HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-05-10, Page 2Sugar and Spice
By Bill Smiley
It was lunch time for this 11 day old colt when the picture was taken Sunday. It is the first
registered paint off Baleo, a• registered quarter horse owned by Douglas Riley of Winthrop.
The mother is Firefly , a registered pinto owned by Win. Leming.
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4:154,,,Asucle„- rful tilae,..aLdlet,you're beret
• lov4ly this tfine year in'S'atiraady)/ g
up at t,he top. As far as you can go." '
ME. "Matter of fact; Queen, we
thought we'd stick around London a while
and get better acquainted. Maybe me and'
Phil •here could do 'a couple of pub-
crawls, while you girls got together and
talked about your rotten kids and, stuff."
THE QUEEN. "Ow, Now. I mean ow,
yes. That would have been lovely. But
ectually, we must gow to Canadar this
summer. Frightful bore /. but there it
is."
ME. "Yep, you must get sick of having
to, be polite to ordinary people. And it's
a brute for heat over there in the summer.
Especially on'the prairies."
THE. QUEEN. "Quite. And now, if
'there's any little, thing my hUsband and
I could do, please don't hesitate."
ME. "Well, let's, see. You're the
Queen of Canada. Right? Right. Well,
look. There's this school board, see?
I'm a teacher, y'know. If you'd just write
, them a nasty letter. Whfl I've got one
Grade 9 class ^with 38 in it. Just tell
them to lay off persecuting me. Oh,
yeah. And would you call our neighbours,
the Dalrymples, and make sure -they're
• watering our lawn.?" ." -
MY WIFE. (Silently and under the
table. Kick. Kick. Kikc.)
• Anyway, Buckingham palace won't be
any problem. But what 'are we going to ,
wear when we duck over to Northern
Ireland to see Unele Frank, who has asked
us out in his fishing boat?
I. think I'll have my wife. dress in, •
green, and I'll wear something in orange.
At least one of us might survive.
who
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J.
This, is the'time of
Year when the conscien--_
tious householder.gives
thought to tidying up his •
,house and hit garden
ready, for the growth of
another season.
ral tendancy
'rlin'ess in
fprtunAtely,
us is en-.1..
h year by the
ncil and _
ommerc.e by e'
ntiO to the ,
ting-qip and
the community.
campaign. ex-
h mext'week,
torn Day:
ling a handy ••
asion.
It is remarkable h-ow
an otherwise favorable
M0.13, 1898 • ,
William Tippett and his friend I. Grant
• of Bayfield, • left to seek their fortunes in
Dakota.
George Adair of Stanley had a suces-
sftil bee...drawing sand for the purpose of
nerstructing a..cellar under his'house.,„
R. R. Ross; dental .stu.OenrWith •
Agnew ' of Clinton, has teAeyed..liotice. •
Deah of Royaf ColleMif1Dentatk.
surgeons 'of Ontario that ne had .taken the
highest. mark in his year. •
Alex Scott Sr. met with a painful
accident. He was working with a shaper
and in some way his hand was caught in
the machinery and it was niangled in a
terrible manner. . • ;
The post office-department has decided
to give Beechwood and' St. Calumban..
the new office at IrishtoWn, a daily mail
service. -
Arthur Forbes of town is having a new
floor putin, new stalls erected and other
improvements in his livery stable.
Alex Stobie has had a telephone placed
in his egg imporium.
John Reinke of Tuckersmith is doing
good work on the farm which he purchased
from Mrs.• Win. Chesney, south of Eg-
mondville, in the way of tile draining.
After the hail storn, on Wedne sday last,
ice balls' as large as marbles could have
been shovelled from the ground.
Three fine new threshing machine
engines were received at Seaforth Station
from the White Engine Co., London; They
were for Roderick McLeod, Walton; wm.
Lindsay, Constance and Albert Morrell,
Clinton.
, Miss Mooreir,f Seaforth, has organized
a class for instruction on the violin and
guitar and will visit Constance village
weekly.
..The quarterly board of Walton circuit
have extended an invitation to Rev. Tiffin
to remain on, the cireuit ,, another year.-
Miss Maly E. Rae of Leadbury has',
gone to SeaSorth to learn the dressmaking.
John Dundas of Leadbury has had his
barn reshingled. Isaac Bolton and his
men did the work.
John Warless of Varna is IthproVing
his barn by having it raised up and put on
a stone - foundation. Mr. Herd has the job
of inovin g and' raising it and Mr. Copp
of Seaford' has the contract for themason.
work.
About half past twelve o'clock Sunday
morning, residents were awakened by the
sounding of the fire alarm. The scene of
the fire was the stable on East William
St., owned by Adair Hays, and occupied
by James Byrnes. '
The hockey club minstrels of town
were greeted by a full house, and they put
'up a .gtod show. Messrs. G. B. Scott,
Wm. 'McLeod, -Frank Willis, and J. F.
Daly; the funny end men, dished .* jokes,
conundrums and local hits in good style;
while Joseph Abel as interlocker did his
part to perfection.
":MAY l's ,
While pole-vaulting at the Clinton
Collegiate grounds after school, Reward
Snell of Hulled, had the misfortune to have
A-tumble, fracturing a bone in his ankle.
-.Wm. Decker Of Zurich has purchased
a fine team of iron greys , one frOm Mr.
Schweitzer of Stephen and one from Mr.
Steckle Of Stanley.
A disastrous fire occurred on the
lariti3Of Robert Habktrk, McKI/lcip Town-
slittib• when the large barn wan destroyed
IV fire. The cattle were not in the barn
and three horses were taken Oilt. The
toed is estbnated at 0,00:00.
Adalii Righter of 13rOdhige n has moved
his tindise front the public scfiool property
new location, piirChatied from- Attgust Hinz.
impressiob of
can be spoiled
sightly,. goods
dated building
It is true
be'good reason
a condition to
a visitor -to 't
be expected to
All the visito
form his impre
the „community
Unfortunately,
things he has
streets, the p
public buildin
weighed agains
sightly thingt
seen.' The net
well be unfavo
often is the c
work, thEt' plab
care of the ma
spoiled by the
attitude-of a
a community
by un-
and dilapi-
s.
there' may
s for such
exist. But
own cannot
know this.
r can do is
ssipn of
as a whole.
the good
seen •- the
arks, the
gs are ,
t the un 7
he has
resuTt may
rable, too
ase„ The
Ong and
ny tpus -is
don't-Care•
few.
A. serious accident happened to J. D.
Gemmell of Tuckersmith, when he was
feeding a bull and the animal turned on,
him. He 'was found unconscious by -a
member of his' family and it was foul?
that his ankle was
Hensall has for some time felt the
"need of a' veterinar: y l'aunetnr bat ,the
,'rant is now llemoved by Car. p-
coming in and ,
S. Hardie's office.
•on Wednesday morning the ground was '
covered with snow and it ,continued to fall
during the ,greater part • of the day.
G. F. Rogers, •Collegiate Institute In-
spector was here this weekinspecting,the
school.
G. A. Sills of town was in Cleveland
attending the funeral of his sister-in-
law, the late Mrs. A. E. Sills.
The Seaforth Golf and Country Club
gave a thoroughly enjoyable dance to the
members and their friends in Case's hall.
Peter Cameron, who lately came from
the west, has accepted the agency of the
Maskey-Harris Company and moved into
Mr. Mopdies housein Brucefield.
Ed. Sternigal of Manley had rather an
exciting experience, while on his way
home from Seaforth. The light refused to
Work on his car and he was in collision
with Jack Murphy's horse and buggy,
breaking the horses two legs and
smashing the buggy.
. Seeding, is in , progress rapidly and
with many farmers will be completed
this week.
MAY 14,: 1948.
At a special meeting of the- Public
Utility Commission, W. R . Thuell of
Blyth,'was named manager.
A social evening was spent at the
Egmondville School, When friends• and
neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Linke
gathered prior to their departure to their
new home which they purchased from
Albert 'Pepper. Cards were played and
they were presented with a trillght lamp'
and walnut tables and the girls with gold
bracelets. -
John McLean of ,Egmondville has pur-
chased the- garage and Mrs. Stirling.the
Lillico property in Egmondville.
Seaforth Firemen were called to the
M. H. Clarke Garage when fire broke out
in a car owned by Joseph drummed,
Harpurhey. The fire was brought under
control before serious damage was done
the car.
Organization of the Red Shield Cam-
paign in Seaforth, was completed with the
appointment of canvassers 'in Tucker-
smith, McK illop and Egmondville, accord-
ing to J. M. Scott, who heads the drive,
for a minimum of $1600.00. in Tucker-
smith' , the catrassers are: Alex Boyes,
Wilber Keyes, Elmer Townsend, James
McIntosh, Jack Patrick, Syd. Gemmell,
Robert Tyndall, Robert Archibald, Stan-
ley Jackson, Arthur Finlayson. A. C.
Routledge' in charge of Egmondville. The.
McKillop canvassers are Sam Scott, Harry
Palin, Gordan Papple. R. S. McKercher,
Theron Betties, Russel Bolton, Wm.
Church, wm. Alexander, WilliamMont-
gomery, Norman Schae, Gordon Mc., Gavin and Leonard Leming.
Miles McMillan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. McMillan of town, who is on the
staff of the Tropical Oil Company at
Bogota, Columba S.A. was an eye wit-
ness of the week of rioting which wrecked
the city.
Wilbur Tremeer of Kippen, who has
been employed on the Jackson Fox farm
has decided to go west and leaves In about
two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pepper-of Tucker-
smith haw' moved into their new home with
their daughter, Mrs. caseyway, onJerViS
street. •
What a difference tell years can make!
Teri years ago I was at home full time
.. . . and enjoying it. I was a regular
busy housewife .. washing on Monday,
ironing, on Tuesday, mending on Wed-
(well,hneeespdtayo0em, `
e
twtrhaets thole; hmouothsee-r
called for), cleaning Thursday,. shopping
Friday and baking saturday.
It wa s a full week, to be sure. But
it .had one beautiful result' The house •
was organized and clean and the cup-
boards were hardly ever bare.
Now I'm a working wife and mother:
enjoying this life, ,too. And while
I'm able to keep the house fairly pre-
sentable (with the aid of 'some outside,"
assistance I must admit) ,I jail down
badly in the wash and iron department
. . and fail miserably in -the cooking
and baking area.
I'm spoiled, of course. Like many
modern housewives, I have an automatic
washer and dryer which looks after my
perma-pressed laundry to perfection. It
is only a matter of finding time to be
at home long enough to put the laundry
in the machine, wait until it washes, trans-
fer it to the dryer and wait until' it is
dried so I can hang it or fold it Mimed- ,
• lately to prevent creasing.
Nothing to it, you say! Ten 'years ago,
• maybe- not. But in today's run-around-
like-crazy world, about the only time I
find to do laundry is Miring the dinner
hoar which is supposed to be relaxed
, and wonderful according to the home-
making manuals, di pick up at the grocery
store.
• And speaking about meat time; that's
rapidly becoming a disaster part of each
day.
Normally, you lee; evening meals at
our house are prepared by my' teenage
daughter' (who, incidentally, is a mar- -
venous cook). But in "the -last few weeks,
daughter has been busy, with the school
formal, the track trials, outside jobs more
lucrative than making family dinners at ,
home and "generally hitting the books for
the final pesh in the last term.
This' leaves mother with the task of
preparing meals . . . and -I haven't been
. measuring up to tandar s set by my
She arrives home at \
4 p.m. to make dinner. t drag in from
the office close to 5:30 p.m. 'most days. ••
Hardly a fair race when ,dinner is served -
about 6 p.m. d.aly.„.'
What to do?
Well, like most working. wives. I let
General .Foods - Or somebody help me -
out. It drives the food budget 'sky high
but at least it gets dinner on the table
hot and substantial as well as time!
But my family is unlike most modern-
day families. We're all nutrition nuts
and- everybody wants the type of dinners
which daughter usually .prepares when
f , she's in charge ,in the kitchen - greaseless '
-fresh - meat,- -fresh vegetables cooked-to-, -
Pyou sure haven't lost yogi- touch,
mom.," stated the eldest.
There's no doubt about it. HapPineas
is, making others happy. And making
Others happy is what I do beet . .if
I've got the time. Guess I'm going -to
have to make more time for that sort
of thing.
SEpORTH, ONTARIO. May 10, 1973
Its clean . up time again
MI
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I TALK TO THE QUEEN
We're planning to go to England this)
summer. Last summer we planned to go
to the Maritimes. Last winter we planned
to go to Barbados. Two' summers ago 'it
was a triracros8 'Canada. Thentans are
great but the performance is nil.
I'm not sure whose fault it is that the
Smileys never get 'off the ground.
blame my wife. She hates getting ready
for a trip. I sometimes think She de-
liberately broke her ankle last summer so
she wouldn't have to getready.
She, naturally,, blames me, because I
don't get everything laid on in time. - She
may have a point. I don't like super
organization. I like to just take off and ,
wind up wherever the fates take me, with
as little baggage as, possible. She‘likes„..,,
to know where she's , going to lay her
head at night, and likes to have "Swine-
thing decent" to wear on every occasion
that might present itself. That means three,
suitcases.
It also poses a big problem for this
summer. I juSt know that when the Queen
and Phil hear we're going to be, in the
U.K. there'll be In invitation of some sort
waiting for us at the Dorchester or the
Savoy or the Dirty Duck. "
Trouble is, what sort of affair will
she invite us to? If it's a lawn party,
that means' for my old lady a long summer
dress, big hat, White gloves. And for
-me a tough decision - whether to wear my
white sport shirt or my blue one.
.But what if it's for dinner .at' the'
palace, as it probablk will be? That's
another kettle of fish and chips.. It would
mean a dinner dress and different shoes
for the boss. I could manage a black
tie over my white sport shirt and if it .
was extra formal, I'd pin my Canadian
Spam medal to my shirt.
I can just hear the dinner conversation,
a bit fluty and high-bred - but sort of
chummy. Rather like the pope trying to
draw out the parish 'priest.
THE QUEEN. "How delightful of you
and your charming wife to do us the honour
of coming to dinner. Have you been to
England before, Mr. uh Wiley?"
ME. "Yes, your Honour, uh, your
Worship, uh, Queen. I fought for your
old man in the last war. Guess' you were
just a kid."
QUEEN. "A kid? Really? Ow. Ow;
yes, I , see. Your American. sleng
sow refreshing. An you were one of those
This natu
towards orde
Some, but ,un
not all, of
couraged eac
SeafTrth Cou
Chamber of C
drawing atte
need' of pain
cleaning-up
The current
tends —throug
with.the,4ic
holiday prov
kick off occ
daughter. ' Why?
'gallant lads from the dominions
fought for my father, King . George
the Sixth?" •
ME. "Just a minute, Queen. That's
no American accent.' It's Canadian. And ,
they told me his name was Mackenzie
King, not whatever you said." '" .
QUEEN." "How quaint. And you were -
decorated, I see. That must be a medal
for outstanding valour pinned to your uh -
I' say, 'that is 'a 4riking, uh - shirt?"
• THE DUKE. "It's a ruddy sport
shirt, Elizabeth. They all wear them."
ME. "Oh, no Queen. They gave
these out with the rations. All you had
to der was be conned into joining up."
- THE QUEEN. "Conned? Rations? Yes, .
4,A.,,okcourse. Nov, 'we'd like you to have a 4 " retain most 'oi the vitamins, a raw salad
rreeitgreens*
other assorted goodies' and dessert 'com-
prising fresh fruits or milk or something
equally good for the health.
,q guess it is pork and beans until
the end' of the school term-," our eldest
son announced the other day, rather de-
jectedly. About' the only real nutrition we
can expect is the occasional cheese sand-
wich or hamburger.",,.
Just yesterday I made up my Mind to
fool my flustered family. The paper was
finished early .so I went home and made a
dinner like the ones I used to make . • .
everything fresh and
love
and
everything made with love and, vitamins.
I even found time during meal preparat-
ion to wash and dry my laundry and put
all the dirty dishes. in the dishwasher!
When the family arrived home," the
good smells of dinner cooking greeted
them. .Sverything was tidy. The table
was carefully laid.
- • "You not go to work today?" -asked,.
My daughter. • •
"Boy .this sure tastes good," claimed
my youngest son, helping himself to sec-,
onds.
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