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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-10-12, Page 2Autton 1 1 .4 tor Since 1860, Serving the Community First ihtbklished) at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by lidiaLEAN BROS., Ptibilelten9 I./bd. ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper 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 — 20 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephone 527-0240 ' SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, October 12, 1972 • Solving the litter problem From My Window — By Shirley J. Keller -- In the Years Alone I c. I a 11"A" 3 w. The futility of attemp- ting to solve the litter problem by fines or ap- peals to reason is em- phasized in a . recent United Church "Unchurched Edit- orial". Ontario's Environment Department recently an- nounced it would spend,' $150 ,000 on idvertisixig to get people to ,pick up their litter. Shortly afterward the Consumers Associ ati on , of Canada criticized this method of controlling Ti tter and asked for, legislation in- stead. However, unless the legislation was en- forced it wouldn't work either: •Unles.,s. some attempt is made to enforce legislat- ion by authorities such as the 'police or by Citi zens groups through pro- test, the problem will continue. There is one holiday during the year • that is truly Canadian. Period. Any redblooded native of this fantastic country can name it without a second thought. Christmas and Easter are religious holy-days that we share with all of Christ- endom. The Twenty-fourth of May, the Queen's Birthday, used to be big stuff when I was a kid, but now it is the third Monday after the second Saturday immediately before the first full moon, or something - of the sort. It has gone straight downhill from fire- crackers and shyrockets and burned fing- ers .to a sort of Opening-up-the-Cottage. day. No deviltry, no more fun :than - cleaning up-the cellar. 4 The First of July, latterly Dominion Day, and even more latterly and slatt- ernly, Canada Day, has degenerated into a hot day which is shoved toward the near- est Friday or Monday on the slightest provocation.. Once an occasion for the planting of ' trees, the flying of flags, and the baying of speeches proclaiming our allegiance' to the Empire, it is now most notable as the weekend nearest the opening of the bass season. Then there once was the Twelfth of July, when Protestants and C athollcs alike turned out to watch The Walk, make snide comilients about King Billy and his horse and inspect with a critical eye the red-faced, straw-hatted Orangemen, and smell the hot-dogs and beer, and thrill to the squealing of fifes and the rattle and thump of drums. I'll never forget one Twelfth, in which an Irish Catholic, who had joined a Scottish regiment, ed the Orange par- ade, in kilt's, and my kid brother, about 15, made five dollars playing the bass drum for (I thing) Dalhousie Corners, which had found itself with two filers and a drum, but no drummer. That was real Canadiana. And the speeches. Boys, didn't they lace it to the Pope. Almost as hard as modern R.C. theologists and Women's Libbers do. All gone. All that good, harmless hatred and intolerance sunk beneath our growing sophistication and tolerance. Who would dare, today,'to stand up on a plat- form in:a broiling July 12th sun and attac.k the Papacy, the French and anything el se he could get his tongue to, while the loc- als rolled their eyes with delight, and sweated by the bucket? Next ( at least in some provinces ), /74 'Pa-res.,* ib ihr A „ /0/174Wr ,leblerlOrniv •TWAta istaesriomw oforrle-Aer. 1, .• We have hi'ghway signs now reading "S50.00 Fine for Dumping Trash" or some other such warning; DoeS it stop people from dumping trash? Obviously not. If money was spent on co-operative programs ' With. industry to recycle tin cans , bbttles and • paper, offering some bene- fit to the public for collecting these and turn- ing them in at government .supported depots in turn, to be transpbrted to in- dustry, this service would benefit everyone, the • church paper suggests,With- out intelligent planning to follow up 1 i tter .col ection, al though unsightly, it might just as well lie on the camp ground,, the park ,• or the ravine tO be recycled eventually by Nature. The problem is • disposal is Civic Holiday,. the' first Monday in August:— This, too, has become a dog of the first water. Originally a day set aside for' civic pride and the be- ginning of Old Home Weeks and such, it 'has become a day when the local ser- vice club' runs its annual skin game, whether it's a tombola, or a massive bingo or some other form of harmless blood-letting.. ' Blood equalling money, Pity. And, of course, Labour Day. In the larger' cities, 'there is still a small contin- ' gent which will march with, banners an- nouncing that Branch 49 of the Union of CWAF or HIC or WHAP or BUNK is still carrying the flag and fighting the good fight against 'the_ toils of that an- aconda, Big Business. But this is a little 'hard to take. Originally, there was immense pride in this day, which was wrested from the vested. But today,' Canadians who know that the unions are just as big as, or bigger than, Big Business, sensibly pur- sue some other entertainment, like grab- bing one" more weekend in the fun and sun. ' Well, as you can see, I've been lead- ing you-relentlessley and inexorably to- ward the only holiday that grabs Can- adians right where they live, whether it's in the head or the bowels. Thanks- giving! Talk about flags and speeches and drum-rolls. We don't' even have to lay them on. Nature does it all for us. The flags are not the Union Jack- or the Fleur de Lis or the Hammer and Sickle. They are a blue of scarlet and gold that don't speak, but quell the human heart in their magnificence. And, paradoxically, they speak. They say , t'Yeu'll never see anything like this, anywhere else in your life, buster." And the drums roll, over golden valleys and blue water and purple haze, until You want to weep with the thought that all this cannot last. And the ducks duck, and the fit!) fly away, and the golf shot goofs, but you have had the unparalleled privilege of being a Canadian at Thanksgiving. Did you give thanks to whatever your god is? Did you say a little litany be- cause the Canadians weren'tdiftraced In Russia, and fought, their good fight. And foght. And foght. Happy to be alive? Healthy? Old but not licked? Young but not confused? Giv‘thanks, chaps. We're mighty, mighty lucky. • I7 Vo/7 1 oPP ale.erFld QuG ssAys corns- Loom PiPom argPrien Nat arArrift" set/A9 RreoV4roe . • OCTOBER 15, 1897. Elcoat Bros. of Tuckersmith recently sold to Oliver Turnbull, of Grey Township, a nine Months old Durham bull, one of the choicest in the herd. James Cox 'of the 10tH concession of Hullett, met with a bad accident. While standing on a ladder picking apples, the ladder turned and he was thrown to the ground, sustaining a fracture of his hip. -Isaac Miller has disposed of his pro- perty in Harpurhey to James Grieve of Tuckersmith for the sum of $2000. About three weeks ago Richard Robin- son, near Leadbary, met with a painful accident while driving from Seaforth. He was sitting on a loose board which slip- ped to one side and he was thrown.out and broke his collar bone. Herbert Fowler, who has been study- ing with Dr. Glbb left to attend the Veterinary College at Toronto. Charles Dodds, McKillop, collector, is on his annual rounds. The total amount on the roil is $9,965.62. The auction sale of Hugh Ross, Mc- Killop„ was most successful,,big prices being realized. Cattle sold at the rate of 3 3/4 cents to 4 1/2 cents per pound live weight, while pigs brought from 7 cents to 10 cents per pound. Samuel Pethick and his sister, Miss Mary of Winthrop were visiting friends east of Leadbury recently. John Snyder of Brucefield went to Wingham on his bicycle returning by train, wheeling being impossible owing to the heavy wind. Alex 'Muttard of Brucefield has dis- posed of his 50 acre lot on the 4th con- cession of Stanley to John F. Reid. , As Harry Carnochan was driving one of D. D. Wilson's ream up Main St. the ring bolt broke and the horses took off on their owii. No damage was done. We understand that Wm. Kerslake of Cromarty has secured a position in a flour and feed store in Seaforth. e The Winthrop Cheese Manufacturing Company have their factory fixed up in first class style. They have nine milk routes. OCTOBER 13, 1922- D. Fotheringhatn purchased a three- year-old agricultural filly from Thos. Livingstone of Hullett for which he paid a good figure. Thos. Livingstone of Hullett sold Lot 5 on the 2nd concession, the fifty acres across the- road from his home .farm; .to Joseph Colclough of Gdderich,T.wP. Mr. and Mrs. E. Adams of Lontles- .boro moved into- their new briFk.,houSe. Miss MabelSiemon of ManinY4Carr Oft the prize for having,thehigte'stnaber -of -marks in the entrance exams of the surrounding schools. Stephen Eckert and Peter McLaughlin of Manley have returned from the West,., where they helped to harvest a bumper crop. Paul Moss of the Bronson Line had the misfortune to have his barn des- troyed by fire including large contents of grain, beans and hay, poultry, horses and other livestock. Erastus Rannie of Hensall had some home grown peaches which for size and quality could not well. be surpassed. The opening dance--"of the G.W.V.A. held in the club rooms was a decided success in, every way. The new manager, Ray Holmes, has everything in fine order. There was a slight snow flurry the first of the season. Kenneth Anent, of town, who has been teller in the Bank of Commerce for some time, has been transferred to the Tim- mins branch of that bank. - Anderson Coulter of Ingersoll is tear- ing down the old house on the lot he purchased on ,Goderich Street, Seaforth and intends replacing it with a modern bungalow. Miss Ina Gray left to accept a position " in-Buffalo. • OCTOBER 17, 1947 J. A. Westcott, well known Seaforth jeweller, brought to the Expositor office a large bunch from a wild raspberry bush that was laden with large and luscious berries. While Out for a walk in Mc- Lean's bush in Tuckersmith, he came upon a large patch of raspberries. A work meeting of the W. M. S. and W. A. of Duff's Church was held 'at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Traviss. Quilting was done and lunch served by Mrs. Douglas Ennis and Miss Anne Gordon. Weston's Bakery at Bayfield lowered the price of bread from 130 to 11C a loaf last week. Mrs. Hugh Chesney, Marilyn, Grant, Carol and Glenn, Tuckersmith, spent thankSgiving at the home .of Mr. and Mrs. F aed- .Chesney in Bay City,Mich. Isaac Hudson was in London attenu- ing a meeting on stamping and packing eggs for overseas. R. S. MacDonald has been transferred to the Seaforth Branch of the Province of Ontario Savings' Office. It will be recalled Mr. MacDonald , prior tO his enlistment in the R.C.A.F. was a member of the staff. S. S. NO. 6 McKillop sent out six students this year to HighSchool; Laverne Godkin, Doreen Regele, Lorraine Smith and Marie Connolly going to Seaforth, and Tom Sloan and Rita Murray to Foster T. Fowler is the teacher. Ratepayers of Stanley and Tuckersmith "met in Brucefield to discuss a proposed regarding installations of street lights 1, in Brucefietd. Reeve John Pepper of Stanley was chairman and E. P.Chesney, qecretary. W. C. Bennett, Walton, has bought the barn next to his egg-grading station from R. Marks and plans to make It available as quarters for customers' horses during the cold Weather. 4 The 1972-73 Queen of the Furrow is Miss Linda Shouldice of R.R.2, Shallow Lake. She represented Grey County in the competition held as part of the International Plowing Match at Sebringville Ontario. Linda is a third year student at McMaster University in Hamilton. 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