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SEAF.ORTH, ONTARIO, July 6, 1972
A
Halifax, Nova Scotia
From My Window
' By Shirley J. Keller
Sugar and. Spice
by Bill Smiley
The amendment provides
for the establishing of an
urban area entcmpassing
the former, Canadian Forces
Base in Tuckersmith plus
an additional 200 acres
immediately north of the
base.
It was one of three
proposals which Huron
planners had advanced to
accomodate the conversion
and development of the
base for civilian purposes,:
Of the other...proposals
one provided, relatively
little'direction as to
grOwth,while the third,
reflecting .concern as to,
the limited capacity of
the Bayfield .river to
accomodate additional sewer
loads', proposed that base
development, be contained
within its present 200
acres with requirements
for-ed-ditional accomoda-
tions being met .b,y already
'available land In existing
nearby cOmmunfties of Clin-
ton, Seaforth and Hensall, .
Sewer capacity is vital
Huron council in endors-
ing and.s,ending forward
for provincial approval an
amendment to the county _
-, official plan has opted
fOr the creation, of a new .
town in the-County.
In accepting
posal ft did, p
the county has
itself that the
sewer load whic
town will creat
Bayfield river
accomodated wit
ardizing the po
requirements of
stream municipa
Seaforth partic
must be concern
like Egmondvill
purhey it depen
Bayfield for.bu
There is comple
ment that every
made by the.cbu
municipalities
to,
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JULY 9, 1897
If Dominion Day .was quiet, the night
was quite exciting. Between 11 and 12
o'clock, some, persons set ,fire to the
arch i n front of Hawkeshaw's Hotel.
A little later, the arch at the Royal
Hotel was touched up, but Constable Gil-
lespie exting-uished it without the aid
of the firemen. At S'o'clock in the morn-
ing people were frightened, out of bed
by another_ .alarni., This time it was a
fire at the old McBride Hotel, south
of the railway track.
?vliss McNaughton of Egmondville is
acting as agent for Mrs. Ross' new
book, the memoirs of her late husband,
the Rev, John Ross of Brucefield.
Thos. Govenlock of McKillop, who is
an enthusiastic fisherman, captured, a
string of beauties at Bayfield a few days
ago.
Chris Dale of the Huron Road, Hul-
lett, sold nearly $5000.00 worth of cattle
to Mr. Case this week.
Win. Jeffrey of Cromarty, brother
..tif Harry Jeffrey, of this town, got his
leg. broken, while playing football with
•the Dublin club. • •
The Winthrop cheese factory is doing
a rustling- business under the manage-
ment of Mr. Wilson, „receiving 8.16 for
the May cheese.
The late jubilee celebration brciught
a large number of strangers into this
town and many complimentary refer-
ences were made by them regarding the
AecoratIons, both public and private, also,
the fine procession.
JULY 7, 1922
Miss Edna M, Jamieson' and Miss'
Vera Haist are taking a summer course
in Ilementary agriculture at Guelph col-
lege.
There was a large 'crowd at the garden
party on the manse grounds at Walton.
The proceeds. were over $550.00.
A large number of the Methodists
of Walton circuit gathered at the home
of David Crawford say farewell to
Rev, and Mrs. J. W. 'Button before they
left for.their new home in Florence. They
were presented with a purse of money.
James Johnston has opened up a flour
and feed store on Main $t., Hayfield.
Will. McGregor, 3 rd come/Mien of
Tuckersmith has just purchased from the
RObt. Bell Engine and Thresher Co. Ltd.
of Seaforth, a forty horse-power Imperial
tractor and 28 x 50 separalorswith straw
cutting' attachment.
Miss ElVa Bolton of Hensall, left this
week for Guelph, where she intends taking
a course in agriculture. She has been
engaged as teacher In SS No. I Hibbert
at a Salary of $1000.,
11Psss M.A., Principal of the
,SeafOrth Collegiate Institute lias resigned'
,his position here to accept the principal-
the pro-
resumably
satisfied
added
h the new
e for the
can be
hoUt jeop,-
tenti al
other
litfes.
ul arly,
ed since
e and Har-
ds on the
tlet.
to a,gree-
effort be
nty and all
involved to
ensure that the planning
requirements of the owners
of the-base be met„as
possible:Rddoma-.
Investments is making.a
definite contribution to
the economy of Huron and
must be given every Coop-
eration and-encouragement.
At the same time there
should be assurant.es that'
Seaforth's ,potential ,growth
will-,hot be inhibited by
lack of sewer capacity as
provincial --replatiOns
become more stringent and
as local.demand. for ser-
vice increases`. •
ship of the new Collegiate Institute rec-
ently completed at Sault Ste. Marie at
a salary of $4500.
Edmund Daly, the 15 year old son
of Mayor J. F. Daly, has installed the
first radio set in Seaforth at. his home
,on Victoria St.
Joe Eckert , of town' has finished the
contract of excavating fer the reservoir
for the new waterworks system. 4,,..
Friends 'of Wm. Sproat, Kippen'Ire
pleased tp -see him driving out in the
car after his long, confinement. to the
house.
• We are sorry to note a very bad
accident happened to Master Gilbert.
Jarrott of Kipperi„ when befell and frac-'
tured his arm.
A number of persons from McKillop
went to the 'opening of the Brodhagen
church and report, a great gathering.
JULY 11,'1947
Alex McNab, well knownSeaforth resi-
dent had a narrow escape from serious
injury when driving his horse and cart
on north Main St. and the vehicle was
struck by a car..He escaped injury when
he,was thrown from the wagon, but the
veicle was badly damaged.
Miss Lenore Habkirk won the cedar
chest awarded as g one of the prizes at
the Seaforth Athletic Dominion .Day pro-
gram according 'to W. T. Teall, presi-
dent of the Association.
Announcement was made this week
that Mary Ryan, daughter of Mrs. Car-
milla Ryan had been awarded the .14th ,
annual Seaforth Collegiate Alumni Mem-
orial Scholarship. It is valued at $25.00.
Donald H. Scott, son of Mrs. H.R.
Scott was successful in passing the sec-
ond year in Arts, at Trinity College,
University of Toronto.
Kenneth Keating, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Keating ha.s oompleted his first
year at Osgoode Hall, Toronto.
Scott Habltirk of town was awarded
the bus ,,contract for the next year by
the Seaforth Area High School board.
Chairman C.. M. Smith presided at the
meeting.
Preliminary work leading to the
construction of what is anticipated will
be at least a 20 bed addition to Scott
Memorial Hospital is under way.
MISS 'Gretta Ross left for an extended
trip to the Canadian. West.
James Kelley, son of, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Kelley, has accepted a position in
the Canadian Bank of Commerc'e.
Dublin creamery and poulta.,:y pack-
ers, since the disastrous fire in May,
1946, have enlarged their plant and have
installed most up-to-date facilities for
the handling of their products.
A family reunion was held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Murray,
McKillop Twp. In honor of Mrs. Louisa
Murray who Celebrated her 78th birthday.
Just last week, we 'saw our only '
daughter graduate from elenientary
school. It was a big day for her....first
time, tor -a grownup, beauty shop hairdo,
first time for a long dress, and most of
all, first time for saying "goodbye" to
a closed chapter of her Hie.
I can honestly tell you she went into
that graduation hall with mixed emo-
tions....as did most of the- graduates I'll
wager. One part of her wanted to be
happy because she was entering a new,
exciting adventure at secondary school;
another part of her wanted to cry be-
cause she was leaving old friends, dep-
endable-companipns,t rusted teachers.
Those emotions showed on her face,
too. As her mother, I could read the
signs of joy and saness. I understood.
That didn't stop our daughter from
'behaVing absolutely normal. ,She was in
her Usual titzy....sullen with adults, ef,
fervescent with friends, late 'by youth-
ful standards 'and early by parent guides
for the beginning of the evening with
the exact opposite true following the cer-
emonies.
By the time I got to the graduation
hall, I was a nervous wreck. Where
have I failed as a mother, I wondered,
as I saw her charging down the street,
with her friends - fresh hairdo blowing
at will, long dress flipping at her ankles?
• For this one evening, I wondered, couldritt
she be just a little more sedate and
proper?
There's nothing more unnerving for
and old pilot than to be flying with some-
body else. Especially somebody' who
he thinks could not come In fourth in a,
'three-legged race.
And that's exactly the situation I fbund
myself in last Saturday morning. I was
just gagging Over my first fag, and euppa
when the phone rang and a cherry voice,
sounding as though It had been up with
the cows, Wormed me that it was go-
ing to fly over and see me.
For a minute or two I ,thought I
was going to have to go out in the back-
faxd and wave a sheet, as my mother
used to do when her sons were flying
in the vicinity of our home town. Strange-
ly enough, that' worked, and my kid br0-'
ther would do a loop and a 'couple of
slow rolls to prove that he'd seen dear
old Mom out there waving her second-
best sheet.
However, it turned out that my call-
er was serious. He owes me some
Money and wanted to find out how much,
'before his mortgage ran out and I jack-
ed up the interest rate. He hadn't had
a statement for two years.
I pulled myself to-gether and
agreed to pick him up at the local air-
port. I knew perfectly well what he was
trying to do. He was trying to im-
press me. After all, any guy who has
a pllOrti ',licence and can go flipping
around the country is going to convince
somebody of something.
'6. Looking about as sly as Peter Lorre,
I knew I wasn't going to get any money '
out .of him, so I thought I, might as well
burn up some of his petrol.
We got into this fliVver. I looked
I guess that's why I appreciated the
comments of her school principal that
evening. And that's why I want to share
them with you, 'for I'm certain some of
you indst. have-sons and daugliters who
are adolescents. They are probably driving
you to-distraction too.
Well, here's what an educator has to
say about that. •
"Frankly I don't know any answer to
adolacence. About the only thing to do
is try to hang on to your saiity and pray.
While you are hanging on to .your sanity
and praying, will reach down into the
' black pit of my experience with kids
like these, and give you a few things to
think about.
"Adolescents 'do' not hate their par-
ents. They merely feel contempt, occas-
ionally coated with condescending pity
for them. They all refer to their father
as "oh him" and their mother as "stie";7
"She wori'Clet me go, naturally" and
"Who was that on 'the, phone? Oh' him".
"All adolescents begin to "go
steady" - daughters with boys who appear
weak-chinned and untrustworthy; sons with
girls 'who appear hard and. braien. No
parent gets anywhere combating these'
replances. How can anyone as stupid as
"oh him" or "she's evaluate a 'big wheel
lilteRicky who, it "just so happens, is
on 'Tile :football team. and president of
&pee Ge.eAl"
"All adolescerifs—felephone. :This Ts
part of the cohesive quality that makes
them all eat in' the same restaurant,
around for a paracnute. None. I look-
ed around for safety belts to strap my-
self in like a Mouse in harness, as we
did in the old days. Nothing but a seat ..
belt. ••
We lumbered off the ground. It was
like riding, in a ten-ton track after driv-^
ing a 'Jaguar. The -scenery was fantas-
tic: rakes and swamps and Islands. I
even picked out our -high school, which
looked like a devastated area. My wife
wasn't out in the yard waving a sheet,
so I• missed our house. •
But we lumbered. Nary a loop. No
slow rolls or steep turns when your
guts go down into your crotch. Sed-
ately, i think, is the word that would
best express our flying. Rather' like
an old lady running a washing machine.
bon't think I didn't enjoy it.' There's
nothing quite so exciting as huftling along
at 130 miles an hour and 3,000 feet. It's
almost as thrilling as a game of euchre.
The only thihg that reminded me of
the good old days was When, after we'd
jogged about for lfalf an hOur, he said,
"Where the hell's that airport?"
That was always one of my troubles:
finding the airport. I said blithely,
"Oh I think, it's over there somewhere."
And sure enough it was.
we landed, after a fashion, and I
was pleased to see that modern pilots
at least know enough, to land Into the
wind. In my day, we used to land down-
wind, and got quite exasperated when the
control officer kept shooting off red flares
to tell us to go around again.
Well, I took our guest home for lunch
and we figured out some kind of _fin-
ancial arrangement that would baffle a
Philadelphia lawyer.
walk in bunches, keep in constant touch.
You will not solve anything by having ,
two telephones. "Wow, two phones,"
Connie and Wendie's friends would say,
and would keep them both busy.
"As• adolescents get older -
'
they in-
tend to have the family car all of the
time. To accompliSh this, they resort
to the gentle nag,eor water-dripping-on.-
stone method, the "everybody else can"
or the cold, tearful silence.
"Adolescents are not careful of their
own possessions, but are absolutely reck-,
less with, anything belonging to their
parents.
"All adolescent"" "boys would prefer
to live in a car.
adoleicent girls would' prefer
to live in the bathroom.
'rSeriously,.. parents - these grad-
uates are really 'a great gimp. They
will need your help, support and under-
standing more in the next few years than
any of us realize. They need yciur ad-
vice. They need your patience.' -They
'need a home. 'They .need -to know and.
be told their limits. Only you can pro-
vide all of this for them.".
I don't know whether anyone else but
me appreciated that message. It really
doesn't matter. As.far. as I'm concerned,
it was the most cheering message of
hdpe P-Ire heard in 'a long, long time.
The advice is good. I'll try a little
—longer to. -hold—onto—my—sanitymand
little harder to pray more. I hope you
will do the same.
. Took him back to the airport and saw him off. As far as I know, he made
it, though a bit wobbly.
Then we spotted some young fellows
preparing to do some sky-diving. One
of them, an old student of mine, rushed
up, said hello, and volunteered that thiS
was his first jump.
So we decided to. watch. weld.kaowe
him since, he was a' bit of an altar-boy.s
I tried to reassure hitt -by asking which
leg he thought he would break, whether
he, wanted cremation or a regular church
service, what kind of flowers he liked,
and such.
He took It very well,_..face growing
whiter, sweat streaming.,
After a great deal of mudding around,
which seems inevitable when people play
with boats or aircraft, 'they took off; three
of them.
We watched the perfect blue sky as the
aircraft climbedto height. Then out,came
a brilliantly-coloured chutes It even
opened.
And it descended into a thick bush,
about three miles away. , Two more
chutes blossomed, drifted down, and both
landed right in the 'middle of the air-
field.
When the first one went into the
bush, I bet my wife $50 to a filter
cigarette that it was John Cardwell, our
young friend. It was. A rescue force
went out and after half an hour found
him dangling from a maple tree. By
sonic strange alchemy. I knew'ii was
John. .I'd tried to teach him Entlish.'
He wasn't hurt, and it was -a fine
Saturday, and I think I'll take up flying
again, and maybe even sky-jumping.
6, n the Years Agone
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