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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, March 9, 1972
Farmers Have Influence
As area farms become
, larger and the number of
people living in rural
Ontario decreases, we
. think we see evidence of
a decline in rural in-
fluence. ' Oh
Certainly in some res-
pects this is true.Fewer
people on farms mean
fewer people to support
the rural church, the
rural school and the ,
established municipal
arrangement. 'The result
is a series of changes
imposed by the prOvince,
in which groups, for
generations separate
entitjes, find themselves
jOined with ,large com-
munities.
Despite these changes .
the —agricultural, community
continues to exert sub-
stantial influence as
Canada's Minister df
Agriculture, Hon'. H.A.
Olsen 'pointed out recently.
. Mr. Olsen points out
that while the. trend to
an industrial and urban
society in North America
Hhas tempted politicians •
to dismiss agriculture as
a relatively minor indus-
try, he finds such an
assumption dangerous.
Agriculture is an im-
portant industry and
involves a much larger
portion of the public and '
society than most politi
cal pundits recognize, he
says and emphasizes that
more than 30. per cent of
Canada's labor farce is'
directlyand indirectly
tied to our agricultural
industry.
• This is not to say that
the agricultural industry
has not been undergoing a
tremendous• amount of -change
and this in turn has had
an up-setting effect' on a
large number of farmers.
No simple solution
exists beCause the prob-
lem.-itself is complex
involving as it does a
variety of products,
challengespecUliar to .
geographic :regions' and
above all the different
circumstances facing
farmers in different cir-
cumstances and operating
'different type establish-
ments.
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In the rears Agone
From My Window
— By Shirley J. Keller —
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a new program for 1972 which gives the insured a
higher coverage at ,a lower' rate per acre. Also
spot coverage for hail -aid tornado op some crops.
With the high investment a farmer carries with
land costs, machinery and 'high cost of production,
he can't afford to be without crop ,insurance any
more than fire insurance on his buildings. For
further information contact your local agent.
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when a man is sick, he's really sick.
when a man has to go to the hospital, that's
another headache. In fact, when a man has
to go to the hospital it is the wife who needs
time to recover.
Not too long ago, my husband got word
that he would have to go intohdepital for a
Minor operation. The news hit him like
he'd just heard that he was to lead the
Russian forces into the Third World War.
He was devastated, utterly and completely.
As the time drew closer for my spouse
to enter hospital, I found him growing more
and more Sullen. By the time the ,day had
arrived for, 'l,,,is admittance s my •husband
Was, a physical and emotional wreck - and I
was a close second. '
• How long has it been since you've g6ne
through the procedure of getting admitted
to a hospital? You know, the hospitals have
a method, they say, which will make the
process faster and easier
we were ushered intoasoOm whiCh was.
to be my husband's prison for the next
few days. The admitting clerk checked
her Sheet and said, -"yes this is your
bed. Hum-m-m-m. I see it's one of
the old types. •Pity.". She rustled out of ,
the room.
We observed there was another bed
in the room unruffled and as far as
It's only a matter of time. In the past
generation, Joe Nobody, you and I, have
suffered from 'every conceivable type of
strike that the warped little human mind
can conceive.
You name it: from clock-wallopers to
doctors, from s technicians to teachers,
everybody seems to have had a whack at
trying to strangle a few more bucks or
privileges out of the innocent by-stander.
That's you and I. , • ,
I'm getting pretty sour about the whole
nonsense. Somehow, I can't fathom either
the economics of the ethics of a man who
is worth $1.25 an hour, and is getting
$2.75, demanding that he be paid $4.00
and another $2.00 in fringe-benefits.
Strikes are annoying, frustrating and
usually pointless, in these days. The
worker gets a raise and it takes Min two
years to get back to where he was, finan-
cially. The employer merely raises his
prices, or taxes. The rest of us get it
in two painful places; the neck and the
pocket-book.
But that's all common knowledge,
and beSide the point. One of these fine
we knew unoccupied. It waa.one of those
new fangled electric beds - and it was
next to the window. But fate had appar-
ently decreed that my husband should
have the old bed on the dark side of the
room, and the nurse was wise enough to
know it and -not question it.
The nurse had left no instructions
whether my, husband should get into bed
or not. Get undressed Or not. So we
-sat •like a pair of clods in that hospital.
room, not knowing what to do. we felt
a little foolish ,to say the least. Two
'fully-clothed healthy-lookjng specimens
sitting in a hospital • room apparently
visiting two empty becig!
Another team of nurses- bustled in.
One asked my husband's name and the
nature of his business in the'hospitai.
gurgery. • was the answer. What kind of
surgery, came, the next question.' My
husband tried to explain, all the time a,
little wary of staying in a hospital where
the pre-surgiCal inquisition was by two
young nurses who looked as though they
might ,have been on a cheer-up-the-
patients tour. •
His explanation lacked the color'the
girls expected so they pressed my
husband further for .theproper medical
terms.,
days, the most potent work force in the
country is going to realize what a power-
ful weapon is the ' strike, and •hit the
picket line.
When it does, we'll look back with
nostalgia and longing to the good old
days when a strike merely meant you
couldn't .take that 'trip, or 'there :was a
shortage of sanitary napkins, or some
similar calamity was thrust upon us.
That will be the day the housewives
of the country, inflamed by Women's Lib,
dull husbands , and rotten'kids, walk out
the doors demanding more money, better
working conditions, and vast fringe
benefits.
That will be a day that will make the
present vast tie-uos due to strikes look
like .tiddley-winks. That will be a day
that might signal the end of civilization
as we know it.
I'm not kidding, and I'm definitely not
exaggerating. If the housewives of -this
nation 'Withdrew,such elementary items
as cooking and cleaning, sex and sewing
froln our lives, the whole foundation of
MARCH. 12, 1897.
wm. Bagshaw of Stephen Twp. while
boxing in the gymnasium of the Clinton
Collegiate Institute received a severe
blow which resulted in a broken nose.
Samuel Karcher of Zurich has re- ,
ceived a suminer job on the farm of
Wellington Fee.
Wm.' 'Burgard of Egmondville left for
Nova Scotia, where he will take a course as
a machinist.
The first thunder of this year was .,
heard early Tuesday and was followed by
rain and dense mist.
Our good friend James McMichael of
Goderich St. West, celebrated his 74th
birthday.
Thos. McKay of Kippen, on going to his
cow stable was surprised to 'find one of
his fine cows, lying dead in the stall.
There has been very good fishing at
Bayfield lately, and Sunday and Monday
the ice broke up and the fishermen had
trouble getting their nets.
At a meeting of the Winthrop cheese
factory held in McKillop, the company
rented the factory of F. Millson at $3.00
per ton of cheese made during the season,
he to buy the whey at the same price, if
over a certain amount of cheese is made.
G. Munroe of Brucefield had the mis-
fortune to lose a valuable driver. Th e
animal was 'found' dead in the stable
having in some way got entangled in the
halter.
J. W. Ortwein of Hensall, is fitting up
his new millinery rooms above his store.
Considerable square timber is still
being delivered at the station yards for
shipment' at Hensall in the near future.
Samuel Kydd, who has been learning
blacksmithing with J. R. Habkirk of Hen-
sail, left.this week for Brussels.
MARCH 10, 1922.
The inconvenience caused by the severe
ice storm of last week on the telephone
lines, shade trees, apple orchards,...etc.
has been partially relieved by the satis-
faction the men of Tuckersmith got from
the fact that the women talk to us mare
this week than formerly.
Robert A. Campbell, one of McKillop's
progressive farmers is now enjoying the
great benefitS derived from electricity-,
having recently installed an "Electrion"
and lighting plant " on his farm. Messrs.
Reid Bros. of Seaforth supplied and in-
stalled the plant, which insuies Mr. Camp-
bell of having a-first class rob. •
Several farmers at Chiselhurst have
tapped and report that there was a good
run of sap.
Repairs are being made to the Staffs
"It has a name about this long," re-
plied my spouse indicating with his fore-
finger about one foot. The nurses must
know their medical terms by the yard
because they -seemed satisfied, and left:
"I should have told them I was going
to have a hysterectomy," said my hus-
band getting more and more irritated.
Again we waited, staring back' and
,forth from the two empty beds to each
other.
"Mr.. Keller?" 'came the jaunty in-
quisition. "How, tall are you?" -•-•
A shadow of distrust crossed • my.
husband's face. Were they measuring him
for a coffin. Or for the maximum length
.of an incision? He gave the information
she reqnested.
"Thank heavens ?au 'know," sighed
'the little nurse. "I couldn't find the
measuring stick anywhere."
'It was back to waiting.
Suddenly and without warning a strange
kind of hush fell over the entire hospital.
. I went to the door. of the room. to take a
• look. „.Eyerywhere there were white-clad
figures , running frantically hither and
thither. One was headed our way. •
In one swift movement 'he closed the
door' on us - tight.
(To be continued pest week)
our society would collapse.
Not immediately, of course. For
perhaps two days, husbands would chortl$
"She'll soon come around. She know when
sh'e has a good 'thing." And kids would
roar with laughter, "Is your old lady on
this strike kick too? It's a riot. But
she won't last. She needs us."
After a week, the comments would
change tone. Husbands: "What the hell is
wrong -with that crazy woman? I've given
her the best years of my life," And kids:
"Leok, if she doesn't come back, she's in
for trouble. I haven't had a decent meal,
or a clean pair of socks for days. And
,.a bad is getting nasty. Wants me to do the
dishes and garbage like that.",
In .two weeks the "innocent bystanders"
would be on their knees'. And the garbage
woul be up to their knees.
H usbands: € Listen, kid. you go out
and tell your mother 'that I'll give her
eight, no, ten dollars a month to blow on
herself. Sky's the limit." Kids: "Lis-
ten Dad , this is all yosr „fault. We
need that woman, even if she is only' our
"telephone lines by local men and It is
expected that within a few days there will
be connection with Dublin Central office.
The following parties purchased Ford
cars from Cook Bros., Ford dealers,
Hensall, during the east week: - W. H.
Hoffman and Messrs. Stade and Weido of
Zurich, purchasing touring cars: James
Kilpatrick, Kippers, touring car; R.R.
Caldwell, and Enoch Parker, Hensall,
touring cars;, John Maloney, a sedan;
Robert P. Watson, Brucefield, touring
car; Geo. Castle, Bayfield, a coupe.
The remodelling of the north side
of the Presbyterian Church property has
proved quite a convenience to the far- -
-mers on. wet and stormy Sundaysat Hersall.
The Mitchell Advocate of this week
says:' On Wednesday evening list the
ladies of Trinity Church, with neighbors
and other friends. presented Mrs. Chas.
Dungey, with a splendid shower of finished
towels. Mr. and Mrs. Dungey will leave
Mitchell next Week for Seatorth,, where
they will take charge of thetommercial
Hotel.
Messrs. Stewart Stanbury and James
Ritchie, have started the season aCthe
Seaforth Creamery. •
The Young People of Fjrst Presby-
terian gave a social evening and the
programme consisted of solos. by Ed.
C. Chamberlain, and Dot Reidy recita-
tion by Arnold Turnbull; and speeches
by,Scott Cluff and Gordon Mackey.
The annual meeting of the G.W.V.A.
was held 'in the club rooms when the
officers for the ensuing year are as
'follows: President, R. S. Hays;' Vice,
Pres. Jcs. M. McMillan; secretary, C.
P.Sills; Treasurer, Ross SproatsChap-
lain, F. P. White, E. Edwards; Sgt. at
Arms, Wm. Smith; AuditorS, L. T.
Delacey and A. D. Sutherland.
MARCH 7, 1947.
John Francis. Daly, Reeve Of Sea-
forth, one of Huron County's most prom-
' inent business and public men died at
his residence in his 75th year. • He was
a son 'of the late Thos.' Daly and was
born in Egmondville. He had been in
businesS in Seaforth, - Main St., for 57
years.
Mrs and Mrs. Matt Armstrong' of
Hullett, celebrated their ,„s59th wedding
anniversary. He is a former Reeve of • Hullett.. •
Seaforth and district is slowly dig-
ging itself out from the' worst blizzard
in thirty years. • It started on Monday
morning and it had all highways and
district roads closed-by noon. Canadian
National Railways snow plow, 'driven by
four engines, arrived here at noon on
Thursday. Seven Seaforth men, •Dr. E. -
A: McMaster, G. A,. Jackson,. F. Sills,.
J. E. Keating, E. C. Boswells H.
Meir and A. Y. McLean , who were in
Goderich on Monday, found themselves
stranded until Thursday.
Ten men from Brucefield %to James ,
Mustards to help dig out the _railway
snow plow which was stuck there. The
men were John Aubin, Reg. Aubin, Archie
Mustard, •Frank.and Thornton Mustard,
Kenneth Scott, GlennSwars Harry Wortley,
Victor Aubin and Arthur Dutton.
farm' 1/2
Ger. Love, Walton, walked through the
bling snowstorm from his farm'
mile' from Walton to 'take the. train to sit
on the jury at Goderich.
,Wilmer Cuthill of Walton, was unable
.;.,to make the way to town by the road, so
• came up' the railroad track with his
horse and sleigh.
- Miles McMillan of Toronto Was here
prior .to-leaving for South America where
he will be employed with the Imperial
Oil Co.
The worst snow storm that has-.been
knewn for 'many years-beat 'about the vil-
•-slage of Walton on Sunday night. Trains
and, busses have, ceased to Fun and even
horses could not get through. By Tues-
"day evening bread became scarce and
housewives were baking their own. Roy
Bennett relieved the milk' .and butter
situation by bringing in a load Of milk
and butter by team and sleigh.
Wm. Church of Winthrop, who spent the
past two months in England,has arrived '
in Toronto but cannot reach his home in
McKillop until the trains ,run again.
While the entire province was in the.
midst of the worst storm in 30 years,
snow' drops unaware of the blizzard rag-
ing at the time were found blooming .at
the residence of Mrs. T, G. Scott' on
John Street,.
mother. All our buttons are off, and the
sink's full of dishes, and the dishes"are
full of crud."
In a month, the hospitals and the
mental institutions would be overflowing.
The take-home chicken joints and the
delicatessens' would be booming, but the
supermarkets would-be heading for bank-
ruptcy. Family axe-murders would be se
common they wouldn't even rate two
inches on Page 38.
There's only one thing that will prevent
this catastrophe. As we all knoW, house-
wives are extreme individualists. They
can't even agree on the texture of toilet
paper. How could they ,agree on such
delicate matters as fringe benefits? Some
would want forty cents to sew on a button;
others would settle for a quarter. '
And it they did form a union, it would
take them twelve years to drasvup the con-
stitution, and everyone, would want to be
president.
So relax, you 4glectful husbands and
demanding kids, We're probably safe, But
giVe the whole idea a long, deep thought.
YI
Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
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