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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, September 18, 1969
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"T he third settler to come in women, that mother's sleep was was Van-Aigman (Van Egmont!), not. soundly taken, for she was sentinel of the camp, ever on and he lived about a mile, away,
the alert, ever thinking of the It was a long time before we
safety of her family. One day could see the smoke from his
as we journeyed along a large cabin. In the course of time he
built mills on the Bayfield river. log lay in onr way. Father chop- T ped it off, as he had scores of This was a great convenience to the new settlers. The pine timber others, bid, in removing this'ex- • that he sawed came from the tra large ,one out of our way ., pineries on' the south Maitland the oxen broke their yoke. Now we were delayed, so arranged river. The logs were drawn over
to spend the night, while a new with oxen, making one trip each
yoke was being made, father day.
being the carpenter. Like nearly "in the month of September,
all the pew beginners, father 1837, my uncle and I 'Started to
was handy' with the axe. I be- walk to my grandfather's at
lieve he could make a violin Payne's Mills, in Elgin County with his axe and jack-knife Soon
the pot was boiling on the fire We did the fifty-two miles in
out with his flintlock, found cabin, and I a little ,codger,
nothing more dangerous than could crawl under the' logs at
old 'Bright' our black ox, con- the sides. Every day after our
teatedly flicking his tail, and icoming some ,work we's done, 0,0
browsing at the succulent plants o4r e,bin, and in time we were,
growing near our sleeping quart- quite cosy. - ers. Soon all was quiet once "Work at clearing the land more,
the; perhaps the hooting began in earnest, and my uncle
of the; owls, or the purring of and father worked together at
the wild cats in the trees above, this, and helping thus did not
"In the more than eighty resort to making many logging
years intervening, 1 have always bees • thought, like all' watchful
by Bill Smiley
Mum, Mum my knee hurts,
Mum."
Well, girls, I hope you enjoy
it. You deserve it. But while
you're lolling in this sybaritic
splendor, let me remind you that
I and all the other idiots Who
teach school are stuck with your
rotten kids for ten months, six
hours a day. Keep this. in mind
when you scream at your hor-
rendous education taxes.
It's not that I don't enjoy get-
ting back on the job in Septemb-
er. If I did, I wouldn't be right
in the head. It's a pleasant
change' after two months of my
wife and daughter driving me
crazy, singly or• in tandem.
Instead of two women .yate
tering and 'wheedling and scold-
ing and nagging and cajoling and
conning me, all I have to face is
about 165 kids doing the same.
But there's safety in. numbers.,
' And I have some authority
at school. If a kid bugs me too
much, I can threaten him with
all sorts of dreadful punish-
ments, like being sent to the
principal's office, which terri-
fies him about as much as being
attacked by a bunny rabbit.
Or bean resort to the."final
edict, "Look, if you're 16 and
you don't like it here, out, yam-
. os raus, get lost. There's the
door, You're free."'This is fair-
ly effective, especially 'in winter,'
because they don't want to go
to work.
Another delightful aspect of
getting to work is meeting all
my old friends on the staff.
There's the cut-and-thrust wit
of the staff room at lunch hour,
much like the atmosphere of
the French salons of the 18th
century. "Who's got the cross-
word puzzle? Gawd. my feet are
killin' me. Jeer, I wish it was
Friday."
And there's the, genuine thrill
of staff meetings, where the real
gritty business of education is
discussed with a dignity and de-
corum that would shame the
Senate, Sometimes, in only 40
minutes, we decide whether
gum-chewing is allowed daily, or
only during exams, to relieve
tension. And ofter4 with remark-
able dispatch, salt half an hour,
we decide, ,within four inches,
how long a boy's hair or how
short a girl'S dress must be.
However,. I, do like kids, and
it IS rewarding to watch them
grope, then cope. And a few
weeks ago' a' couple of "former
'students, now at university, who
were real hellers when I taught
them, asked me out for a game
of golf. And then a little girl
called me up, and asked if she
could be in my English class.
And Jerry, a boy whom I
rather despaired, but a good lad,
asked Kim what I wanted for
a gift last June, When he gradu-
ated, magna sans laude.
She replied, rather intelligent-
ly, 1.,thoti.ght, "Give him, some-
thing he likes, and something
useful." All on his own, he
hu,stled downtown and 'bought ,
- me a bottle of good Burgundy-
and three 'golf halls. When a
chap ••shows judgment like that,
you can't help feeling /you've
succeeded, somehow.
"The sleeping pills. 'work great, Doc. I slip 'ern. to niy wife
and stay out all night!"
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From My Window
— By Shirley J. Keller
On several occasions during the cent-
ury that has elapsed since Seaforth be-
came, a municipality it has been suggest-
ed that a common sense municipal align-
ment would unite Seaforth,,Egmondville
and Harpurhey into one urban centre.
While on those occasions serious con-
sideration was given the matter, for var-
ious reasons, the necessary steps lea
ing to a union were not proceeded wit
Perhaps today, faced as we are with
an inevitable trend towards regional
grouping, would be a propitious time to
give the matter another careful look.
Regional government has come about
through an inability on the part of some
municipalities to provide the services
demanded by their ratepayers on the
tax base available to them and too, be-
cause, in some cases, there has been a
refusal to recognize that changes have
occured through the years and perhaps
there is in fact a new and better way of
doing things.
That is not to say that the methods
adopted by the "province, where it moves
in and throws out the good• with the
bad is necessarily the answer. But if
moves 'of this nature are to be avoided
in the future, it bef.iooves every munici-
pality to look aroOd; to study and to
consider the steps that could be taken
that would result in a more efficient and
economical operation and which 'would
make possible services and standards
comparable with those being provided in
other centres.
Attention has been drawn in recent
weeks to some of the problems that arise
when individual approaches are made
to what are, essentially, common re-
quirements.
Tuckersmith, in seeking an answer to
'a drainage problem existing in the area
in Egmondville abutting Seaforth, ag-
reed on a municipal drain as the answer.
A portion of the area to be served lies in.
Seaforth and earlier this year Seaforth
engineers had devloped a long term pro-
posal to provide drainage of the same
From the Old Files
WE SELECT - - -
land. A common approach would have
produced a more effective over all plan
at certainly no increase in cost.
Increasing demands for water in Eg-
mondville and Harpurhey are causing
concern to Tuckersmith council. The
system designed to handle the require-
ments of even a few years ago. cannot be
expanded economically to a point where
it can be expected to cope with todays
demands let alone long term demands.
Certainly increases in -capacity in the
present Egmondville system are possible
up to a point, but are they wise in view
of what the future may require? At the
same time Seaforth already has a sub-'
stantial system capable of additional
capacity at relatively little increase in
cost and which could be further expand-
ed to meet demands as they rise. A com-
mon water supply would seem to be an
economical and - common sense' answer
to the ,water requirements of the area.
So too is the matter of Sanitary sew-
age. Neither Egmondville nor Harpur-
hey at present has sanitary sewage ser-
vice but with the growth rate evident
in the area early sewer service is inevit-
able: Again i not the common sense and
economical answer a common
serve the area?
While Seaforth has adopted
by-law to protect its citizens against un-
fortunate and hap hazard development
planning has not been proceeded with
in Tiickersmith and .as a result growth
in ggmondville" arid Harpurhey, while
creating apparent advantages today,
can ,mean unfortunate' build in costs. and
liabilities in the fiture. Yet in terms of
community the three centres, Egmond-
ville, Harpurhey and Seaforth are as
one.
Perhaps this is the time,, in the. long
term interests of-all the citizens of the
area, that advantages or disadvantages
of a common community be' explored.
Certainly it should be a matter for ser-
ious study.
Kids getting rough deal
Have you noticed• what has
happened to all those tense, har-
assed, haggard, harried; hyster-
ical women who were around
all summer? They've suddenly
turned into fat cats, smiling, re-
laxed, ready to turn the other
cheek rather than belt you on
yours.
Know why? Because their kids
are back to school, that's why.
Not that they don't love their
children:No, no, no. All mothers
love their children. But they
can't STAND them after two
months' holidays.
Paradise on earth is not the
Isles of. Greece, or two cars,'or
four credit cards, or a mink
stole. it's sitting down with 6
cup of coffee after the kids are
off to school and realizing that
you won't see them for any-
where from three to six hours.
Silence. Golden No more of,
"Jane's mean. Billy won't give
back my bike. .When are we
going for a seim? I wanna pop-
side, There's nothing to do.
It's.. hot outside. How come we
never have any cold pop?" And
a zoning) so on,
plant to
Sugar and Spice
one day, arriving at dusk, and
every inch was made on foot,
and half of it through the woods,
Uncle wag so tired that he could
not get out of bed the next morn-
ing. I was all right as I came
barefooted, This was during the
rebellion and when we got out
in the older settled parts men
were on guard about every mile
along the road. Uncle explain-
ed to those by whom he was
challenged who he was and
where he was going and so was
allowed to pass on. •
(Continued next week
In the Years Agone
Writing in the Oetober 16,
1914 issue of the Expositor, a
reporter gives" usan account of
a:visit and interview, which he
had with a 90 year old pioneer,
Mr, Jonathan Wade. His story
has much of interest and we
will tell it here.
"About 85 years agO (1829) nay
father and brother left the more
settled district of London and
pushed north to the townline
between Tuckersmith and Mc-
Killop townships.' This was a
splendid track of -land, being on
the watershed between the
south Maitland, and Bayfield
rivers. The timber abounding in
this part consisted invariably of
,large trees, very little under-
brush or saplings were to be
found. Father built a cabin on
his lot and cut all the timber
down that was leaning in its
direction, and then through the
fifty miles of twoods returned
home. In the course of„.! few
weeks we were packed up, and
with two yoke of oxen were
' headed for our far northern
home in the wilderness. I was
then but a very small -boy, too
little to walk any distance over
the road through the dark forest.
We were greatly encouraged if
we could make eight miles a
day, with the many detours, to
avoid timber, swamps and other
obstructions to be met with in
our travels. At night we slept
on the ground in the woods,
all huddled closely together,
and were quite ,comfortabIe.
One night my mother awoke
suddenly from hearing the
breaking of dry limbs nearby
,lind looking up 'was horrified to
see a big bear near our bed.
Nothing daunted, father sprang
,to mother's call, ,and moving
started by flint and punk, and
mother was busy at her domest-
ic work, happily singing under
the big forest trees, as the wind.
sang and, whistled through
their branches eighty feet above.
"By dark the yoke was ready
and the log removed. I have
not the least doubt, but that this
was the first ox-yoke ever made
to Ttickersmith Township. About
dark of the seventh day we ar-
rived at our cabin, and although
but a crude affair, we were glad
to' he in our new home. I can
remember that there was neither
floor, windows or door 'in our
• Lucky ladies. No dirty bare
, feet tracking through the house.
No' whining, No demands for
the impossible. .No fighting.
Nothing but an. hour of blessed
solitude,- with a cup of coffee
and maybe ,a cigarette for the
depraved, and nothing to listen
to, except Jolly Jack, the disc
jockey. Even getting at the dish-
es and the washing is a pleasure,
when there's nobody there sniv-
elling, "I fell and hurt my knee,
From the Huron Expositor
September 22, 1944
B. F. Christie, suffered a
painful cut on his hand while
cutting up a quarter of beef.. It
'required 5 stitches to close the
wound. ,
The Hensall Girl's Dance Club
arranged a theatre party at
LemCitt's Theatre, ' Exeter, in
honor of Miss Beryl Pfaff a
bride elect of September. They
met later at the home of, Mrs.
Melvin Moir.
The annual meeting of First
Presbyterian Church choir was
held at the haibe„ef Mr. and Mrs.
M. McKellar when Robert Smith
was elected.president. Miss Joan
McMaster, who is leaving to at-
tend the University of Western
Ontario was presented with a
silk umbrella by Helen Smith
and Roger Milliken, ‘k-li o has
chosen a profession in Stratford,
with a pair of gloves,
Mr and Mrs. George Eaton of
Winthrop sold their residence at
Winthrop to Mr and Mrs Chas.'
Dolmage. Mr. and Mrs,Eat*
who have lived in the village for'
over fifty years will move to Sea-
forth.
A shower was held at the
home of Henry F. Beuerman in
IVIcKillop, in honor of their son
Orville Beuerman and his bride
' Mr and Mrs. John Walsh of
Dublin, possess a hen which is
very choosy about the location
of her nest. They were motoring
to Seaferth when they heard an
unexpected sound from the "cat
trunk. On investigation, the hen
announced the arrival of a fresh
egg with complete nonchalance,
From the Huron Expositor
September 19, 1919
The formal opening of the new
sheds at Egmondville church
took place and the Ladies Aid
held a bazaar in the afternoon.
In the evening a program was
given. The proceeds amounted to
$500,
There was a very large attend-
ance at the auction 'sale of the
McMichael 'estate, the residence
on lioderich St. was purchased
Besides moving halfway ac-
ross the county' in pursuit of a
better way of life, the Kellers
this summer were guests at sev-
eral weddings.
Weddings are wonderful
things, necessary to the the or-
, derly propagation of the earth.
I only wonder why society has
allowed the wedding ceremony
to get so absolutely out of hand.
Everybody gets in a tizzy
when a wedding comes up in the
family. The bride and her
mother rim in circles for weeks
sometimes, months — in ad.
T'Yanhaete's o:
ndetrshetanwdeebddile,ngI date.sup
pose. •
But why should the mother of
the ringbearer wear herself to
an utter shambles over the silly
affair.
I was in that boat this sum-
mer. Our three-old son was in-
vited to be in the wedding party
and right away, I started to
shake.
Of course I wanted to accept
the challenge for him. After all
he was too small to give a sens-
ible answer himself, .That was
just it, I worried that this bundle
of energy would put the whole
family to shame by ruining the
beautiful wedding planned by
the bride.
I told the bride I was concern-
ed that my turbulent tot would
tear up the prayer books once
he was Out of my reach. I warneii-
her he couldn't be silent for an
hour. I explained how it take&
both me and his father td curb ,
his exhuberance during a nor-
mal church service.
The bride told me not to wor-
ry. He would be "cute", she said.'
So we entered into the agree-
ment'with our eyes wide open. I
have to admit he did look ador-
able in his pint-sized tuxedo on
the day of the great event
The pillow on which my son
was to carry the imitation (thank
goodness) rings was small and
useless. Our boy had been pre-
pared for the pillow we thought
but somehow he forgot our care-
ful training sessions when pre-
sented with the actual cushion.
Just like a man, our youngest
male child treated the pillow as
if it was just another hunk of ex-
cess baggage. He appeared bored
with the whole thing and car-
ried the stuffed satin as be
would any other old thing, for
Which he had no • immediate
use — first by one corner, then
by the other, under his left arm,
under his right, tight to his chin,
down by his knees, even on top
of his head.
Before entering the church he
examined the cushion just long
enough to remove the rings and
hand them nonchalantly to the
bride. Now he was ready to go.
Into the church came my little
cherub, .His head turned in all
directions as though it was on
a swivel. Now he was tramping
on the heels of the bridesmaid
who wanted so desperately for
everything to go right for her.
Once at the altar he. turned
toward the congregation to ex-
amine faces. He spotted grandma
and gave her a big wave. He
noticed his sister way up in the
balcony and his desire to Are
with her in that exciting locat-
ion. He found my anxious eyes
„and smiled. '
He leaned on the groom. Ho
rested between the legs of the
best man. He dropped that
cushion a dozen times and re-
trieved it each time by jump-
ing to the floor with a resound-
tn
Then he got hot, so hot that
he began to strip. That's when
his father saved the day and my,
sanity by escorting him to' our
seat until the service had' ended.
Daring the final postlude he
joined,• hands with the demure
little flowergirl and walked
grandly 'out of the' church. And
everybody remarked. Over the
behaviour of the two little people
who' attended the -bridal couple.
Apparently no one had
thought anything of my son's an-
tics in church.
As one lady told me, "He done
good for his age.
by Andrew Scott for $2,180.
The cement walls of the Pres-
byterian Church shed at Bruce-
field are complete. They are 50
feet by 230 feet. The shed will
have a metal roof.
John A McEwan, Brucefield
threShed sweet clover off .12
acres. The 'seed is very dear
being $10 and $12 a bushel.
A serious runaway accident•
occurred when Mrs. Joseph, Wat-
ters, and her sister, Miss Marg-
aret Williams of Chicago, were
driving to the home of their
sister, Mrs. John McGrath at
Dublin when their :horse took
fright at a road scraper, both
ladies were thrown from the
buggy. Mrs. Walters was fatally
injured.
From the Huron Expositor
September 21st, 1894
Lewis McDonald of Seaforth
has sold the farm formerly own•
ed by Andrew Morrison, near
Walton, to R, Reid of Hullett,
for $4,600.
While •Mii. Gregor McGregor
of Stanley was tying in the cows,
one of them backed up and
crushed her against the wall,
breaking her right arm 'a little
above the wrist.
Daniel McGregor 'Sr, lately of
Harpurhey, died at the residence
of his son, Daniel McGregor,
Hullett. He had reached the good
lge of 82 years, He came to
Canada in 1848, and took up the
farm in Hullett.
The Presbyterian Church choir
held an entertainment which in-,
eluded as part of the program
solos by Miss Grace McFaul of
Seaforth. Miss McFaul has stud-
ied in New York and has sung
in all the large cities of Amer-
ica.
It has been decided to light
the Church of England by elect-
ricity and forty lamps will be
put in, The rectory also will be
lighted in the same WftY.
, Richard Robinson has sold his
fatm in Tuckersmith, to Henry
1VIeGairin. The price was $6,000.
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