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From My Window
By Shirley J. Keller
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MARCH 1, 1946.
Property sales effected through the
,office. of Watson and' Reid, include, dwel-
ling on Jarvis Street of Geo. Gill to Henry
Warnick; Lot 12 and 13, North ?Vain
St. of Mrs. L. Boshart, to Dr, F.Harburn,
who expects to build a new residence;
dwelling of Miss Marian Watson, Goderich
St. to Major Dr.. Paul Brady. •
Monday and Tuesday nights this week,
witnessed the .tive heaviest Calls of mew
we have had this Winter. • ortunately
there was not 'much wind.
The play "Uncle Josh Perkins", was
greeted by an enthusiastic audience when
it was presented in Cardno's Hall by the
Egmondville Young People in aid of the
Red Cross. The cast was as follows:
an aged farmer, Roaert Wallace; his
niece Shirley Love; housekeeper, ,Essie
Todd; her daughter, Gladys Forbes; post-
master, Jack Boyce; Financier, E.Rand- -all.
Many friends of Mrs. Annie West-
cott are sorry to learn , that she fell and
fractured her hip. Mrs. Westcott is in
her 85th year.
Sgt. Kenneth Betties of the American
Army has arrived home from overseas
and is spending his leave with his parents.
Walter McBeath, oldest resident -and
only pioneer .left of Stanley Township,
who resides with his daughter, Mrs. J.
R.Murdock and Mr. Murdock, celebrated'
'his 96th birthday.
The first civic reception sponsored'
by the , Reeve and Council of Hensall
for returned personnel was held in the
Town Ball. Thirty-four returned men
were • present. .A banquet was served
and each of the personnel was presented
with vouchers which will entitle them to
purchase either a club bag or a glad-
. stone bag'.
Percy Sales of Tuckersmith ha's sold
his farm to Fred Chapple, of Blyth, whose
home was alMost entirely destroyed by
fire recently.
Edwin P. Chesney is in Tqronto this
week attending the, Good Roads -Conven-
tion.
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"There's otie household appliance that never breaks down
around here . . me!"
In the Years
Agone
see ,some kids we
th their faces
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creen, We wonder
rinted Word as it
on a newspaper_
in a book ever
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ince television.
uch an :accept-
the sixties we
rd it said that
ing habit, would
thing of the past.
rvevs are proving
s is not the case
t up. the fact that
isgaining a new
n• t Gallop poll has
at a fourth of the
blic now reads at
bd-c —month -
n at any time
ch samplings began
lbert Youth Re-
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•Snow is beautiful, the
New York Times sayS and
goes on in these words:'
There is nothing in nature
more simply graceful than
the curve of.a Snowdrift,
And the lip of a 'drift
beside a country brook...
BUt the Ultimate beauty-'is
in the 'snowflake itseTf.
To see thit .snowflake
symmetry and intricacy one
needt a magnifying glass.
Catch a ,.few `flakes on a
darksleeve -or a square
Fuddle-duddle has become a national -
phrase of some. importance and may well
be .the deciding issue when Canadians elect
a new federal government. Strange,is it
not? A simple pair of words like 'fuddle
duddle' muddling the entire Canadian
political scene! Impossible.
You know of course, I refer to i)rime
Minister 'Pierre Elliott Trudeau's recent
publicity concerning a couple of words
he is reported to have mouthed at-Ahe
Opposition. No one else has dared to
spell out the words PET whispered under
his breath so I' won't either. All I can
say is that I've heard the words before
and while they aren't particularly gentille,
they are not blasphemous, profane or
impious. They are simply dirty, So what?
I suppose one could argue that it is
unbecoming a Prime Minister of Canada
to even think such thoughts much less
mouth them at anyone. To me, that'S'
like saying the Prime Minister of Canada
should be same kind of saintly creature,
as far removed from the ordinary 'Joe
On the 'street as the east is from the
west . . and that's not the kind of man
I envisage as the leader' of Canada,
making decisions from a young, vibrant,
sometimes-not-so-nice papules.
I think, you could put this fuddle-
'`duddle business in the same category as
many other attempts the Opposition has
made to cut Trudeau down to their size -
childish,jealous and frustrated.
Here'S a man Wno aresses in the
smartest clothes he' can purchase. He
even wore a white trench coat to England
on a visit to see Her Majesty Queen
' r Elizabeth. Shocking)
' Here's a,. Man whb -dates .movie, star
Miss Barbra StreiSand, the'seItY songs-
stress who wows audiences wherever-she
goes. She even came to Parliament and
sat in the proceedings while Pierre was
at work. And Pierre even dared to cast
the- occasional glance in Miss Streisand's
• direction. trtithinkabIei
Ifere's the man he darg to be a
(hvesitort
and 25 years of age read
one or more newspapers
daily. As for adults 78
percent read one or more
newspapers on an average
day. Readership among ,
colleae graduates is 82
percent and amona young
married couples it is even
higher at 86 percent.
The trend then among the
younner neneration would
seem to be toward more
reading and less looking
despite Junior, seemipaly
,fiver present in frOnt of
the T.V. As for high
school students 65. percent
say they are watching
television less.' •
T.V.r continues to have
strong influence but it is
an influence among the
media that iswaninci.The
publiO has tried it and
while not rejecting it
outright, is neverthele'S-S-
turning more and more to
the printed word - to -the
weeklies, the dailies, the
magazines.
six-point stars, elaborated.
filigreed
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urse, is
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stance
owfall.
ts and
3 traffic,
3 trees,
loads our utility wires
with ice. And renews our . •
rivers, feeds Our lakes,
waters 'our farmland.
bachelor in the bargain - who enjoys a
night out on the town with a pretty girl
at his side to make the evening completely
earthy. Disgusting?, He's been known
to dance up a storm, take a drink or two
and call on several different women in
the space of a few weeks.' Horrors!
I'm not the least bit Surprised that
Pierre mouthed an insult at the Opposit-
ion who can't forget that the unemploy-
ment picture in Canada these days is not
as rosy as it could be. I'm not offended
by the Prime Minister's silent outburst
to the man who went to great lengths to
torment Trudeau and then ran like a
kicked puppy to the newsmen with his
tale of woe about being hurt by the PM's
moving lips.
Frankly, I was more sicken'ed by John •
Lundrigan's weeping and wailing on telex
vision's late news about his deep love and
devotion to John Diefenbaker and Lester
B.. Pearson and how he has been so
wounded by' the surprisingly uncouth Mr.
Trudeau, his earn dear prime minister
of his own beloved Canada, who displayed
such a shameful and unacceptable attitude
in the House of Commons. I fully expected
Lundrigan to cover his eyes with one arm
to denote his purity and fling the other
arm to his breast to show pain. Ugh ..gh..
gh.
From the conversations I've had with
folks about the Incident, there are very
strong indications that Trudeau-Inania
has been revived. Most people are
identifying with a prime minister who'
acts very human when he is angered
and says things because that's the way
he feels rather than because that's the
way he's 'expected to answer. - '
Trudeau has proven again he's his
own man - and very much like every.._
one else in the country. He's not politick-
ing all the time like some others Who
babble endlessly and say nothing.
Think go out and buy a fuddle-
duddle T-shirt for spring. And fuddle-
duddle to you, too.
,MARCK 4, 1921
A large number of neighbors and
friends gathered at the home of. Mr. and •
Mrs. John Taman on the 4th concession
to spend a social time with them before
their removal from the farm to their
new home in Seaforth. They were pre-
sented 'with a well filled purse.
The home of Mrs. John McLean (River-
side) was the scenesf a pleasant surprise
party when fifty neighbors and friends
assembled and presented the bride and
groom, Mr. and Mrs. David McLean, with
a cut glass cream and sugar set and
walnut tray. The address was read by
Mr. Cameron and the presentation made
by Clayton Martin.
Carlin Bros. of °Hensel' have leased
the garage of Thos. Brown on North
Main Street and will run it this season.
An exceptionally artistic bronze mem-
orial teblet. of unique design, hearing the
names of the members of the 'staff who
enlisted from Seaforth has been erected
in a prominent place in the Seaforth
branch of the Canadian Bank of cot ;Tierce.
The names on the tablet are Lieut. .1.
McMillan, 2nd. Lieut. L. B. Sfitoril,\N,I.M.,
and Sgt. W. Leslie Watson.
Win. McAllister,Hillsgreen, recently
disposed of two filly colts,, for Which he
received the sum of $400.00.
The Boys organized class met at
the home of Robert Oliver, Cromarty.
What Might have been a very disas-
trous fire was' gotten. under coetrol when
the home of S.A.Miller, cromarty, now
° Occupied by Elmer ColquhoutirWas noticed „
to be on fire. With the help of a number
of men it was under control.
Adant Nicholson of Constance had a
successful wood bee.
Louis Wolff, of Dublin, has disposed
of his property in the 'village ,known as
the Huron Hotel to Patrick Lunny „of
Logan.
The death occurred at his home of
Henry Livens. He was a highly esteemed
resident and prominent business man of.
Seaforth for many years. He was born
in Ingersol in 1851 and thirty years ago
in partnership with the late Richard
Sharp, purchased a grocery business 'n
Seaforth..
T. E.. Hays of town was in Toronto
attending the annual meeting of the Undet-
writer's Association.
Geo. F. Hillebrecht of Brodhagen died
at his• home , after suffering nearly four
weeks from acute organic heart lesion.
He was a prominent stock breeder and
took a great interest in agriculture ac-
tivities.
• The death occurred at the home of
her son of Mrs. Hugh McMillan of
Tuckersmith in her 98th year. She was
the oldest 'citizen in point of ,residence
in the Township. She was born in Inver-
ness, Scotland and came to Canada in
1850.
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FEBRUARY 28,' 1896.
H. W. Allen' of Hullett, met with a
painful accident the other ,day, while
going across the barn floor, he slipped
through a hole, dislocating his ankle.
Turkey thieves visited the premises
of S. Parkinson, J. Horn and R. Jones,
of, Usborne one night last week, and
carried off about 15 turkeys.
James McFarlane , of Maple Grove
-stock farm, Stanley Township, has just
sold a fine polled angus bull, Prince.
Emlyn to Messrs. Dennison, of Varna,
at a good figure. Several of Mr. Mc-
Farlane's ' sheep started lambing, one
having two and another three.
Fire Was discovered in the rear of
the property on Main Street known in
the balmy days as Foster's Hotel. It was
occupied by R. laaxby as a restaurant
and barber shop and by Mr. James Gil-
lespie as a harness shop. It was a
surprise to -most people since the rope
on the bell of Carno's clock broke
and the' absence of steam at the Broad-
foot and Box factory prevented the un-
earthly shrieks of their whistle from
disturbing the peaceful slumbers of the
majority of the citizens.
Geo. Patterson of town has been ap.:
pointed distirict officer of the United
Workmen for Huron district.
New telephones have been put in by
Messrs. Robert Scott, seedsman, and
Hugh McIntosh.
Sydney Jacobs of town has purchased
John Lyon's residence on High Street.
The heavy snowfall was too much for
the veranda In front of D.D.Wilsoe's
egg emporium and it gaye way, under
the weight of the beautiful, thereby
removing one of the relics of old time
Seaforth.
Miss Charlotte Dundas and Miss
Dinah Robinson of Leadbury have been
taking subscriptions in aid of the'Metho-
dist Missions. They have met with fair
success. '
Another of those happy events took
place at the residence of Wm. Grieve "
of IVIcKillop, when his daughter Elizabeth
was married to Robert B. Hogg, a promis-
--- ing young farmer. •
During the late storm, the Expositor
surmounted all difficulties and was on '
hand to its many readers as'ueual.
The snow storm of Thursday and
Friday, completely blocked up the roads
and also the trains at Hensell and during
those days, the people were shut off
from the outer- world.
R. Paterson Sr, Hensall, is buSily
engaged in getting machinery in pdsition
for his rim planing mills. '
J. W. Ortwein, merchant, has been
engaged in Mliving his household effects
from Zurich to Hensel'.
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Printed Word Gains Ground
Some. Good Words for Show
In. a year when the, &u.b-‘ . of dark velvet and
and ject of snow has dominated- out in the cold and in-
much of our conversations 'spect them through the.
and generated untold 4UM- glass and you have a
ber"of blasphemous remark's, glimpse of a fantastic
it is good to k.nowthat - half-hidden wo-rld of -o-rder
there still are some things and inconce -LVabTe'var..40.
that can bp said of it in , ,So there they are,those
the presence of children. ,
and encru
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whole fla
simply th
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crystal
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of our wi
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highways,
sometimes
sted and
lief. An
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the „basic
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slows ou
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iogar and Spice.
Well, I've got the snowatobilers of
Canada on my back, almost unanimously,
after a recent column which suggested
mildly that the machines are instruments
of Satan at best, the finest tool for noise-
stink pollution since the automobile took
to the roads.
That makes up about one-quarter of
my readers. This week I shall alienate
another two-quarters of them by giving,
my unvarnished opinion of cats.
Cats, like' snowmobiles, have their
uses. They're handy to have around a
farm, where they help keep the vermin
under control. They have, in the past,
been just the thing for the proprietors
of
of ok eshoimeen wchiacskehnigph,al,aces, when the price
There were some in prison camp,
presumably to keep down the rats. Their
numbers were diminishing with increas-
ing speed, until the German camp com-
mandant issued the dictum: ''Prisoners
will cease and desist killing and eating
of long-tailed rabbits." He had a sense
of humour. Which is more than you
can say far a cat. -
Then, they are useful, when kittens,
for• putting on calendars. And finally,
I'll admit they provide company of sorts•
for lonely people, who pamper them,
stuff them with tidbits, and turn them
from sleek felines into bloated, contemp-
tuous parasites who take over the best
chair in the house, shed hair over every-
thing, claw the rug and upholstery at
will, and. wept out at five in the morning.
If I' should grow old and lonely, I
would prefer a snake as a pet. Like,
cats, they just sleep and eat. They
also eat mice. But they 'don't come
fawning and whining and rubbing fiercely
against you legs when You're getting
their food out. They don't want out in
the middle of the' night. And they don't
get pregnant every SiX weeks.
It's a well-known -fact that cats have
no love for anybody. Not even for other
cats. A beautiful female will marry
any flea-bitten, one-eyed, torn-eared
philanderer who comes along. And torn
cats are just plain sex fiends.
In some ways, cats are like children.
When they're kittens, they're sweet and
lovable and cuddly. And always making a
mess. When they grow up, they mooch
umneasss.hamedly, stay out half the night, sleep
half the day. And are ,always making a
My wife isn't fond of 'cats, and I
loathe them. But we always seem to be
stuck with one. Daughter Kini picks up
a stray kitten and brings' it home. With
the deepest misgivings, we adopt the
scrawny little wretch. They're always
female, which we don't find out until too
late.
Then Kim breezes off somewhere, and
we're guardians and grandparents.
There's no parleying about birth c cntrol,
Kim Insists that her protegee must fulfil
her function as a female. After the drama
of the delivery, and the periqd of nursing,
we. have a hysterectomy performed. And
2in about four months, :the , slim, sleek,
pretty young thing is' a great fat cat,
knocking off tins and tins of cat food,
and producing nothing except extreme
irritation.
Try to get her to put her out when
you think it's "time" and 'she darts
upstairs and under a bed. Have you ever
tried crawling under a bed .to catch a
cat who doesn't• want to go out into the
snow? It's a good way to give yourself
a stroke, from sheer rage.
Leave her outside and she darts be-
tween your legs when you're bringing in
armsful of groceries, and high-tails it
to safety under another bed, or down
cellar, the door of which your stupid
wife, or husband, has left open.
The solution, of course, is to have her
put away. But, somehOw I've never been
able to, accept euthanasia:- After all, you
don't. kill your kids, or eveh your parents,
just because they drive you wild.
.Many will not agree with me. ButI got
off to a bad start this week. All-set to
go to work Voliday morning. Cat in back
kitchen, with an odd look on her face.
Threw her out. Went into the downstairs
powder room,. and there was the
evidence'. Not one, but two distinct
evidences of massive diarrhea.
It's the only good thing I can say for
them. At least they know enough to go
to the bathroom.
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