occupy it Shortly. Frain The Huron Ihspositor tispharalass 12, IWO Mn,s A. /*Gregor of Kippen met With a vet, serious oxidant VAR* Petiottaing her heals was a -busy man throughout the afternoon. In the special speech making contest by pupils Mar- jory Hoover took 1st prize, Gor- don McGavin 2nd, Grace Short- reed 3rd and James Ritchie 4th From The Huron Expositor September 15, 1944 Recent real estate changes ef- fected through the office of E. C. Chamberlain concern the pro- perty of G. A. Ballantyne, on Wilson St. to C. Hawley of Tor- onto and the property of the estate of the late Louisa. Coates, on James St. to G H. Muegge of McKillop. On Thursday evening last a large number of friends and neighbors assembled at the home of Mr. land Mrs. Fred Rathwell of Brucefield in honor, of their daughter, Lois prior to marriage., a pleasant evening was spelit and Miss Rathwell was the recipient of many beautiful gifts. Frncipal A H. O'Neill of Hur- on College announced this week that the College Council has ap- pointed, Rev, Dr. R. P. D. Hur- ford as Rector of Christ Church, London, Aprons or diplomas Why delft, girls just get mar- lied the way they used to? What is this desperate think in modern society that insists a girl must get a degree or be- come 4 nurse or learn a skill, such as punching an adding machine. Frightened, frantic parents, with the shadow of The Depres- sion peeking over their should- ers, are ramming their .daught- ers, willy-nilly, into something they can "fall back on." The irony. Of course we want thein to get married. Eventually. To a' nice boy with a nice job and prospects: a nice home, nice children, a nice neighborhood and at the end., a nice pension. But first we want them to have anywhere from 13 to 18 years of "education" so they'll have something to fall back on. We are tacitly admitting that if they don't get married, they're going to be abandoned, divorced, or their husbands are going to .die at 28. So; they have to have 'something to fall back On. . Why don't we just let them get married and fall back on their husbands for a living? My We would like to share with you this week an interest- ing article on birds which • was contributed to the Expositor in 1921 by a one-time resident of the 8th concession of McKillop, east Of Winthrop. The bird re- ferred to is well known to ,the lovers of the out-doors. It has the name also of Phoebe„. given to it because of its call notes, sounded while it rests between_ its sorties, of fly-catching. He says: ."An article brought to my memory with melancholy interest a bird incident in dear old McKillop in the days long since passed. Like the most of the early pioneers and settlers on virgin bush farms in Huron County, my father had erected a log shanty on his homestead, "Now some time in the 1860's a Couple of Pewee bird family, male and female, constructed %,a• mud nest, with hair, grass and other materials interwoven, over the south window of this to me never-to-be-forgotten shanty, Oh, the melancholy memories it brings to me of my childhood and boyhood days. However, coming back to our little bird friends, the female got busy and laid her eggs and was hatching wife has been falling back on. me 'for almost 23 years and I'm. still in reasonable condition. Even though .my ,back has fallen a bit into my front. • I suppose you think this is just a diatribe.' Well, you're right. But there's a reason for it. My wife and l have nursed 'and cursed and Wheedled and needled- our' daughter through high school, She hated it in Grade 11, loathed it in Grade 12, and abhorred -it in Grade 13, • But by a combination of black- mail, bribery and piteous whin- ing, we . made her . stagger through the process. I promised, "If you get your Grade 13, you can do. whatever you want. Go to college, Get a job, Drop dead. But you'll never regret it.- Already she's regretting it. Now she has to go to university, which 'she's about as much in- teigted in as she is in catching leprosy. This whole column is inspir- ed (or uninspired) by the har- rowing effort of getting Kim organized at university. She thought she might be able the same when in a moment of thoughtlessness and reckless spirit I threw a stone at the nest, which demolished it and smash- ed the eggs. I received a most severe lecture from my parents for the cruel and wanton des- truction of these birds' home, and which I' will never forget unti death causes oblivion. Even to-day I think of my thought- less, cruel, and reckess act with a melancholy tinge" of sorrow. Small in size as were these two little birds, only a • bunch of feathers, flesh, bones arid tissue, they were of a determined mold, and again they went to work that same season, erected anoth- er nest in the same spot. The female again laid her eggs and hatched the same, her mate her constant companion. In imagin- ation I yet, can see . the tiny youngsters 'as with opened mouths and 'at first featherless throats and necks they reached for the worm or other food brought by their parents. After the young brood were able to fly I saw little more of them that Season, ,Of course, they were Somewhere 'in the neighborhood until Autumn, in her later days, process, they go around eropty- ing ash trays before anyone has used them: But three weeks of dirty bare feet and a bedroom that looks like a Salvation. Army old-cloth- es depot and a bathroom that looks as if it went down with the Titanic and, even' that char- ming, calm landlady will be screaming, "Out! Out!" However, I guess the trip was worth it. ,We met a nice lady in the registrar's office who reads my column (hello, nice, lady, keep an eye on my belov- ed). We had a couple of roaring fights with subsequent tears, which is good for everybody. And we got home, after a fairly disastrous' StOpoVer"With ' friends, to be greeted' by our other rotten kid: the vacuum cleaner salesman, who has decid- ed to go back to university after two years of drop-but, who has made $3,500 in the last .eight months, who has "Maybe enough money to pay my fees," who was just dropping in at the' old oil- well to see if it was still pump- ing, - Somebody said, "Life' is short and, life is sweet." Thank good- ness it's short. 11111 OW appeared His loved mate had died, but he would from 'time" to time inspect the- old family home, uttering a mournful pee wee call, but there was no an- swering response. For a few weeks each' spring I would oc- casionally see him and hear his plaintive call; then he would seem to disappear. For several springs he appeared, going through the same sad move- ments-as it seemed to me. But there came a sprng and a' faith- ful peewee bird "was missing. Evidentally he had gone the way of all bird life and follow- ed his beloved mate across the "Great Divide". True to her dur- ing all the days of their union and of her life he remained single the rest of his days, re- visiting each spring wth plain- tive call old home, where they had raised their different famil- ies and repeating the same un- til death came. I think the life story of these peewees, only two tiny little birds, would be' a beautiful lesson and shining example to many of the human 'family. "Oh, you two little• Hur- on Peewees of I g ago, I would like' to see yen gain." The Author's story lives on! FRO MY WINDOW By Shirley Kellar What a slimmer this one ha been! Pm glad it is over. I' sa ready to smooch the POStagin . , - and after the postal depachnentla newest regulations, that moms Fm pretty darned happy' You, see this summer two momentous events have come and gone in our lives and follow- ing the successful completion of two such ordeals, I'm totally and absolutely elated. First of all we are moved lock, stock and barrel into another house in another town. The house front which we moved was a twobedroom cot- tage which -had been stretched into a four bedroom dwelling and looked little like Kate Smith in Ann Margaret's tights„ Everyone said it had a homey at- , mosphere but this comment only covered the true feelings that for five people. the place was just inadequate Now we live in' style. Our home is a large twe-sborey brick place with enough grace and grandeur 'to be elegant. It has a half-spiral staircase,stained glass windows, French doors and an attic large enough to house a family. We have a slight problem. Our furniture was chosen to compli- ment a tiny two-bedroom cot- tage where one tried -to save every inch of space. 1st really too becoming to a grand old home like the one in which we are now residing. What to do? I'm very practical. I can't stand the expense of exchanging our beloved vinyl -furniture for ,something mid-Victorian, So I've decided Upon the next best thing which seems to me to be' to tone the house down to suit the furnishings. This brings me to the sec- and accomplishment of the Sim- mer — that of redecorating a mansion wth four bedeoo ms, two, .bathrooins, kitchen., a 1 iving7 room, and a diningroion, rat to mention. a hall which starts in the kitchen, rambles th rough the front part ef the hou se past the front door; up -the stab rs, by the ..bedrooms . and bath room, down the back stairs a nd into the kitchen again,,, Just take the hall for ins Lance, It soaked up ten. whole gallons of paint before it looked at all presentable. The man fr om the drapery 'store rubbed his hands with glee when he noted i t hadi five windows , to be • dresse d and the electrician had to se e for ' himself the hall which we said Lures! would need six light fix The kitchen, was the major challenge so far. The job there necessitated a partition to be re- (we've since learned that the pantry we destroyed was worth 82,000 to a certain party who would buy the first house he found with a pantry in it), a new floor, a new ceiling, new walls and a pocketful of cash. You know, it is the fourth 'kitchen my husband has remod- elled for me and the tint time ever that 'he and I have reached an amicable decision about' loc- ation; style, material etc. with- out a major quarrel. I remember the kitchen we had in the only new house we ever owned.. It took two. straight weeks of con- stant bickering to get what I wanted and- another two weeks for my husband to stop com- plaining about it. In the mean- time, the contractor just shut- down, operations until peace reigned again in the household. We're not all finished mind you. There is still lots to be done We figure at the rate we save money and energy, it will be a two year prbject at least to put the old house back in, shape. But already it is looking bet- ter and some of our callers are beginning to see thecut akings of something not too greeaVe. And all the while we are living here, close to the mess and chits ter, as happy as if we were quite sane. • Oh' yes,. according to tradition in the Kellar household we lost something during the move. It was the shower curtains of all things, lit really doesn't matter. Our present bathrooms are so antiquated there would be no place to hang a shower. curtain but still, it is a mystery to 1150 just where my black Wasik shower curtain can be this Rept- eMber •„ From the Old Files WE SELECT from Messrs. Poulas and Cara- mbellas, who have been conduct- ing it for some years. John McNay of town has sold out his seed and feed store to Angus McOuaig. Wm. Bullard of town has a record sun flower growing in his garden. It measures 11 feet in length and has 84 flowers on it. -Thomas Consitt has sold his residence on Sperling St. to Mrs. Win. Dale, the considerations being $2,500. Owing to the very large atten- dance at the Collegiate Institute this year, the board of trustees have found it necessary to sec- ure an additional teacher and Miss Norma Hartry has been ad, ',deli to the staff. The annual School Fair was held at Walton and was a fine success. &tool Inspector Field In th.eN Years Agone •!' to hack university if she had a pad IA her own; a grill to burn beans on and -burn toast on, and maybe a sleeping bag on the floor, and a few psyche- delic posters and a few" cock- roaches and her cat for 'com- pany. This was all right by me. I've slept in barns and box ears. This was freedom' from home and parents and all the awful things they represent, such as cleanliness and godliness and so on, But her mum, as I have rea- son to know, is a domineering, - forceful, overpowering and il- ,Jogical woman, like most other 'women. So Kim is going to stay in a nice home, with a' very nice middle-aged couple. As far as she's concerned, it's getting out of purgatory and into hell: I've never heard of anybody being kicked out of hell,. but I imagine she'll manage it with- in about three weeks. If you have a teenage daughter, you'll know what I mean. They're ab- solute slobs until they're mar- ried, when, 'by some strange • • 4 I • 4