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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, January 17, 1974
Watch your touches
If you have ever "just touched" the
contention that she believed no
bumper of another car with your car's
damage had been done, saying that
bumper after a sudden stop, then
she knew the two cars had touched
decided that there had been no
and 'defining that touch as an
damage done and driven merrily on
accident.
your way, you had better beware and
The justices' discussion of the case,
not do it again.
as reported in the Financial Post is .
The Supreme Court of Canada has
fairly complicated. But the
just ruled that such a bumper -touch
implications of their decision apply to
constitutes ' an accident. The court
every driver.
upheld the conviction of a Toronto
Even if the other driver isn't
woman, who drove away after her
around and you think there are no
car's bumper touched, a Toronto cab,
witnesses, if you touch another
of a charge of leaving the scene of an
driver's bumper or lightly brush
accident. The woman did not see the
someone else's bumper while pulling
cab driver pull over after the ''touch"
out of a parking lot, stop and get out
and drove home, assuming that no
of your car. Then you can inspect the
damage had been done.
,damage and call the police:
The Supreme Court in a seven to
Believe it or not, you've just had an
two vote rejected the. woman's
accident.
The paper bag menace
In light of current paper,: shortages
and increases in paper prices, and
growing world worry about wasteful
use of resources, we have become
concerned about the absurdity of the
paper bag habit.
We use paper bags to carry things
(which are in many cases already
well -wrapped incellophane or boxed)
a few blocks from the stores to home
or a few steps to our cars. When we
get home, we either throw our paper
bags out and feel a little guilty about
the waste or keep them until we have
to devote• practically an entire kitchen
cupboard to -their storage.
The bag keeper feels virtuous and
thinks eventually she'll find a use for
her accumulation. Then she throws
out the paper bags of five years in one
grand gesture' when she moves,
As long as we use paper bags only
once and then throw them out or store
them we'll continue to'lose. We'll lose
trees at a faster rate than they can be
replanted. Weil .lose money too.
Naturally the store owner has to add
the cost of bags onto the prices he
charges you. As paper prices continue
to climb, grocery and other prices will
go up proportionately.
"What's a couple of cents a
week?", the big spenders among us
will say.
Trouble is we are wastinmore
than a few cents.
One Seaforth merchant say large
grocery bags cost him 31/2 cent each,
small bags 2 cents. Anothgr store
owner says the amount he pays for
paper bags has climbed
astronomically in the past year.
Most families bring home at least 3
large grocery bags a week. Add bags
from other stores and most of us are
throwing away at least a quarter a
week.,
Take,a stand against waste and the
throve aygay society. North America is
the only place We can think of where
every purchase rates a new, never to
be used again paper bag. Why should
we ignore costs and conservation
because we are too lazy to carry a
shopping bag?
Fight the paper bag menace. Carry
a plastic shopping bag with you and
use it, over and over again. It's easier
to carry than those big brown bags
anyway.
Tall per bags from your
collect' n You when you go to the
store. Recycle and fill them up at the
checkout counter rather than bringing
home still more new bags.
Refuse a bag at the store when it's
not necessary -- for something that's '
already in a box for example. Local
merchants can 4 help here by asking
their clerks no t insist on bagging
every purchase.
Store people might be happy not to
have to order and pay for new bags all
the time. Scratch one item of
overhead.
Paper manufacturers could divert
pulp now used in bags to newsprint
-manufacture perhaps.
And we, the people would save
money and the frustration of,opening
a kitchen cupboard and, having 158
assorted paper bags fall -out.
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Shia week 1x've beep baiphing. itr';n,$ Z
gay at, I riliss >►y wtfe,It'�x, not th8t I.
can't 'caol and wash dishes and make the
bed And 49 ,411 those other silly things khat
,' ► obit hoof wiva'ave to iio dad!., after ;yt>
ypar a4ex'yea?i , t's° }gid
+y •- . i+10 tt11e e'a fret i?fioblei�n there, j t., a
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'dh�ngedcats.,'�hey'�e' drivtpg'm�,q�t ol''khe
�� ::. aremnantl of What. was once a Elate mind
I'd- rather live with a herd of goats than
a' ' �` s •-
with two cats., lNe concluded:
f `it• 'Fake one elderly she-caho has'been
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spayed, She was quite' content with life. s
She is beautiful and very, very distant,
+ except when she's hungry.
There isn't a bone in her body that is
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r'`:*:Y • - friendly, She justriwants you to keep your
� �� `• distance, feed her well, and let her bask on
+�. a sunny stair -tread. In return, she will
„y guarantee not to make a mess in the house,
I I had just begun to tolerate her, if not like
her, after about six -years.
Now, add a boisterous young torn cat,
He's as Agile as an orang-outan, has an
' ✓' appetite like a polar bear, has the manners
•� ` of a pig, and is sickeningly friendly.
He has completely disrupted what was a
� "'Q' fairly quiet, peaceful household.
He is driving the old cat out of her nut.
He follows her around, licking and kissing
her, until she spits, takes a swipe at hon
and makes him back off long enough for
�^ her to skedaddle to one of her hideouts. He
b' looks hurt.
t., 1 All you have to do is settle down with a
� r newspaper and a cup of tea, and he's quite
!y' likely to come flying through the air,
t sending the paper one way and the tea the
# r ; other, as he seeks solace for his yearning
heart,
Given any encouragement whatever,
he'll climb all over you, digging his claws
into your shoulders because he doesn't
know any better, smooching your face and
neck in a wet, disgusting fashion, before
thumping himself down for a rest on your
stomach or chest or any other part of you
that suits his convenience.
Two minutes later, he hears the old•.tlat
Tree with leaves i n January sneaking around, digs his claws into your
knee and takes a flying leap, off to court
In the Years Agone
her some more.
There's absolutely no sex involved. He '
just wants to be loved by a second mother,
but she is happy, childless widow, and
w ants to stay that way.
You can't even feed them together. She
is a dainty eater. He eats like a wolf who
has just broken a idng fast. Put down,two
bowls. He gulps his while she is sniffing
hers, then shoulders her aside and gets
into her grub, while she bats 'him.
ineffectually, then retreats in disgust to �l
JANUARY 20, 1899 ' Brucefield. The call carries with it a sulk under a bed.
She is a bed sneaker -under, since he
Charles A. Stewart, so' of- ',Mr Alex guarantee of $2,000 stipend, end, free manse
g P arrived. And if there's anything more a
Stewart of town writes fro Manila i>s, the a. ci pre ptlmth's holida s.
Philippines where he ,'s S
V. Y -difficult than getting a determined old cat
PP• } !',(B the,,• *%The'ettrt s seem to be out of;tuck this out from,, under bed, 1`d lilte'td`see'ef."''
United States Army. • v „ v M , .:,, , a . ", • , �:
ea'son ar t y Wednesdays bohspiel ab "Che only way to:do it is go u n2er the bed
Captain Norman McLeod; oTlner"ly' of far this year has had to be cancelled, owing after her, with a broom or mop. You wind
Seaforth, reports from Dawson City in the to soft ice.
Klondike that it is dark at 3 in, the up, puffing, stuck under the bed, while she
`Mr. William Hopper finished drilling an has darted off and is under one of the beds
afternoon. artesian well for Mr. Con Eckact. He struck in one of the other rooms..She's as slippery
Alex Winter, Seaforth, 'advertises water at 49 feet, which rose to within.
"Marriage Licenses issued - No witnesses eleven feet of the to as an eel and a heck of a lot more cunning.
P- Meanwhile, during the half hour you
required". In Londesboro, almost every child is chase the old cat, trying to grab any of her
Mr. and Mrs. George Habkirk of down with the measles. The scNool has extremities so that you can throw her out,
McKillop celebrated their Golden Wedding been closed for the last two weeks.
where she should have been long ago, his
last Wednesday, joined by their seen
The Princess Theatr'b advertises arrogant young nibs is having the run of
children and • 16 grandchildren. Mr. "Prodigal Daughters" with Gloria the kitchen.
'Habkirk's brother and his wife of Blyth; Swanson and Theodore Roberts' coming He's not a bed sneaker -under. He's a .
Mr. and Mrs. L.L.McFaui, Seaforth; Mr. next -week. counter -walker. And a cupboard -door -
and Mrs, Wm. Grieve, McKillop and Mrs. Last' seasons -330 coats bn sale at $7.75 opener. One leap and he's up on the
.John Grieve, Mr. Habkirk's aunt. each at MacTavish's. kitchen counters, strolling sniffing, licking.
Officers elected at the annual meeting of Mr. Austin Matheson is attending t he Don't leave the butter out. He'll down a
the Tuckersmith Agricultural Society were Stratford Business College. quarter -pound, straight. A
W.G.Broadfoot, G.M.Chesney, Directors - Directors of the Horticultural Society -will Give him three minutes alone and he's
Tuckersmith, Geo. Dale and David co-operate with the Old Boys' Committee
Chesney;.McKillop, Jas. Smith, Win. somehow opened the clipboard door below
P in an endeavor to interest the ci ens in
McIntosh and John Scott; Hullett, Robert the sink and is, gaily into the garbage.
the planting of flowers, clean; up and He'll eat anything' baked 'Potato skins
McMillan and John Staples; Seaforth, M. Y g' `� .
Broderick and G.A.Sills. Painting a bit for the Golden Anniversary
of the town and Old Boys Reunion next left -over soup, stale. lettuce, fried. eggs.
At .town council a committee was August, � The only time I have seen him a bit •
empowered to purchase a set of scales to Council accepted the securities offered nonpulsed was on New Year's Day. Maybe
weigh stock at .the railway, at a cost not to by the executor of the late William Scott on he had a hangover. T was half-drowsing.:in a
exceed '$250. account of the $40,0 00 willed to the town chair, and watching him out of a corner of
An interesting wedding was solemnized for a hospital. my eye, in case he took a flying leap and,
at St. Columban Church, Irishtown, on A most successful euchre and dance was threw his aims around my neck to kiss me,
Tuesday when Miss Maggie, youngest eld in St.James' Parish Hall on.Tuesday which I abhor. -
He'd caught a mouse, it seemed, though
daughter of Mr.Stephen Downey and Mr. evening, when a very large attendance we've never had mice tit this house. though
James Neville of this town were united in enjoyed _a fine evenings entertainment, would seam his paw ori it, ick it u in his
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the holy bonds of matrimony. JANUARY 21,1949 P P p=
Wanted - choice turkeys, undrawn, 10c; teeth, chew it and swallow it. A tiny
Y A tornado-like windstorm caused many mouse.
butter, 16c and 17c, also dried apples and thousands of dollars damage in McKillop, Thank r
raw furs. Best fox $1.75; mink $1.75; coon Tuckersmith and goodness he's good for
something. Seaforth. Traffic was Then he'd throw u the mouse,
90c. G.E.King• Wingham. disrupted when 3 trees fell across the p
Mr. Jacob Schmitt has been sufferingfor and go through the whole business again. I
highway between Seaforth and Clinton. of a bit alarmed'that he'd throw u more
several weeks with a very sore leg, thought John Armstrong, reeve of Hullett than the mouse one of these times, onto the
to be a case of blood poisoning, but one day V Township was elected Warden of Huron. -
rug. I investigated.
ated,
]at week the true cause developed itself Reeve A.Nicholson of Tut:kersnaith was g g
when a needle and thread were, pulled out He was trying to digest one of those wide
P runner-up in a rose race. elastic bands. Ever time he hit it it would
of the wound. How they got there is a A Huron County Folk School was held at y '
mystery which will perhaps never be the McMillan home, concession 4, jump, so he thought it was alive and
solved. Mr. Schmidt is doing nicely, and, McKillop for seven days last week, chewed it and swallowed it, but couldn't
we trust, will soon be right again. At the annual congregational meeting of keep it down.
The death of Mr. Andrew Govenlock of ' First Presbyterian Church, -treasurer's 'Chat's -the kind of stupid cat he is. But
Winthrop, which took place on Thursday of reports indicated that receipts from all he s getting smart very quickly. When I try
last week, was not unexpected, sources•amounted to nearly $14;000 during to grab him and throw him out in the snow
Mr. James •Broadfoot, of the Mill Road, the year. after a feeding, he goes by me like a
Tuckersmith, who passed away on Friday' Department of Transport Radio cheetah going by ai rhinocerous.
last, had little more than passed the lrispectors were in Seaforth Tuesday Sure wish 'my wife would get home. It
meridian of life. He was only 57 years of searching for any causes that might takes two of us to handle the two- of them. r
age. He had been suffering for some time account for radio interference.
from a complication of diseases but few Hay Council voted to pay their Road
thought the end would come so soon. Superintendent 75t per hour. �--�
La grippe still has, a number of our The,Kippen Gun Club are holding a trap w,
citizens in its grasp, although a number shoot bn Saturday when the Ontario Rifle
have shaken it off and returned to thein Club is invited for the afternoon. + ,r
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duties. On Wednesday evening a farewell party �Y�r
The ice harvest has commenced and was held in the Dublin Parish Hall for
D.D.Wilson has begun to lay in a supply. Frank Rowland sponsored by the Dublin e
JANUARY 1$,1924. '
Creamery. Frank left on Saturday for
Butter is at 38c Ib. and white beans for service in the Royal Canadian Navy and
cooking at 8s lb. Canadian cheese sells for
30c a pound at Sproat and Sproat, phond 8, were A large
at The hunters
om Windsor
titers fr
in Seaforth will g gists ons 7e Queen's oft F 'day and- = t •
Town council at their first meeting oted Satur'd'ay. Ori Saturday the g>toilp enjoyed a. Cj O: e
in favor of the Public Utilities pro t(4itron 't
Il p rabbit .drive,, organized' by A.W,Corby. t .. , _, , _ - . '✓�'
of sinking another ;vele. John Kntghf was ttitheratl�servi�ces are held +ev'ery Sunday I ti
engaged as pound keeper at $65 per evening
a tih Town Hall with Rev. t
At a fneeiing of the eongrpgatioir of ening in. Seafd
month. - ges in charge.
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At the Regent Thdatre, Seaforth "S66f,
Knox Church, Milton, a unanii;6bs calf Rivbr" Mirth Errol 1~`rytin and Atifi Shefild ih
was extended to Rdv. W.D,1vY
gtntb h b is °praying. 'To yott,keop hea rAg a hotn tbouitg'tt.
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