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A Tribute to a Tree
An elmairee that for generations has been a'
MainStreet ianelmerk and which a number of years_
ago wie ,the llidaration for a well known poem has
fallen to Dutch elm didease. During the holidays
worktiten began the tae:; of removing the giant
tree from the laeap et the Seaf eyth Bowling Club.
It was about 20 years ago tht,t1 late John
'Beattie of _Seaforth wroth the poe ribute to a
Teee". , The -poem appeared in a selection of Mr.
Beittieis work which was published at that time.
Mr. Beattie-died in 1960 in his 94th year.
Today I pay fond tribute to a tree,
I've watched it grow, and just twixt you and me,
I counted up the years-eand do you know.
I spared it alMost sixty years ago?
With axe in hand, I went to cut it down;
Fate intervened, how aortunate the town.
Why was I turned aside - yes, now I see,
God made and, had a purpose for that tree.
Live on and grow, and shed your cooling shade,
On bowling men, on matron, and on maid;
Live in the breeze, the sunshine, and the rain:
Your bowling friends will soon be back again.
You have a wondrous beauty all your own,
Your growingin a sheltered spot - alone;
And soon you-will put on your summer dress;
We'll welcome you, in all, peer loveliness.,
To.see you in full dress is such a treat,
Tree-lovers stop to' ,isaim” you from the street,
And tell their friends, they ought to come to see
The Seaforth Bowlers' lovely Elm Tree.
Stigar and Spice
During the fall, I wrote a column
asking for, readers' opinions on such
• world-shaking things as boys with lone
hair and' girls wearing slacks to School.
Correspondence on the subject is still
trickling in.
The column was writ ten just after,
,:the girls • al our school had staged
something of' a coup d'etat. Slacks were
forbidden. 'One day about 300 of them
turned up in slacks. The principal, sen-
sibly enough, met with a delegation of the
girls, heard their cause, then asked the
teaching staff for an opinion.
The staff numbers nearly eighty. Quite
a few of them have teenage daughters.
An overwhelming majority of staff voted
for slacks, I among them.
Next morning, an announcement was
aide that 'girls would be allowed to wear
slacks. A student made the announcement.
And there was an audible gasp of pure
incredulity when she added, "And also
blue jeans."
Well, the world is still spinning on its
axis. The sure-still comes tip every,day. ,
And it's no more distracting teavalk down
the hall behind a SeVeliteen-year-old whose
voluptuous bottoM is reveallng itself in
tight blue jeans than it is to do the same
..• thing behind a girl whose skirtiellmost
Up to her navel.
Perhaps you'd be interested' in some
readers comments. This is from a lady •,
in Georgetown, who' points out that she
is no • teenager, but gets the petleidtiee-
"Dear Bill Smiley: What has, long
-heir to do with what's under it? It is
the teacher's" duty to dig what is under
it and teach them how to make best
use of it. all.. for the` kids getting
:back to the fig leaf if they want to. I
-am also all for teachers co-operating
With them in doing away with wars and
poverty - both of which we should be
ashanied of:"
This iS from a gentleman in Grand
Valley, who is retired. "Now Sir, about
•girleteelothes. I personally like girls
wearing a navy blue skirt,, at least to the
knees, with a white blouse, and of course
the hate neatly tied or pinned; or a net
to• keep it in place, so it.,*on't fall into
a bowl of soup. Now pleage tell me hey/
these things called Slacks are eeMforta
able, as , the most of them I see are se- '
tight right from the ankles up, so tight
they cut right into the body. I feel if
some of our nice-looking females could
get a look at theMselves from the red,
when they are walking down the street,
the uld make a few changes." '
Sir, I agree with you. For the s e
reason 4 :don't wear kilts. l'ina b
legged.
A lady from Park Hill. A long letter.
These are excerpts): "So not all girls can
afford a new .midi wardrobe. Nor do-
too many want it. But why have slacks
so tight that an onlooker often cannot
help but wonder if with a bit more wiggle,
all would blow?" Why, indeed?'
About long hair on boys, the lady
says: "If teachers 'of this day cannot tell
their pupils with long hair and beards that
the -pictures that this wort0 has of Jesus
are greatly varied , . ., then it is no
wonder that the children 'are getting the'
run-around . . If the generation of
toda y, were 'to be asked what is, aid
what is not, old-fashioned, I'm certain
their answers would be as varied as
their clothes."
From Acton. "Slacks for girls? Boys
with long hair? P have three girls and
it would ,save me. a lot of money if
they would be able, ,,to wear slacks to
school. As for the boys wearing long
hair, I say, beg, preach: let them bet
What makes us •want to tell youth what
.to wear, how to look? If a child or
young Adult does dot know what is best
for himself, we had better take a second
or third look at ourselves."
That's, just a sampling., There's a
very sensitive letter from Willy Blok
Hanson, who is an artist, but I _can't
find the darned thing. Oh, yes, here it"-
is. , SuminariZed. "If the longhairs, a.
and beardiee of today would folloWJeses
also in his actions, instead et only in his
looks, they wouiViteverracceptable in-
deed,. to=day, tomorrow, the-same as
yesterday. Girls wearing slacks? Why
not? Cold is cold, for boys as well as.
girls. Whether they both 'should wear
jeans to school, or slacksa depends on
the quality of the sub ect Matter
Slacks for Se novels? skirts ,for
math? I'm bewil•red. But thanks for
letters-
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SEAFORTil, ONTARIO, January 7, 1971
by Bill Smiley
. Seaforth some months
ago .initi ated acti* that
led to a formal meeting
designed to extend the
Maitland Val ley Authority.
so that it would include
the Bayfield Watershed.But
despite strong support the
necessary two Ihirds
jori ty.was lacking and the
...proposal wA, 'defeated.
"In the October vote
Tuckersmi th
Hi bbert , Stanley and Hay
were opposed. ,Seven
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muni ci pal i ties including
Seaforth, Loaan , McKi I lop ,•
Hul lett, Clinton, Goderich
Township and Goderich Town
were in favour..
• Some of those opposed
favored an associ atton
with. the Ausable Authority
to tile south while others
felt there should be a
__separate -Bayfi el d Val ley
authority. Provincial
representatives , however,
have-indicated that' a
Bayfi el d authority would
not be .approved because (1,f
its limited size. An
authority of. such a syral 1
area is not economi cal ly
feasible.,
Now Ihe municipalities
involved are 0 t h
tt,o more meettngs The
first has been cal let by
Huron -County Council P...1 an-
ning Committee and is -In-
tended as a review of the
situation , and to emphasize
:the Aesi rabi 1 ity of all
municipalities beina cpn-
tained in one.or other of
the conservati on ,authori
Tile second meeting a
week later has been for
manly convened Py the
'Department of ,Energy. and
I 'really believe the hemlines rare
dropping. I've seen some of the new",
fall, coats and suits on the street the
last ireer days and I'm positive the trend
is -To -iongera, skirts, Now I am in a
quantity. -
Ifin a elite starter" as far as fashion
is, concerned. .It was lak last viintey
'that I' finally got droned to shorten*
my Winter clothed and now - I 'find' I'm
hopelessly out of style with them. What
does one do? And how' does one explain
the problem` to a husband who, thinks
You can wear a red tie and orange socks
with a gold shirt and green suit!
The best ealution to my 'probleit came
from my next door neighbor. She's -
much more aggressive. about fashion then—
I'll ever be se she hutried downtown one,
day this fall to get -seine advice from
the local -ladies' wear 'salesladies.
elf your dresses are too short to
wear alene, shorten them a little more
and buy fiants!" the salesgirls Suggested.
_Pants! •Itni not opposed to ladies in
a pants. In fact,"-^r find them very, very
comfortable . and a whole lot warmer
this time of the Yeer than those terribly
brief dresses we Wore last winter. But
these eee severe connotations to the
TWA ,of women wearing nothing' but pant
dresses and pent Suit's . . and I'm not
Lust- Sure that I'ih quite ready for that
kind ot Situate:ea
Via know Ahe old saying about ",' .
„Weer*, the 'pants in the family". It
• offite to Me; that women are giving
public notice that they are abdicating
their. teMiniritty and their God-given right
to bei pampered • and worshipped by ,the
'Mead species. They are indicating. by
,Wearing pants rather than dresses :the/
they Want to the same 'IeveLas
Men and eiti not sure I can go alone
With, that bit..'
e ever was a., ' • If ther grotip which could ,
,have cake and eat, it too, it is the-
:worried• this, *rid. AT man mat think
he is tho Theater the captain et hisown
'Atte When lit 'Melee right down to -
% ,Seitio beguiling; Weak little *Op of
.te Wit him, into a heap' of
'belly by Simply Stilling wanly through
Res-ource management to .
consider, two propositions.
These .are (a) that the ,
areas drained by rivers
ontering Lake Huron be-
tween. the north bbuddary
of the Bayfield River add
the Ausable' authori tv be
added to that authority,
and in the event of ,thi s
failino (b) 'that ar eas
south of the northerly
limits of Hay Township be
inclu.dad in the Ausable.
Proposal (b) makes
sent''d-1, Hay Township artd,
the southern portion of
Huron are oriented towards
the Ausable. Certainly
Tuckersmi.th and the munic-
j.pal iti es north' and west
of i t ,are to
'fact a very portion
of that township I. within
the kisable- watershed. In
'the matter of distance'
alone' Ole:municipalities
are much neaee-e-the auth-
ority centre at Wroxeter
than they are to .tHe' , Aus-
able. , The Maitland ,al-
ready 'serves .a majority ,
porti On .of Huron ,and Perth
COuntiesand as Huroa7---
spocesmen jndicated-atap
earlier'' meeting the'tre are
.advantages in ensuring
that ' the county is not
fragmented .and that 4s,
:much as possible of 4 t 'be
contal ned 'one authority'.
PerhapS before-
ae,cw on Is
since the formal meeting
setup by the department
canfli cts with the Jan- -
uary session of county
counci 1 pOstponement,:of
thiS Meeting would not be
undesirable. A del ay of
another month' or stl woifVd
provide those concerned
with an opportunity to
study the .proposals in
,greater detail before
beiaq cal Ted on to reach
a--dectsi On .
big tears and- stroking the back of his'
neck.
A woman with any kind of feminine
charms at all can bask In the light of
tender love and affection and still have
her own way on most important issues.
e That's something I Wouldn't want to let
slip" through my fingers for the, sake of
fashion . .. and the pant suit.
Still, I'm aware that a woman is not
feminine and attractive just because she
wears a frilly pink frock. Some gals
would turn men's heads if they, wore
twine sacks and hip boots . . . so pant
suits shouldn't be all that difficult to
adapt as feminine apparel.
..There is. little -doubt though, that if
-Women are going to switch over to pant
suits . . . pant suits for businese, pant
suits for 'evening, pant suits for lounging
. . . they are going to have to increase
the speed of the eyelash 'flutter and
double the, application of heady cologne.
And I'm not certain I can compete in
that kind of a league. I'm not sure
that I can give the impression of femin-
inity in a pair of pants and a double-
breasted jacket complete with wide lapels
and back vents. I really wonder if I'd
look much different than,the auto mechanic
down at the corner garage Unless I really
knocked myself out to remind the men
with-whom I came in contact that I am
a woman.
I guess I will have to go- alepg with the
pant suit, fad for a- while at least. I
don't know What elso to do- when I can't
afford to bey 4110tc new clothes for fall.
But I'm afraid I' ' going to loose ground
in the battle of the sexes until fashion
rights itself ,,and .puts women back in'
dresses ., . or until I learn how to
forget my hang,-up about ". . . whet...wears
tpants in the family".
For comfort and real freedoth, I love
the, pant Suit, But I really' wonder if
we aren't risking too much, leaving our-
selves open to materevolution whichcould .
take tie back centuries to when Women
were servants and slaves to a nian's
whims. 1 know that's not my idea of
womanhood . and there isn't a pant
snit in the country that, is worth it.
4AVUARY 14,• 1946;-
Pte; J. A. Mtigap -youngerit ion Of
Mr.. and Ma. Mee. IiieNal) erkeatelt.
" returied recently trent ckerSea!)
ISI'le.717reitirtith andth
Lorne
$Mcbetflitrra;011114t
theatre. ,•.•
-•01. c• 0, .ptogliii, former Seaforth
I.1°beyali thbesie beta •NaPaPetioi
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nn4tedncehartht of
and
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.-fare pepartmeM. Dr. ,stoodill 4'.1400
ofaMr. and Mrs. Charles Steldill,
'At the anneal executive Meeting of
Huron Presbyterial W.M.S. •of the Pres-
bytekian 0100-, In Canada, tire.
Thompion,.Seaferth, Was elected peatiie,
. . exit.
Seaforth . Besharts chalked' up their
second victory in the Intermediate' 4 )3r
O.R. A. race''when they defeated' the WOcala
•stock Legion team. R. McFadden, BO- •
hart's Centre, led the sectringspeee'evith
four goals and, three assist's, • '
" • It 1-1.. 'Leslie of the Staffa Creentiery
won -first place ter creamery.print butter
at the Dairymen's ,Convention in Leaden,
Cpl. •' Angue' -McLean, whO ' has - been
bverseas forider years( returned home. He
was' through thOSteilian battle, and Spent
three months in a North African 'hospital:
Miss'Isabelle McKellarendatiesHeien
Moffatt, Mrs. Harry Dineen and Miss
Lois McGavin. . of Stratford General
Hospital, successfully passed their exams,
all receiving theiritaraDegree.-
The many friends of Mrs. Geo.. Mc-
Clinchey of .Varna, are, sorry to report
that 'she hadathe misfortune , to fall and
• break her hip and,. is confined ,to Scott'
Memorial Hospital. ,
• Thomas MUrphy of Dublin created quite. a.
,.. a -record when he was seen plowing' his ,
garden with a team. •
':',JANUARY 14, 1924
• Gathering, beech eutheitr January at
Hayfield - Was what smite' of our young-
laeles are doine.
Miss Jean Murdock of iirucefieldliaa.
been appointed choir leader in the:Brueee
field Church, Miss Gertie Gretna:allaying
resigned. ,
Alek Sinclair Of -Rippen, who bandies
more good horses than'anyone for miles
around:" disposed of his Team' of gel:Meese
this team is coming 5 eeare old see weighs
3,800 lbs. The buyerakas a man fromilestr
paieley and the, price was ' aroimrtlee,„,„,_
At a public -Meeting in Seaforth; .held
to discuss the matter of a hospitalforthis
town, a committee was appointed, con-
sisting of F. G. Neelin, J, J. Merner,M.la;
M. Broderick, R. G. Pare, Jas.. Cowan
and papeutherland. TtaeXstimated annual
cash of maintenance of a premesedSeaterth '
Hospital. was set at $4:000.: . ...„ „
Withthe very, mild weather of the past-aa • a.,
WitekS," 'Petite of. 'the tanners were a 'ti n
plowing near Hensel' atid'•seme have also
tapped their trees. ,
' The sum of $330 was reallied by the-
special collection taken in First Presbaf-
tartan Church for the. China Famine Fund.:
Mr. and Mrs.• Appleton Elcoat of-
Tuojeersnilth; left for California where
they will spend the winter.
• Dr. F. J. 'Burrows was taken to London
for special treatment for his eyes, which
were injured by- some poisonous tete&
tion to such a h extent that he lOst-the
sight'of one of them.
. • 'Peter Daley is , exhibiting a number
of. his gold and silver laced Wyandottes
at the . Mitchell poultry Show. He was
also a successful exhibitor at the Goderich
show. . ,
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JANUARY 10 l 896k,
Rundle Bunking ha,- jest bought 50
acres of the Cunningham Estate infiellett.
lie paid the sum of $14,00, intends
remodelling his barn iiext -
Mr. Bennewies, the
McKillop , was preseefefoii
ratepayers of the toViiithip, h ant • - gold watch valued at $200. He served-as reeve-for six years.. ,
The steamship ."Dominion". on: which
Geo. Abell of this town was A paSseitgee,a
having 160 sheep belonging to Robert
Winter for Bristol England, went ashore
down on the south doadt of Ireland. .
Miss Fergus Campbell ,and H.' C;
Clarkson of , town have' 'passed the recent
• examination at theterontoNormalSeli691.
Alex Mckenzie has sold-the farm he,
purchased some time agairem S. Lands-bOreigh, Tuckeramith, to James Allan of
Brucefield for, $4,600.
•eriqty yoUng men-esseifibled atathe
bush of Robert Hoggarth 'Sr. and aniw-bet
30 cords of wood. Later in the evening
they, assenibled with' the Miro' sex at
the home of Robert Hoggerth Jr. and all
joined in the merry dance. The music
was.furnished 'by Park\ and balryniple:.
The entertainment held ite 5.5.11 Hule
lett, was , a decided sucCese.-Theie. Mays
acted as "Caltmaii.. The proceede
amounted to $26. • -•• •
Although the Weather was untistitalY
rough, ,there was a good ettendarich-
ScholarsOf 'Trinity- Sabbath,'SehOol, ati
the persiflage 'at Hayfield. me,: riling
folks were treated in a supper.
-.T. A. DOrratiee, formerly of Mc:T(1110pp
v}siting .frad— High View, Northwept
Territory said there was scarcely any
snow when•he lett.He had dehorned100
head of cattle In fivolieUre!:
Year and half,' he' &horned 600 head. , ,Mr.‘ Verbaeeke Whee left here befeili
'OheletMaii With a cargo ofraluablehoreei for the old country, had the riliefortnne to beitorclanding. ' '
The meMbters ,of the .314i' battalion bind; -eleeted:the 'following Officers far '1096t - President,: Wm,- MeLe.oti; Vibe Peehideet, Wm, Eteemani Secretary-
'lletiattrer — Thos. Murray; Managing nebritinittee bati Campbell)
and,Pred frith; ben fairmbelf; whipper:
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One of the first prob-
lems facing Seaforth's new
-council will be discussions
concerning the future of
--the .Bayfield River water-
shed,
Frani My 'Window ••
By Shirley J. Keller