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ful, man he was. ,
. Mr. Pearson was no
'stranger to this area and.
on.several occasions visi-
ted here. On one ,occasion
the visit coincided with..
a supper being served by ,
the,C.W.L, in St,Columban .
Churdh and he expressed
an interest in attending.
It was during the period-.
in which he served as
president of the United •
Nations and the daily press
was full of the hbnars•he
had brought to Canada.The
people in St. Columban that
day were aware, of course,,
of the accomplishment of
their distinguished Best
but pe'rhap's had trouble in'
realizing that here was a.
world figure Pear-
son, jaunty in bow tie and'
concerned in -meeting them,
evidenced his enjoyment of
cNthe event.
He will be. remembered
for his many acComplish---
ments, for the flag he'
gave Cana.dians, for his
humanitarian contributions
to 'the world, for his life
long search for peace and
for'his deep appreciation
, of the problems and de-.
mards Of Canada.national
unity bpt. mostly he will
be:remembered As'a .-friendly,
.)/armA'n-Atvidual who:did
what history will record•
as an outstanding job for
his country.
An Outstanding Canadian
0
The thousands of Canad-
ians from every walk of-
life who • passed th rough
the Centre Block on Par-
liameht Hill at OttaWa.
last, week end 1p -tribute
to Rt. Hon.' Lester B.
PearSoh were reminders of .,,
the regard in which he
was held across-Canada.
It was a -Voluntary out-
'pouring of respect. for a _
man -who by. his lack of
pretension, his, irate
honeSty, his concern for
his'fellow man, had gained
the recognition and res-
pect not only of Canadians.'
'Pia of-people in coUntries_.
throughout-the world. '
Mike Pearson gained this
unlque place in :the hearts.
'of Canadians. by his
and his abiility to
-balance amd.blend his in- •
tellectoral and scholastic •
capacities with the in-
terests_Of his fellow men.
He was• at.home.el'ually in
gatherings of world lea-
ders as in the dressing
room of a ball. team. -
This;becomes.apparent in
reading "Mike" the first
of a -three-volume bio-
graphy issued just'weeks
before, hi-s death. His
self deprecating grin, his
wry humor shines ttro.ugti
o-ut the pages .of the 44o-dkNw,
'he .had written recalling
to those. who remember him '
the friehdly, always help- ,
Sugar and Spice
by Bill SmiNy
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St. Patrick's Rectoiy, Dublin Old and New '\
By Rev. P. V. Oostveen
St. Columban Roman Ckt/holic
Church
Domum hare qui incolebant
'Humilitate serviebant: '
Decies septem spatio annorum
Servabant fidem Hibernorum.
Tandem'De'i acceperunt aedem
Altissimi mercedem).
Oomus veteris non vis externl
Tempora sed hodierna
Nobis clauserunt ostium.
Spem reditus relinquamus.
Restat: laetemur et dicamus:
Vale domicilium.
•
Grati tamen maneamus
Quotquot antiquarum hos ibamus
Intra muros aedium.
Aedes novas Uqus providebit.
In memoria manebit
Pristinum aedificium:
Those, who lived in the old
rectory
Gave service in humility:
Sev'nty years for the Irish
flock -
And German, Dutch and other
stock. .
At last they laid their head to
rest,
.
'God grants Heaven to the blest.
No outside force but times'
demands . •
Have closed for us the gate,
Unhinged the "doors of the old
manse!-
Old brick, old mortar met its
fate!
One thing_ remains: just say in
memory
F a r e w e 1 1 old rectory!
•We came within these wall's by
. day,
At night also we found the way,
In joy and pain and times of
feast.
V
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Gad, bless this house And priest.
You, old edifice, forget we
never will
Times ago nor present Father
Dill.
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JANUARY 7, 1898,
One day last. week Layton Bros. of
Tuckersmith brought. in ti load of wheat -
containing 115 bushels .to Clinton. This
is a good big load.
Election day in Hensall was quite
lively, there being three aspirants for
the reeveship, namely, D. Urquhart, J.H.
Peck and Henry Cook. D. Urquhart was
elected by a very handsome majority.
Duncan Robertson, of Hensel', met-witty -
a painful accident while engaged in
curling. He had delivered a stone when
he slipped and in falling put his shoulder
out of place.
Miss Jane Lammie of Heasall was
recently presented by her Sabbath School
Class with a beautiful,- easy chair in
recognition "of her very willing and faith-
ful services; as teacher in tlie'Methodist
galaba.th School.
At a meeting of the 33rd, Battalion
Band, the following officers were elected
for 1898e - President W. McLeod; Vice
President, T. Scott; Secretary-Treasurer,
T. ,Murray; Committee, M. ,McPhee, D.
McLeod, Chas. Brodie.
The young people of Edmondville have
been making good use of the splendid ice
on the river during those fine moonlight
nights.
Wilfred J. R. Fowler of Hullett, re-
turned to his studies at the Veterinary
College, Toronto. At the C hristm4 exam-
inations he succeeded in obtaining the
highest standing in his class.
Harry Beam, a graduate of 'the Ex-
positor office but now of Port Huron,
renewed old acquaintances in town.
A horse belonging to John R. Goven-
lock ' of Winthrop, which was tied . in
..front of McFaul'p store, broke away and
made a wild run up •Main St. It was
stopped in front of the Queen's Hotel, but
not before it had made a wreck of the
cutter.
Messrs. Leatherdale and Lands-
borough of Seaforth, are putting in the
furnishings" in a large brick house in the
vicinity of Port Elgin.
During the year 1897, there were
registered with the Township of McKillop,
26 deaths, 13 marriages and 55 births.
' Wm. Coleman of Tuckersmith has -
disposed of his fine draught stallion, •
"Rakerfield" to Mesprs. Berry arid Gei-
ger of Hensall.
0- .1, M. McKay of Tuckersmith, has
disposed of his -farm in Tuckersmith
to James Berry for $2,600.00. Mr.Mc-
Kay has moved to Kippen where he has
engaged in the butchering business.'
• The council for Tuckersmith Town-
ship will be composed as follows: Reeve,—
J. Shepperd; Deputy Reeve, J.McCloy;
Councillors, D. McMillan, James Pater-
son 5..nd Geo. Turner. -
Wm. McAllister of Stanley has been
appointed precentor of the Presbyterian
Church at Hilisgre'en for 1898.
Messrs, Robert and Andrew Love of
Hillsgreen are engaged in getting material
ready for the improvement o f their barns.
Arch. McGregor of Kippen, a graduate
of the T. Mellis Shop, is now holding a
good position in Tara, Bruce Co.
Messrs. Wm.,and Sam Thompson of
Kippen made a good sale of horses to
Donovan and Cudmore of SeafOrth at good
price's.
JANUARY 5, 1923.
The genial reeve of Hullett, Matt
Armstrong, Constance, was re-elected
' to the reeveship, also Robert Clark e,
James Leiper, E. Adams and T.Sloan.,
as councillors: .
James Rands of Constance has been
badly hurt in the lumber woods, by a
tree splitting and striking him, break-
ing his jaw and injuring him otherwise.
John Thornton, his wife and two child-
rien of Saskatchewan are visiting relatives,
in McKillop. He paid nearly two hundred
dollars railway fare and still has the
greater part of hi s grain to market.
Mrs. James McLean, entertained the
choir of Kippen, and about 30 other
friends last week.
Miss Otte. Jarrott left Tuesday
for Toronto. Before her departure the
parents and pupils presented her with
a club bag and a box of stationery.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daley of town
, celebrated their 50th anniversary of their
.wedding day. They were married on New
Year's pay,„in Clinton 1873.
Word was received here of the death
of Elizabeth Meyer,' at her home 'in
Victoria,.B.C. She was the second daughT
ter of the 'late Ludwig Meyer, one of
Sealorth's earliest' residents and
.the town's first Division Court clerk.
Mr. A. D. Sutherland has completed
his 32nd year of continuous service in
the Seaforth'Post Office.
• Levi Makins left for Porcupine,
Ontario where he intends to spend the '
winter.'
The regular meeting of the Egmond- •
ville Y.P.S. elected the following 'officers
for the coming term: Bon.president Rev,.
W.D.McDonald; President, A. M, Knech-
tel; 1st Vice, Miss B. Chesney; 2nd.
Vice, Miss G. Elgie; Hon. Secretary,
Miss G. Gern'mill; Treasurer, wrn. Eyre;
Organist, Mrs. R. E. McKenzie; Cor-
responding Secretary, Miss J. S. Knech-
tel.
Miss Janet Hays, of town, is acting
-as librarian. for Miss Gretta Thompson
during the illness of Miss Thompson's
mother. •
A very serious accident befell James
'Young, Goderich St. East. He was un-
loading hay for Thos. Brown in the Carlin
Bros. brick barn when a bundle of hay
struck him and knocked Min out of the
mow; It was found that he had sustained-
the fracture of several ribs and a slight
fracture of his skull.
JANIORY 9 948' I
Kicked in the lace by .a horse as be
was completing chores 1 his barn New
Year's eve, Vincent J. 14 tie, well known
McKillop farmer, suffers injuries that
• necessitated his removal t hospital.
H. H. Leslie, Staffa icreaMerpnan
swept the annual pre-convention exhibi-
tion of the Dairymen's . Ssociation of
Western Ontario in all ound exhibit
of butter. His score 97.5 out
of a possible 100.
D'Orlean Sills was elected chief of
the Seaforth Fire Brigade. pe pneeting,
elected the following other fficerS: -.
Foreman, M. E. Clarke; Assistant H.
Harty Secretary, John Muir; .Treasurer;
' John McKenzie:
The large pine tree in the Hislop
bush, LOt 3, Concession 6, Tuckersmith,
which bush was recently purchased by
Harold -Jackson, , is no more. The tree
Measured 3 1/2 fept across the stump,
was 125 feet high, and contained many
feet of good pine lumber. The felling
was done by Roy McMan e, Robert wai--
lace and Harold Jackson.
Mrs. Elston Dowson of Kippen, had
the misfortune to fall down the stairs in .
', her home and break a bone in her . ankle.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. bolmage, .well
known residents of McKillOp, cele-
brated their 40th wedding anniversary
on New. Years Day. A fowl 'dinner was
held at , their home which included mem-
bers of their family.
Miss Marguerite Westcott, who grad-
uated from Hamilton General Hospital,
has received her degree of Registered
Nurse.
When the 'scaffolding on which they
were working collapsed, Herald Lawrence
and John Pethick, Seaforth, were throWn
to the ground, a distance of 14 feet. They
were removed to Scott Memoria,1 Hospital
for examination;
Miss Marjorie Hunt of McKillaa_ was
the recipient of many lovely and useful
gifts at a shower given in her honor by
Miss Gladys Hopper. A matrimonial
contest was conducted by -Thelma Forbes
and the gifts were carried in by. Joyce
Wilbee. Mrs. J. Eisler also entertained
for Miss Hunt, when she was tendered a
kitchen shower..
Arthur Bolton of McKillop; has been
announced as the high scorer in The
Seaforth Swine Club. In second place
was Francis Hicknell of. R.R.5. Seaforth. • , •
• , Herman Dayman of London has sold
his home in Hensall to Hilliard Lawrence.
Wm. Browh of Walton, suffered a
broken left arm when he fell from a truck
while assistilig in loading tile.
Work is moving along' rapidly on the
construction of thet ighway between gxeter
and Dashwood. Looby and Looby, con-
tractors haie completed six culverts and
are working on the seventh with more to
do.
At a meeting of the women's Mission-
ary Society • of Carmel Presbyterian
Church, Hensall, Mrs. Geo. Walker, who
has been a most efficient secretary for
the past 12 years was honored when Mrs.
Annie Logan presented her with a gold
W.M.S. pin.
In the Years
Agone
Winter struck swift, sure and without
mercy • this year. Five days before
Christnihs we'd had about two .feet of
snow in these parts, along`with the usual
combination of blizzard-force winds and
a generous sprinkling of freezing rain.'
Today, with my'driyeway plugged again•
and my sidewalk drifted in a foot deep,
and myself still nursing a deep cold con-
tracted two monthS ago, I'd be just as
happy if somebody marched me out, stood
me with my back against the garage, and
shot me, right under, the flower-box.
It was a pretty uncheery holiday at
our place. It Wasn't planned; it just
turned out that way. J'd bought the usual
pair of trees, a spruce and a Scotch
pine.. Too 'sick to qput them up and they
sit by, the back door, .forlorn, covered
,with snow and ice. ,
The Old Lady caught her second round
of 'flu ,,and just didn't feel like coping
with family, decorations and the whole
Christmas scramble. She was even t90
sick t 0- lash me on to greater heights,
which is mighty sick. We had hamburg
for our festive dinner.
Missed three holidhy parties arid had
to cancel our owm. Didn't even get
out to church.
Thought desperately of fleeing the
whole thing, going to Montreal to spend
Christmas with number ' one son, and
eating out. Couldn't get a plane or train
• ticket and didn't feel up to driving.
Thought even more desperately of
fleeing South, whatever the cost . Same
thing. No seats.
Didn't get our cards started, let alone
finished. Didn't get the wreath of holly
on the, door,.. or the mistletoe up. In
fact, you 'name it, and we didn't get it
done.
This is a solemn warning to whoever
is in charge of things. If they don't get .*
better smartly-In 1973, there's going to
be trouble. .
I've been -through Orb rounds of anti-
biotics and about 300 pounds of calcium
tablets, in -an effort to shift my cold.
It Worked. I shifted it from my head to
.iny Chest -and back again and now ft's
penetrated as far aS my big toe.
My, this is a dreary little recital of -
woe, isn't it? Come on, Bill, surely
something remotely pleasant happened. •
Well, yes.' We did enjoy getting cards
frord all the old friends. It's gOod to
know that not everybody has one foot,
both physically and mentally, on the edge
. of the grave.
And there is the cheering thought
that everything has •no place to go but
up. Lu.. .y that came out spelled right.
'Typed it with all my fingers crossed. , And'Aere is one thing to hang on for.
we'b going to go south for a week in
Mar1 ) and try to make the sun and the
rum put some life back into the reluc-
tant bones.
There will probably be a revolution
on' Jim Caribbean, island the week' we're
there. But I don't care. By March
I'll probably be quite happy to be planted
under a palm tree, even if it's:permanent.
As a better way to go than a snow-
shoyelling heart attack, or getting lost in
.....a. blizzard between the house and garage
"grid being frozen to death.
Even the calendar conspired this year.
School teachers can usually count on a'
week's holiday to recharge the batteries
before plunging back into the long winter
term. Wouldn't you know it? This year,
With Christmas and' New Year falling
on Monday, we got exactly three days of
holiday, aside from the legal ones. I
know what you're saying. "Eat your heart \
out, teach."
Oh, well, you can't win them all, and
I've won some eood ones. -, I do admit
that I'm feeling a bit like Joh except '
for the boils. But then, of course, my
hemorrhoids are acting up, so we're '
even.
I guess, until we see what 1973 has
in store, we'll just have to 'go around .
muttering things like: "Hang in there,
k id" and "Keel) the faith, baby" and -we shall overcome" and "Next year,
Jerusalem."
There's no use complaining, is there?
Especi ally when you've already been doing
so for some six hundred words.
Whatever befalls me and mine, I want
to end rotten old 1972, which seemed eight
years long, by thanking all the readers
who bent dards and letters during the
year, and wishing all readers a great
big, beautiful year, to come, with unex-
pected pleasant `surprises and lotsa luck.
with the tax collectors.