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f3EAFORTH, ONTARIO, Nay 3. 197:3
Problems .of rural land use -
SIGN OF THE SEASON
•
In the Year s Agone
MAY 6th, 1898%
F. W. Hess of • Zurich has his new
jewelry store nearly completed. It is a
fine building and well 'adapted for this
purpose.
We are pleased to learn that the new
post offtc,e:diltelvi.APened in Irishtown will
have a daily mail,Olivery after July -ist.'
'The name of the ,office is St. Colurn.ban,
i,Perth Co. Philip O. Carlin, has been -
appointed postmaster and he also intends
opening a general store.
We are sorry to learn of the death
of the valuable Clydesdale stallion "Dal-
mclr" the property of John Rutledge of
Tuckersmith.
A commercial • traveller who was
in town and who travels all over
Ontario said that Seaforth is by. all odds
the best and busiest town for its size in
the province.
Con. Murphy, of town, who has been
the conductor of the Brussels stage, has
returned to his old place in Forbes'
Livery.
Geo. Turnbull of town returned froin
Buffalo, where he purchased a couple of
car loads cif horses and shipped tilem to
the Old Country. He can get them easier
and cheaper there than he can here.
The trout fishing season opened and
W. D, Bright was one of the first on
decic and brotight home a fine string of the
'speckled beauties.
Graham Bros, of Stanley, shipped-t5y6
fine car loads of fat cattle from Bruce-
field. Malcolm McEWen also .shipped a
car load. Goldwin Graham accompanied
them as far as Montreal.
H. Willert's saw mill, west of Dash-
wood was destroyed by fire, a large
quantity of lumber Was also burned.
There was no insurance.
Wm. Cudmore of Kippen met with
an unpleasant accident by being kicked by
one of the horses in liis stable. . He,
was taking his driver out of the stable ,
when onehm-of the other horses kicked
striking him with great force on the,hlp
bone, stunning him for the time.
The wheat boom of the past few days .
in Kippen has caused considerable ac-
tivity on the market. Among some of
the heaviest holders of wheat are John
Saunders, Andrew Bell and ,rohn Thomp-
son. Some $5000.00 were paid for wheat
delivered at the -slatittn Friday and
Saturday:
• John McNevin of Kippen is now shipping
several car loads of lumber to Broadfoot
and Box of Seaforth.
The second visit of the spraying out-
fit sent out by the.Ontario Department of
Agriculture was made in this section,
when the exhibition , was given in the
orchard of Robert Govenlock; a milenorth
of Seaforth.
MAY 4, 1923.
Owen Geiger,,of Hensall, has purchased
the Exeter Flax Mill from 'the Ontario "
Flax Company and will operete it this
summer.
Mr. Epps of Varna. has installed an
electric light plant in Mr. Makins barber
shop.
Among. those who have been indus-
trious in the sugar woods is Albert
Dundas who made 100 gallons of syrup.
Mr. and Mrs. Colquhoun of Cromarty
are now settled at the' McKellar home
on the twelfth.
Richard Parke, of the Bell Engine
and Thresher Co., Seaforth, applied to
Ottawa for a patent on a steam or hot
water apparatus on boilers and has
received word that his patent has been
allowed.
.1. F. Ross, M.A. will be the Principal
of Guelph's new $400,000 Collegiate -
vocational Institute.
Miss H, I. Graham of town has hon-
oured - with an invitation from the
Lieut. Governor of Ontario to 'a recept-•
ion held at Government House for Can-
adian authors.
Wm. Trott of town met with a serious
accident: at the Canada Furniture factory
,where,lie had the tops of two fingers on
his left hand severed in a saw.
J, H. Smith of town has purchaSed
the boot and shoe business in town of
H. •R,'-Scott and gets possession this
month.
Messrs. Harry Hart, Ferg. Bullard
and J. Kinney of Winthrop are busy re-
modelling a hotie for Hugh Campbell of
Clinton.,
The annual meeting of the Seaforth
Rink Co. was held in the Dick House
with a good attendance of share holders
present. • The fbllowing officers were
elected: President, John Beattie; vice
pres. R. S. Hays; Sec. - Treas. and
Manager James Dick; Directors, G. A.
Sills, W. Ament, J. C. Steele and L.T.
De Lacey.
MAY 7, 1948.
• Huron Progressive Conservatives have
unanimously chosen Thomas Pryde,
Exeter business man to contest the riding
in their interests at the Provincial elec-
tion on June 7th.
The Re V. Richard H. Williams, mini-
ster of—First Presbyterian Church has
been called to the New Morning Drive
Presbyterian Church, Detroit.
. John McGavin, well known 84 years
old McKillop shipper, established a re-
cord this .Week for cattle prices,• when
he shipped. 15 steers from Walton. to
Toronto that brought 20 cents. Owned by
Dick Whitfield of Brussels, brought the
highest price he recalls having been paid
during the 28 years he has been shipping.
Hullett council granted $300 to Scott
Memorial Hospital.
A pleasant evening was spent in .S.S.
4 Tuckersmith when neighbors and friends
gathered for a farewell party in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. A. Pepper , Who are
leaving to make their home in Seaforth.
Special services were held in'Carmel
Presbyterian Church, Hensall, to mark
the Centennial Anniyersary of the church.
Memorial windows were dedicated and.
were gifts from Mr. and Mrs. James
Bonthron and the young people's So-
ciety.
- The following children were baptized
in First Presbyterian Church on May
2nd, Christie Dobson, Linda Dobson,
Gordon Arthur, Roy Erickson, Marlene
Jeanette Erickson, Robert Neil Gem-
meil, Maria n Joan Hemberger, Julianne
Hool,,r, Robert MacDonald, Brian Stew-
art and John Vance.
D. H. Wilson, Clerk of Seaforth, E.
P. Chesney, Clerk of Tuckersmith, were
in Walkerton attending a Municipal school.
Clerk J, M. Eckert of mCKillop was
unable to attend.
.James Carlin, Beechwood was elec-
ted president of the Huron Football
League.
The residence of Mrs. Alex Sterling,
George St., Seaforth, has been sold to
P. J. Kelly. Mrs. Sterling has 'pur-
chased the residence of Alex Lillie() in
Egmondville. Hugh Thompson, who has
rented the former MacDonald Bakery in
the Dick block will 'move his shoe re-
pair business to the new location. •
A grant of $100 to assist the 'Sea-
forth Agricultural Society was approved
at a meeting of the Tuckerimith Coun-
cil. The society was represented by
President J. M. Govenlock and secre-
tary, Mrs. Joseph Grummett.
The Walton Park Commission is busy
these days getting the park in condition
for the coming sports season.
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Sugar ang Spice
By Bill
The.Wingham Advance-
Times suggests editorially
that there is; a great
danger in these days of
planning bbards and land
use studies for humans to
wield their new-found
power-for the sake of it-
self, with a resulting .
departure -of common sense
and ,a creeping in of in-
j?ustice.
"This is our Land",
the editeorial is headed,
but the iNriter points out
that within recent years
the'Ontairio Government
and its municipal board
have made it extremely
difficLilt to separate
small 'parcels of land from
larger farm tracts. Even
though' a farmer owns his
own land and he has a.
buyer with the money to
purchase a few acres for
recreational purposes,
,neif;.,her of VIpm is free
to consummate a contract
without the sanction of
au thorities in Toronto.
Although such a law tn-
f:,ringes 'deeply on the per-
s •()nal rights of the indi-
'vidual it must be approved
where there is danger that
the public interest will
or •may be affected. Strip
h i3tisis rla.,,o,,90,t1 Ps °CUP- •
a •dozen .one-fami
deltdesc'haVe becor46%a 040,
• problem in-some rural '
It never rains but it pours. We've
all heard that expression time- Zr'id time
again. '
.I'm normally an unflusterable soul.
I pride myself in' my ability to remain
calm, cool, and collected on occasions
when lesser women would crumble under
the strain.
Here I am, holding a full time position
never before held by a woman; keeping a
large, large house in rather passable
condition; helping a husband In his career
and loving it; mothering three normally
upsetting children; and. generally living
a happy, active life centred' around my
'family and 'my work.
Though my, days begin early and end
late, I'm able to go through each day
with very- little abnormal stress. I
manage to keep my sweet disposition
and separate my various roles one from
the other rather capably, I feel. No
sweat.
But this past weekend, I very nearly
lost control. It was three full days and,
nights of putting the best foot forward
and it almost did me in.
First off, it was the high school
formal dance. My eldest son as social
convener was in full charge of the event.
My only daughter had been working
shoulder to shoulder with him and with
many, many other kids to make the dance
a gala affair. But naturally, there was'
the excitement and homey hub-bub which
goes with a formal within our family -
things like picking up the flowers, get-
ting the tux ready to go, finding the'
funds for every little detail, having the
family car in tiptop shape for the even • -
ing. You understand.
In the bargain, a loving uncle and
aunt from Toronto arrived by NTS to
spend the weekend. This cbuple lives
quietly alone in an apartment where one
day is much like another I suspect. I
wondered if they were prepared for the
'hectic pace kept by our fivesome .
and I wasn't tpo surprised when they sat
at times• with their eyes fixed on the
goings and comings not saying a worn.
And husband had a problem. During
all the turmoil when his helping hand
areas, particularly closer
to the large cities.
The farmer who sells
off slices of his land to,
small property owners is
a problem which mi'ght be-
come troublesome in a few
year's time: ,
However, a new phenom-
eno.n of even .more serious
of the restrictive
proportions arises because
nature
,df the legislation o-craves
The city man wh country
a spot in the open ort of
side and is not sh
funds can buy one or two
simply hundred acres and.
-neglect the big' 'po rtion
ile he of his holdings wh
• luxuriates on the few
1 he acres which was al
t place. wanted in the firs
Such uninterested
operties of agricultural pr
have driven a good many
out of legitimate farmers n-a
same rural ar eas.
i Toronto', broad belt around
for example.
Like all Other laws
which deeply. affect-the
personal rights of the
taxpayer, the rules for
land ownership must be
applied with a great,
degree of common sense:
,.or they will pr.a101..plore
~t1 „they „ob je ctionable . —Ills they we-re. i5mUlate-d
to erase.
around the house would have delighted
me, he had to work through the weekend
at the office special effort.
And that was, only Friday . . .
By Saturday, 'things became even more
complicated. The eldest son, still draggy
from a late night after the formal dance
had to leave home early in the morning
for school where the big cleanup was
underway . . car desirable.
The grocery shopping was still to be,
done . . . car necessary, "Visiting uncle
and aunt had some special errands to do
requiring transportation.
Daughter needed to go out of town
for appointment . car a must.
Uncle and aunt needed ride to family
wedding anniversary.
And I was expecting a car-load of
family from my side of the 'house for
dinner. with time running out •for meal
preparation for my guests and with no
one to help, I had to complete chauffer-
ing before I could begin cooking.
Right 'on schedule, my dinner guests
arrived. Somehow, dinner was a quali-
fied success (how that happened I've
yet ,to discover).
But the day, was far from ended. In
fact, it had hardly begun. Forthe trick
now was to get my guests happily out °
of the house so my husband .and I could
dress ,for an out-of-town party to which
we'd accepted an invitation. Fate dealt
me another blow at this point ... instead
of seven leaving,f our more arrived.
There waS only one recourse . . .to
put a time limit on the visit. As the
hour of our departure neared, I pleas-
antly but firmly asked everyoneto leave
so we could go get the babysitter and
proceed with our plans . . , which took
us into three in the morning before we
made it home to. bed witTi' daughter and "
uncle and aunt in tow.
Sunday morning, it was business as
usual. The youngest, well rested after
a night with a serious ' babysitter, was
up early. He woke uncle and aunt who got
up, ready for breakfast.
Breakfast over, husband announced he
vas expected, in London at a meeting. Just
before'he left, he found his meeting would.''
have to *ait until he had taken 'care of
an urgent family matter at .t hospital en-
route to London. I was left at home to
worry and tai entertain uncle and aunt
until their departure In early evening by
bus.
Late that evening with the family
. all at, home and in bed with things re-
turned to normal, I reflected on the
weekend.
I'd 'nearly broken a couple of times,
but now that I was back to editing and
• cooking and cleaning and mothering, life
looked bearable.
people will put up with almost anything,
as long as they are left in peaoe. They'll
take an incredible ametiat of being pushed
around without doing more than grumble.
But there comes ,a point when, all the
frustrations, the' cheatings, the bullying,
merge under sortie catalyst and 'the great
public heart 13011s over with rage • and
humiliation.
When it does, beads roll. • This is
just • a ;little advance notice to ,some of
our various .ernments,' so that any of
their mandarins who want to take to the
hills on the day of reekon)ng..-eith get
their bags packed and pick Out the par-
ticular hills they want to take to.
in the French Revolution, the Bastille
was the symbol of authority and repres-
sion. The people stormed it and took it.
The American Revolution, or The War
of Independence, as our friends to the
south prefer, also began with a symbol -
chests of tea. A large number of these
were dumped into Boston harbour in a
protest that has resulted in the peculiar
way in which the people of Boston have
• spoken, ever since.
In both cases, the revolutions were
produced by the same basic factor -
excessive taxation. In. the case of the
, French, the taxation' produced extreme
Poverty and hunger. With the Yanks,' it
produced violent anger.
In the one case, the result was the
loss of a head for a great Many people
who ha d\ the sam,e quantity of brains
before the operation as they had after it.
In the other, the result was the loss of
a half-continent. of incredible riches.
Both events in history brought their
advantages, orcourse. Without the French
effort, which spawned Napoleon, we
wouldn't have had the Napoleonic wars
and the ,Retreat from Moscow, and where
would our history teachers be?
Without the American Revolution, wes-
tern culture would have been infinitely
poorer. What other nation.wourd have
had the initiative and gumption to develop
such monumental achievements as
Hollywood and the hamburger?
you may ,'-think this excursion into
history has no point. But the more dis-
cerning readers of this column know that
Smiley is getting somewhere, in his own
laborious Way. And the most discerning
readers are chu zkling, •bet he just
made out his income tax."
The latter are right, of course. And
as I sat there, surrounded by papers,
sick at. heart when I realized what a
puny amount 'a year Of. hard labour had
produced. I had only one thought; "When
is the great Canadian Revolution going
to start?"
', Then came other thoughts. What
symbol shall we attack? Do they need
'anyone to lead the attacks on the barri-
cades? • Which of the dastards will' I
personally. gun down?
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can rub 'mil faces in it .only so long, and
, then the hand that 'robs the cradle, along
with everything else that can be robbed,
is going to be bitten.. To the bone.
Our 'national Liberal party, -supreme
in its power, arrogance and scorn, should
have learned a lesson. It is still bleeding.
In province after province, the people •
have had their say, and have tossed out
the old guard. Optatio is one of the few
' that have survived.
Here's a prediction Check it later.
I've never been wrong. premier William
Davis, the 'most unimpressive politician
I've ever heard, ,and that ranks from
deputy reeves up, is in for a big fat fall ,
along with his party.
Why?' It's obvious, from the recent
Ontario budget. The party has lost touch
with reality. And that's death in politics.
An example? The tax on energy
sources. It's not going to hurt me. I
can afford it. It's not going to hurt
anybody except all those people who can
already' barely. meet their fuel and elec-
t
ti me
i ci t.
Tax
y bills.
theuxuries. Whack it on cigaret-
tes and liquor and fur coats and there'll
' be some grumbling. But stick a tairbn
light and heat, necessities in this climate,
and you are accepting the political kiss
of death. we shall not forget, at election
It's the most stupid single tax that I
have ever encountered, and that is a big
statement. It hits the little guy, the
elderly, those on welfare, ancl everybody
else who is scrimping to make ends
meet.
EPILOGUE: My wife asked me, as I
paced a hole in the rug, grinding my teeth;
"What do we get for all this income tax
we pay?"
It was a typical woman's question, right
on the nose. For the life of me, I couldn't
giVe her an answer that made sense.
"Well, there's the Armed Forces."
protecting.us against Iceland. "1.111, there
are the salaries and offices and staff of
parliament." producing more taxes.
"And uh, you know, welfare and uh,
icebreakers and uh, royal commissions
and uh, well, stuff like that."
Aux barricades, mes comaradesl
To 'the editor
-Sir:
A recent news vstory in a London
daily indicated that our son, James Mc-
Grath, had been awarded $14,3'71.00
damages as a result of an accident nearly
two years ago in which he suffered a
fractured vertebra.
In view of comments which have peen
made regarding the amount of the award
we thought we should indicate that the
amount which actually was received was'
$2,695.20.
While it is true the award amounted
to $14,371.65, because of insurance limi-
tations only 25.68% of 'this amount 'or
$3,676.00 was credited to us. From this
were deducted medical costs df $431.78
and legal costs of $570.02 leaving but
$2,695.20 for us.
Mr.&Mrs.Mlphael McGrath
Seaforth, April 27,1973.
From My Window
By Shirley J. Keller
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