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The Huron Expositor, 1972-01-13, Page 2Majesty wanted a change in 'scenery.' I remember One trip when our suit- cases did gO in the back seat with junior who kept himself amused by poking into anything and everything he could find Whieh was openable. That was the time he spread m,y husban'd's shaving cream all over himself and the car before we noticed anything 'was amiss. I must have had a glassy stare on my face as my mind flashed back to all these hideous memories of child rearing. I must also have developed an appearance of panic for I heard my 'daughter' saying: "I was only Ridding,. mom, Don't get so upset about it. wecan get along without another baby. It' is just that this baby is so sweet and,I just thought that we . .." re "As far as I'm concerned," I con- cluded, "this baby or any other visiting baby is ,as weleome • as spring flowers, in my house any time. And you., my dear daeghter, ma y` get your kicks from baby- sitting with infants and "toddlers until You have your own youngsters to care foie But don't - count on me to give you that kind of pleasure ever again. I've had my day, thank heaVehs." To the Editor Remembers Mill • I thought I would •write you regarding the big fire at Wright Transport in Seaforth. I remember in 1895 when a barn .at the same location was burned. It was 'about 'half the size of the one that was burned lately. If was set on fire by two or three boys I believe. Part of the barn . was rebuilt but ' never was used for a l'ew year' after. It was owned by Livingstons of Baden. I helped repair; the barn in' 1934 when it was sold fer• taxes to Mr. Anderson of Lucknow for $250. This was in de- pression times. ' •••• •-• There was a large amount of flax in the barn at that time. Men worked there making green tow, for $1.50 per day of ten hours. , Another fire about the same Wee was the Commercial hotel awned by Mx. Alert Davidson. _It was replaced by the present• larger hotel. The hotel was .built by Frank Gutteridge and the bricks were made of cement and gravel in a building close • to the railroad. The contract price was around $20,000. Mr. Henderson, and Mr . Delacey were the - men who leased it along with other. proprietors. The large barn at flaxmlll was built of the 'best lumber available at that time. The front half was built In 1918. When the flax business wag at its height the flaxmill was burned around 1920. I hope Mr,, Wright wil4 build another build- ing. It,will be a great loss, . • Please place this writing in the Ex- positor. Don't forget I am having my 84th birthday on February 6th. Walter Murray, 567 Hill Street, Ceram* Ont. ... •,r ) Sugar and Spice by •Bill Smilei2"... ' ''' .,4•IVAMaitsi.iVe•:"N ' neiNAINSOMMINESISItaMtlaft: . voee..44e,fteiefe.• • . • uron (f1POSitere Since 1860, Serving the Community First • PtIbli4rd at teAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by-MeLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd. ANDREW *Y. UcLEAN,,, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation 'Newspapers Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $8.00 a Year •. outside Canada (in advance) $10.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 20 C E1N TS EACH Second Class Mail Registration' Number 0696 Telephone 527-0240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, January 13, 1972 Fire. Whistle Mania From ley •J Window -By. Shirley J. Keller • ,amairebosomume.Maxtvi • In the Years .gone AINEWeefneegi.e t::.e.eiggoneteat4ftiMan441Meele•:ePoe:,,,,,,," men answered alarms on Saturday and Sunday. On' the first call -'from a farm seven or eight miles north in McKillop -, a long line of cars followed the fire truck along snow covered and icy country -rdads. It wa,sn't*enough to follow along but the more venturesome passed and repassed each other playing a game of leap frog. On Sunday_Afternoon the traffic that errupted onto Main-Street when the alarm . sounded was enough to pre- vent.a'second fire truck fr6m moving out from Gouin- lock Street. • Perhaps there is no solu-fion. the,,excite- ment of the.momeht almost any behaviour may 'seem to be acceptable.. On the other.band per- flaps'the potential haza"rds ° to otherwise innocent motorists and lOss of property which are involved would justify a new look At traffic regulations with a more-stringent,enforce- ment. NI There is .a certain fas- cination about a fire whistle that attracts people,who ordinarily ignore anything of a dis- turbing natve•. They. jump in their cars and rush to the fire hall to see Where the action • is, Not content with this inforMation'they crowd behind and arcrund the fire truck seemingly to gain An Ad antage in a race to the fir Perh s it's all. good. clean fun -.- an interes't'- ing diversion on an other- wise quiet day. But when the clutter of cars delayS the fire fighting equip- ment from reaching the fttre the 'practise no longer is •a game but becomes a ' menace that well may re- sult in -unnecessary loss. The few minutes in which firemen are delayed„by heedless.motoris-ts may make the.difference be- tween a blaze extinguished And a complete write..-off. The practise was. pan- ticularly-,apparentlast, weekend as Seaforth This is the season for babies. Maybe • when the nation 'was informed that the first lady, Margaret-Trudeau was expecting a family, everyone decided to get on the bandwagon. Maybe with the high cot of living, everybody contemplating a family, decided .to aim ,for the New Year's Day baby in their community so they could cash , k • . I -don't know whit the reason is, but everyone is. having a baby and for once in my life, I'm. not sorry that I'm out oti, style. , Don't' .get me. wrong. 'I love babies, particularly babies which,beleng to other people. Ask anyone who knows me. I think babies are great; and women who dig babies 'should have a house full of Ahem. •,„ Not long ago, My brother-in-law and his wife • came to .bur house- with their ''',,twc-rponth old son. My teenage daughter nearly lost. her Mtn d with 'joy, when. `she saw the .Httletyke. arriving. She grabbed the blue bundle and unwrapped' it as care,- fully. s she would handle her very last pair of pantyhose and exclaimed, "Oh mom this-"is jest what we need. A tabyr" , • -"You've got•to' be out of your skull," I told her, hardly believing my ears, 'Tolle"? - Have another baby? At my age?". "Why net?" ,my daiighter asked between gooing and cooing at her infant cousin. ',Aren't babies weeiderful?Se soft and so little?" • "But they grow up," • I warned.. ',I've A had three babies, and everyone of them has grown into a monster within a year. As babies, you kids were adorable. As creep- ing crawling toddlers, you nearly droVe me to insanity; As teenagers, yoU.ale costing your father 'and me.„,a,king'S ransom. And pow you want us to start the whole vicious circle ovetiagaie?" She undressed Our little guest as gently. as any 'new Mother would .in fact, she was so Intent about undressing the childthat she didn't notice his father •and mother hauling in the young man's baggage. There was a suitcase for cleaecibthes and a 'bag for clothes; there was a food ,sack; and there was abed filled. almost 'to the brim with •assertedarticles say 'to the care and feedingiof the average, well-spoiled modern baby.. How well'i remembered that part of child ..rearing. An over-Might visit to graedina's house was a Major move. Anclas -"the•alilId grew older, there was aplaypen, 'a walker, a jolly jumper, a stroller, acar 'seat' which doebled,as a high chair .. it took a large trunk to accommodate all the baby's luggage..and ,made it imperative for mom and dad to pack everything they both needed into a n overnight bag. You think I'm kidding ,don't you? You think. It would be a 'Simple Matter to pu fnotir'and dad's bags in the 'back seat o the der. Guess again. Our back neat was alWays reserved for and his travel- ling: companions - the teddy bear so he ' Could go to 'Sleep, two Or three other fiver- . a,.couple of blankets,. a pillow, JeW• diapers for emergence clean-ups, a plastic 'Container containing a little water and a WaSeitioth for spills and accidenta.t4. That'S. right; Odr Overnight case sat aqiitelted between the two of tiS on tlie trent seat alotig With' the baby's ear seat ,, W1hteh usually' hting• there jest in case His -This is the time when pundits across the land speculate in type about what the coin lig year will bring forth: If there is one thing we don't need more of in this country, it is pundits. We have, political pundits,. ecenom!c pilules, sports pundits. Most of them spend most of their verbiage disagreeing with other punditS ' in the same field. What is a pundit? It is a person who knows a little more about practically tri no ing than we non-pundits. -Having unburdened' myself of, those sour sentiments, I now propose to leap into some punditry (pundineering?) con- cerning 1972. Read carefully, now, so that you'll have a clear picture of what we shall face this year. Most parts of Canada will have lots of snow. I hope nobody 'will,,give me an argument "on that one. Right now, outside my window, it looks like plucking day at the chicken factory. The population, taxes, and your-fuel bill will increase. This, statement is not 'based on fact but on pure intuition, Espec- ially, the part about taxes. According to some of the rosy statements in the new tax will bill hustled through parliament, I will paY less taxes this year, pout enough less to buy an overcoat from the Salvation Army. • But they ican't fael.,„ap old tax-payer like me. izrknow with sickening clarity that if one level of government hands me, a few bucks, some other level will be digging three times as much out of my ,JANUARY 15, 1897. The members of the 33rd Battalian • spent a pleasant time, at the residence' of James Beattie, the„ newly elected reeve. The amiable hostess treated' the boys to an oyster supper. • There is a lot of square timber being brought into town just now for shipment from Seaforth station; The mosrof it comes from the north. • Mr. Barr, who started a clothes'clean- ing and -dyeing business in town a short lime ago is,cloing alarge trade. leaft'eWtri: ,th Veteran clerk and 'treasurer of ,Seafo4r h has entered upon his 26th year of office. Wm. Copp of this town has a° flock of, eight white Leghorn hens which pre- sented him with 12 dozen'eggs. Fred Brodbridge, who for many years has been messenger in the Canadian Bank of Commerce, here„ has been promoted to the Berlin agency of the same bank. George Stewart of town is doing a large trade-in pressed hay, large quantitites of which he is shipping from here every week. Cornelius Delaney - of Beedhwoocr. is drawing bricks for a new residence-whith he'Intends erecting this sum^ner. Messrs. Thos. Jackson , Jr. and Fred JaCksOn of' ' Clinton, walked to Seaforth,' and despite ,the stormy weather and bad _walking, claim to have covered the' , distance in 2 1/2 bours. A successful • social -was held by the members of the',Bayfield Road Presby- terian Church at John McAsh's. T h e proceeds amounted to $14.00. • ' ' • r ' A pic&do band is being organized under,. 'the direction -of J. F. Cairns of Varna. Although the people 'ef Sealorth have ' good' sleighing,. there fs very little south of Kippen and it seems strange to Se.e people coming to town.in wheeled vehicles. Duncan Campbell, of Egmcmdville has been appointed caretaker Of the Egrrond- ville Church.' Saw logs are now 'being Moved into the Hensall mill yard. • David 'McIntosh V,S. of Brudefield has purchaSed an elegant °Mason and Risch • piano from a Toronto firm. , 4 Appearances seemed to indicate that winter with its storms and blasts 'had ,,. determined to close in on ..Seaforth, It stormed nearly all day until the ground was coVered to a depth of several inches 'As Rooert Pod- seedsi, an, Was ,e.losing the 'safe i nil oificL, he ad the thumb of his left 1,, nd caught in ti,a door and gave it a most painful :squeeze, nearly amputating the top of it. The treighteeshipments at Seaforth Station are larger than from any station on the line between Stratford and Goderich including several carloads of sheep and lambs which are shipped every week. .• M essrs.L andsborough and Leatherdale have opened,, up their new furniture and undertaking establishment in the old GOiden Lion store. Messrs. Alexander Ross and Albert CamerOn of the Township of Stanley did some lively work in the bus h Of Mr. Ross. They sawed, split and piled six cords of hood in four hours and 15 minutes. • NOrrnan Jairott of Hay Township has ...engaged with 'Wm. mcGavin of McKillop for one year. • Messrs. John Thompson and Thos. Doig of itippen has been Sliccessfel in seetiring 'schools. Mr. Thompson takes charge of the school at B. Higgins, west of Brucefleld and Mr. Dolg at Chesney's school in Tuckersmith. ,lamesCampbell of Leadbury has erected a Mae nail residence., Wm. Winters of Seaforth has been at Leadbury buying turkeyS for the Liver- keel Market. Samuel Stitt, Leadbury, Who is a successful bee-keeper, frequently has large quantitieb of honey stolen. back pocket. • • The wage-price •spiral will continue, though ,perhaps not as' rapidly. The ' reason? We're all greedy' as pigs , at a trough. And 'the biggest pigs - the strongest unions and the most firney entrenched capitalits - will get more out of the trough than the runts, the' ordinary Joes. There will be a•federal election, arid whoever wins, there w411 be promises galore, new brooms being waved in all' directions, and the country, according to the pundits, will still be going straight to the dogs. The churches will continue to be one- third filled and scrambling for enough money to stay alive. - But there will the a continuing search for some sort of spiritual experience by our youth. Thousands who . are now merely a . gleam in somebody's eye will be born. •And good luck to them *lien they enter a mighty complex world,. Thousands ° will" die, and let's. just hope you' and I are not among them, I don't want to go until I get my mortgage 'paid off. Isn't that the supremem purpose of living? , - - Thousands of kids will experiment. it.fc l with drugs and some of them wi,.1 end up tragic figure,, shattered human y ings. But thousands pf others -will ore the chance of bec6raing vegetables, and will .lead happy', healthy, useful lives, laying 19% and ing, sad and happy. Unem I yrrient will continue to be a fairly des rate situation. And the schools JANUARY 20, 1922. A wedding reception .was held at the hom'Tbf Mr. and Mrs. S. Housten,,Tucker- Smith, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Park, , who have, been recently married. Thos. melady, B.A., formerly a'Hibbert Township native, has been appointed by the Ontario Government to be Inspector of Separate Schools inPerth,Huron,Grey,' Kent and Essex dounties. As an evidence of the mildness of the winter, we might me,,ntien that Robert Elgie, of Kippen, has this month erected 150 rods of wire fence, digging the hales at the same ,time. , Telephone equipm ent.has been installed in the Commercial Hotel, Hensall. Geo. Bunach gi• town, brought into the Expositor office an egg laid by one of 'his , white Leghorn hens that measured ii 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches and weighed one quarter of a pound. The Scout contest 'between the Patrols under, the leadership .of Alvin Sillery, Stanley Nicholls, Carman Ferguson, john Crich, Andrew 1V1,6Lean, and Wm,' Barber was very •close. Among the successful students who' recently' received, honors from the Ontario College of Art, ; Toronto, Miss .Matilda Fowler was granted .the, Diploma' of. Associate' with the, degree 'Of ' 'J. M. Govertlock, is in Toronto. • went down with a large deputation from Goderich that is asking the provincial Government, for - a grant 'for hospital purposeS. `• "The celebrated Murless Players, pre- sented their play, “Scramble'd Wives',", to' a capacity 'house in the Strand Theatre: The' players were, Mrs. R. M. Jones, Miss Margaret Edge, Miss Kate Kerr and Misses Beth and Muriel Willis., Mr. R. M. Jones,, Dalton Reid, Geo. Hairy .Pierce, It was ',held under the 'auspices of the Golf Club arid•the-13owling Club of Seaforth. ' • • ' A ' pretty weaning was solemlized in St. Columban Church' on Tuesday when . • Miss "Agnes Stapleton,, teacher, became the bride of Joseph 'Kale. Fr. White :performed the ceremony in the presence of a large audience. • The holiday dance, sponsored by, the G.W.Y.A.. held on ThanksgiVing night, was a decided success. Many were' hom e over 'the holiday. The music supplied by Miss Bolger's; _Stratford ,Orchestra. The snow storm ' Of -TtV.' tst part of this" week has for the sent put a staple outside work on the farm, The • .--HensalI Council has decided not to submit. a by-law for the voting on a ne.w*.hlgh School and public school and high 'school 'combined, as labor and building material is still very high. Lorne Dale is learning the barber- ing profession in Blyth. The officers 'for the *.Junier Hockey Club in connection with the G.W.V.A. .are as follows: - President and Manager, ChaSelolrees; Sec. Treas., C.P. Sills; Committee, 'lleo. Hays and F. Cud- more. JANUARY 17, 1947 • When the driver of an R. C. A, F. ambulance lost control, the large vehicle crashed into the store of Emmerson Kyle at Kippen, smashing eight large display windOws, two verandah pillars and a, _gasoline pump. Damage to the store was ,'estimated lb total several hundr,ed dollars, - Rev. H, V. Workman', Seaforth, Is directing the "Aid to China" campaign which isirnow in progress. Seaforth and , district emote. is $2500,00. C. M. Smith, chairman of last yeaes Seaforth High School Board were •re-elected to head the board. M. A. Reid was appointed secretary-treasurer., While renewing her subscription to the Hueop Expositor' this week for the 40th time, Mrs. J. lianderSOn recalled thet will again be jammed to the rafters with students whb shouldn't be there and don't want to be there, but for whom there is nothing else to do. There will be thousands of broken homes and marriages turned to dust. But .there will be thousands of dreamy-eyed brides and proud young grooms, positive that nothing could ever happen to their love, which is something special. There will bears that have no nay2 victories, and ace conferences that go on interne ly proceeding from no- where to nowhere. The United Nations will again announce that It is going-broke, but nobody will ante up enough to pay the bills. ' Thousands of bright young'people will emerge from college, spilling-over with knowledge, and come face to face with that brutal edict; you can't get a job with no experience, and you can't get exper- ience until you get a job. But thousands of others will break their backs ..to get into college, where they will learn, all about Life and find the mate of their choice. Does this all sound sort of familiar . to you? It should,Does it all sound rather depressing? It shouldn't. -. You'll have your downs, but you'll have your 'ups, too, those glorious and fleeting times 'When you wouldn't be anyone else or anywhere else. your children will change; preferably for the better, but don't count .on it. The year will fly by. Make it a good one by thinking positively. .• the'yaper had been an institution •In her home, her father's home and her grand- father's' home since its inception. Her ' grandfather, the late Robert Hawthorne each Friday morning hitched his' horse and droVe to town to get his copy. The Walton Liorary Boara nas pur- chased a building from T. Kinney for • use as the Walton.Library. Workme n from Casavant 'Bios., St. .Hyacinth, Quebec, commenned work on installing a new organ' in First Presby- terian Church. It is expected the• new organ will be in use by Easter. • Giving birth to her 'seventh pair of twins proved too much for a. Durham cow 'belaying to Orville Cane of Us- 'borne.' Owing tO'age, however, the animal has since died. • • The".ilighway East Farm Forum met 'at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ab,Harrison in MbKillim. the absence of the ,•• president, Mrs. Al., Govenlockwas in change of the meeting. ' • • • W. E. Hawley of Winthrop picked ripe strawberries in his gaiden on Nov- ember 12th., • , • Mrs,' E.' Ritchie of town, who had the'. Misfortune to fall and severely sprain her ankle while on a visit to Exeter some weeks ago , Is still confined to her home. the'A evening econgregati . a congregation was B present at service ie ,United Church when -a Memorial service was held and 'the Honor Roll Of War unveiled, Rev. E. R. Stanway addressed the congregation. The unveiling. was in charge of J. ,K. Cornish and Lyle Hill, "both -veterans of World War I. • ''' Mr. and Mrs. Thos. McMichael and daughter Evelyn, were honoured when friends and neighborS gathere'd• at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Carter. The' McMichael family will shortly move to Auburn. Mr.- and Mrs. McMichael were presented with an electric plate and Miss Evelyn with a dressing, set, the address 'and preseptations being Made by Mrs. J. Bell.' The 'following were appointed as De- Cnpeulcetyerskssary. No...1, Harry chesney,D.R:O., Rte9tuarentinLlot(afi_calsg, Poblel Harold Finnigan, P.C.; No. 2, Roy MC- Geoch, 'D.R.O., 'Edward Brown,P,C.; No. 3, Roy Brown D.R.O., Frank Walters, P.C.; No. 4'. J. Macintosh D.R.O.;Noirls Sillery, P.C., No. 5, M. Traquair, D.R.O., Glenn Bell, P,C..; No. 6. W.S.Broadfoot, • p.R.o., Ivan Forsythe, John kinsmen, 18 year old Cromarty .etock breeder brought honor 'to Huron ' when he 'won the Kings Guineas for the dhampionship beef steer at the 1946 Winter Fair. Mr. and Mrs._ Harold Free 'moved this week to the pretty dew brick rest, '4" Bence whieh he erected on North Main Streebte. T many friends of Mrs. Malcolm McDermid regret to learn that she suf- fered a serious accident at hen home, Goderich Street West in a fall she frac- tured her hip' and a wrist.,, S. S. No. 10 Hay, was the scene of a delightful:affair When .a presentation was' arranged for Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Luker, who , are moving to Hensa11 in the' near ' future. They Were ,.presented 'with a. chair and ,coffee table by Harry Horton, Basil Edwards and W. G. Bell. In honor of the 35th anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mc- Lachlan, a family reunion was held at the honie of Mre -and Mrs. J. W. McCartney. On• behalf of the family, Peter, Simpson 'offered their felicitations and congratulat- ions and presented them with a beautiful bed \Arsphree.an d. the car he was driving was in _scam jolli $ ai,,O:ri 'with prueo ear jebedrizneeetnbity F. g,iv. well known Mckiliop resident was thrown but and suffered Shoulder and back injuries, Fred Savauge attended the Tucker- smith Council on Saturday and recluested aid ter the Christmas Seal Campaign. A grant of $100.00 was' made.