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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1971-11-25, Page 14 I • xpnisitarr Since 1860, Serving the Cavnlenity Find irtibliabed at SEAFORTR, ONTARIO, every Thursday marring by MCLEAN BROS.. Publishers Ltd. ANDiEW Y. A+ CLEAN„ Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and' Audit Bureau of Circulation Newspapers 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, NOVEMBER 25, 1971 What Is Permissiveness Iri the Years Agone NOVEMBER 27, 1896. The trustees of School Section No. 2, Grey Township, have engaged the services of Miss Nettie Crich of Tuckersmith. The salary will be $200.00. ••• James A. Reid, whb holds the respon- sible position of• head 'bookkeeper in the , office of the Bryce Lumber Company, Toronto, spent a few days at the parental home in Hullett. Miss Jennie Muldrew of EgmondVille has taken a position in Edward McFaul's dry g9ods establishment. What wonderfully changeable weather. During the past week we have been changing frdm mild „ weather to cold weather and back again to mild; from rain' to snow and back to rain again; the only stable feature of these malty-changes being th'e abundant supply of 'mud. E. C. Coleman, ,of town, retur• ned, from' a successful business trip through Ontario and Quebec. • While away he received a large number of orders for salt -from large firms in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. • 'James Killoran, son of John Killoran of this town, has passed his final examin- ation in law and is now a fully fledged barrister, D. IX 'Wilson 'has been shipping • out eggs at the rate of a carload a day for several weeks and there are a lot more ▪ to go yet, They are all being shipped to the old country. , Wm. Fotheringham of Tuckersmith has purchased from Duncan McLaren of Hibbert, a very superior young Shorthorn bull. W. C. Landsborough,Tuckersmith, has put in a hydraulic ram .and now has water convenient for his stock. Word was received in Elrucefleld, some days ago of the death of James McDonald, who resided and kept a tailor shop here. ,Perry Overhold of Brucefield, who has been employed with different farmers in this vicinity, left for Wiarton, where he has secured a good position in alurniture factory. Neil McGill of Brucefieldlilasdisposed of his farm on' the 5th Concession con- taining 100 acres to Wm.gie5t. Messrs. James Coo & Son, im- porters and breeders of high bred sheep 'are fast coming to the front rank among the breeders of Canada and the United States. The annual competition in plowing by the Students attending the Ontario Agri- cultural College was held recently at which there were 31 competitors. The winner of the second prize was W. J. Elliott, son of W. Elliott, town clerk of Seaforth. ' The football match on the' Recreation grounds between Egmondville and Alma, for the Crawford cup, resulted' in a tie. On account of the heavy snow the grounds were in very bad shape. Harry Cresswell, son of G. E. Cress- well of Tuckersmith has returned home from the • Western 'States, to spend the winter. •- J. H, McDougall has rented the fine farm of. Wm. Gibbings on the Huron Road. NOVEMBER 25, 1921. Wm. Douglas of Briicefleld has sold -his sixty-seven acre farm to Mr. Hewett' of Auburn, the price -$8,500, and has brought a house and lot from John Mus- tard. The fowl Supper in connection. with Cavan Church, Winthrop was largely at- tended. ' , Mr. English, of Bayfield, ,who has been assisting in the Sterling Bank, has been advised to go to Fort Erie and his place was taken by Mr. Rathwell of Varna. ' James B. McLean of Kippen; is busy these days shipping sugar beets to Chatham.. , Nomination day for South Huron brought in a large crowd to the village of Hensall. The following were declared by Mr. Hun- kin, the returning officer , as candidates for the coming election: - J. J. Merrier of Seaforth, Conservative nominee; Thos. McMillan, Hullett, Reform nomin and Wm. Black of Seaforth, U.9.0.n inee. Mrs. R. Bullard of Hensall, 1 having hydro installed in her dwelling. John McCaa, before leaving on his western journey was presented by the EgmOndville congregation with a club bag and travelling accessories as he intends spending the winter at the coast. The bazaar held by the Barbara Kirk- Tan' Auxiliary in the Sills block was a .. ?real success. The proceeds of the sale of 'articles and tea amounted to $400.00. Messrs. W. Layton and F. Walters of Tuckersmith, who have been operating the threshing outfit for Earl Collins of Stanley, finished up thiS week. MiSs Robertson of Londesboro has accepted a position in Toronto and left last week" to commence her duties. What might have been a very serious • ' accident occurred at Londesboro when Mr. Melville's hbrse ran away and threw him against a gate post. He is still suffering from his injuries. ' The Community Hall, at Londesboro'is about completed and will be opened in the near future. .Burton O. Muir and Miss Fibre Jane Forbes of Aberdeen, Scotland, were united in marriage by Rev. F. H. Larkin at the home of -tie- groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johh Muir. , -• Wm. Hartry haS been appointed atten- dance officer by the board of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute.' 1 A most momentous incident took place - at "Cloverdale" at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McOavin, when their family gathered to celebrate their diamond wedding, )• NOVEMBER 29, 1946. Mts. Geo. McGavin entertained Friday night in honor of her daughter Audrey, a. bride elect, when a, large number of friends were present: Northside '1.1qiied Church 'Sunday. School room, Seaforth, was well filled to receive' the- play "She's my DalNy", presented by the young -People of Walton Church. The cast consisted of; - Mrs. Robert McMichael*, Walter Bewley, Frank Kirkby, Mrs. Harvey Stephenson, Mrs. W. C. Bennett, Harvey Stephenson, Bert Johnson, Mrs. Nelson Reid, Mrs R. G. Hazelwood and Mrs. Bert Johnson. A very pleasant evening was spent in Winthrop Hall when a large number of friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Adams, gathered to welcome him home and extend greetings to his wife, who recently came to Canada from England. They were presented with suit- able gifts. Walker Hart favored with several solos, and music for dancing was 'furnished by Miss Mae. Smith, George Smith, James Neilans, R. C. Dodds, Walker Hart and Al. Whitfield. Lloyd Noakes, of Hensall, is confined to his home, suffering a badly bruised leg and severe lacerations received when operating a corn picker on the farm of Edward Munn. Ed, Dick has purchased the farm of Roy T. McDonald of Cromarty and gets immediate possession. The draw for thehome made Christmas cake at the home cooking Sale of the C.W.L. of. St, James Church was won by Ed. Gormley of Tuckersmith. Norman Sanderson has purchased J. Wesley 'Beattiefs McKillop farm north of Seaforth and intends moving to it in the • spring. Miss Lorna Ellis was awarded 'the' English Trophy at the Graduation exer-e ciseS of Lambton Park school. Albert Baker of town had the misfor- tune to have his hand badly injured at the Bell Engine plant. A social evening under the sponsor- ship of the officers of the Altar Society , was held in the Parish Hall with 30 tables of progressive euchre in play. First prize went to Gilbert Murray and Michael Coyne; cone hands, Gen"Y Holland; lucky number prize, Mrs. Joseph • Burke. Music for dancing was furnished by the Ryan-Mc- Quaid Orchestra. Perky' Harris, well known Hensall farmer, his 1200 turkeys which will soon be ready for the Christmas trade. He believes in protecting his birds from prowlers so he sleeps in the colony house with a trusty shot gun under his pillow. A reception and presentation :for the last of the returned boys from, theVIllage ..-of Hensall was held in' the Town Hall. ,A banquet preceded the presentation, The returned personnel were presented with club bags. 1 ' Sugar Arid Spice by Bill Smiley • My tired old eyes almost popped out and ran down my cheeks the other day, with a couple of peeled grapes, when I read about the increases in pay to' our armed forces. "My God," I groaned to my wife, "will you listen to this? A buck private is, going to get $480 a month." She wasn't i ressed. But she p ked up her ears and turned down the corn rs of her mouth 'with my next remar "And a colonel will be drawing $ 60 a month." My brother, her brother-in-law, is a colonel. Out came the pencil and she started some rapid calculation. In about half an hour, while I sat there shaking my head with a mixture of. shocked disbelief and incipient nausea, she blurted, "Do you realize that young pup is'going to be mak- ing $22,520 a year?" I nodded morosely. I had done it in my head, give or take a few hundred -dollars, in eight seconds, "Why - why, that's impossible," and her voice went up an octave. I just took the paper over and pointed to the cold, black- print. • It was like swallowing a horse-pill without benefit of water, for both of ,us. While I had been slogging along serving humanity as a weekly newspaper editor, sometimes hitting a high of 16,200 a year, and later as a teacher, he had been gallivanting around to all sorts of glam- orous and exciting places. Aide-de-camp to an Air Vice-Marshal in Europe. ' Boar-hunting in Germany. Commander of a fighter squadron in France. Liaiscin officer in Paris. Desk job in Ottawa. Back to. Europe. Back to Canada to head a fighter squadron at Val d'Or, guarding us against the Eskimoes, then a soft touch at Colorado Springs in the States, watching the °panic button, and skiing weekends. There was only one bright spot in "my mind as I. reviewed this circuit. He's now stuck in Syracuse. Who wants to live in Syracuse? But my wife -wasn't finished. -,-why didn't you stay in the -air force?" I gave her some lofty reply about being my own man, and not. wanting to wallow around .in peace-time On •the tax-payer's money. I didn't mention that the air force wouldn't have had me if World War III had broken out twenty minutes after World War H ended. Then, In the gloomy silence that followed, I started, 'thinking back. When I 'joined up, we got $1.30 a day, or $40 a month. I sent home $20 a month to my mother: We ,got paid every two weeks, so I had a handsome $10 to blow. I'll never _forget the time I lost my $10 bill about tw enty minutes after pay parade. It was at Manning Pool in Toronto, with about 10,000 airmen on hand. The next couple of weeks were slim pickings. But I made it, by bor- rowing. That's when I started bor- rowing, and I've never caught up since. But it wasn't so bad, really. Beer was IN a draft and a dollar went a long way. I didn't smoke. Girls didn't expect you to take them out for drinks, dinner and the theatre. They .just exl- pected you to take them out. Hotel rooms were no problem, on week end leave. One of us would check into the old King Eddie in Toronto, and take' a single room.. Price was $3.00, with' 10 per cent off for servicemen.Then ." about five more would sneak up and six, of us would share a single room, sleep- ing three on the bed, crossways, the others on the floor. Average cost, 45y- each. We didn't need much sleep any- way. Wages went up with each increase • in rank. " As I recall it, when I was commissioned, I got about $6.50 a day. This was wealth beyond the dreams of avarice, in those days. The Australian and U.K. officers envied us bitterly. They were paid about half that; to main- tain the standards of an officer -and gentleman. I don't envy the servicemen their increase. They have a job that is es- pecially thankless in 'peacetime. 'But if I were quite a few years younger, 'I'd be running, not walking, to the nearest recruiting station. But my kid brother is another matter. I'm smarter than he is, though he'd never admit it. I could always beat him up. He's got his only 'child married off to a wealthy Englishman. He's going to have a fat pension in just a few years. It's only fair to serve notice on him that he may have long-term, perhaps permanent, gueSts, when he retires and picks out his villa in Spain. With Christmas in the offing and being such a proud mother as I am, I deCided that the only gift.' would truly appreciate this year would be a picture of my three children. I'd had one previous picture taken of the trio - that was about five years ago and as you can well imagine, there have been plenty of changes in my young- sters since then, Those were the days when my ,eldest son wore his hair short and neatly combed. It was my youngest child at that time who had ringletsslown around his ears! It was a spur of the moment decision ▪ to call the photographer. It had been something I wais putting off and finally, one day, I simply picked up the telephone and made the appointment for- the picture sitting. 'I informed my children later that evening of the date and re-. ceived no indication of problems ahead. The evening of the sitting was another matter . . . and if I ever have a picture taken again of my three offspring, I will have to be in a totally different frame of mind than I am right now. About one hour before our date with the photographer, I reminded my children it was about time to get ready, They wanted to- know what they had to get ready for and I confidently reiterated that they would be having their picture taken that evening. You would think I., had told them they had only one hour to live . • . and their dismay at that dreadful moment set the tone for the entire ghastly picture-taking episode. My eldest son had a jamming session scheduled for the exact same hour as the photographer Was expecting us. How could I really expect him to be enthuSia- stic about going to have a' mug shot"taken when his future success as a rock'n' roll star (or whatever they're calling it these days) depended solely upon this evening? Could I really think there would be any degree of co-operation when I Insisted. upon interfering' with his career like this? My daughter informed me she was sorry, but she just couldn't go with the bOyS and me to the, photographer's studio that evening. This was her evening far CGIT and the thenie was Can we continually blame the younger generations for the world's MO Or could it be that the young have become a . scapegoat for the failures of those who have sat in the boardrooms of industry and education, in vestry and synod offices, in governmental cffices,and: who have become weary and taken the easiest way out . when confronted with' the problems, of our world? After all, even thls enlightened day,.there are not that many young people making the decis- ions which direct-our lives: It would probably be much fairer to describe our" whole culture.as per- missive and to suggest that the permissiveness is' not. the cause of our problems, but bather the result of older generat- ions try -111g to retain established forms and boUndaries in'the,face of new problems demanding reassessment of the es-. tablished Way. "Perhaps'one of the most interesting studies. would be of the permissiye- ness of the older gener- ations! How often do they cry out for standards Which they no longer.main- tOn themselves.? How of,feh do they demand of 'the yOung a spirit .of discipline and self-sac- rifice which they long ago threw over in the midst of the ravages of affluence and selfishness?" The News asks. macrame. One of the local artists was' corning in to give Instruction on this old and fascinating hobby and there was no chance that my daughter was going to • miss out on this valuable , experience just to have a family picture taken. Our youngest didn't make any com- ment at all. He simply assumed, I suppose, that this evening would be no different than any other. That lie would sit and watch his favorite shows on television until his little friend from next door came over for a rousing,game of cops and robbers all through the house - from basement to attic. • And that's when I lost my temper: That's when I told my children that I didn't care .whether their future did depend upon them persuing their own interests this evening. I informed them (in terms they seemed to comprehend) that this evening for One hour,they were going to go to 'the photographer's studio and have their pictures taken. And what's more, I shouted. they were going ,to go upStairs with no further delay and change their clothes in preparation for this ultra-, happy 'occ asion! The younger two knew they'd been outranked and proceeded mournfully up the stairway. The eldest remained, de- fiant and determined that the shirt he ' was wearing was A-OK for piCture tak- ing . If it was/ good ,enough for school, it was good enough for a picture, he reasoned. He then retired to his bedroom to change. It ,was this gay group, then, that arrived at the photographer's studio, - a little late. very disgruntled and heartily disliking mothers. It was this same jolly bunch -that finally got its revenge that evening by refusing to smile or even Took pleasant for the photographer. - We tried everything, we 'resorted to such tricks as putting our fingers in our ears and making funny fires; shaking a baby's rattle in our teeth; pulling the string on a talking Woady woodpecker; threatening with a hammer. It was no use. The sober, somber silence continued. through the whole orderfl and my Christmas photographs are as grim 'as if Amchitka had been a full disaster. Will I never learn, I asked myself? Childern Must Come First Sir: Education has become such an integral part of our economy that the average tax payer will pay his share of the overall cost without any complaint or reservation and will continue to do so until his inner self comes to the conclusion that educational costs are taking a di portionate part of the tax dollar he must p y. ,-, The economy. has been very kind in approving the educational needs of the community in the last two decades. It has made the teacher feel worthy of his hire, by compensating him with more than a living wage, as well as making available to him courses and 'facilities for his further education. All this has been with one purpose in mind - better instruction, teaching and a,dministiation for the average child of the cemmunity. In Aesops Fables, there is a, story of killing the Goose that, laid the Golden Eggs. I trust the personnel in education will consider their niche in the commun- ity and not leave the impression with, the average tax payer that they are receiving a disportionate part of the tax ,dollar he must pay. The skilled trade s over the last decade are receiving such high compensation for aheir labor and skills that they are pricing themselves out of the market and the public is finding sub- stitutes. The question now is, "Will the eaucational personnel make the same mistake?" Only time will fell. An old fashioned cliche which says a "Fair days work for a Fair days pay" is just as pertinent in any school building as it is in any plee of business. Alter all schoolS were built for child- ren so they and others who need it, may receive an education. All of the personnel of any school are important, whether they teach, administer,• or maintain the build- ing, but more important are the children who attend.. Cornelius w. Spain 280-46th Ayenue, , St.Petersburg Beach, Florida. Enjoys Expositor Sir; Enclosed is check to the amount of Six Dollars ($6.00) in payment of one year's extended subscription of the Huron Expositor. As an old-timer, I haVe been en- joying articles • about the Van Egmond Home, the beginnings of Walton, etc. as well as photography at the Lion's Park, places of interest 'around Seaforth, the "old" Grieve's Bridge. By the way, I recall an older Bridge than the one Presently shown. It would,be int6rest- ' ing if an eld photograph Of it could be • obtained. • (Mrs.) Margaret (cuthill)Campbell Guelph, Ontario. To many there appears to be divisive'' forces at work to-day creating gulfs particularly between gen- erations: Today's youth we sus- pect, tend to regard those in another age bracket as uninformed and'prejudiced critics. And in most • cases they are right. The older generation is critical because of attitudes adoptecrby youth and which it is suggested would not have been allowed "when we were young". • It all springs from an asses"smen"t of what con- Stitutes permissiveness the Huron Church News points out. ' To be permissive is to "allow or' to permfit some-. thing which reaches beyond the limits of established forms or boundaries, the News says and adds that in, the past forty years we have all heard about per-, 'missive attitudes, in the. home; in the classroom 'and in the church. We have used the word to des crib-e what has been hap-. Oening in the general 'areas of pub)ic ,and prime . vate morality. Overall our era has• been, described as permis- sive, and life being what it is, the' older generat- ions have been very quick, tp point the finger at those who are younger and accuse them of beihg sC permissive as to be res- ponsible for most of the breakdown in modern so- ci ety. But is this really true? i.gin;M:MM Aer44:MiOMM§rdking.§:li:::MiMakaiMagniNag:igraWAMM From My Window — By Shirley J. Keller — imge?wwww,:44! AMZ... M..kVek•VP ,.*•W Aumaaaawmgmemmik • niaa.,riadrio Vete.. oyaan, 0 Of 410 •