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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-10-25, Page 2. Since 1860, So Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARLO. • ' ANDREW Member Canadian Ontario Wee and Audit ;Bureau of Circulation ) Newspapers Subscription Rates: . . Canada (in advance) $8.00 a 'Year Outside Canada (in advance) $10.00 a Year SINGCE COPIES — 20 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail RegistOation Number 0696 Telephone' 52'7-0240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, October 25, 1973 ing the Community First taarrsday worming by 1VicLEAN BROS., Publdshems Ltd. McLEAN, Editor eekly Newspaper Association ly NPWSPaPOT AsS_Pelation at our doorstep -- how they work and how to build private dams. The motive behi-nd these pamphlets -- pub- licizing the location and avajlability of the nat- ural resources that are all around us and are being preserved for pub- lic use, is good. Our children and our chil- dren's children will be 'grateful that the Hullett Wildlife Area ,and Point Farms Tark were developed. We need more such un- spoiled recreational areas And more pamphlets which tell the public about them . We hate to be nit-picking but there is the odd in- stance of poor research in the booklets which mar their overall good impres- sion. • For example, anyone canoeing the Bayfield who followed instructions in the pamphlet ,and looked for the Hully Gully 'bridge at EgmondVille would have a long, hard lgok! From the point of view of" those of us in Seaforth another mistake is re- peated in two of the pam- phlets. "Point Farms" has Goderich, Clinton and Mitchell on its illustrat- ing map but leeVeS"off Seaforth. The -Agreement Forests- pamphlet map also omits Seaforth, although, not Clinton and Goderich. Happily, the Hullett Wild- life remembers that Sea- :forth does exist. These are little criti- cisms. 'Send for the Ministry pamphlets, but don't just read them -- get up off that ciair and do some exploring and eif- joying right here in Huron County. • Experiences Did you'know that with- in ten miles of .Seaforth you can find Indian sites, a flock of giant Canada- geese and a heronry?"7"br a really adVenturous week- end trip that Will help you enjoy thelast of our beautiful fall scenery, how about . . e canoe-trip down the Bayfield .River or the Maitlandq The Ministry of Natural Resources has published a series of booklets' which outline the above and more attractions, all only a short drive from Sea- forth. ,The Indian sites, the geese and 'the blue' herons are all at the Hullett Wildlife Manage- -ment Area, a 6,000' acre natural preserv&'that is open to the .public year round. The area is be- tween Clinton and Seaforth, a mile and 'a quarter north of Highway 8'. The pamphlet series, available from the. Depart- ment at their Winghag of- fice, is crammed with' good ideas fbr spending leisure time exploring our own back yard. The Canoe theMaitland .and Canoe the Bayfield pam- phlets,4ee especially,-„ , valuable for those' of us who like the outdoors but are a bit wary'about plot- ting our own canoe route and taking off fbr the Unknown. The pamphlets plot out a trip and des- cribewhat you 11 see along-the way. 'Other booklets describe Point Farms Provincial. Park and environs, on Lake Huron just north of Goderich; the Agreement forests like the Ellice and Hay Swamps, and 'DaMs Where shortages are real billion 'people live on less than $4 a week. CI.DA in- formation adds that about 80% of these countries' natural resource wealth is untapped. Shortgages of key raw materials brings home to us the fact that we are all interdependent. We .,are already being asked to 'sacrifide because of events on the other side of the world. We realize )-that what happens to L_Aoople in Nairobi or Dares Salaam also happens to us as the "modernized" nat- ions slowly see that it is 'immoral for them to consume a more than theie share of the world's re- sources while most of the world's people starve. We need fuel and think we need steak and colour TV's. Developing coun- tries need basic human commodities like food and .the dignity of work. We are -dependent on each other's resources and buy each others products and we will kink or swim together. The next time you hear somebody knock foreign aid to underde- vel'oped countries, speak up. International aid programs.like CILIA and the UN organizations are trying to ensure that we all survive, together. In. the midst of fusel shortgages, cotton shor- tages and our complaints, about high food prices,a release from the Canadian InternationalDevelopment Agency snaps,us into an— other 4orld, The world where C1DA is active, assisting with both emer- gency relief and long term development programs is the Third World - those Afriaan, Asian and South American 'countries where there has never been any- thing but one vast short- age of clothing and food. There is a need to re- store the balance between the haves and have nets in our world.; .The chronic shortgages we seem to'be faCing are at least partly caused by . the fact that two thirds of the world's people pro- duce and consume 'less than, one third of its goods and services. In this world countries 40 out, of 100 newborn child ren will die before the age of six. Another 40 risk brain and body damage from' malnutrition and only 3 of the 100 will .get enough education to'make them fully productive citizens. One third of all adults in developing countries are out of Work or greatly unemployed while over, one V "My name is Edward P. Wilson — are you my wife, by chance?" fxpositor t• r****Hoftimoom-H•444mria-~•~•••••••••••••••••••••*. Offer me a ticket to any exotic Spot in the world, any October - Rome, Paris, Athens, Rio, Tahiti - and I'd turn it down flat. There could not be, anywhere on thit globe, a finer place to be, in October, than Canada. October has everything. Glorious golden days' with the foliage flung across the land in such • magnificence it's as though the Creator were chuckling, gq am far from dead. Just try to match this with your puny genius." • Nights are remarkable. CoD1 enough for a sweater',- but usually calm. perfect for a, stroll around the side streets of a small town, with the smell of burning - leaves poignant on the soft air, and the spurt of orange flame as someone pokes Up his fire.' It's against the law to burn leaves, but such laws were not made for small towns, and are generally, Ignored. And why not? All the burning leaves in all the small towns of Canada wouldn't pollute the air as much as one hour on five per.cent of the highways in Canada with about a million stinking cars belching their bad breath. But October has -Something for everyone. The hunter is happy. He can squat in a blind until he's almost crippled, or lurch through a swamp until he's almost on his last lurch. He may see nothing more than a few late and lazy crows, or .the starling heading south, but by George, he feels great when he gets home and tracks mud all over thevhbuse, and tears into that peanut- butter sand- wich his irate wife has 'left out for him. More intelligent hunters, of course, will go after partridge, and prowl along an old bush road in comfdrt. The most Intelligent hunters will sit down in the sun,_ lean against the bole of a tree, have a perfectly, relaxed nap, and go home with a good appetite and a clear conscience. Fishermen like October.rThey flog themselves out of bed in order to hit the water at dawn. Every one of them has a lurking hunch that this morning he's going to hit that big rainbow.. And he can stand there, shivering, in the misty morning, happy in the knowledge that none of the nuisance anglers of Opening' Day will be fouling his line, scaring the'fr. They're all home in bed. For the sports fah, OCtober is the zenith of the year. He might see almost nothing of his family for a month, but he's as happy as an' idiot with an ice cream cone, sitting in front of the boob, tube, wildly switching channels as he tries to club-house sandwich the height of the football season, the beginning of the • hockey season, and the World Series. October' is 'Thanksgiving. By some piece of uncanny good luck or good/judg- ment, it usually turns out to be a beautiful weekend, and this year's w a anigh perfeet,_ in these parts. It's a grand occasion for closing up the cottage, or getting together with the family for a gorge of turkey and pumpkin pie, or just getting•loutr!inte4he country and counting the things you *hue , to be thankful for. •- ;J79 nor. This year we had our daughter and her husband for the holiday. She insisted on cooking the entire Thanksgiving dinner. And she insisted on using her method, which is known as slow roasting. This, method "keeps all the good, of the turkey in, and when it's finished, it's so tender it just falls off the bones," End of quote. You cook it for hours and hours at about 200 degrees, instead of the usual 325 or so. Many a turkey I've cooked in the normal fashion, and they always come out golden, meat falling off the bones. , i said, "Carry on, kid." My wife bit her lip, her tongue and her finger- nails, but kept silent. Every hour or so she couldn't stand It and would sneak out, while Kim wasn't in the kitchen, and have a look. The turk just lay there, 'like a big, dead bird. It was pretty obvious that the only process tha,t .was setting in was rigor mortis. But no interference with modern methods. The grand moment arrived, -after cooking a nine-pound bird, prac- tically a midget, for nine hours. Her !husband can't carve, so I did the honours. I like my steaks rare, but I can't say I'm wild for rare turkey. I almost- sprained my wrist on my first slice with the carving knife. Meat falling off 'the bones? I had to tear it off with pliers. But it was a great dinner. The stuffing was well and truly stuffed, the canned peas were exceptionally tender, and the white wine was bang on. There was only one catch. The kids had to get their bus right after dinner. That was Monday evening. My wife and I looked at the kitchen, looked at each other, and went to bed. we finished doing the dishes Wednesday evening. Sugar and. Spice By Bill Smiley iii NOVEMBER 4,, 1898., A couple of men have been visiting Hay swamp to study its possibilities as to peat bog for manufacture of commer- cial fuel. • While playing recently, a son of F.Hess Jr. of Zurich fell and the sharp point, a lead pencil entered the head behind the eye ball. The 'wound was a paint' ul one but it is expected the eye ball will be all right. The station at Kippen has been com- pletely filled with apple barrels. over 3000 barrels have been 'shipped from the station this season. Fred Smallacornbe of Hensel' shipped no. less than 18 _tons of onions from the station during the-early part of this week. r) -The box social, in aid of the.,Organ fund o f Betfiel Churn was wbrilliant success. Miss Dora Kinney, Mist Alice Dundas and Miss Emma J. Forbes presided at the organ in turns. Alex Gardiner per- formed the duties of chairman. Fred Lawrence of town on the Latin and Greek papers of the fourth form examinations has been notified that he . passed. with honors in these subjects.. James Watson, of this town, has again secured for his companies, the Gore and Mercantile Insurance Company the risks on the County House of Refuge buildings. Jedli n Robb of town has disposed of his residence in Seaforth to Wm. Freeman for $500. • • _ Guy Bros. Minstrels appeared in Card- no's Hall and they had a good crowd and a good show. When here they left an order with Messrs. Greig and Mc- Donald dor a complete outfit of stage costumes for their company. Duncan McDonald of near Chiselhurst has purchased the thoroughbred pig Which has been raised by James Dorrance of McKillop as his stock pig. The farmers at Brucefield , are all busy engaged in getting in the root crop. It is somewhat to see potatoe digging in November. John MeNaughton of Tuckersmith had a ploughing bee on hi s farM on the 3rd concession when a number of neighbors turned out and did all his fall ploughing. Mr. Chas. Mason of Brucefield, suc- ceeded in purchasing from Mr. Gardner, the well known stallion Hilton Bank 10016. He has been a prominent prize winner at the leading Scottish shows. Inspector Robb, Rev. Mr. Shaw and the trustees paid a visit to our school and all expressed satisfaction with the condition of things in both departments. The dehorning season is now on and the veterinary surgeons are busily en- gaged dehorning farmers cattle prepara-, tory to their being housed for the winter. NOVEMBER 2, 1923. Clayton Frayne of Thames Road had a fine flock of 45 ducks an d was mis- sing them one by one. One day he discovered that a cow was enjoying a duck dinner but the discovery was not made until after 20 of his flock- had disappeared. ' The root crop this year is said to be exceptionally good. H. Castle, of Stanley Township, when digging sugar beets unearthed an unusually large one and when put on the scale, it tipped at 14 pounds. A case of diptheria in Staffa caused much excitement in the village. J. J. Hugill of Alma has completed his garage which is one of the best in the vicinity. Wilson Sundercock of Willett has purchased from Oliver Anderson a fine shorthorn heifer. Wm. H. Walper of Zurich has ex- changed hi/ farm on the Kippen - Sea- forth road in Tuckersmith Township for the farm owned by Thos, J. Webster west of Seaforth. , Earl TreffreY of Cromarty, has purchased the fine farm of Richard Robins. 'Geo. Lilley of town has opened a flew produce store in the Beattie block on Main St. in the store formerly oc- cupied by Angus McQualg as a feed and seed' store. The handicap competition for the ster- ling silver Cresswell which has been creating keen interest in the Seaforth Golf and Country Club. The final was played between R. M. Jones and T. S. Smith; mr. Jones winning out after a good game. ' J. M. Govenlock, of •McKillo,p re- turned home after a three month trip through the western provinces. The Seaforth male quartette com- posed by Messrs. J. Beattie , J. G. Mullen, D.F.McGregor and Geo. Israel supplied the musical program • at the Hillsgreen Church concert. The young ladies of St. James Church held' a very successful Hallowe'en dance in the Parish Hall. Miss Agnes Hughes won 'the ladies best costume prize and A. Beattie the mens prize. At the auction sale of the tate Mrs. Hargan's property, the house,. and lot on Centre St. were purchased bYiJames' Cowan. The house which is on 'a corner lot will be taken down, giving Mr. Cowan an ideal residence property, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Best of town moved into the residence on Goderich St.' which he recently purchased froth' Robert Smith. Messrs. Albert Alexander, and Andrew Houston of Tuckersmitb, were in Goderich thit week acting as jurors at the fall assizes. Miss Belle Campbell of town has returned from a three months trip to the western provinces and the coast, Messrs. J. J. Merner, J. Dick, J. Dennison and W..R.Reid were in London attending the annual meeting of the 'Wes- tern Conservative Association. Gordon McGavin of Walton has been cutting wood for the farmers. He has a nice outfit and can turn timber into stove wood with neatness and speed. NOVEMBER 5, 1948' Bert Haney,-Elmer Stephenson, Gavin Gemmell, Stan Jackson and Mac Scott left for Algoma on a two weeks hunting trip. The directors and staff of the Hibbert Dairy Co-Operative Association met in the creamery in honor of a former em- ployee, Gerald Agar to wish him good luck in his new position 'at Black Creek. Clifford Dow read an address and Archie Jeffrey presented Mr. Agar with a wrist watch. Glen Haase of Winthrop has taken a poirtion in London. R. K. McFarlane of Winthrop has pur- chased a piece of land from Earl Hawley and intends building on it in the spring. Action is being taken immediately to arrange temporary accommodation for the Seaforth Killing Plant of Seaforth Produce Ltd. according to G. \A. Spence, local manager. The plant at the corner of Centre and Wilson Sts. was completely destroyed by fire with a loss estimated at $10,000. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Pryce of Mc- Killop, were pleasantly surprised on the occasion of their 35th wedding anniver- sary. Mrs. Pryce was the former Teresa Armstrong. The bridesmaid, Miss Annie Pryce and the best man Howard Arm- strong were both present. The family presented them with a lazyboy chair, while, the brothers and sisters gave them a tri-light table lamp. Arnold Storey received severe burns on his legs and arms when he attempted to battle- a fire which completely des- troyed a driving shed on the farm of his brother, Orville Storey. They were filling a gasoline lantern for night plow- ing when in some manner fire broke out. James Kelley of the Canadian Bank of Commerce has been transferred to the Palmerston branch of that bank. Geo. Gram of Hensel.' is a very for- tunate man. Last week while driving down Main St. the horse became frigh- tened at the train and bolted, throwing Mr. Gram 'to the pavement. He was picked up by a passerby and although suffering from shock he was thankful to-be alive. Jim Chapman and 'his Brucefield entry won the Legion sponsored Juvenile ' softball league 'when they defeated Bill Smith's, Seaforths wanderers, 30 - 8 in a Sudden death game at the Lions Park. 0 '48