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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-01-27, Page 2 the 71juiton Crpositor Since r860, Serving the Community First Plubitished at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday Morning by ItfoLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. MeLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Ass,oceation Ontario Weekly Newspaper Aesociation and Audit Bureau of Circulation Newspapers Subscription, Rates: Canada (in advance) $8_00 a Year Outside Canada 4th advance) $10.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 20 CENTS FeA)Cfl Second Class Mail leegistration Num•ber 0696 . Telephone 527-0240 e SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, January 27, 1972 One in Three Depends on Agriculture ti 4 1 *VP A Winter Sentinel From My Window — By Shirley J. Keller Pre"sents Road Problem. I know how the older folk feel about it. They are subjected to the threat of a broken hip, leg or arm each time they go out. They all don't have the funds available for• a taxi, • and must walk , uptown for their groceries and mail. Even the mein street is'icy. 'Gars have been seen sail- ing through stop streets. If they do get stepped in time, it is nearly impossible to get started .again *Mout Blipping sideN.AYS. You can't get trac- tion on smooth ice. The town has been .lecey so far that no children have been hit on their way to and from schbol by these sliding cars. The - added cost of some safety precautions would be .money ,well spent. Since talk- ing to the Mayor, I thitik they have been out with some- thing on some of the corners, but why does thiS town wait until everyone is mad before doing things? Mary Doig, Seaforth'. (Note - The' combination of rain followed by .near zero weather whice,his been exper- lenced recently ha's created • problems for road• mainten- ance people throughout the area: Town officials realize that Seaforth streets are slip- pery and said they had ap- pealed to the Huron highways department for help in sand- ing. -They were told all area roadS ,were in the same con- dition, and there wes.•-little could be done. Seaforth crews continue , to apply sand and salt as time and weather per- mits and a number of street corners were treated on TeeS- day and Wednesday.) Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley „ , ^ jANIJARY 1947 0 - Russel Marks of Walton has almost completed his new garage on the lot - adjacent to the hotel. a It is expected that the proprietor will move to the' new quarters. A very pleasant evening was spent in Hensall Town Hall •when friends met to honor Mr. and Mrs. Robert Madge, recent bridal couple . Mr. .Porter of Hillsgreen read an address and, Earl Love presented them with a cabinet of 1847 Rogers silverware. A. Ve:Sillery of town was appointe,d to the Public School Board to fill the vacancy created by the resignation last month of B. E. Christie. "The board elected Clare Reith, chairman, and M-. McKellar was re-appointed secretary-h' curer. The citieens of Clinton recently pdid a signal honor and tribute to two of that town's Most loved and esteemed people. Dr. and Mrs. J, W. Shaw at a civic reception in the Town Hall, they made them the recipients of a beautiful electric refrigerator and other gifts, the occasion being their golden wedding anniversary. The police officers and their wives of the vicinity relished the banquet served to them at the Dominion House, Zurich, which consisted of delicious food. The public Utility Commission held its inaugural meeting in the council cham- ber when Mayor' M. A. Reid and com- missioners, Teen Campbell and A. Y. Me- Lean were present, the last named being • elected chairman. many realize-that agri- business, meaning the ,total sector employed in food production ; trans- portation and marketing, together with th.ose in- dustrial complexes en- gaged in the manufacture of 'chemicals for farm use, em'Ploy, about 35 per cent of the total Canadian labor force? In other wor.ds, one faMily in,three derf"Ves all or part of its income from agricul- 'ture.' Mr_ Moles-went on to point out, while it is true the numbers enjoyed in primary agriculture' becomes less, the respom- sjbility of the industry. to feed an ever increas- ing population increases. kl f,at this has been accom- ished reflects agricul- ture -gains in efficiency and prOduction.. Had there not been .su'c'h gains and had, the farmer continued produc- ing only enough for himN- self and. 10 other people or less as.was.the cad' 8 fifty or sixty years/ ago : there would.today'be million Canadians without food, Mr. Mbles ,says. produced by the CBC, which can turn out first-class stuff when the creative people manage to wiggle out •from .under the meaty, far-from-green thumbs of the administrators. The Jalna series. .,Mazo., de la Roche, creator of the Jalna novels, will never be ranked with ' Shakespeare or Dickens. But she was an -excellent .craftswoman, with a shrewd knowledge of the reading public, able to blend romanticisni and realism into a mixture that has a . universal appeal. It was the same old story.pract ically unknown In Canada, she submitted her ' novel Jalna to is 'U.S. contest and won the Atlantic Monthly -.prize of $10,000 (I believe); -for best novel of the 'year. she 'had found a rich vein of gold. Like Ian Fleming, 'who wrote the James Bond nonsense, and that charatter who churns out the. Carry On Doctor stuff, she mined her lbde , to the depths, ex- tracting every last nugget, and even, panning for grains toward the end. Don't 'mistake me; she was a far better writer than the others mentioned. The :levels deal with a large extremely - complex family, the WhiteoakS, Ilvitig on - a big ' farm near Lake Ontario, and it covers several generations. Our pioneer ancestors were about as much'-like the . Whitooaks as Pierre ' PP" - As we drive along country roads we become ,aware of empty houses and abandoned barns and rea- lize this reflects the trend to increasingly larger farm holdings and • a resulting exodus from, the farm to town and city. In fact statistics show that only 6.8 per cent of Canada'spcipulat- ion is now engaged in primary agriculture and this contributes to' an impreWon, parti'c'ularly among the rapidly in- creasing urban sector, that agriculture is a dying business.' How erroneous such con- clusions are is indicated by recent remarks of John Moles, general manager of the Royal Winter Fair, when hefs_quoted as say- ing: _ '!How many realize that there is more horsepower employed on Canadian 'farms- than An -Canadian industry, that farmers— purchase nearly 30 per ' cent of the fuel' require- ments in Canada and nearly 40-per cent of the tlres and a similar percentage, of iron and Steel'? How ' To the Editor Ice Sir: " The time has come for the Seaforth Town Council to be, told publicly that the streets and roads in eeaforth are in a deplorable condition. For almost 'a week now, • all' side roads in the, town have been .covered by ice. Surely the budget.. for 'snow removal could stand the cost of hiring someone to stand on the back of a truck and shovel Salt and sand or gravel onto the roads. The excuse that there is • no' sand or gravel available is not valid. We all know there e are a couple of sand And gravel'pits within a few miles of Seaforth. I wonder what the many - visitors to our teen last week- . endefor,the Winter Carnival thought •about the disgraceful way our roads were covered with ice with no sand on them? . ......... A lot 'of people would give their eye- teeth for some free publicity in this column for whatever they're selling. In fact; l' have. a 'large case of mounted eye-teeth , Which I haven't bothered returning. For once, I'll make anexception. In this case, it's a plug for' a television series. I'm not much of a T.V. •hound. Most of the content is aimed at the 12- year-old mentality; and this is an thsult to a bright 12-year-old. Three BBC series, however, were well done enough to interest me. 'They were The \elves of Henry VIII, this year's Elizabeth R, and The Foesyte Saga. In each case' we had superb, enterteihment, without the violence, offecoiour jokes and utter inanity which characterize so Many well-known and avidly followed shows. I might add that one reason they appealed to me was that they were not trying-. to be "significant"., merely good de4tna. I remember saying to my wife, during the span of the ForSyte family, "Wouldn't the Jaime novels make a wonderful series?" She agreed, whereupon I put a hick in the doorpost. I de this every time she agrees with me. There are three nicks there now. Of course., we've only had this house for ten years. Now we have it. A Canadian series, we've just come through the report card session at our house. Perhaps you know a little bit about what a headache , that can be in a household where parents cafe about their children. Certainly if you can be the type of parent who stays fecoole; in the face • of any situation •)- knoA just what 'to `do and just what to say in every situat- ion - then you haventt got a worry in the world. But if you are -like the average mom or dad who quakes and quivers at the thought of scuttling your ofspring into some mindless action, then you really do begin to wonder whether the resulting ttissle is really worth, it. But to get "back to the topic at hand, report cards, let me tell'you that report • cards 'can get me into a whole bu,nch of trouble at home. No, I do not have to ' worry about my children', scoring low - marks. Fortunatley for me - and for my children, I suppose.- there has never been ,any scholastic hang-ups which show up on the report cards. • There are other problem 4,,though. Like for instance, the financial arrangement Which seems to have to be, made as the result of a fine report card. we made that Mistake early in, our career as parents. When our -first son• went off to school, his clad was so proud. Sonny would bring bis lessons home with a star boldly pasted on the top, and daddy would reach into his hip pocket and bring forth sorb? kind Of financial 'reward for hiS bright boy. Needless to say, that kind of approval from his dad caught on rapidly with our boy until today - 11-school years later'.-, the situation remains as before, Son brings hbme the good results and dad shoWs his appreciation in a monetary fashion. Frudeau is like me. And Jaina is about as real in rural 19th-century Canada as Camelotewas in the barbarib dark ages. e !-,But this is part of the charm, They're escape novels, in the best sense of the word. yet, the author creates characters Who are not only attractive but memorable. And the • love -hate relationships within the family, are believable', because they are familiar. , I predict a run on the Jalna novels, if' the TV Series is any good. Regardless, treat yourself. They are available in most public libraries. A little incident during the war proved. to me that, despite their regionalism,lhe )4, novels have an interhational appeal. It was about' May 2nd, 1945. The Russians had just "liberated" our prison ' camp. They were pretty drunk and dis- orderly, still celebrating May 1st, one of their big holidayS, and they let us out for the ' evening. (Next day they locked us turtu Pwe4haaind4one glorious spring even- ing of freedom. I set off for the little town near the camp with Nils Jorgenson, a huge Norwegian who spoke German. We watched the Russians still pouring , into the town, a motley and colourful crew. I remember a huge Cossack- looking type, with vast moustaches, riding There is just one major difference .I've noticed through the years., The 4 achievement of our son has remained, .constant . but• the financial rewards have grown and grown until now, report card time i, a major problem te, be _ reckoned in 'our beideetee ^ what's mtire 'it is multiplied by'tlieeel Son number one set, the trend. Now our datighter and son number two ex- pect to be treated equally and who can • really blame them? Who in the world • would imagine that our two younger children would be content to show off a " fine report card without, receiving some dollar and cent remun eratioh for their efforts. ' . y, ' • Thus itecornes about that report card time has become a scourge to our happy family relationship . and not for the usual- reasons.,. We have no problems as yet with any one .of our children about their progress at school. . . but there is quite a battle :about the financial set- tleinent ,which just naturally follows now. I look • back on my school'Years'and I can remember a good many, fifties when my quest -for knowledge could have beeheintensified through' a little finan- cial appreciation. And I really &met that.the end result would have' been mach different.' I really suspect that I would have learned as mach probably even a little more than I did e• though I was 'spurred on by the wrong motives. ' I 'admit the situation is getting a '- little Out of hand now . . . but what else - can we 'expect with the cost bf 'living rising the way it is on all sides. If you pay more to have, your car greased and more for •your groceries, surely one can expect - to pay more for'such valuable -. entities 'as accumulated 'knowledge. It - on ' makes. sense - albeit expensive. a stallion.. Slung over one shoulder was a machine-pistol. le ingling from his saddle was a balalaika. On his other shoulder perched a tiny monkey. So heitiwnie °rifted into towierevatched the yanks picking up German girls, or trying to. we saw a big house, sot back among the trees. Went up and knocked, out of ,curiosity, A frightened old woman finally opened the door a crack, Nils spoke gently to her in German. She scuttled away. After a few moments, a stately, white-haired lady with great poise appeared, and imperiously demanded to. know what we wanted. Nils said we were just visiting, told her we were P.O,W.'s, a Norwegian and a ,gC yaanoaraudmlaant Canadian. ze Vhiteoaks of Jelnar She know turned to me, and in ,stilted but r cal Englith, asked eagerly, cOnfessed that I didn't know them personally, but we ,had a lively conver- sation about Rennie, the old uncles,Finch, - and the other characters, followed by a cup of ersatz coffee. "Just a little inci- dent, but one I'll never forget. All this free publicity shOuld gratify the. C BC.' But I warn them that lithe Series is rotten e l shall sear them, scorch them, fry them, and boil them in theft own oil.' JANUARY 29, 1897 Quite a number from the neighbor- hood of Hensel' attended the funeral of the late John Sinclair of TUckersmith, who was Well known and respected here. Samuel Rennie of liensall is fixing up the second storey of his new brick block for a dressmaker's shop and, which will be occupied by Miss Hagan. Joseph C. Morrison, brother of John C. Morrison, clerk of McKillop, was the 'popular candidate for the North Dakota State Legislature at the recent elections. A meeting of poultrymen was held for the purpose of trying to arrange for a poultry show here this winter. • A number of the young people of Tuckersmith spent a pleasant evening at the residence of Abner Cose0s, at Egm ondville. Mr. Landsborough of Egrnondville has had a furnace placed in his fine new residence. Miss Grace McFall of town, left for Toronto where she will pursue her studies in vocal music. / John Landsborough and Mr. Leather- dale of Brussels are stating a furniture and undertaking business in Seaforth. John Murdock of the London Road, near Brucefield, -this fall cut down an elm tree on his farm from which he made,. 20 cords into wood. Li was 5 feet across at the butt and perfectly sound. John Bell of Londesboro has sold his hotel to Luse Hill. v:eeTk h.os.,Ballantyne of Hensall made a fine shipment of cattle to Montreal this Messrs. Cook Bros . of the, Hensall Flouring Mills, gave the 'correspondent an exhibition of the working of their fine steam fire pump. Rellablee lodge, Patrons and Industry, McKillop -_*ad a pleasant time in J. S. Brown's house in '- McKillop. After the horses were all put away in Mr. Brown's commodious barn they sat down to an oyster supper with a programme— afterward. • J. B. Roberts, was married in New Orleans to Miss Minnie Gordon. Miss. Gordon was formerly .a resident of Seaforth. James McGinnis, merchant of this town is now recovering from a recent illness. JANUARY 27, 1922 Dr. A. Moir of iikeesall has been ap- pointed to give radium' treatment in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Jack Eckart of McKillop has returned from a hunting trip" to the north country. r He ,broughtbene a fine deer with him. • Joseptiqviero, of Hullett, has purchased the residence of Mr. Readman on North Main Street. The property consists of , a , residence, barn, and sixteen acres of land. J. Beattie, of Egmondville, "who is the teacher at 5 TuckerSmith, -had the misfortune to fall recently, and fracture a i b 'Mero of Hullett has sold his n on the Huron Road wext to frei ▪ Joseph . farm Orville Phillips of Londesboro, the price. being$ A very 1 serious fire occurred early 0,00 O Saturday morning last when the large bank barn of A.. P. Joynt, of Egrnond- ville , was completely destroyed by fiee.The barn was leased, by Messrs, Merner & Fee. Oscar Neil was in O• ttawa this week attending the funeral of his brother, the . late Wm. Neil. .,„, John Rankin has received worcrfrom the president of the Canadian Fire Under- writerseitssociation that a reduction of ten cents has been granted to the. Town of Seaforth on buildings and. dwellings. Mr. Rankin is a charter member, it has been made,possible to' have the rates !educed. Mrs. Haugh of Brucefield left for Toronto where she was a delegate for the U.F.W..0. Convention. She id presi- dent of the wornen's- b.r.o. 'of this le sleighing during the coming divi A n. little week would enliven everything for Christ- mas very much at Hensall. Mrs. Jarrott of Kippen Was in London during the week undergoing treatment en her 'eyes. in the rears Agone 4 41" 4 ii e ti •