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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,
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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.
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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?
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