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k Sugar and Spice
By Bill Smiley
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Killop. a. 4,
- .... OCTOBER 5, 19?3.
Miss Florence Reynolds of Hensall,
returned to Calgary to resume her duties
as teacher in one of the schools there.
Hensall. Union- Cemetery has been
greatly improved this summer. Early in
the season a bee was held and the grass
nicely cut. A fine up-to-date new iron
fence has been erected along the front.
Walter Eaton of Winthrop is supply-
itc4 station4.1q".1,1
OCTOBER 7, 1898•.
John Doig of Teckersmith who runs
a portable sawmill west of Dashwood,
met with an accident by which he almost
lost tWo of,his fingers. He was engaged
in tightening a guide when the wrench
slipped off and his hand came in contact
with the large saw.
Messrs. Alexander McKellar and Mal-
colm Parke of Cromarty treated them..
selves by .taking in the Grand' excursion
to Detroit.
A letter received from Chas. A.
Stewart, son of MI. Alex Stewart of
town, who is with the Signal Corps of
the American Army, says he was right,
in -the middle of the battle at Manila
and his corps were the first to carry
the flag into Manilla after it had sur-
rendered.
Mr. Wm. Ilutolz of Egmondville has
purchased most of the bricks from the
old store on the Collins property and
will use them for a foundation to a
fine barn.
The people of Egmondville were star-
tled and saddened on learaing to hear
of the death of the late C.R.Van Egmond.
The Rev. Neil Shaw took part in the
Jubilee Services in Carmel Church,
Hensall.
A valuable driving mare, belonging
to Adam Hay's livery, had one of its
hind legs so badly broken that it had to
be killed.
John Grieve V.S. has a peach tree
at his residence on Goderich St. from
which he pulled several baskets of de-
liscious fruit. This tree was grown
from a stone.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jeffrey intend
moving to wingharn where Mr.Jeffery
has accepted a good position.
Andrew GOVenleCk of Winthrop, who
is well known as an ardent temperance
man and strong prohibitionist, left his
sick bed •and drove to the polling place
at No. 4 McKillop to vote for prohi-
bition. He had to be carried from his
buggy. John Devereaux is laying down the
material for the erection of a- new bank
barn on the Lennon farm on the Huron
Road east of Seaforth.
John Hinckley of Hullett, has forty
peach trees all of which he raised from
stones and all bearing fruit this year.
Miss Ada Beattie, daughter of James
Beattie of town has been engaged as
teacher of the McElroy school in Mc-
;NI.krIsJ sailA
d4,'"arter of CbjUstnde!lost-aiva.d ;.L ; L
Isle IVA* It •-a.d eifig ittAbgailD
broken and had to be disposed of.
MessrS. P. Bowey of Kippen un-
loaded a car of coal last week which
the people were pleased to get.
Miss Olive Cooper, formerly of
Toronto has accepted a position with
T.C.Joynt of Hensall.
Mrs. J_as. A. Bell, while assisting
her husband in unhitching the horses,
was crushed between the horse and the
wall and her collarbone was broken.
Garnet Case, Hensall has purdhased
the flour and feed business of
has been
R.J.Pat-
eapr
in
os. Murdock of Hensall
ted one of the Judges of horse
racing at Exeter, but only went to find
that the races were called off on ac-
seuosupBnetena nodfe tdhhearorwvaeiingsnii
at Varna has been
ngto the wet weather.
The millinery openings were held,
when the establishments of Stewart
Bros and J. MacTavish were in their
finest array. A cold wave aided ma-
terially in the sale of autumn hats. '
Ted. Merner, who spent the summer
on one of the C.P.R. passenger boats,
Spent a few days at his home here be-
fore resuming his studies at the Toronto •
Dental School.
O CT O BER 8, 1948.
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, September, 27, 1973
Hobby farms
Hobby farms.aren't too
common in the Seaforth
area yet --- unless'sOme
of our hard working full
time farmers want to call
their operations their
hobby as well as their
livelihood.
But we can still under
stand the concern of On-
tario Minister of Agri-
culture'W.A.Stewart when
he said recently that leg-
islation may be necessary
to get lanli kept out of
food production by hobby
farmers back to serious
farMers.
In theSe days of food
shortages and high prices
it is pretty much morally
indefensible', for:a man
to buy 50 or one hundred
acres and just sit and
look_at.it when the ac-
reage cOUld be rentedto
a farming neighbour who
would make it productive.
WeAoin the St. Mary'
N.lournal Argus whose edi-
torial -continues beloW in
applauding Mr. Stewart's
concern. The Journal
Argus says:
it is becoming very
apparent, from conversat-
abers.e6Weed ibout-tne—
ions with farmers and al
at RI.lfgwagricu
mecessity,of.arable farm are411
land being saved. for pro-
duction of food in these
days of chronic world
Shortages, that the day
of the "hobby farmer' nay
be pproaching an end
and r the ever-increasing
wei f..public opinion.
Retraint on private
owne hip,is always.a hot
topic but regardless of
this fact, the impact of
a practice becoming in-
crearingly popular, that
of city dwellers acquiring
rural farms and then not
using them for food pro-
quction,•is arousing more
and more public concern.
The Hon. Wm. A.Stewart,
Minister of Agriculture
and Food in the Ontario
Government, is well aware
of the inherent dangers
arising from the present
non-serious farm trend.
Speaking in Alvinston re-
cently the Minister noted
that we welcome urban
dwellers to rural areas',
it' is felt in many cases
they are"taking valuable
farmland, out of production
for their own pleasure at
a time when more and more ,
land is needed to meet the
demands of the world for
food. The Minister sul-
gests that if these farms
are not made available to
serious farmers for food
prpduction, it may be
necessary to legislate such
a measure.
Land use is presently
being re-examined by sev-
eral provincial govern-
ments with a view to pos-
according to Canadian
Realty News. There is no
doubt but what the present
mood of Canadian citizens
in every province is one
-of concern over shortages
and priorities. Arable
land in Canada and else-
where is finally being
recognized as a precious
commodity.
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"Ed keeps notes on the batting habits of everybody in the league."
But what does happiness feel like?
That's something else, of course, a whole
new study which has no easy conclusions.
But one thing I do know now - happiness
is not always being joyful.
Let me explain what mean.
When you look up ii)e word iihappy",
in the dictionary, you begin to under-
stand perhaps a little better what it
really means. In The Little Oxford
Dictionary, we find the words lucky,
fortunate, content, glad, apt and felicitous
to describe that one little word.
They all pin-point my feelings. I
guess I'm one of the luckiest women
alive having a husband who agrees with
me on all the important issues of life
and most of the unimportant ones as
well. I'm fortunate, ,too, because I've
been blesSed with healthy children who
are clever each in their own way and
normally distressing at times.
I am content, too. I don't feel the
need to look round for another man who
offers more for the than the one I have.
the sa e anada - pir'ess--•
posterous.• Best pla é to bat is in the
pubs, where, at reasonable cost, you can
get a hunk of french bread and good
cheese, or a plate of bangers (sausage),
a slice of -veal and ham pie, or a hot
steak and kidney pie.
Ice. If you are accustomed to ice in
your drinks in hot weather, either forget
it, or be prepared to fight for it.
Order a dry martini and sit back
waiting for something ice-cold and up-
lifting. What you'll get Is a glass of
lukewarm vermouth, a concoction desig-
ned to send you screaming into the arms
of the local W.C.T.U,
we arrived in Edinburgh, hot, •tired
and dusty after a seven-hour train ride.
Struggled with luggage , cab and got to our
hotel room, after riding up in the littlest
elevator in the world (No more than four
persons or 600 pounds). I was intrigued•
by the thought of what would happen if
',lour 200-pounders got on.
Anyway, when the porter arrived with
ours bags, we were stretched out, dying
for cold drink. I asked him to bring
some ice. "Ice? Oh, yes, ice, yessir."
Ten minutes later he returned, toting
a huge silver tray, bedecked with a
sparkling white napkin' . The piece de
resistance rested in the centre of the
tray - a wine goblet with four tiny ice
cubes in it. we roared. He was be-
wildered. We'd ordered ice, hadn't we?
He'd brought ice.
Courtesy. Canadians and Americans
are friendly souls, on the whole, but our
manners are not always exactly polished.
We were struck by the courtesy and
friendliness of the Brits.
At bus stops, for example, there is
My children are a result of that union
and they are no more and no less than
any other children I've seen.
I'm truly glad, too, because I'm plea-
sed to have them in good times and bad.
Apt meaning suitable and felicitous
meaning well-chosen also apply to me
where my family is concerned. They
are just what I need every day to make
my life complete.
No wonder I'm happy. -,
But being happy doesn't mean I'm
immune to gloom or disappointment or
sadness. That's the funny thing about
happiness, I realize now. It is im-
possible to be joyful all the time, but it
is quite possible to be happy while you ar.v., joyless.
For- example, I wouldn't be laughing
and slapping my knee if my son smashed
up the family car one evening, but that
does not mean by any stretch of the
imagination that I'd not bellappyaay more.
On the contrary, I'd probably haVe a great
deal to be happy about - my son isn't
hurt," the family has been .drairn closer
together in times of troubld and stress,
kicks on the ankles, no every-man-for-
himself attitude. There is a politeness,
which, though pained at times, is very
„ring
kindly and.,kielpfauntil,,,sornetime
evident.
's'
There's an old tradition, fostered by ,
movies and novels, that the English are
extremely reticent, to the point of stuffi-
ness, on trains, They're supposed to
retire behind their papers, indicating
_each others presence by no more than the
occasional grunt or dirty look.
Why, it's just the opposite. They'll
go on and on and on, explaining things,
hen you're exhausted and don't feel like
.„,6Altabbing, you wish the old, grumpy stereo'
type were true.
Only once did I have a slight unpleasant-
ness, and it was my fault, We were cat-
ching a train,- and were late. Sweating
under the luggage,, and with our carriage
what looked like a quarter of a mile away,
I looked wildly around for a porter.
Thinly one I could see was helping
an elderly crippled lady out, of a wheel
chair, to get on the train. I dropped my
bag's, gave the porter a hand at helping
her up, then slung my luggage' into the
wheelchair and went beetling down the
platform pushing it.
We arrived, and l- started to unload
my luggage from the wheelchair, to put
it on the train. A rather stern railway
official looked at my wife, who'd been
galloping along behind me, looked back
down the platform and spoke, “No, no;
That'll have to go in the baggage van."
I didn't know why, as it hadn't happened
before, but with two minutes to go I
didn't care. we put the bags in the van,
and he started to fold the wheelchair
and put it in. I said, "Oh, no. tha t
belongs here." He turned purple. •
He had been looking over my shoulder
for the invalid, probably expecting an old
soul on a stretcher. It was the wheel-
chair that had,to go into the baggage van,
not the bags. •
He had been completely baffled by
this example of Canadian enterprise, was
embarrassed by his error, and therefore
grew a bit black in the countenance. I
apologized, with a very sincere look,
and offered to run the chair back down the
platform, but he gritted something about
the train leaving and another phrase or
two I didn't quite catch, but which definitely
contained the word, "bloody."
there's deeper understanding between
mother and -son, I've an opportunity to
display my love in a way that will be
most meaningful to my husband and to
my children.
And so, though one couldn't say I'm
elated by the problems which can beset
a family, I am never really unhappy. I
would never wish I wasn't a wife or a
Mother because of a few headaches in the
relationships: More times tha n not, the
bad times are just strengthening the
family unit for the good times . . and
unhappiness (if there is such a thing)
only makes one happier in the end.
if all this seems confusing to you,
spend Some time as I have done thinking
about it. I'm certain that when you've
explored all angles, you will discover as
I did that true happiness is a blessing
which ordinary sadness Just doesn't des-
troy.
What is happiness? Happiness is
contentment. It is what makes one feel
warm and comfortable even in the bad
times. It is found in the strangest
places and is worth the search.
Alexander Mc ,• who for 30 years
has been responsible for transporting mail
to and from the post office to the railroad
station retired on October 1st after nearly
100,000 trips along Main Street. He is
succeeded by Ben Rising. Marking the
occasion Post master C.P.Sills and other
associates honored Mr. McNab at a
gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. P. Sills where he was presented
with an occasional chair. Miss Ruth
Cluff and Mr. Rising, made the pie-
sentation.
Wm. G. Wright well known Seaforth
garage operator was instantly killed in
a motor car accident.
On Wednesday evening, a surprise
party was held in honor of Mrs.Donald
Fry, bride of this month, at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F.
Scott. when a number of girlAnresented
har with a miscellaneous shower. Bingo
was enjoyed with Mrs. Philip Willis and
Mrs. Cecil Lemon as winners.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Garnham, who
last week moved to 'their new residence in
Seaforth were honored at a gathering held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mc-
Clure. Mrs. Wm. Church read an address
and Mrs. McClure and Glenn Cuthill
presented them with a table lamp and a
tri-Hlighte
Craig,
p.
Walton, with a score
of 204.8 has won the 50 bushels wheat
club competitions. It was announced by
R. G. Bennett, Huron Agricultural AssiP
'elation representative. Jim MeEwan, Hen-
sail stood second.
Alex McEwing, prominent farmer and
life-long resident of Hullett Township
died in Clinton public Hospital. He
took an active part in municipal affairs-
and served two years on the council.
lssiastetterndmed. chthyeerfuni;
eproalrMrontoofs: hCer
. P. Sills
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Middegaai with
their family recently arrived in —the
Seaforth area and are employed by
Jam Neesthre. rianScdo:.t. They are natives
the
What is happiness? In the song from
My Fair Lady, happiness is many things
including brown paper packages wrapped
up with string. Every once in a while,
my oldest son comments, "Happiness is
coming home to eat."
For the last few days now, I've been
trying to determine what makes me happy
. . . and even more to the point, what
happiness really feels like. It is a
very sobering thought to be sure, but one
upon which I've been dwelling for a con-
siderable period of time.
I've reached • one conclusion. Happi-
ness, for me, is my family - my husband
and my children. They are the reason I
.get up each day, the reason I work, the
reason I live. Without them, I couldn't
be happy though I had everything else I
wanted.
Conversely, ' because I have them I
don't want for a great many other things.
My whole purpose is to keep my family
healthy, happy and harrhonious. That
doeanq depend on a new dress or a
silver teapot or a fancy fragrance.
One last column about imprissions no elbow-punching of old lames, no sly
of England, and if you're already sick of
them, turn to the classified ads.
Cost. A holiday in England used to
be relatively inexpensive, what with lower
wages and food costs. Not no more.
Costs have soared all over Europe and
Britain is no exception.
You , can still have a cheap holiday
there, if you want to squeeze every pence,
just as you can in Canada. But that's
no fun, on holidays.
In the lovely old town of Chester, we
paid about $ 15 for a room without bath.
But breakfast was included. Gooti,Apa.t,k,,,
ineals
London,pes,,,sa from $8 te$11.0.
M PS' ant are la'out
From My Window
By Shirley J. Keller
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