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The Huron Expositor, 1973-03-29, Page 2tiron (Noisitor Since 1860, Serving the Community First PublIffied at S,EAFORTIt ONTARIO, every Tiotursday morning by MCLEAN BROS., Publishers 144. ANDREW Y. MeLEAN, 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, March 29;1973 Basics are necessary From My Window By Shirley J. Keller e• In the Years' Agone Sugar and Spice By Bill Smiley ▪ ANNOUNCEMENTS • INFORMAL,S • ACCESSORIES FOR THE DISCRIMINATING the uron xpositor Jiro may select your weddit4 invitations, announcements and accessories With coin- plete confidence as to quality and correctness of form. Weddingannowscemerdsof „. • TRADITIONAL BEAUTY • CLASSIC DISTINCTION • SOCIAL CORRECINESS Personalised wedding rtglidna, raatcbitand cake boxes also available. ,d0 Ontario Liberal Leader Robert Nixon was on sound ground when he said in the legislature that schools in Ontario offer a "cafeteria of curricu- lum pablum ". Suggesting that today's curriculum choices allow students to avoid basic subjects Mr. Nixon, a former science teacher, said the province should insist that students study English, conversational French and Canadian His- tory. Anyone who has had the problem of attempting to make sense of some of the reports of meetings which reach the average news- paper office will agree with Mr. Nixon. It long has been a conundrum to many'of us how a student can spend a year o.r two or more in secondary school and still be at a loss when faced with the necessity of ,writing a sentence or punctuating a paragraph. S a-c1,efi i n g subjects,Atch are at WIFE SWAPPING? IT'S NOT FOR 'ME Hereby a few notes of observation, condemnation and celebration. What is there to celebrate? Why, man, it's Spring. Not only by the calen- dar, -which happens every year, but by the signs, which happen about once a decade. The grass is green And birds are seen The cat wants out And I've lost my gout The snow is gone I can see my lawn No mounds of ice How awfully nice I want to sing, It must be spring. ti There. A Canadian who does not celebrate the actual as well as official arrival of the vernal equinox should be run out of the country as a base-born traitor. Each time winter comes around, which it seems to do about every four months, I think we all have a little secret dread that this time it might never end, that winter will go on and on and on until we have shrivelled into arthritic, gnome-like creatures with permanently dripping noses and a perpetual cough. • Maybe I'd feel differently if I Were a farmer, but I could have kissed that first crow I saw, drifting over the drifts IV February. That much-maligned creature, the crow, is to Canadian winter-haters what the warm breath of a maiden is to a juvenile just before his first kiss. This year, the whole dream seems real, so crack open that crock of vintage stuff, do a little soft-shoe shuffle, and go out and kiss the mud in your back yard. It may be the last time you can celebrate such a miracle for the next fifteen Marches. That's the celebration part. Now for some condemnation. with the disap- pearance of the snow, we can see what Nature so gracefully covered for a few Months - all the filth that man has been sweeping under the white carpet. It's a junk-man's paradise: rags, bones and bottles. A few companies who appear to have some semblance of conscience are announcing plans for recycling of cans and bottles bit the great majority of canners and bottlers are rolling right ahead with their apparent project of cover- the beck and call of the students today can make contributions to his well being but only if he first has learned the basics. What good a course in communication if he can't spell or doesn't recognize a sentence when he sees it. This generation is no . different than other gen- erations and students will in most cases be quite happy to select what appears to be the easier courses and avoid- those that require some concentration or special effort. The only differ- ence between today and perhaps twenty years ago is that today they get away with it. Certainly there is no glamor in studying Mathe- matics as there may be in courses such as Instru- mental Music or onsumer Education. But the student who is required to master Math and the other basic subjects in the years to Come Will apprdciate the fact he was not- permitted to,, take the easy way out. ing Canada to a depth of one foot, from coast to coast, with empty cans and non- returnable bottles. Congratulations are due to those who are making an effort, and the utmost contempt must be awarded to those who show their contempt for everything except the bucks by defecating their cans and, bottles in our living room - Canada. Strange, isn't it, how governmentg respond? Let a little guy burn some leaves in his back yard and the law is right on his back. He's broken the by- law, he's a rotten polluter, he's a disgrace to the community, and he shall be punished, promptly and ruthlessly. But when it comes to taking on a big guy, a vast corporation, government stands by, deploring and wringing its hands, and occasionally administering a slap on the wrist with a velvet glove, in the form of a tiny fine that makes the company's directors roar with laughter before they go happily back to pouring their poisons into the environment. In the matter of bottles, government could show a lead that would not imperil a single politician, which seems to be the Canadian Dream. It could insist that liquor and wine bottles be returned for use over and over again. I'm sure the distillers and vintners wouldn't quarrel with such a practice, as long as it didn't cost them. In fact, they'd be ahead. Some of those fancy bottles must cost as much as it does to produce the poison that goes into them. That's my condemnation bit for this week. Now, some observations on these peculiar days in which we live. A couple of big-league American base ball pitchers decided, according to the news , to swap not only wives but families. Then one of them tried to back out. The other was indignant. thought he was my buddy." he wailed. Wife-swapping, particularly in suburbia, is no new phenomenon. These chaps merely extended the custom. It's one that has never appealed much to me. There have bden occasions, and I know it's mutual, when I would have swapped my wife for a second-hand pair of hip waders. But for another woman? Well, I look around at the wives of all my men friends. They're lovely girls, the wives, every one of them. However, I'm one of those old-fashioned chaps who can see little advantage to deserting the frying-pan for the fire. And you know what? I'll bet my wife won't understand that as a compliment. •As a working mother, I don't like to meet up with people who feel that working mothers produce unhappy, unproductive and neurotic kids. In my humble opinion, whether or not a mother works outside the home has very little to do with a child's ultimate worth. Everything depends,I believe, on a woman's natural ability to be a good mother. I believe there are some very bad mothering attempts by women who are at home all the time. Heaven knows, though, I'm hardly an authority on mothering. Perfect mother- hood is not my claim to fame. Although I truly believe my three children like me as much as any kids like their mother, I doubt that they would recommend me for any mothering awards. Maybe that's because I have this ter- rible habit of doing things my own way as far as mothering is concerned. Take today, for instance. I did something today which is absolutely forbidden as far as most child care books are concerned. In fact, I'd be banned from any respect- able mothers' club for my actions . . . but then, it's the way I've been doing things for my children for over 17 years and they really don't seem to be much worse than the average yougsters I've met. Just this noonhour, my daughter ar- rived home from school with a kind of jubilant look on her teenage face. She had a right to be happy, I found. She was announcing her, mid-term' examin- ation marks . . . and I Was quite pleased with her efforts in the scholastic de- partment4 I was so pleased, in fact, that I promised her that perhaps this weekend we'd take that 4ip to the city we'd been talking about for a month or so. I ' told her we might even look for that new spring. coat and those shoes she'd been asking about. Ac to everything I've read acboorudti According gchild rearing, one must never bribe a child to study at school. 'What's more, one must not give monetary or tangible rewards for good report cards. It just isn't good for the child, the books say, to teach that effort in the class- room will produce financial gains of any sort. It is taboo, say the experts. As you will readily see, I don't go by what the experts suggest, particu- larly in this case. I believe that fitting rewards at, the proper time are quite acceptable to the kids . . . and often bring more lasting joy such as satisfaction, good mother- child relationships, a sense of duty,etc. I wonder how many of us would try to do a good job at our place of work if it wasn't for the pay check at the end of the week - or the possibility of a raise in salary when the proper time arrived. I wonder why the child raising ex- perts are so reluctant to reward youngs-• ters whD.put foith a good effort at school, -on the playground, anywhere. Vhat's So wrong with parents and their children just being good friends and doing nice things for each other on impulse, because they are happy and in tune? I've noticed that the schools are tak- ing this competitive quality out of the system. ,I wonder why little people in the primary grades get' such colorless report cards - just a generalized A, or B and not a pin-pointed 65 or 73 or 89. I wonder why there's this all-out effort being made to fit children into neat little graded slots with no compulsion put on them to do better than the kid across the aisle or in the back seat. I've always rewarded my children for a great effort. I've even rewarded them for an honest effort, eve though there was no top-notch result realized. I ' just plainly and simply love my' kids and when they've done their best in anything, I like to show my appreciation for those efforts with some reward they can actually touch or feel or taste. The rewards I give may not necessarily be • what they've always dreamed about. It may be nothing more than an unexpected visit to the hamburger stand . . . or_an,extra'ticket for the local movie "house . . . or an early shopping spree to pick up those necessities which might have been left until later. But my kids know that I appreciate them and their efforts to do well. And I 'do it because I love them and because they deserve my love. If that's wrong, sue mel APRIL 1st, 1898. Mr. Waldron, London Road, Stanley Township, is going into the dairy business extensively; he intends having 22 cows and will have a separator and sell cream to Mr. Boblers Creamery, Exeter, J. P. Brine, the veteran auctioneer, Is still to the front. He has a license again this year, which makes his 42nd year as an auctioneer in this neighbor- hood. I. V. Fear has purchased, from Wm. Gray the building lot at the head of John Street adjoining Mr. Gray's resi- dence. A little daughter of Wesley Beattie, ' of town, had her hands badly burned by falling against the stove. W. R. Counter of town, has the con- tract for putting In a handsome large oak clock in the Commercial Hotel. Postmaster Dickson of town is having the interior of the post office papered and has had an electric light chandelier placed in the waiting room. The Wm. Martin farm of 90 acres in Hullett Township was sold by auction and realized $6,000 or $1,800 more than the upset price. Wm. Fairservice of Constance has started gathering eggs for Messrs. Mc- Mullen & Stuart of Blyth and now calls weekly for the hen fruit. Lou Farnham of Constance\ had a plowing bee. He said this is a good way to get rough sod turned over quickly. Wm. Jowett of Hayfield has brought his steam yacht from winter, quarters at Goderich. James Ferguson, Alex Ferguson and Arthur Peck of Hayfield left to board the steamer Hayfield at Owen Sound, hav- ing been engaged for the summer. Three of D. D. Wilson's egg wagons of Seaforth, stood at the Market Square at Kippen, during dinner hour. Surely it begins to look like olden times with Mr. Wilson. John Drown of the Mill Road sewed six acres of peas on the 24th of March. Robert Snowden of Stanley, Sauble Line, has had the misfortune to lase four of his cattle. A great many of the farmers ' at Cromarty are making maple syrup and the season proves to be a very good one. Frank Hamilton, assistant blacksmith at Cromarty, had the misfortune to have , his hand severely burned with the consequence that he was laid off work for a few days. Wheeling iS now pretty good at Hensell and considerable grain is being brought into market. ----v MAR OM 'T3'01th r°112 3 P's- 't •,, The neighbors and friends Of H.Jacobi of Chiselhurst did a kindly act when they gathered at his bush and cut his winter's wood. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Murray of Manley moved to their new home in Hibbert and their many friends and associates wish them many years of happiness. Owing, to the severe weather, cottage prayer meetings are held in the dif- fernt homes in Cromarty and adjoining homes in the neighborhood. The splendid neW garage and stable on the Presbyterian Church property, Walton, was destroyed by fire. Mat. Armstrong of Hullett, shipped a car load of fin e cattle to Toronto from Walton. John McIntosh brought to the Expositor some beautiful Russet apples. " They had been kept all winter 'in his cellar, and were as firm and fresh as the day they were picked. J. H. Best has purchased the cottage of Robert Smith on Goderich St. West. wm. Duggan 'left for Detroit where he has secured a good position. Mrs. Robert McKenzie and Miss Rena McKenzie left for Hamilton where they will joins. party of Ontario teachers who will make a tour of Washington, New York and other eastern Cities dur- ing the Easter holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hudson and family have got comfortably settled in their' new home on High Street which they purchased 'from Mr. Barber. Peter Gingerich Of Blake has taken a position with Cook Bros. in Hensall. The Spring Show at Hensall, is looked forward to with great interest and with good weather, promises to be one of the best ever held here. ; The milliners, Mrs. Bertha Bell and Miss Beryl Ashton, the latter for E. Rennie, report splendid attendance at their openings "and better still, good sales. J. Leslie Kerr, Principal of the High School at Hensall, spent the week end with his parents at Seaforth. Mrs. Chas. Holmes was the hostess of a very enjoyable shower held at the apartment in the Beattie Block in honor of Miss Margaret Edge. A special meeting of the Seaforth Town Council was held when Robert Smith, who sat on the Board for the past two years, was presented with an address by the Mayor, Reeve and his fellow coun- cillors, prior to his departure for Chesley where he has purchased a business. APRIL 2, 1948 Mr. and Mrs. Thos. M . Grieve, well known Egmondville residents marked the fifty-eighth anniversary of their marriage. They both enjoy good health. The Highway East Farm Forum con- cluded seven years of meetings with a pot luck supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Oldfield, when 34 members attended. Dale Nixon extended a vote of thanks, seconded by Mrs. Albert Harrison to the host and hostess. Lawrence P. PIumsteel, for the past five years Principal of NeW Hamburg High School, has been appointed Prin- cipal of Seaforth District High School. Mr. Plumsteel is a native of Clinton. An enjoyable dance was held by the Edelweis Rebekah Lodge in Cardno's Hall and the music was furnished by. Graydon Hopkins. Several dances were featured,„...--- Wilma Dinnin and Albert Dinnin winning — the railroad dance. A spot dance was won by Terry Loiselle and Max Peachy and a second one by P.' D. l McConnel7, and Mrs. Harold Jackson. Prior to her marriage, Miss Marian Meagher of Dublin was presented with a• miscellaneous shower at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Meagher. An address was read by Bessie Cronin. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Lear of Hullett celebrated their 25th anniversary of their wedding when 20 friends and relatives gathered to mark the event. During the evening, they were made the recipients of a purse of money. Harry sturdy read an address and Art Colson made the presentation. Ol 159 While eating "low - at hrs farm in John1; Wane suffered seylous„.. , 5Vn,jury ,. became calleht between two logs. While not broken, his thumb and a finger were badly crushed. An enjoyable evening was spent at - the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Finlay- son, Tuckersmith, when friends and neighbors gathered to honor Mr. and Mrs. James Finlayson prior to their moving to Egmondville . Progressive euchre was played with the following winners: Ladies 1st. Mrs, Harvey Mc- Larnon; Consolation) Mrs."woods; Men's first, Geo. Varley; Consolation, Robert Upshall, Mr. and Mrs. Finlayson were seated in two big chairs and wm. Broad- foot read, an address and Roy Consitt made the presentation. Mrs. J. M. Govenlock sang a solo "Christ will be Conqueror", at' the W.M.S.meeting, the words of which were composed by Miss H. I. Graham. The school at Winthrop is closed owing to the outbreak of scarlet fever. Mr . Archie Campbell and Hiram Blanchard of Winthrop are busy haul- ing gravel for A.A.Cuthill for the erection of a new barn this spring. Thornton Howard has returned from Buffalo and has taken his old position in J. F. Daly's store. All the departments in the public school were opened, some of them having been closed for several weeks owing to the fuel shortage, Rev. Fr., Goetz has returned from London where t he spent some, time in the hospital. a • *tisk