The Huron Expositor, 1971-12-02, Page 24
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.and probably Blyth without
added charges.
That i5 several years
ago and the area is.still
waiting. In the meantime,
Bell has consolidated its
position and now operates .
out of.both Brussels and.
Blyth as well as Seaforth.
Earlier still there
were many. discussions with
Bell concerning the service
to be provided' Seaforth an -d"
Dublin subs,crAbers when Bell
took .over the McKillop Hib-
bert System. Toll .free ser-
vice was provided between
the two exchanges but in the
meantime Bell rearranged its
,'administrative ,districts so
that Seaforth directories
include.exchanges located
nearly 100 mtles'south but
omit Dublin, F.miles east
and Brussels, a-few miles
north. ..Agreement was
reached -after long dis-
cussion that Bell would'
provide subscribers with
directories.for e'ach'area.
In practiSe , however, this
has meant little since Bell
after a desultory begin-
ning long since abandoned
the double distribution.
With' modern tragspo'r- -
tatiOnjeople today have-
.6.- mobility never before-
available to them, To6
frequently, however, this ,
expansion of interest 'and.
activity has, not been
matched by_ communication .
Services.' 'Bell has a
responsibility -to provide
A service that reflects
the needs of today.
In Hullett and Morris
areas there is an in-
creasing concern that
larger toll free telephone
areas be established. Fed-
erations of Agriculture in
the townships. have been
circulating petitions and
approaching municipal
councils for support.
Of course there are,
many advantages to such
arrangements. While cer:
tainly the telephone people
would require added monthly
1,ckargeS to compensate for
the greater number of tele-
-phones that would be:made
available, the increase in -
convenience would in most
cases offset the cost. In
any .even.t the cost would
be relatively small, per-
haps something in the
order of 15.to 25 cents
for private phones.
It makes common sense
and perhaps the Bell may,
agree to the added service
But, as the people. in. this
area have learned through.
sad experience, -it takes
a lot to move the Bell
people and once having
started them, to keep them
moving- •
When the Bell telephone
people were negotiating
with the McKillop system
several years ago, one of
their arguMents j.11. favour
of a union with Bell was
the larger-t011 free area
that would become avail-
able to McKillap subscri-
bers. It would be a matter
of only a year before •
people in the -Walton area
would be'able to talk to
DECEMBER .4, 1 89 6 .
James Chesney V.S. of Hensall has
been appointed a veterinary inspector for
that district.
A pleasant event took place at the
residence of John Wanless, Varna, when
hig only daughter Miss Lizzie was united
in Marriage to Geo. T. Turnbull, of Mc-
Killop. Mr . and Mrs. Turnbull took the
evening train for Montreal and 'on their
return will reside on the Turnbull home-
stead in McKillop. '
, We are pleased to learn that Miss
Bessie Gemmell of Egmondville has been
chosen by the Trustees of S.S. 4 Stanley
as teacher in their south school for
1897. r Dr. Elder VS, of Seaforth, informs
us that he dehorned 125-head 'of cattle
one, afternoon last week.
We are indebted to Major Anderson
for a brace of partridge captured by
him in the Morris Swamp.
• The basketball match on the rink'
on Thanksgiving afternoon between sides
chosen from the students of the colleg-
iate Institute and captained by Douglas
Wilson and 'Allan Bond, proved quite
interesting and resulted in a victory
for the Wilson party by a score of 3
to 1.
The Grand Trunk Auditor was in town
and closed the town ticket agency here.
He did the same at Clinton and Goderich.
S. Hinchley of Seaforth is now having
Brantford windmills erected on the barns
of the following farmers; Archibald Scott,
Thornton Hall; James Scott, Roxboro;
James .Snell, Willett; D. McQualg„Wal n
and D. Farquharson, Morris.
Messrs. Cluff & Bennett, of the Sea-
forth Planing Mill have dissolved part-
nership.
DECEMBER,2, 1921
Dan Munroe of Brucefield has pur-
chased -a butcher shop In Egmondville.
The friends of McKillop were glad
to meet Mrs. Alexander Kerr of Sea-
forth after her trip through. North
Dakota and Minnesota. Canada is no
seCtind place in -her estimation. She
reports very poor crops in these States.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert McKay, who
have been residents of the Goshen Line,
are now comfortably 'settled in the home
of Geo. Taylor at Kippen.
Wm.- Kruse, of Egmondville, received
a fine large deer which was 'shot by his
son Harry in the Parry Sound district.
Wm. Rinn of Hullett, who has long
been a breeder of good sheep, purchased
from 'iumphrey Snell, a Leicester ram
which will head M-r. Rinn'sfldek and'Whien
took second prize at the London Fair.'
With the continued very mild and
open .weather; the farmers are able to
•do ploughing and other farm work which
will materially lighten the spring work.
Thos, Essay of Hensall has purchased
the old established livery business of
Thos. Murdoch, the latter selling on
account of ill health,
DECEMBER 6, 1946.
A delightful .eVening was spent in the
school room of Hensall Upited Church
when members of the Wohelo Class and
executive of the Sunday School held a
presentation for Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Forrest., a recent bridal couple. -Among
those who provided the program were,
Mrs. Maude Redden, Mrs. Geo. Hess,
Gladys Luker, Wilma Dinnin, Jenny Jolly,
Miss Ellis, Mrs. 'Milton Lavery. They
were presented witk a bed lamp and book
ends.
Reeve John W. Artristrong of Bullet(
Township, Reeve Cecil Wheeler of Morris
Township ana Reeve Brown Smith of West
Wawanosh are all probable candidates for
the wardenship of Huron County for the
year 1947.
A reception was held in Staffa Hall
for kl yr. and Mrs. Harry Burns, newly-
weds. A purse of money was presented
by Henry Harburn and an address being
read by Geo. Coyne.
Messrs. Homer Runt and R. S. Mc-
Kercher have left to attend the United
Farmers Co-operative Convention In
Toronto.
At the McNab estate auction sale., the
residence of the late Mrs. McNab, North
Main Street, was purchased by Robert
Wright, of Hulled for $2,050.
"November glooms are ba: ren beside
the dusk of June.'' Thus ,quoth the poet
Henley. And I „say too ruddy true. As a
general rule.
But this year has been an exception.
I don't think I've ever written a decent
word about November, with its "surly
blasts", its sudden, depressing dumping
of snow, its bleak and sterile look.
I know we're going to pay for it with
a terrible winter, but this November, for
the first time in many years, we've been
ushered into winter with a gentle melan-
choly that seems unbelievable.
By the time this appears In print,
we nay be up to, our noggins in snow.
But credit where , it is due.- The first
few weeks In November this year, in
these parts, have made nie decide to give
this country and its crazy climate one
more chance.
Its almost as though God had held. up
his hand as the four winds were on
leir mark, cheeks puffed, ready to give
MIAs the usual, and . boomed, ,-Hold. The
poor devils are having enough troubles of
their own making. Let's give them one
November to remember."
Normally, November is the most
dismal month in the year, with- the
possible exception of March. But in
the, latter, at least the ,days are getting
longer and there's a wild hope that _spring
may come again,
Normally, November means many
things, none of them pleasant. Darkness
comes early. There is a wild scramble,
for many of us, over snow tires and storm
windows. There is bitter wind ashore and
terrifying storms on the water.
It's been a grand November for the
hunters and troutlishermen. Perhaps not
so good for the deer hunters, with little
snow. But for the duck and partridge
boys, and the rainbow anglers, it has
been near perfection.
Day after day of mild, almost balmy
weather has done away with the agonized
"I think I'll go downtown tonight and
buy a shrink," our little wheedler began.
(For those of you who are not in the
know, a shrink is• a -kind- of sweater-
vest which looks as though it has been
through a too-hot wash and come out two
sizes too small!!)
"Thu have plenty of . clothes right
now," I Offer. "Why don't you do ydur
Chrigtmas shopping first and if there is
enough money left ovegz you can still buy
a shrink. or why don't you put some
money aside in the bank until January or
February when shrinks will likely go on
sale?"
Meanwhile, I've made a -mental note
that a shrink is something which means a
great deal to my daughter arid to have one
under the Christmas tree would be a sheer
delight to her. The glint in my daughter's
eyes tell me she's gotten the message
across just beautifully.
There is something cute about the way
little people get starry,-eyed about Christ-
mas. But it chiesn't in the least compare
with 'the marvellous and devious-ways older
kids take to let parents know what they
want in their stocking's. •
In fact, I've. learned quite a bit about
such things from my childrenu.hd this year,
by combining the two approaches, I got just
exactly what I wanted for Christmas ... a
new chesterfield and chair:
First of all, I spent a month or so in
research. I looked in all 'the major
furniture stores in' the area for what Inad
in mind and when I had .narrowed it down
to two, I let my husband in on the plot.
"I'm thinking if we bought ju'St one
large thing for Christmas this year," I
begin, "we would both have something of
lasting pleasure."
butifully, my husband made the trip to
the two stores where the chesterfields
were waiting. In•a matter of minutes, he
had reached his decision. We purchased
the jazzy green one with the comfy arm
rests.
Why, was it so easy to convince my
husband to buy new furniture? Very simple.
I promised to pay for it.
I got what I wanted for Christmas,
but somehow it has taken a little of the
'joy out of the season for me, What will
I do with my hands on Christmas morn-
ing'? I guess I can sip coffee or take
pictures!
4.
squat in the duck blind, with nothing
between you and certain death from ex-
posure except the flask of rum. The
same weather has made trout fishing,
usually undertaken in a biting wind with
half-frozen fingers, practically a Sunday
school picnic.
Even the golfers have been ab1e to
stretch the season by at 'least a month.
The only danger they face is exhaustion
from golfing in the day and at
night.
N9rmally, the squirrels would be get-
ting set up for the winter. I look into the
.backyard and they're gambolling as though
it were mid-June.
Surest sign that it's been a November
without' peer is the behaviour of our cat.
!As a rule, when November arrives, with
its wind and rain and snow, she 'has to
be hurled bodily outside. This year,
she has actually been going to the door
and asking out.
I haVen't seen any, bees, but there
are still a lot of crazy birds around who
have been baffled by the weather, and
are going to be caught with their pants
down one of these days.
And they're not the only ones. Many .
a man like myself has been lulled into a
false sense of security, hasn't his storms
'on, hasn't changed to snow tires, hasn't-
even turned off the. outside water, and
hasn't a clue where his winter boots are.
Oh, there'll be a day of reckoning, all
right. My bones warn me. But to heck
with it. I'm going to live dangerously
and enjoy every day of it.
And to prove it, I'm going to write
my first, and probably my last, ode to
Novernher.
Much-nyligned November,
This year you've been my friend,
Don't quite know how to prove it,
But you've shown you can groove it.
No way are you September,
But you're one I'll long remember,
Isn't that beautiful?
If you haven't ch ked with your kitchen
calendar lately, it is ecember 2 and just
23 days away from you-know-what. If
you have children at your 'house, you.
probably know about the arrival of
Christmas without any extra reminders
from me.
My children have remained unusually
quiet this year about what they want for
• Christmas. I suspect that the two eldest
have learned from bitter experience that
Santa only' delivers what mother and
father can 'afford to pay for . . . and the
youngest member of the Keller crew,
- though he's tossed out a few ideaS here
and there while watching television and
glancing through the Christmas catalogue,
has not yet been exposed to the outside
world enough to know that Christmas
has been commercialized.
But, senior , son has become very so-
phisticated in his approach to Christmas.
. He supplieS, toward the end of November,
a kind of gift guide for parents. This
masterpiece of information is left in any
conspicuous place in the house where
traffic is heavy and parents are certain
to pAss frequently.
The list, neatly handwritten and sup-
• erably detailed, tells not only what is
desired for Christmas but what color,
what size, -what style, -what material,
what price range and Where to find it.
Both city and local stores are mentioned
just in case you happen to be out-of-
town when the Christmas shopping urge
strikes.
Most important of all, I suppose, is
the' fact that the list can be folded,. into
a neat Wallet size and can easily be
stored away until Christmas shopping
time rolls round.
And that's just about all we hear
from No. 1 son. With him, it is just one
massive Christmas Ifst ... and then it is
a matter of confidence in Mom and Dad's
ability to follow directions to the letter.
Our daughter has an entirely Uniqut
approach to 'Christmas. She does quite
a bit of babysitting and has a fair amount
of money to spend. Her father and I
try to dissuade her from frittering away
every last dollar. we encourage her to
make an occasional trip to the bank to
Put a little something in for a rainy day.
A.-id that's the key to our datighter's
strategy. Take today, for instance.
THE FLAVOR OF OUR CORM
AS YOU SURELY WILL AGREE,
IS REALLY ONLY EQUALLED
THE FLAVOR OF
OUR 'TEA/
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From My Window
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