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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, May 11, 1972
Surely there is a solution
The concern that is
being expressed as to the
use that will be.made,of
the 'Century Old Huron
Jail is understandable.
County Councillors
properly* are concerned
that.any long term use,
now that the building no'
longer is required to
serve as a jail, will not
result in an added load
'on an already heavy tax
rate.
On the other hand
citizens across the
County are concerned that
the historic building be
preServed not only, as a
recognition' of Hurons
early days but also as an
attraction.fOr future
gelerations.-
Not often is Such a,
str ucture. avail-able to a
county and the fact that-
it is in 'Huron adds to
its value. Huron is only
beginning to tap its
tourist.. potential and
historical situations such
as the jail offers should
be taken advantae of at
every opportunity.
This (is not to. say that
county council is not wise
in assessing the cost as-
pect. This is essential.
But with an acceptance
of its long term value as-
an histori-cally and archi-
tectually sound tourist
attraction surely some
means of providing for its
retention Should be found.
. There's only . -one hitch now before I
take off on the bike-a-thon. I've got to
get in -shape. I've really got to get out
on •that bike for a couple of swings
around the block before I attempt that
ten-mile hike.
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Iecting material with a view towards
building a new residence this seasork.,.
S. Reid of Harlock, rented his
blacksmith shop and residence to M.Shiel
of Michigan. He intends removing to
Tuckersmith and taking .the. farm re-
cently vacated by Alexander Gray.
HOweS from near Winthrop has
rented Samuel Dickson's 50 acre farm
near Leadbury fo r a term of years.
Win. Plewes of Brucefield was so
unfortunate as to get a horse so ser-
iously injured that it had to be killed.
Messrs Zuefle and Robinson of Hen-
sail • have introduced' a' new system of
lights for their store.
A meeting was held in the Egmond=
ville Cemetery for the purpose of means
of Improving the place. Since no 're-
venue has ever been derived from the
sale of plots, it was resolved by those
present to ask all parties interested to
give a few days labor at an early date,
to level the ground, turn out the brush,
Straighten up the 'monuments and make'
the necessary chakes. .
MAY• 12, 1922
Mrs. A. Mc /ellen
'
nee Grace Speare,
Staffa, was presented with a chair at
Roughly one million people read this
column. And they read it roughly, because
that's the way it is written.
Many of the old faithfuls have read.
the column since the time my daughter
first burped and covered the old man's
shirt with baby-spew.
And they have associated, and laughed
and cried as I described the peculiar
-Ctfatiffift - Mar 1--prodilded. - With- 'little
help from my wife,.of course.
I feel it only fair to the old faithfuls
to keep them up to date. Anyone who is
not interested can turn to Ann Landers
or Billy Graham or somebody who writes
about something important,
Kim is getting married. Normally, this
is an occasion of treat hilarity, geniality,
'"jovialitY, and sometimes even sPirittiality.
Personally, I think she's out of her
mind. But this, at least, is normal among
parents. So everything is proceeding
normally.
Today, I 'Camehome and found my wife
surrounded by income tax forms, ,apd.
samples for material to cover one of our'
chairs. Normally, I wouldn't be surprised
by this. It's a typical. But it's not
exactly the pre-wedding hysteria one might
expect.
And where is Kim, with a wedding about
ten days away? she's in the -city with
her boy-friend, looking for a second-hand
van in which 'they can eat and sleep,
and have their being during the summer.
And they have my car. Every time the
phone rings, I flinch, expecting to hear a
police officer telling me they've cracked
up my beautiful 1967 Dodge.
And tomorrow night there's a shower
for her, and the next day a dental appoint-
Meht; and next week an appointment in
the city about a job, and, another dental
appointment, and a hair-dresser's
appointment. And she hasn't even bought
her wedding dress yet.
She's not at all worried about her
"going-away" outfit. She assured her
mother, "Don't worry, Mom; • I'll, be
going away in my jeans.", .
Well, I'm sorry I can't -invite everyone-
to the wedding. •You would enjoy every
minute of It, but we can't get one million
'people 'into our living-room, though you'd
never believe it when we' have our annual
*party. And you'd enjoy the reception even
more, with Kim's cat and ours flying
into .a. screeching, spitting, squalling fight
every three minutes. •
. One of the biggest ordeals, of course,
is meeting' the. future iriLlawS. We . got
through that last Sunday, and it went off
fine. The kids sat nervously biting their
nails up to. the kpudkles, as they watched
it.
Dot, a sensible person like myself,
and I got along fine. She accepts life
as it 'is,' and does something about it.
She'll be a fine mother-in-law: Doug
and my wife-are both nuts - about classi-
cal music - and they got along fine. He
and I are going trout fishing, so we got
along fine, " " r •
w had some chilie and some cough
medicine (an excellent combination, by
the way), 'and could scarcely bear to
part.
• ' But to get back to my thesis, and
I'm afraid I've wandered a bit, we can't
invite everybody. So I'll make it. official.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. T: Smiley announce
the marriage of their daughter,
KIM ELIZABETH (university drop
out) to
Mr. Donald Sieber (impoverished art-
ist) on May 6th, 1972.
t This dubious affair will take place at
Kim's borne, 3,03, Hugel Ave., Midland,
Ont. (probably) -
That's the gist of the thing. There.
Don't feel hurt because you haven't re-:
ceived" a personal invitation. ,you had,
it would be like getting a personal invi-
tation to ;the Black Hole of'. Calcutta.
Why de' young people • want to get
married anyway? In my day, it was the
• only way to do, you-know-what. But with
the pill, and the new concept of "moral-
ity", it all seems rather dopey.
Oh, well, , I'll probably weep during
the Ceremony. And when I weep, it's
a sight to behOld.",, Strong women, who
have , never wept in their lives except
over a lost eye-lash, come .up and pat
me, and try to dry my eyes with,kleenex,.
and all they do is make me weep louder
and wetter, will understand.
The only advice I can give at this
moment_. is. that it_you have to' have a
daughter, hive five. I imagine by the
time the fifth was gotten rid of, you'd
be able to. control yourself, to some
extent.
the home of Mrs. Wm. Jeffrey from the
choir of which she was a member. -
The property of the late James Allen,
Staffa, has been purchased by the finan-,
cial committee of the Methodist Church,
the place being $300.
Mr. Wm. Sproat of Kippen, has re-
turned home from the hospital, at London
and appears to have been greatly bene-
fitted by the treatment.
MAY 16, 1947 d.
Meeting in the Carnegie Library,
directors of the Seaforth Agricultural
Society appointed Mrs: Joseph Grum-
mett as secretary-treasurer. She suc-
ceeds Clarence TrOtt' who resigned.
At a meeting and banquet of the Huron-
Perth Men Teachers Agsociation held
at the Commercial Hotel, Clarence Trott,
teacher at Egmondville Public School
and Douglas Lawless, teacher of the
Walton 'Public School were elected dele-
gates to the district meeting_ to be held
in Walkerton. E. R. Crawford, Shakes-
peare Public School spoke regarding sala-
ries.
The Sunday School and congregation
of First Presbyterian Church met to-
gether for the annual Mother's Day ser-
vice. The choir sang an anthem and
Miss Doris Ferguson sang a solq;,./
The district experienced is worst
rain and thunder storm of the season.
Certain areas in the town were flooded
and many cellars were flooded.
Our town is -like' any other small
town in Ontario. We have our commun-
ity .projects - we have our successes
and our failures.
This. month we're having a bike-a-
'thou. Despite the fact that people are
getting sick..„and tired, of these mara- ' Ten miles doesn't sound like much
thons to raise money for everything from , mileage on a 'bicycle •
starving children to bus trips, we've Last year I went the full course planned 'a bike-a-thon. Why? Because easily. ' That was because I was a year 'it is one 'Of the fastest and most ftlif younger and more foolish. Till's. year I type ways to raise money that we've have the memories from last year's sore found in along, long time. • sit-me-down to hold me back. I'm not
We're raising funds for cancer this, the inexperienced little nitwit who. took
' trip out. To be perfectly truthful., that's off with such confidence last year. I the only cause for' which 'I've ever put know the ropes this year and I'm not myself out to any great extent. I believe looking forward to that week of stand- cancer can be' beaten and I'm willing to up, typing and telephone answering which work at making that dream come true. will follow the bike-'a-thon.
I bought a biCycle of my own for I have only one • question to ask of this year's event. I think every house- ' the wonderful folks who organize these
-hold should have a bicycle. At least fund-raising marathons .. . orcampaigns_ that was - the argument I used when I ' of any kind. • " '- . set about to convince my family I Should - • Why. do they have to be within eight purchase a bike. • . .,.., weeks, of each other in the spring? Why , . My .children agreed ' --'2'Providing the can't they be spread out through the year? bicycle I bought . was one' of those low:- The .other night I was at home for slung, long-seated, - ,high-handlebarred . the' first ,evening _In_ 'several days. 1 affairs. ' ' ,sat down to watch a movie ..„ .. .. a Itixury I balked. Imagine me making an, I can't afford too often. The door-bell
unnecessary number of pump strokes on rang. It was the Red Shield canvasser. such a tiny little bike when I could The lady stated her business forth- make a few long strokes on a standard-
type bicycle and get just as far. Be- with. I have 'sympathy for the Salvation
Army.- Canvassing is not easy or. plea- sides that,, the fancy bike--costs a much Sant. I made any donatiOn willingly and prettier penny than the standard bike., went back to my movie.
As far as I was concernedithere was no decision.to make: . , This . week, I'm ' pounding. the beat,- ' , ...,_.. As it has, turned out, the bicycle asking for sponsors for a bike-a-thon ......,
isn't any more a family bicycle than' .
you would. imagine. My children or my for cancer, yet. People are. generous.
husband won't be caught. dead riding it .. • It is difficult not 'to be. But surely
so it ' is -all Mine fof as lenr-as I want • we. _can_ be better organized about our , . ,
'''to keep it.
,. _.. timing. -
MAY 14,, 1897
Wm. Cudmore, of Kippen, made a
large shipment of fine cattle to the Old
Country market.
Thos. Sickle was so unfortunate as
to fracture his right arm near the el-
bow. He was jumping over a temporary
In the Years Agone
fence - when the board gave way. To
make matters worse, on his return from
having the bone set, the horse made a
sudden start, which threw him o'er ,the
back -of the, buggy, giving him a bad
shaking up.
Kruse Bros., masons, are busy these
dart doing odd jobs, preparatory to be-
'ginning several large contracts in the
country. "
Win. Ament and J. M. Best drove to
Benmiller to eniny a days fishing. Th 4Y
- bagged about 30 each.
Geo. W. Holman,' o f this town, has
been engaged as principal of the Hayfield
Public School to succeed A. 13. Thomp-
son.
Master Willie Cline of town met with,
an accident' in the BrOadfoot, Box fur-
niture factory. His left hand came in
contact with a, saw and the tops of two
of his fingers were taken off.
Jade)) Barrows of McKillop, is col-