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Snow Trails In' Seaforth
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In the Years- Agone
From My Window
By Shirley J. Keller
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An,rTingering doubts
we may have had concern-
ing the ability of the
weatherman to fluctuate'
.from one extreme to
en'Other were quickly dis-
pelled ,Auying recent days.
Within the space of a
week new January records-,
were set for both high
and low temperatures,-the
thermoMeter moving quickly
from a high of 40 degrees
to 12 below,
Joihile'Variety such as
Ide are experiencing this-
month causes some con-
cern on the- part of the.
,mere critical emong,us-
there is general agree-
ment that .it is Mu'ch bet-
ter than'" the sustained
storm and snow we,tx-
pertenced last year.- .
,Nature seems •to have
an ability to cothp-tnsate
and adjust and- the result
seems to be,.. "on average,.
some of -the kind . of
weather that SVits. every
body.- The snOWadditts
had thelr Urmlatt year .,
and now those of us who
ca.n.take.our*iinter or
leave ... 4rone are ha'vin-g
our turn.
If we,. look at this—
whole matter of weather .
'objectively, we must agree
that not, much could have •
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JANUARY 27,'1922
Mrs. Mpses Brown of Londesboro,
has sold her house to John Radford and'
;intends Moving to Blyth.
The many friends of Mrs. James
Thompson of Brudefleld are Sorry to
heat that 'she had the misfortune to fall
and twist her ankle.
• The' two young son.s,,of Sara Clidrnore of
Kippen, had a narrow escape tram being
Suffocated by Coal gas recently. They
were asleep upstairs iretheir room through
Which a pipe from, the coal stove ran. The
ftlitai clock Wakened their father or it
wpuld have WM fatal to both.
4 Andrew lootre the 10 'township of
' Hay, purchased Mrs. J. . Johnston's fine
JANUARY 22, 1897._
In one day recently 400 cords Of wood
'were delivered at thetrusseisSalt Works.
Messrs. Corvan and McGill of Blyth
have, the .contract tor the erection of a
large brick house for Geo. EfoWe.s Tot
Hullett.
Mrs: S. Wallace of Tuckersmith has a
fine wind mill erected, on her barn.
Sproat Bros. report having an unusually
busy time at their brick works, having
loaded Upwards to two',. hundred -thousand.
brick In pie week. • - •
'AeGe,orge Strong and fitigh Kyle, Were
cutting wttal ii Sproaes btfsh, Hugh gave
....pis* foot 'bad cub which will keep him
qiileMr a trap. - '
tiettnett.pr, who, has beeh in partner-
* with N. Cluff„, hasl,clecided to leave
town and go to Wingham.,
Mr. Hicks, of Egmoridville, had, his
old- bay pony,- Nellie, which' he had driven
for nearly seventeen years, shot. She was
a faithful old beast.'
MaSter Willie- Boole, eldest son of
Charles Soole, of town, who has been
in Logan's bank for some time, left for
,,,,,,, Glenboro, Manitoba, where he has taken
a similar position in a bank which Mr.
Logan has there. John Forbes, son of
Arthur Forbes, has been placed in charge
of the bank here.
NotWithstanding the fact that there
.has not been a great deal of sTeighing this
winter, ,Lewis McDonald has made a
large sale of cutters.
Rev. Father . McC•abe,-.formerly of
Ridgetown, has ,been appointed pastor at
St. James dhurch, Seaforth.
Last fall, when the apples were being
shipped frOrn Brucefield, a note was placed
in one of the barrels requesting th
receiver' to let the sender know the co
ditions the apples arrived in. Word was
received -from Zurham. England, saying
that' the apples arrived.. in first class
condition" and .„that the price paid for
them was II shillings.
Messrs. Adam Edighoffer & Son of
Blake are about to improve our town by
opening a boot and shoe business.
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Weather Goes to Extremes
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, January 20, 1972
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been done to improve our
experience of the part six
or eight months. .
It was a d'e'ligh'tful
summer in this area.,Not
too dry, not too hot but
with enough moisture to
produce' excellent crops
and with the thermometer
climbing enough to make
sitting out in the'even-
ing a• real pleasure '.
During autumn we-had
more of the ,same. There
,were-some shOwers but
mostly he months passed
full=st delightful fall.
days warm enough .to let
us:tidy' up our -outsi de
chores but enough nip
in the air to remind us
the year.Was4drawing to a
close.
We don't kpow-there-
lationshipbetween snow
in winter-and sun in
mer but if.last year's :
winter As,the price we .,,„.
pay for the-kind ot.,w:.pp,th'ee
we bad' 'An the m o nth5§%S4;n,ce.
perliaps it's not toff bad
bargain. 'Op 'the other:
hand .perh-aps', we mi'ght, com-
promise t -and accept
one or two more wet days
next bummer !or -2a i t-t -(e
less' snow, in the week's .
ahead '
dwelling in Hensall.,
A. A. McLennan has sold the Com-
mercial Hotel in Seaforth to Mr. Dungey...
of Mitchell, who ran the Colllson.House '
in Mitchell for some years.
While in London last week, S. T, Holm es
purchased a very handsome motor hearse.' -
F, 'Neelin and WPillen were in...
•Toronto attendirifa luncheon giVen by the
-Lieut...--Goveir'hor of Ontario.
The Murless Players presented the
comedy, 'Scrambled Wives" in Clinton
to a large hoUse.
A most enjoyable evening was spent at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Houston in'
Tuckefsmith, the occasion being the- re-
ceptiop tendered to Mr. andemr.S. Ale.x -
Park after their wedding. As a mark or"
their, appreciation of Mr. and Mrs.
Park, the' people Of the neighborhood
presented them • with a handsome gift
of silverware, accompanied by a suitable
address. • '
The Seaforth Curling Club seems 'to be '
more alive this winter than ever in its
history and. has a larger membership.
John Steele," who is 80 years young, is
still in .the first -flight.
JANUARY 24, 1'947.
Chas. P. Sills, a veteran of the First'
World War, was elected president of-the;
Seaforth 'Branch No . 156 of the Canadian
Legion by acclamation at the annual meet-
ing, -
A hea,vy rain which had fallen through-
out Monday changed late in the day to a
driving snowfall. -By Tuesday morning
increasing winds and lower temperatures
created blizzard Conditions 'throughout
the area. The storm stranded nearly
80 li.gh SchoOrstudents in Seaforth, when
drivers couldn't see through the driving',
Snow,
4 Maurice Etue, Teckersmith farmer,
wa,s kept up all night when one of his
sows farrowed. He didn't min the
loss of sleep, however when heliad
counted the crop and found 22 new pigs -
a record as far as pigging Is concerned.
Dr. F. S. Harburn of town, was elected
chairman of the Board of Health. Other
mernheiis 'are Mayor M. A. Reid and
Medical Officer of Health, Dr . P. L.
Brady. ,
Miles W.:Millan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M, McMillan, Seaforth, who has been in
the employment of the Imperial Oil Co. in
Toronto since his retirement frorti the
12.C.A.F., has been promlited by-the corn •
pany, to a' position in the International
Petroleum Corporation. He will be
stationed in Telare, Peru.
Miss Katherine Laudenbach of town has
entered St. 'Joseph's Hospital, London, •
to train as a nurse.
V'. J. Jefferson, 'well known Tucker-
smith farmer, has recently returned from
a two week's holiday in Los Angeles,
California.
Either I'm slowing down or life is
speeding up. Probably both, which is
one reason I'm so confused these days.
The other reason is that I've , always been
confqsed.
Foreone;thing, tax legislation.
It mqy be Manna to lawPerS and account-
ants, but to the ordinarY, rather stupid
Canadian, like me, it's like wandering
around_ in a bog in a fog, blind-folded.
What did P do before Valuation Days
were announced? Nothing, I didn't have
a clue where to start, and beside& the
whole 'thing had about as much fascina-
tion-for me as a January sale.
Now I !discover, that.,I should have
valued some of my pre-clone antiques and
stuff, so that I could pay'taxes on-them
when they increase in value.
Well, I haven't any stamp collections •
or coin collections or paintings that are
going -to increase in price ,steadily. I
• • don't have-a) surnmer cottage, which seems
"to b.e a batielhinge.to.,,have, according to
-the'Pape'rs. -'eete4
But I do have some Pftiq4s,- „There?s
'the violin, for -example. "itithentic
hand-made instrument. My Uncle TOM
made it about forty years ago, arid some-
hoW it came into my possession. No
one in the family has played' it, because,
there is only One string, the bridge is
broken, and the frame is slightly warped.
Therefore, it's not just junk, but almost
pristine , and surely is increasing in
value daily,. The, case in which it is
enclosed is equally antique, (I'd say about*
1850 vintage). I definitely, slipped • up
there. ,That thing could be worth as much
"What is "that horrible smell?" my
husband asked as he walked into 'the
kitchen last evening after a grilling day
al the offide.
"Take your boots off and have a
look," " I answered. 'you'll have to see
this one to believe it." -
My husband is a reasonable man. He's
learned to expect most anything from his
family but 1' was really Wandering whether
even this patient loving fellOw would be
-able ,to keep his cool after witnessing
--what awaited him tonight.
He removed his overshoes and hung
up his. coat. His nose led hint in the
direction of the stench. There was an
uncomfortable silenre:
-"I don't belie-cr.! .,he muttered,
shaking his heae arid wringing his hands.
"Give me strength," he:prayed, eyes
heavenward.
"Take it easy honey," I told him.,
"our son says it will wash right off and
the best part of it all is, it isn't costing
us any money."
"Where did he get this insane idea
to paint his shoes?" asked my spOuse.
"Where can he wear them? They're all
baby blue and diarrhea yellow!"
Just then our 'teenaged trial waltzed
into the room. His face Was filled with
excitement. He looked as though he was
on the 'verge of one of the most devastat-
ing discoveries in history.e
- "Haire yeti seen my shoes, Dad?"
he asked, eyes aglow , . but not for
as $38' in ten o,r twelve years, and I
got it for nothing. How much will a
rapacious... government 'snatc,h from 'no
in capital gains for 'that? •
And the beds, of course. They are,.
genuine antiques. My mother bought them
at an auction sale, and they 'must have
been 100 -years Old then: We Inherited •
them, and they're .probably pricblese by
'now. e. . .
How about me bile waders? If they're
not antiques, I'll, eat your hip waders.
They're so old I can't remember when,I ..
bought them, and they are full of genuine
holes, just like old furniture. -
And where, does my wpectolle.cerne
in? One of my oaks blew dowilinaStitqrn:
211 - mer e and I ad it, cut into firewood. NOW
I didn't p y for the -oak When I bought.
-the property, and I have about $35 worth
of wood there. Do I pay capital gains tax
on it? ' ; .
Enough of that. I'm becoming steadily
more worried. . I can see my entire'
estate going down the drain to the greedy
tax collector. ,
. Siornething else hat* just about as
puzzled. It'estbe-educational. system. it's
gig greet: inteve*, province, sottat you can
learn as much in tweriryears in manitoba
as' you can in thirteen years in Ontario.
That is understandable, becauSe of,, the
difference in. climate (the only reason- I
can think of.)
But a whole new,, frightening aspect.
of the blackboard jungle.is being intro-
duced in my province. ' It's probably '
something the 'yanks tried out ten, years
ago and found unworkable and have since
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hang as he noticed the -rage brewing on his
father's countenance. "Have you gone
crazy?" my quiet dispositioned hubby
began. "There's a $25 pair of shoes all
slopped...up with paint, not fit to wear
anywhere: anymore, and you act as though
you've just been given Gulliver's travel-
ling boots."
Our son began to explain, This great
guy. down at ,the shoe 'store had been
telling hirri 'about his ,neat paint that you
can apply to •any old shoes. This groovy
special paint will easily wash off when you
Want,to change your boot color or go back
to the leather shade 'again.
But best of all, the shoe salesman
had provided this marvellous cover-up
paint at no cost. Our son was to he
kind of a demonstrator: He was to paint
his shoeS, the $25 ones we bought so
recently, 'and wear them 'to school. If
the kids panned the shoe, it hadn't cost
us anything, not even for the paint. But
if the kids liked the shoes, oUr son would
be a hero. He would be' a, trend-setter
and a wheel.
"If the paint will wash off," I asked
our son, "how will you keep it on as
yeti walk to school through the hn'ow and
the slush."
I thought the question was logical but
our son booked at me with' a 'kind of
regal pity in his eyes.'
I got this special stuff to seal the'
paint job," he explained, holding up a
very impressive looking bottle. "It
abandoned. That's the way Canadian
education. at its worst, seems to operate.
Beginning next September, the kids and
theirParents choose what.subjects the kid
- will take in high school. So far,' so good.
I'vrb always been opposed to the old, rigid
' system under WI/eh you had to take math or
French or something you were hopelessly
inept at. I -think there should be lots of
options.
But surely, this is going a bit far..
The provincial government, with the aid'
of federal help, has spent millions and
millions of dollars setting up schools with,
all manner of equipment;,especially -in , the
technical departments.
a. Different, subjects, let's say 'English
and History, will be, vying for., students
so that -teachers won't lose jobs. Th e
History department will make its ploy by
show0g.pictures of nude statues of Rome,
and Greece and the' Renaissance. But'
I've laid my plans too: We're going to
lay in a supply of dirty modern novels,
and also give everybody at least,,e 75
—per cent. ' ,
Don't tell me 'that a 13, orILI year
old -will choose" anything except what he
thinks are the easiest" subjects. This
could lead to courses in basket weaving,
archery, or mope and gawkery..
And what do I do' if the principal'in-
for9 me that nobody wante. - take
English next year? I'm not a bit worried:
I am convinced I can cook better than•
sortie of the Home Economics teachers.,
and..could fit in nicely there. I know the
first four., letters of the Greek alphabet,
and could teach Greek in a pinch.
' makes thern waterproof and everything."
"Then how do you wash the paint oft;
if you don't like it?" persisted, think ,'
Ing there Was a certain amount of wisdom
in nay queries.
"I don't know," my son answered.
"I never really thought about it. But
you'll like my shoes when I'm finished.
I didn't like- that yellow too meth so I
went down to the store just ,now and
got some navy blue. Navy blue and
"powder blue snduld be cool eh?"
Twenty minutes later and APFD(after
parents finished, the dishes) our
son emerged' from his work ,room in
splendor. He wore a pair of Shoes (I
'think it was a pair) - one boot with'
bab y blue toe,e and heel and navy uppers
and the other boot with navy blue toes
and 'Mel and powder ,blue uppers. He
Strutted past the fell-leogth mirrtlr • in
the hall, admiring the way his flares
' covered' every part of the boots *baccept
the very tips of the toes.
It wasn't long before our usual evening
guests arrived to bash out our daily diet
of bad rock. The comments of his peers
ranged all the way through "If -that's
the way you wanna live, man" to "Trippyl"
As my husband and I settled back in
our livingroom chairs, the floor pulsating
beneath our feet as the music lloWed
from two recently souped-up amps, I
heard my husband comment, ."Someone
should have shot the idiot who said there's
no place like home "
Sugar and Spice
by' Bill Smiley