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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1971-03-18, Page 2Ammemee••••••• BIND WIEPE WILL BE NO SWEAR/No-IN 71IYS //01/sE I NOW, /NEED SOME /141VEY AND WI/ILE YOUR I/AND /5 NOIR Mari; NANO OVER 7I/47 7/171E 1311190? lit7ok 174„1 ‘‘ ' Al Aaron (fxpasitmt li ii Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published et SEAFORTH. ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS.. Publishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor Member Canadian) Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associktion and Audit Bureau of Circulation NetVspapers 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 Telephone 527-0240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, March 18, 1971 40 Welfare Decision Poses Problem • Winter Lingers in Bayfield I is passing through - - and who all too frequently in these situations has' little practical knowTedge of the community or of the people in it. Certainly the standards ofWelfare that are applied should be common across Ontario. At the same time county councillors quite ' pronerly are asking them- selves why a common -san- dard cannot be maintained without the creation of a whole new administrative . level. 0:00M996M0669tat. AitegieleatiV=6166:M Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley ANS ..::?:MUMIeStikkWitte=990600:6=0644.. In the Years Agone We can sympathize with Huron County councillors, in the dilemma they faced in attempting to reach a decision during the March meeting concerning estab- lishing a county welfare system. In the end they deferred action pending receiving added informa- tion. On the one hand were Ontario Government welfare people urging council to set up a centrally con- trolled county-wide system. Against this -was the con- viction held by many mem- bers and-based :On.thei-r experiences'with assess- ment and education that such a system would ,result in the creation of another layer of civil servants within the .county which in the final analysis inevit-. ably would be more costly. While the fact that grants available for ad- ministrative functiOns would be increased coun- cillors remembered that in other' comparable situations costs generated by the added staff_ that centraliz- ation Brought into being continued to soar above the grants. Under the .present-ar- rangement'welfare 'distri- bution is handled by mun- icipal clerks whoprocess. applications as one of the various. duties they per- form.In Most cases nominal annual remuneration is Provided by the municfpal- ity.The estimated adminis- trative budget of a county welfare department which the province recommends has been set at between $30,000 and $35,000. More, of course, than mere dollars is involved.. .It is inevitable that local clerks who, probably more than any other in each area,are best in- ,formed concerning the needs of people in their area. They can assess reguiTe- ments in :the light of this knowledge and in, the pro- cess provide a degree of Welfare that in the end best serves the needs of. the applicants. As, populations change this personal assessment no longer is possible to. the degree it once was. Despite this,local assess- ment will still be more <, -jaccurate than that made by somebody,who,in effect, 0 Dr. J. A. Munn The death last week of Dr. James A. Munn 'removed one who in the nearly fifty yea -rS ir4.whiCh he had been a resident'of Seaforth made a'.major contribution to the Enlisting in the First War while in. his teens he was among that'small band of pioneer pilots who made aviation history. He was still in his teens when he retired in 1919.and re- sumed the study of dentis- try that had been inter- rupted by'the war. Hisi Anterest in aviation continued throughout his life.'and perhaps one of his greatest disappoihtments was that'he was not accept- ed as a pilot in the Second War. Instead he willingly served for. four years as a link training instructor in the Royal Canadian Air Force. where he was able to contribute of his experience and enthusiasm -to many hun- dreds of RCAF pilot.train- ees who passed. through his classes.. Possessed of a quiet determination and a coh- tinuincr desire to be in- . formed, Dr. Munn early began an involvement in' the community and Ats affairs that continued as long'as his health per- mi,tted. While shunning public office and. publicity had no hesitation in tak- ing a poSitive stand for what he believed to be best and, in making.his views known., This coupled with his keen interest in people as individuals made his con- tribution particularly valuable. • MARCH 22, 1946 Spring officially has come' into being but to date there has been no change in the weather, which for the past week or more has been a cross between spring and early summer. It would be well to keep in mind, however, that March has still 10 days to run, On March 17th, St. Patrick's Day in Dublin, which is a namesake of Ireland's -capital, Mrs. Barbara Holland celebrated' her 82nd birthday at the „home of her daughter, Mrs. John V. Flynn. She is active, enjoys good eyesight and perfect hearing: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Glenn of Kippen, who are leaving for Grand Bend, were pleasantly surprised when a number of their personal friends met at their home and presented them with a lovely blanket. A delightful affair was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.Wesley Venner, Kippen, when some 60 relatives, neigh- bors and friends gathered to honor them on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary. Dancing was enjoyed with music by the -Hyde Orchestra. Mr. Hyde' who' is 87 years old, a noted violinist, playing at their w 'ing 25 years ago. Edgar Allen of Brucefield has pur- chased the old Walker House Hotel, in the village, and has since sold the hotel to Ross Scott, who intends remodelling the property into a modern post office. Peter Baker, of Hillsgreen, who is almost 90 years old, had the misfortune to fall and break his hip and was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Paul Doig, • Tuckersmith, who has served with the R.C.A.F. for nearly five years, and who hes been on the East Coast, has received his discharge. 4 partment, and I couldn't design the interior of an outhouse. I'rq in ,charge of two public speaking Contests 'and two essay contests, both with looming ,deadlines. The cat did it again on the floor last night and is going to the glue factory if it happens once more. The C.N.R. has ' phoned five times to tell me I owe them $1.09, which was their mistake . in the first place . The guy who shovels my drive with his plow has put his rates up fifty per cent. I have sixty essays, seventy-five tests, and one hundred and thirty exam-papers- to mark. I have stubbed the second- littlest toe on my right foot and the nail is dangling by a painful bit of gristle or something. I missed ' two crucial shots and lost out on the 'big prize in the last curling bonspiel. The lock on the bathroom door has been gone since Christmas and people keep getting locked in, instead of locked out. So, all in 'all, if you . he,ar a small' "POP" one of these days, it won't be the wax in your ears cracking. It'll be little, insignificant me. There. I know there's nothing more boring than other people's troubles. But I've got about half of them off my chest. ' And you must, feel better to know that someone in the world has as many'troubles as you. And of course there are some things on the• black ink side of the ledger, too. There's the "winter break" as they now call what used to be the Easter holidays. A whole week in which to do nothing but mark exam papers. There's the prospect, in about six weeks, of getting the leeches off 'my back (and into the unemployment lines). And there's the sheer pleasure of , not getting up in the dark every workday. • The sun shines, waterily and occasionally. There's a glimmer of hope that that peculiarly Canadian -monster - winter -, having vented his orgy of rage, is begin- ning to die of sheer emotional exhaustion. UnlesS the old brute throwS one more senile but devastating blow at us. MARCH 25-, 1921. March is a time for madness in this country. I have lain on the grass with a girl in March,, studying for exams. And I have waded through snow up to the belly-button, in the same month. This is enough to make Canadians' a bit more psychotic than Other nations. March is as unpredictable as a preg- nant female, as precocious as an eccen- tric old man. Mad as a March hare” is no 'flight of the imagination. You don't have to be a hare to be mad in March. • • All you have to do is look at the body of your car, at what the salt and sand have done to it, and you get mad. All you have to be is a mother with "soaking, muddy small children tromp- ing in and out, and you get mad. All you have to do is total your fuel bill, and you know you are out of your mind to live in such a clime. All it takes. is ,a note from a friend in - the south, who asks how high the snowbanks still are, and says he expects to come home about the first of May. All you need to do. is think of next month, and realize that the average Canad- ian gives up a third of his income in taxes, and you can go right around the bend. Our 'nerves are stretched to the snap- ping point by the rigours of the last four months , and it doesn't take much to break us. Even a little thing like forget- ' ting to get your car license plates before the deadline, or foxgetting to pay your hydro bill in time for the discouht, can' make the most stable of us crack and go roaring after the nearest Person with the nearest blunt instrument. I haven't quite blown a gasket yet, but I can feel the pressure building up. My wife has been off her oats since Christmas. Having two kids in Univer- sity is like walking around with two large leeches clinging to you. Half a dozen people want me to speak to a similar number of completely dissimilar groups all over the geography:". I have a hundredletters to write. My boss, is bugging me for" a detailed plan for a new workroom for my de- mgiftigMAIMMIE"IMMUMMINS From My Window — By Shirley 3. Keller ogifeepaieWsionammakiMM.M.M=MSASEASSAM=SenetteM If you were wagering that this columnist would miss the opportunity to talk about PET's marriage, you have lost. I haven't been so utterly thrilled about, anything for a long-, long time and there is just no way that I will be still about the wedding of PET and Mek. ' Those of you who read this column faithfully will know' that I am a 'N'udeau supporter. True, I was cold to,' the prime minister at first. It took me a while to' learn to trust him, but now I am possessed of Trudeau-mania... and I'm proud of it. I don't really know how to express my feelings about Pierre's marriage ex- cept to say that I'm tingling all over just thinking about it, No, not that kind of tingly. It's lust the Pm-so-excited-brand that comes over one when you feel that you are, on the threshold of something wonderful. It has occurred to me since Pierre's marriage that we are just now about to learn what, a real swinger our Prime Minister really IS. Any fellow who can court a young lady as lovely as Margaret Sinclair right under the noses of the Canadian press . . . and actually marry her in a church in one of Canada's most up-to-the-minute cities. . . without one word of rumor or gossip to spoil it, is certainly a man of rare talents I'd say. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard the word. I really thought Trudeau was one of those perennial baehelor4 who would always be an esc6rt but never a groom, Stmehow I thought of him as a man who enjoyed the companionship of " women without desiring the marital ties that accompany a permanent arrangement. But when I came to the realization that this man actually wooed and Won the lovely Meg - and had chosen to make her - bride in a carefully'. planned, quiet 0 The concert am:11150x social held in the School house of S.S.No. 7 McKillop, was a huge success. Much credit, is due to the teacher, Miss E. Little; and pupils. One of the most interesting features was the disposing of the boxes by J. J. Mc- Gavin, who proved a very efficient auct- ioneer. The proceeds. of the evening amounted to $91.00: A pleasing event took place at the home ,of M. Murdie, McKillop, when the McKillop council and officials assembled at his home, to show their appreciation of his long Service to the municipality of McKillop as Councillor, Reeve and Town- ship Clerk, extending over a period of 40 years. Hugh McGroigor dY .Brucefield, has sold his farm to John Taylor near Grand Bend for $12,000. There are 200 acres. He will move to Brucefield where he has bought R. Higgins brick cottage. - the millinery openings at the Stewart • Bros.' store and that of John McTaviSti were held. Flowers and fruit seem to be this season's specialty for trimming hats. Date Reid of town has been appointed- Census Commissioner for the riding of South •Huron. The roads are almost impassable and only an expert at driving is •Willing to venture abroad at night. A. but romantic ceremony with only a few close relatives and friends present - I was ready to cry, As• one girl said, "It's almost like a fairy tale, isn't it." Did you see the way Trudeau behaved in front of the television cameras in company with his new bride? I tell you, it .was almost like watching a love story. The man obviously adored his wife and yet there wasn't one' gushy, nervous or over-zealous gesture to show it. I don't know. Somehow it was in his eyes and in his manner of movement. He was conscious of her at his side and yet he was completely at .ease, as though this was the way things were meant to be. - There was a picture in one of the dailies of Pierre Elliott Trudeau going home from the House of Commons for his lunch. Even' this brought out the goose- bumps on a great many Women I know. It's true. "I wonder what she had cooked up?" one girl wondered. "I wonder if they even ate at all," came one gal's thoughts. You see. It is perfectly clear from those comments that the Canadian women do not consider Pierre Elliott Trudeau a' stodgy old fellow with a too-young bride. Indeed not. There is ample evidence that this nation's women think of the prime minister as a virile he-man who would please any woman he would choose to make his wife. Add this new side of Pierre to his recent outburst of ."fuddle-duddle” in the! House, and you have a picture of a man with whom anyone can identify . . ; and will. He's the first prime minister this. country has ever had who behaves like the average man yet 'thinks and Produces like a natural statesman, Congratulations, Mr.,, and Mrs. P. E. Trudeau. May your love endure beyond all else. • MARCH'20, 1896. A sad accident happened at John Mc- Millan's saw mill, Blyth, whereby the son, John, had his left arm badly lacer- ated by a saw. While :Louis Weyer of Zurich and his brother Adolph were in the big swamp cutting wood, by some manner in passing the axe to Adolph it fell on his face, cutting abig gash in his cheek. While playing hockey' owe Seaforth rink, Geo. Chesney met with a nasty accident, which might have cost him his eyesight. The puck struck him in the eye. There were registered with the town clerk last ,year, 47 births, 21 marriages and 23 deaths. • -1 The following stock was shipped from Sesiforth station for the Old Country mar- kets: - George Turnbull, 16 horses; Robert Wilson, 8 horses; Robert Winter, 31 head of cattle, Wm. Scott of Brucefield took a car of dressed hogs to Toronto where he 'dis- posed-of them. Jpim Gillespie of Cromerty has sold his farm of 100-itYgi nto Alex McLachlan for the sum of $4,760. 4, O