The Huron Expositor, 1971-06-03, Page 24
JUNE 5th, 1896.
The trustees of the Eden school have
purchased one' and one quarter acres of
land adjoining the present schbal grounds,
Lot 6, Concession 5, Usborne. The
people of that tectien intend building a
large brick school nexespring.
• Robert Campbell, of McKillop, with
his brother and daughter, was coming into
Seaforth with a span of horses and a
double carriage when the horses were
frightened at an old reaper table. and
shying to ,one side upset the vehicle
'Into the ditch. His brother escaped
injury, but Miss Campbell had her leg
broken and Mr: •Campbell had his leg
badly bruised.
A team belonging to Wm. Dinnin, of
the Mill Road, Tuckersmith, attached
to a lumber wagon, created quite a stir
on Main Street. A washing machine was
being put in the wagon at Hugh Grieve's
emporium when the horses made a dash
to Thos. Daly's grocery store. On the '
run down the street they collided with"
M. Y. MCLean's buggy in front of Lums-
deri and Wilson's store. Mrs. McLean
was sitting in the'buggy but fortunately
escaped injtiry. The wagon was smashed
to atoms.
The new town bell has arrived and
Patridk. Keating hat been awarded the
contract of putting it in place.
Messrs. Scott Bros. have completed
the contract of putting in the electric
fire alarm System in town.
The band have authorized Messrs.
keit tires. of this tOWil, to procure
their Supply of new instruments.
Adam. Crozier met with a painful
accident. He was putting some eggs
into a vat in D. D. Wilton's cellar,
When his Mot slipped off the ladder and
his side was struck on the edge of the
.vat, breaking several ribs.
The cheese factory at Walton is doing
.,a rushing business this season.
JUNE 10th, 1921.
The opening of the Community Fall •
at Blyth was a grand success, there
being' over 1500 in the building. A great
crowd had to be turned away. Hon.
Manning Doherty, Minister of Agricul-
ture 'gave an eloquent address. The
collection, amounted to nearly $300.00.
WM, Strong, of Kippen, who has been
the faithful and piinstaking teacher of
No. 2 school, Tuckersmith for the past
three years, has been Trigaged for a
fourth year.
, Miss Margaret Mellis and her pupils,
Miss Gladys McLean, Wm. Finlayson and
Robert McLean, have been successful in
passing the, examination on “The teaching
values of the Old Testament.
Thos. W. Parker of Hensall has
entered into partnership with Milne R.
'Rennie; In the boot and shoe business
in Hensall.
The Bonsail town council is pleased
to be able to report that the debt on
the soldiers fine monument in front of -
the Town Hall, has been completely
wiped out.
At the regular practice of the Seaforth
band in their rooms, a pleasing eveht
occurred 'when Malcolm McLeod, one Of
the oldest and most valued members was
presented with an' upholstered leather,
chair. The presentation was made by
Walter Robinson.
Reeves, Grieve, of Seaforth,
McNaughtbn of Tuckersmith, McQuaid of
McKillop and Armstrong of Hullett, are
in Goderich this week attending the County
Council.
Reid Bros. of town have secured the
contract of wiring Miss E. Davidson's
new bungalow, now in the course of
construction.
The women 'clerks of Stewart Bros:
store spent the Wednesday half-holiday
in Hayfield.
Mrs. O., A. Sills had the misfortune
to fill at, her home and fracture her
arm.
F. D. Hutchison is moving into the
residence ,on Jarvis St. which he recently
purchased from J. A. Case.
The Toronto printers are striking
for $1.00 an hour for a 44 hour week.
Robert Smith, of town, has recently
purchased a McLaughlin touring car from
E. H. Close, the local agent.
Messrs. Leo. McKay, and JohnHoldan
of Manley, are busy cutting did drawing
logs to Walton.
'JUNE 7th, 1946.
John Bennett, of town, had the mis-
fortune to suffer a serious fall at the
home Wilds son, Poster Bennett, North
Main Street. AS Mr. Bennett, is 90 years
of age, the accident may prove a serious
one.
The silver collection taken at the
opening band ' concert at the Seaforth
Park Sunday evening amounted' to $19.00.
The concert presented under the direc-
tion of E. H. Close, was largely attended.
Dr. G. F. Rogers, who retired more
than a year ago as Ontario's deputy
minister of education, died at his home
in Toronto. He was a former principal
of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute.
The building owned by A. •Bushie,
blacksmith shop on Goderich Street, is
being removed and will be •wrecked.
Originally a combined store and: rest=
dente in Harpurhey, it was removed 'to
Seaforth almost '75 years ago when the
late Edward• Cash -conducted a store in
it.
Several motorists, if they were ob-
serving, must have seen a pretty sight
on• the north road when a good sized
fawn came leaping down the sloping field
on the east side and went down to the
river above Thomas Govenlock's barn.
Elmer Di Bell, of Exeter, was elected
.president of the Progressive Conserva-
tive Association of' Huron and Huron-
Perth. He succeeds J. W. Morley \,pf
Exeter:
Among district nurses graduating at
ceremonies held at the Stratford General
Hospital were, Mildred M. Aitcheson,
Mayme H. Watson, and Jean Margaret
Hurford, Seaforth, Blanche E. Thomp-
son; Kippen and Dorothy Jean Ha.pson,
Londes13oro. Mies Watson was awarded
the • mayor's medal for highest marks
in obstetrical nursing, while in the student
claps, an award for highest total marks
was given Miss Lois Harrison of Seaforth.
Neville McMillan of town has accepted
a position on the staff of the Canadian
Bank of Commerce at ListoWel.
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 3, 1971
At' Last, An Alternative
•
HaVe you ever had the creepy, nagging
feeling 'that 'something is dead wrong but
there Is nothing you can do about it?
Have you ever been so scared you were
actually sick to your stomach and knew
all the time things would...get a whole lot
worse before they got better?
It isn't a very nice feeling I can tell ,
you but that's just the way I felt during
the recent holiday weekend when I was
travelling by car along the highway with
my family.
We were bound for the City of Detroit,
the great .ZoolOgical Park to 'be exact.
The yonngest Keller had never met 'all
the animals who frequent that marvellous
place so we decided to make the trip that
sunny but not-too-hot May day.
We left mid-morning,. around 10 a.m..
and from the time we left our home until
we returned again, we were suribunded
by scruffy-looking, rather docile teen-
agers who were constantly underfoot along
sidelivalks and' footpath'S;-sideroads and
main highways,'
I'm not against, hitchhikers. I can
remember as a small child the:bray mother
often used that methbd of transPOrtation
'to get from one, point to another., Those
were the days when few families -had•
automobiles or bus fare and when the need
arose to travel (our jaunts were often into
the city for medical attention for me, a
childhood victim of polio) we . often used
our thumbs.
So you can s I know what it is to
hitchhike . . ow truly thankful one
can be an expense-free journey .from
point • to point B.
But hitchhiking has 'become a disease •
with our young people, I fear . . . and
even' that in itself is not all bad, I suppose,
except that a very large number of these
tagalong types look like cavemen out of
the dark ages who are neither clean nor .
in touch with living. In short , these kids
are frightening reminders to folks like me
that something is amiss in today's youth-
ful population when .in the midst of some
of the most affluent times in history we are
Under the heading "At
last, an alternative" the
Clinton News Record in a
recent issue looks ,at the
provincial 'political scene
in anticipation of an early
election..
If the Ontario Liberal
Party lives up to its
promises at recent meet-
ings around the province,
Ontario residents may at
last be getting a reason-
able alternat!tve to the
present government ' of
Ontario, the paper says
and goes on in these words:
"Despite a lot of talk '
and a lot of publicity,
ected leader -Of
rio New.Democrats,
Lewis, has not
ffered much .hope
ong, reaso6able
nt under his party.
looks of it Mr.
11' always be a,
ar-bater.
untiljecentlY,
ixon of the Liberals
astounded the world
policies either,
faced with an
ertain election in
year, Nixon has
senting himself as
the calm, reasonable leader
who could lead us 'tut of
the present mess. What's
more, he has recently been
setting a policy that gives
real promise.
,"In Lindsay last week,
for instance, Mr. Nixon
promised a major_priority
of his government would be
to reverse the centralizing
policies of.,,the present
government and encourage
strong local government so
citizens could feel they
had a clear influence in
-controlling their _govern-
ment. He would -bring ah
end to-the jurisdictional
takeovers which have been'
quietly bringing most areas
of Overnment under direct
control of Queens Park.
Mr Nixon promises, that
his government would only
introduce' regional govern-
ment where there isa clear
public demand for it (which
means nowhere) and that new
emphasis would be put on
CoUnty Government and co-
operative arrangements be-
tween municipalities
"He promises first a
Takeover Review Board to
screen takeoveTs of all
OntariO-incorporated
firms. He would also re-
quire complete financial
disclosure of private
f'n•Ontario and implement
legislation to keep con-.
trol of the finance indus-
try in 'Ontario.
"A Nixon government would
enfortelaws .such as those
that require minerals mined
in Ontario to be refined in
Canada.
"Hopefully, Mr. Nixon
will Come up with more con-'
crete proposals in the
Months before the election.
After years of wondering
th_a Wilderness without
any apprent policy, he
finally seems to. have been.
inspired.. And.heAlts'_sdme .
other good men on his, team
such as Murray Gaunt from
Huron-Bruce.
"The still-missing r fdC-
tor, hOwever, is a good
local candidate,-because'
in oroVincial elections'
the' strength of the local
member of Parliament is
still very important to,
the voters who need to
knOw he is_there helplf
needed. .
. "If. Nixon can find good
candidates at the local
level he'nas ,the makings
of 'a major upset,. and a
good government the
Clinton paper concludes.
Signs of Summer
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being,overrun with 'dirty, raggy kids who
are content to.. beg for existence.
I got a sickening churning sensation in
the pit of my stomach as we sped along
the highway and saw young people curled up
like hoboes in the ditches, dirty and
bearded and completely uncaring.
My heart flipped like a drop of water
on a hot griddle as I noted young girls
with hard faces and curved spines
slouching beside a tangled-haired boy
toting a bed roll.
I was tempted to kick the kids who were
too lazy to stand and thumb a de like men
but preferred to stret t along the
roadside with their thum s just barely
raised to denote their hopes for one of
the "establishment" to stop and offer them
a plush seat.
I thought about the youth hostels all.
over this country, put there by hard earned
dollars for people like these who were
working very hard to appear like the
scum' of the earth. I wendered why the
government didn't go all the way for these
kids - maybe providing busses which
would crisscross the nation lifting these
so-called "beautiful people" up frona
the roadsides and into a complete wel-
fare state.
you may charge that. I don't understand
these kids, what motivates them and who
'has taught them to think as they do. I
must admit you are right. I simply cannot
, comprehend why any human being would•
choose to be ktransient - a kindof bother-
some bum who doesn't even have the guts
to stand erect when hitChhiking or to
attempt to be clean and courteous for his
benefactors.
• I hate myself for the kind of thoughts
I have about these kids .ant what's more. '
disturbing," I hate myself for the attitude
Which is building, up within me toward
all long-haired youths who haven't yet
learned to say a , simple ,,thank you"
for' a dinner invitation or a small favor.
I'm purely' heartsick over the young'
people who will one day be our leaders
and I pray some miracle will take place ,
before I must bow to their legislation.
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June is one of the happiest months
of the Year in Canada. Or it should be.
In other countries they have spring.
In this country, we have a blealc month
before the last snow goes,. and -June
bursts forth in all her lush, soft splen-
dour. • • Grass is startling green and the cattle
fill their bellies with the juicy sweetness
after a long Winter of confinement and
dull fodder.,
Young ones; of all 'species actually
gambol, snort, kickt...up their heels and
butt their mothers on one .siderthen on
the 'udder.
Our trees have forgotten their groan-
ing and cracking in the teeth of winter;
they bow and whisper like ladies at a
garden party. while the squirrels scamper
- saucily- about their legs and the birds
twitter among their ample bosoms and
verdant hair.-
June is full of anticipation. The boat
owners are painting and repairing' and' •
launching. The golfers are having their
finest hour before the silly summer duf-
ferS swarm onto the courses.,
And school is nearly Over. And the
most beautiful marriages ever conceived
are in the offing.
It is a mouth When surely every
Canadian' shOlild be shouting, "Praise
the Lord", or "Let joy be unconfined",
or at least, 'Wow! This is the greatest!'
But, a benevolent Providence, in its
wisdom, must remind man that every
rose haS"'a thorn, that every light con-
tains its darkness, that every good has a
balancing evil.
It's probably . just as well. If there
were no bad smells, we wouldn't apprec-
iate the good ones. If we never felt
pain or illness, we wouldn't appreciate
health.
So, in June, as in life, there's another
turn of the wheel, another side o f the
coin. -4
There's all that glorious nature, just
waiting to be revelled in. And there are
all those mosquitoes and blackflies just
waiting to revel in turning you into a
swollen porpoise or a stripped skeleton.
There's all that luxuriant' grass. But
the dam' stuff is up to your knees before
you get yohr lawnmower overhauled.
And there's all that young life. June
was a happy month for my mother, more
years ago than it is decent to ;talk about.
She proudly bore her-third son,.me. But
what she got was a sickly whelp.Who cried
for two years without stopping and barely
survived every infant's ailment there was
in those days.
There's all that anticipation. But the
boat owner discovers that the rats have
been at his sails, or the termites at
his hull, or his motor. .has developed a
perforated ulcer. And the golfer swings
too hard on his first day out, slips a
disc and is out •for the summer.
To be sure, school is nearly out.
- But June is pure hell for both teacher
and student. For the teacher it is a
scramble of final reviews, an avalanche
of evaluation, a surfeit of statistics.''
Fair enough. He's paid for it. But he
might as well be teaching a couple of
cords of wood. The bodies are there,
but the minds and spirits have fled
through the open windows into the musky
June air.
It's even worse for the student. There
is that oaf talking about poetry when
the greatest poetry in the world is taking
place outside that stifling rectangular
prison. Th blood stirs, the limbs go
langiorous, the eyes go glassy and that
retarded adult up front might as well be
talking to himself in Swahili.
As for those beautiful marriages, con-
ceived in heavens and time-tabled for
June. If I had any, statistics, I'd say
that statistics show that fifty per cent
Of them will end in a life cif quiet des-
peration, thirty per cent of them will be
unbearable, ten per cent will be impos-
sible, five per cent unspeakable. The
rest will wind up having their sixtieth
anniversary pictures in the local papers.
I'm not 'being cynical about Stine. I •wouldn't miss it for anything. • I am
Merely, as ,usual, presenting the facts.
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From My Window
— By Shirley J. Keller
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