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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-05-18, Page 2A n. wen fxpositor Since IMO, Serving the Community. First Puba441e4 et SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morn ing by MCLEAN IlE01 /49., Publishers Ltd. 'ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor Member Ctuutdian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspliper 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 — 24) CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Ilegistratioat Number 0696 itleleguiqie;.52/3)246 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, May 18, 1972 It's clean-up time in Seaforth Spring Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley aka" , In the ears Agone From My Window — By Shirley -J. Keller — This is the time of year when the conscien- tious householder gives thought to tidying up his house and his garden ready for the growth of another season. ,.This natu towards orde s,ome,, but un not all, of couraged eac Seaforth Cou .Chamber of C drawing atte need of pain cleaning-up The 'curre-nt tends throug with th.e Vic holiday prov kick off occ It is remarkable how an otherwise favorable Recognizing the It is appropriate that during the weekwhich has been proclaimed as Nation- al Week for the Mentally Retarded, the'campaign being carried on for funds with which to Provide a workshop for those who are mentally retarded should be meeting with a ready, respOn5e. While through the years public attitudes towards many social problems such as drug addiction, alco- . holism land poverty have changed to.a great extent, there 'continues to be a hesitation -on the part of many with respect to_what perhaps is one of,Canada's most pressing social prob- lem - - that of mental health and mental retar- dation. , This weaken d marks the first long holiday weekend of the spring and summer season. You guessed it. I'm looking forward to it and yes, we're planning to spend it at our. trailer. Actually, we've been out to the trailer several times this season already - just getting the place in shape for the summer to come. • Funny thing about that trailer. The work we do there isn't work at all - it Is sheer enjoyment for my husband and me. We've got several things planned both Indoors And out. Just simple little im- provements which we hope will make things all the more pleasant this summer. The first thing on the agenda is a fishworm holder. 'What's that? I don't have a clue either. I donit fish and neither does my husband but we decided , that since our youngest child had shown such an interest in ,fishing last, summer, we'd get him some fishing gear for his birthday. a ' It just took a quick trip over 'to Cana*" Ian Tire to find just the rod and re El we, were looking for. And as far as we knew, our boy was outfitted for fishing - and our parental duty had been fulfilled. Not so. A good neighbor who is also an avid fisherman told us that bait was almost more essential than the rod. "I doubt that there will be many fish worms among all those trees," said our neighbor. "You are going to have to take bait with you." That's just what I wanted to hear: In addition to the clbthes and the food and the . beer and the books from the libraty each weekend, I'm going to have to tote along a can of worms. "Where do you buy Wormsi" I asked, hoping he'd tell me of some quaint little place nearby to the trailer. "Why would you buy them?" asked my witty neighbor. "All you have to do is go outside after dark with a flasa light and pick them up off the top of the ground., But you'll need some place to kelp them." Worms, I learned, needed to be alive and well until they were,, threaded onto the fish hook, all squiggly and Wiggly and screaming with pain. That necessitates o1 impression of a community can be spoiled by un- sightly goods, and dilapi- dated trutidings. — It is true there may be good reasons for such a condition to exist.But a visitor to town cannot be expected to knOw this. All the visitor can do is form his impression of :the community as a whole. Unfortunately, the good_ things he has seen - the streets, the parks, the public buildings' are weighi against the un- sightly things he has seen. The net result may well be unfavorable, too . often is -The work, the planning_and ,care of,the. many thus is spoiled by the don't-care attitude of a few:, mentally retarded - Despite this heattat- ion, each year further advances are being made in early detection and fn prevention. Each year the effects of mental re- tardation are further alleviated through treat- ment and training. Each: year through public,edu- cation, more of the re- tarded are being accepted into the community where they can lead more normal lives than in large insti- tutions. z It is to accelerate this trend and 'particular- ly to provide a service to those in this area who require assistance that the present campaign has been organized. It is a worthy appeal. a set-up similar to death-row in the peni- tentiara . . . some place to keep the victims in the best of health but secured until the sentence is carried out. A fishworm holder can be easily made by digging a sizeable hole in a cool, but not too cool, area of the yard.When you've scooped out all the earth, you drop in a piece of fife screening. Then you camouflage your trap by filling it with sweet, fine, cool, but not too cool, moist earth. Intd- that haven you place the unsus- pecting worms you've collected by the light of the Moon and then, to further , the crime against those helpless crea- tures, you snap on a fine mesh lid so the captives cannot escape. They must then just wait until they are crucified -and sent to a watery grave. But by far the most controversial issue this spring is the set of steps lead- ing up to the trailer door. My husband, is a one-use builder. I'm a several- uses construction foreman. The argument is raging. Husband says a set of steps is a set of steps and nothing more. If they take you • from , ground level to the door they have played their part. I say that stepping is just the begin- ning of a whole host of exciting and useful functions for a set of steps. For instance, with a railing around, it could become a planter for flowers. with a roof over it, it could become 'a porch. Closed in beneath, it could be a storage shed, Built 'out at one side, It could rack bicycles. Spread out across the bottom, it could be a sun deck. And that's just the beginning. If it had steps up both sides it could make for easy access to the road and to the barbecue. If it was built with fore- sight It could be a clothesline stand. If it was screened it could provide' a mos- quito-free haven on a mosquito infested night. If It was built of cement, 'It could encompass a barbecue. There's not much use to think about It anymore. . The steps will be steps and nothing else - and once more my Bettek Homes and Garden training goes amuck. I'm sure you are sick of reading about my daughter's wedding, but hang on. She's the only one I have, and it will be all over this Saturday. (The last typewritten with crossed fingers.) If she ever does want to get married again, she'll get exactly three words from her old .man, "Beat it, kid." However, there's something to be learned by every experience, and both the kid and I are learning. Fast.' For several weeks, she has been floating around aimlessly, telling her mother, who is a fussbudget of the first water ,-"Step -worrying, Mom. There's not that much to-do. It's a simple wedding, and I'll be here to help you get ready." Typical of to-day's youth. Naturally, she wasn't here most of the, time, and she didn't help at all, though her' intentions were impeccable. Then fate stepped in. A week before the wedding, just when the throttle was going to be opened wide for the final drive, her mother . went into hospital. For the kid, it was like having a malicious goose snatch from under you the magic carpet on which you are flying.- , For me, it was like picking a bouquet ▪ of. wild flowers for-the wedding, and dis- covering that what I had picked was poison ivy. This is Tuesday, and the bride still hasn't got her wedding dress. This is Tuesday, and the estate looks much as the world must have when old Noah finally found some dry land. The house was to be spicked- and spanned. The house Is. a shambles. The yard was to have been immaculate. The yard is a melee of last fall's leaves, broken picnic tables and lawn chairs, fallen limbs and cat dirt. / Don't worry. We'll cope. We'd better, or Kim and I will be taken away, about 3 p.m. on Saturday, by the chaps in the' white coats. Today I camehome and found my baby wringing her hands and head and feet. She'd been going like a whirlwind, doing all those "little things" she kept insisting her mum not worry about. Like clean shirts and socks for dad, shopping, cooking, washing dishes.Order- big flowers. Trying to get shoes to match the non-existent wedding-dress. Sir: Could I, as a taxpayer, say a wo• rd regarding the apparent dilemma of the Huron County Board a of Education? It seems that the' Board of Education is being asked to keep within a prescribed budget. Are not all of us trying to keep within our budgets? Why not return the schools to taxpayers. who built and main- tained them and managed to keep within the budget? This is being done in the U.S.A. in `some states. We had a five Sir: Since we moved to this town ten months ago, we have found the people here very friendly and kind to us. We have also learned that there are people in the town who are. lonely, troubled and worried. We came to this town to present Christ, along With the other Christians, because we know that He is what this town needs. Some may say they know all about church and Christ, and 'it hasn't helped them any. The fact remains: Jesus Christ, resurrected and alive to- day, IS God's solution for every life. Have you made Him the personal solution for yours? Unless you have a personal relationship with Christ, you'll never know the joy and peace there is in living for Him. Young people, your problems andhang- ups aren't any different than those of other teenagers in our country. The Jesus People, people like Pat Boone, Roy Rogers, Cliff Richard, Jimmy Snow, and thousands of other Christians, are proof that Jesus Christ is still relevant in the lives of those who ask Him. Many of these people's lives were filled with mon- , Feeding and throwing out two cats, one of them pregnant; visiting her mum. Same for me. Trying to get a gang of boys to rake the yard, and it rains all day. Trying to cope with. people who yant to know whether the wedding is on lar off. It's on. I think. But there are going to be some short- 'cuts, in which. I am •a firm believer, and of which I have tried to convince my wife for years. The windows will not be washed. Who looks odt the windows during a wedding ceremony, anyway? Anyone who does should be ejected. . • . The furniture will be dusted. But only •in the livingroom, where the event will take place. I don't intend to have a lot of peple running around our bedrooms and wiping their fingers across the ledges. In fact, I don't intend to have a lot of people running around our bedrooms at all. If they want to look 'at something; they can go outside and look at my two dead elms. " - The cups and saucers will not all be washed. They will be dusted. The silver will not be polished. It, too, will be wiped with a dry cloth, and if there's an egg- stain on a' spoon, tough toe-nails. Everything bulky, ugly, or out of place, will .be stuffed smartly into the basement or the attic, and the doors thereto locked. I've foUnd that Kim and I, without her mother around to heckle us, have a similar basic, philosophy: "What's it all_ going to matter ten years from now?" Oh, ' we're not complete nudniks. I will shine my shoes and she has -pkom- ised me she won't get married in a T- shirt, even though she has to wear her brand-new .peach-coloured nightie over jeans. - • There'll be solemn vows, and candles and food' and drink and children of-all ages. What more could you want for a happy wedding? There's only one thing that upsets me. If her mother is out of hospital in time, she'll give us hell for practic- ally everything. And if she. isn't, we'll all regret it all our lives. But don't worry. It won't be Elizabeth Taylor- and Richard Burton. But my daughter will be a beautiful bride if I have to dress hei myself. vir let you know. • man School .. Board in our Area who built us a fine school and kept within the budget. I will admit that the sal- aries of our five men were not great but they ' were Wale spirited citizens who had a job to do and did it. Either cut out the high cost of administration or- give its our Schools to administer again. , Interested Taxpayer Kippen, Ontario ey, fame, dope; illicit sex, alcohol and numberless pleasures. But there was something they were still looking for. But when they met Christ, a whole new life of satisfaction was theirs. This can be yours too. Pastor Ray and Mrs. Betty Faulkner ,Box 535, Seaforth, Ont. Thanks Sir: With regards to the recent fire at the Queen's;„Hotel, Alex Hassan and family, and the employees of the Queen's Hotel, would like to thank all those who assisted in extinguishing the fire. Due to the early ,response of the volunteers-' the blaze was quickly contained and damage was kept at a minimum as a result. As well a thanks 'to Mr. J. F. Scott for bin assistance and advice after the blaze. Fred Hassan Seaforth MAY 21, 1897 The Hensall Council are having a Pipe large tank sunk on the Main Street opposite Mr. Warrings for fire pur- poses. The carriage makers in Hensall are turning out a number of very handsome buggies, the latest being made by W. J. . Millar for Walter Coxworth. Donald McKinnon of the 10th conces- sion of TuckersmIth had"the 'Misfortune-- to lose a valuable brooding mare. She Was seven years old and was a fine beast. On Sunday afternoon the usual quiet of the day was disturbed by the sounding of the fire alarm. It was, soon ascer- tained that the fire was in the Whitney block. Dense volumes of smoke were issued from the windows of the clothing store of Harry Speare and the photograph gallery of Mr. lienderson. Wm. McDougall, of Egmondville, left for Berlin, where he has secured a situation for the summer. Mrs. Wm. Chesney, Egniondville, is getting settled in Mr. Hill's new brick residence. Alex Cardno of town has had a•hand- some new drop curtain placed in his hall. Messrs. Scott Bros., musical dealers of this town, sent several pianos and organs to Manitoba. Dr. Armstrong, of Walton, is busily engaged in making preparation for the building of his new home, lately bought from Geo. Grigg. A horse belonging to A. Bolton, of Lumley, made things lively for a shOrt time. In its course of its run it knocked down two -elderly ladies, but fortunately no one was hurt seriously. Mr. Jacob Diehl of Stanley Township met with a very painful accident. While driving near Clinton, his horse took fright, turned around quickly, and threw him oat of the cart against a post, cut- ting quite a gash In his forehead.' • - MAY' 19, 1922 • At the annual meeting of the Epwortfi League of Constance officers elected were: President, Blanche Wheatley; -1st vice, Clifford Britton; and. vice, Thelma Dale; 3rd vice, Margaret Love; 4th vice, Ber- nard Hall; secretary, Ross McGregor; Treasurer, Elva Wheatley; organist, MU- dred Britton; Choir director, LayinaRog- erson. Messrs. John Watson, G. T. Baird and Mr. Driver of Brucefield have purchased Chevrolet cars.. The Hensel]. Council have arranged for a vote on the 'school by-law for a new public and continuation -school. The Seaforth Rebekahs held 'a„ suc- cessful progressive. euchre party, wheh they entertained the Oddfellows and their wives. • At the sounding of the fire alarm at noon on Wednesday, the blaze was foUnd to be in. the stable at the rear of T. Swan Smith's residence on John St. Noth- ing could be done to save the building. There was a large representation from St. James Congregation and the Separate School at an entertainment in the Parish Hall. The programme consisted of solos by Miss Shine and Master Geo. Daly, trio by Misses 'O'Connell, Eckert and O'Leary, Frank Sills and Mrs. Frank Sills. Miss H. I, Graham, Miss Belle'Camp- bell and Miss Rossie Elder were in Galt, attending the General Council of the W. ' M. S. of the First Presbyterian Church. Joe Eckert was -engaged with 'John Bremner in raising the residence and moving the barns at the summer home of Dr.'Mciffatt of London. ' Johnston McElroy of McKillop, ismov- 'ing into Mr. Hill's house in Eginond- ville recently vacated by Frank Finnegan. MAY 23, .1941. The W. G; Gill Billiard and, Lunch Room opened for business in its new accommodation. in the Royal Building. Two large windOws in the east 'wall of First PreSbyterian Church are being bricked up this week. The work has been made necessary by the alter- ations involved in the installation of a new organ. The brick work is in charge of Norman Park, Mitchell and' Jos. Burns, Dublin. N. W. Miller, of Goderich, -Clerk of Huron County, was elected district com- mander of District "C" of the Canadian Legion. He suaceeds Gordon Thompson of Kitchener. A• A large crowd of friends and neigh- bors gathered in Looby's Hall, Dublin, to honor Mr. and Mrs. .Fergus Feeney, newlyvieds. Jack O'Reilly read an ad- dress and Maurice Connolly presented them with a purse of money. Final plans for the erection Of a new public library for the community of Walton were laid when the library board met at the home of Mrs. H.Klrby. H. Johnson, of the board conducted the Meeting. The Walton football club brgailizat. ion meeting was held in Walton and the following officers elected: Manager, R. Marks; Assistant, Geo., _Love; Sec. Treas. , P. Holman; Grounds Commit- tee, R. Traviss, M. Holland, S. Hum- phries, 0. Traviss, R. Bennett, Dv Marks and H. Bolger. The two year,old •Doable Dairy . Shorthorn bull "emplereagh Royal King" which was imported from Ireland by J, M. Scott of Scott's Poul- try farm was received this week. At the Ontario Liberal Association Convention held in Toronto, Fargutukr R. Oliver, Legislative member for South Grey was elected leader of the party- for Ontario. S. Clarke, of town left to spend the summer at Mistation, Sask. on a mis- sion field. Cliff Broadfoot has taken a position with the Supertest Petroleum Corporat- ion. He will be In charge of one.of the trucks operating out of Seaferth. Donald Stephenson, of Constance left for Oiren Sand, where he has accepted a position with Looby & Looby Construc- tion. Wm. Dolmage of Winthrop had the mie- fortane while cranking a tractor to break his right arm. ral tendancy rliness in fortunately us is en-' h year by the ncil and ommerce by ntion •to the, ting-up and the community: campaign ex- h next week, torta Day idinq a handy asion,. To the EditOr Budget presents' dilemma Seaforth are people friendly