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Hot fun in the summer time
Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
Herewith Smiley's bi-annual Stimmer Safe-
ty Hints. Various departments of government:
Agriculture, Lands and Forest, Tourism and
Tripe, Fire and Water --annually send out a
list of things to do to protect your life and
various other things during the hot season.
- It is my opinion that these lists are not only
repetitious and redundant, but over-lapping
and underpinning, so once in a while I try to
publish a few summer Safety Tips that can be
used as filler by all lazy, hot tired editors.
Even though the summer is half over, and
thousands of people have drowned, or nearly
drown ed, I think a few swimming sugges-
tions would not come amiss.
Never forget that amiss is as good as amile.
So my first tip is that if you're going to swim
amile, make sure you don't go amiss. I think
that requires no further explanation.
Speaking of amiss, never try to make love
either reclining in a canoe, or in a reclining
canoe.
In the first instance, if the thing rolls over,
which it usually does, you are caught in a
death-clutch and will have to punch your
partner in the belly to break the hold. This is
considered bad form. It is also embarrassing,
not to say dangerous, if your partner is swifter
with a left hook than you are.
In the Second place -- a reclining canoe -- it
is obviously leaking, and you shouldn't be out
there in the first place.
Much better to confine your canoe
love-making to a standing postion. Then, if
women's equilibriumation seems to be
taking over -- that is, if there is any chance
that you are going to be the least bit upset,
jump over-board and swim like hell for the
nearest lifeguard.
Now for diving. Never dive into unknown
waters. Many a man you'll meet on the
Streets, whimpering, limping, middle-aged,
head-scarred. Ask him what the matter is, and
he'll respond: "I dived into unknown waters".
This is his euphemism for admitting he is
married.
Try not to dive into a swimming pool. Use a
diving pool. If you do happen to dive into a
asiinitning pool, and it has a plastic bottom,
*ear a plastic helmet. If it happens •to have a
etnittete htithain,and you are turkey enough to
dive info It, you probably won't feel a thing.
N'ev'er dive alone. Personally, when I dive,
Whether, it is foirti 30 feet, 12 feet, four feet, or
even my riectistetned 18 Inches, I am always
adeetritialied by Water Wings, an inflated
'tube, al td iny entire family. It may not be
Olympic grace and style, but I don't have a
hole in my head from hitting rocks.
Never take a person out over his or her
depth. In other words, if your mother-in-law is
only five feet tall and can't swim, don't take
her out to where it is six feet deep. Just take
her out where it is five feet deep, hand her
some lead weights, and tell her to . do
push-ups.
Enough about swimming. How about
boating? Well, the same principles apply
there. Never put more than 12 people in a 12
foot boat, six people in a six foot boat, or more ,
than 88 people in a bar that is built for 44. This
way you can not only be safe but sorry.
If it is a sailboat, do not load it up with
sailors. Sailors are usually drunk and
disorderly, according to the police records of
all the ports of the world. The same, by the
way, goes for soldiers, if you happen to have a
soldier-boat.
If you have a power boat, of course, this is
your fhance to show the world. Take any,
average swimmer, and a pair of water skits.
Throw both over the back • of the boat. The
order doesn't matter. Shove the throttle wide
open. Then show everybody what Napoleon
would have been like without Waterloo.
Water on the brain? Let's turn to other
aspects of summer danger.
Do not stamp out bonfires with your bare
feet. In the first place, those coals are
probably just fireflies going through their
second incarnation, and have just as much
right to live as you have.
Secondly, the smell of roasting meat is
liable to bring dozens of barbecue artists from
all over the neighbourhood down on you,
asking what kind of sauce you use. Pee on
'emm. The coals, that is.
Another thing you should not stamp out
with your bare foot is your flowerbed, even
though it taunts you, thwarts you, thumbs its
nose at you and sticks its bare roots in the air
at you, as mine recently did. There were two
rose bushes among them, in mine.
Then, of course, there are bugs. Don't
spray them. Don't swat them. They too, are
merely lower forms of consciousness trying to
rise to -a higher, in their next incarnation.
I had a Buddhist monk flying around me the
other night, whining: "Don't hit me! Don't hit
me! I was once an altar boy for St. Thomas
Aquinas."
Splattt! Is he going to be surprised when he
is re-incarnated as an Anglican bishop.
Female.
-7--rm-"Fsiasmit
ximsitor
The street committee of the town of Seaforth advertised for
tenders for material for the streets. 36,000 feet of 2" planking
12 feet long and 12 inches wide and 8000 feet of 2 " plank 16
feet long and 200 cords of gravel were required.
Chas. Routledge of Tuckersmith has on his farm a cherry
txee, which had an cherries and blossoms at the same time.
Geo. Sproat of Tuelcersmith cut fall wheat on his farm last
week. It was sown on the 28th of August, 1874. "
A few days ago a son of J. Manning of Londesboro received
an odd fracture of the elbow. The horse stopped suddenly
throwing the boy to the ground.
The congregation of the Presbyterian Church at Walton
haved erected a comfortable and convenient stable for about
30 teams.
H. McCann, hotel keeper of Bayfield, discovered the loss of ,
his pocket book which contained $200. He also found that a
man, 35 years old with a shaven chin and moustache was also
gone. .
Shadows from the past
"Summer afternoon - summer
afternoon; to me those have always
been the two most beautiful words in
the English language."
When writer Henry James penned
that praise of the summer season a
century ago, he probably was basking
in the sunlight as he wrote. Times
have changed, as have most things,
but the summer and the great
outdoors continue to be one of
nature's greatest gifts.
You CAN get something for
nothing in Canada today - if you take
the time to look around and actively
enjoy the outdoors - with family and
friends.
One of the ironies of life for many
Canadians is that they forever seem
to talk about getting out and getting
active, but hardly ever get around to
doing it. Once they do, though, they
quickly recognize what they've been ,
missing.
The summer season is an excellent
time to get involved with family and
friends (if you're not already an active
outdoor participant), but once that
healthy lifestyle becomes habit, you
can make it a four-seasons-of-the-
year routine.
Leisure-time activities and exer-
cises should be regular to be
beneficial.
There is no better investment than
time spent out of doors, enjoying a
leisurely or brisk walk through the
park, an adventurous sailing trip or a
back-to-nature hike in the woods.
An inactive lifestyle is something
most Canadians can do something
about, particularly when you consider
the kaleidoscope of opportunities
offered simply by stepping out of the
home.
The Canadian outdoors provides
plenty of chances for everyone to get
out and get active. The rewards are
plentiful - gPod fitness leads to a
healthier, happier life - at low cost.
Our country possesses some of the
finest recreation facilities in the
world'. Thousands of national, provin-
cial and municipal parks, campsites,
beaches, lakes and rivers complement
community facilities that provide for a
score of activities ranging from art
classes to gardening to lawn bowling
to walks in the park.
The possibilities are varied and
valuable. A recent study of leisure-
time activities revealed that 40 per
cent of Canadians watch more than 15
hours of television every week while
80 per cent engage in no physical
activity.-
Exercise and fitness means getting
more enjoyment out of life, Physical
activity helps prevent stress, heart
disease and other illnesses - including
the common cold - and stimulates the
body,tobwrk .off excess calories, thus
controlling weight and reducing the
risk of obesity.
And the point• is: the outdoors is
great fun for everyone: ...under the
sun! (Contributed)
Amen
by Karl Schuessler
Chairperson.
Now how does that word grab you?
It doesn't put the bite on me at all. It
downright unhinges tne. Especially when it
refers to my piano teacher, That's the way
they wrote 119.,r up in. the newspaper. They said,
my teacher was the chairperson of our, spring
recital.
Now I have nothing against a chair. Or a
person.But put them together and what do
you have? Blah
What's wrong with that word chairman?
And in deference to the ladies, if they
insist--and more and more of them are ,
insisting--chairwoman.
Now I realize. Chairwoman gets awfully
close to charwoman. And we're in trouble
again. With a drop of the "i" we've got the
woman back down on her knees and scrubbing
florrs. We've turned her into a menial again.
But please. Not chairperson. The main job
of that word is to define a role -- not the
gender of a sex.
It's almost as bad as the time when the
librarian of a university sent a letter out to all
the new students. He welcomed them all into
the wonderful world of library by saying
"Dear Person".
"Dear" is so affectionate. "Person" so
neutral. He might as well said "Dear
Number" or "Dear It".
You don't go around • talking to a vague
gerieralized person. You talk to a body.
Somebody. A him or a her. You become
specific. The more specific the better.
If that librarian used the all time favourite
"Dear Student", he'd wind up more
personable and pleasing. And if., he really
wanted to go all out, he might have said
"Dear Ones".
But no, dear librarian, not "Dear Person".
And no, dear reporter, not chairperson. Stop
In reply to your editorial "Something we
Need", I would like to say "Go on now -
you're toonjedhst."
In the excellent little booklet put out
some years ago by the British Mortage and
Trust written by Anthony L. Kearsley and
entitled "Paths of History in Perth and
Huron" he says of Seaforth on Page 31:
"There is much here to please the eye,
beginning on the outskirts of the town with
houses in the Vermont style of white verge
boards and fine doorways,"
"John Street contains as many well '
preserved Louses as may be found any
where in Ontario. All are superbly
designed with excellent detail, straight
from "Plansbook" sources. Note parti-
cularly the fine doorway and triple dormers
in the house above. (A sketch shows the
houses that used to stand across from what
used to be Pat Box's dray yard.)
"The offices of the early "Reform
newspaper, a late Vict orian functional
building, though finely proportioned, looks,
neutering all those words.
Oh, I know why we're using all these
altered words. It's an offense to the ladies.
They say they're fed up with a vocabulary
that's male dominated. They claim men have
used language to subjugate women. And they
point to the obvious.ChairMAN, MANkind.
HuMANity. MAN-made. MAN-hour.
But then there's the insidious ones. Why
HIStory? Why not HERstory? And come to
think of it, she does have her side of it.
Why BOYcotting? Why not girlcotting?
And why do we by highBOYS and lowBOYS
--those chests of drawers found in the very
best of homes
Why do we put up our feet on an ottoMAN?
Why do we play a MANdolin?
Why do all the young people keep on saying
"Yeah, man, Yeah, man" even when they're
talking to a woman?
I can see what all this is leading to. I can see
what's going to happen in the church. The
Children of Israel will no longer eat Manna in
the wilderness. It will be Womanna.
We'll be praying to Our Mother who art in
heaven...thy queendom come. We'll believe
in the Trinity of Mother, Daughter and Holy
Spirit.
And pretty soon clergy women will serve
the church.
And we'll no longer sing hymns. We'll sing
hers.
And from all this, I pray, "Good Lady,
deliver us."
much as it did when built.", (A sketch of
the Expositor Office is shown.)
"St. Thomas Anglican Church shows an
excellent fusion of revivalist Greek and
new Gothic styles. Standing amid the great
elms, it recaptures the mood of a time
when its first congregation assembled." (A
sketch of the church is shown.)
A more recent book "Ontario Towns" by
Ralph Greenhill, Ken MacPherson and
Douglas Richardson devotes a page to a
photograph of Main Street, from Sills
Hardware north. There is half a page of
description written about the buildings.
One sentence reads "They are typical of
later nineteenth-century Ontario, and their
modesty helps to maintain a pleasing unity
achieved by simple devices like the
common eaves (not dictated by the window
heights) and the use of common materials
(white brick)."
So there now. I'll repeat: "Go on now
you're toot modest."
Sincerely yours,
Harry H inchley
JULY 27, 1900
Mrs. Anna Ross, formerly of Brucefield, has been again
engaged as principal of the Presbyterian College in Ottawa.
Alexander Monteith, of the Condon Rd., Tuckersmith, is
making a reputation as a breeder of Hereford cattle. he
recently sold two very fine bull calves to Messrs. Stone,
Guelph.
Messrs. McKay and McGregor of Tuckersmith,Dinstnore
and Sons, Stanley and Thompson and brothers of Hay are the ,
big threshers of this vicinity.
D. C. McLean of Kippen, made a sale of 22 head of steers.
Robert Hawthorne Jr, Egmonaville, has returned to
Winnipeg where he has a good situation.
James Thompson of town has been engaged as caretaker of
the Seaforth Public School.
Mr.S.A.Dickson and family of town moved to Bayfield
where they will occupy a cottage in the cedars.
Wm. Sclater of town has the contract of supplying the coal
for the public school. It takes about 30 tons.
Miss Maggie Wilson, and Jennie Moore of Seaforth have
very successfully passed the mid-summer examination in the
piano department.
Messrs. Emigle and Watson of Blyth purchased from Geo.
Murdie of McKillop, 47 cattle whose aggregate weight was
66,675 pounds. _ .
The public school board, let the contract for painting and
kalsoming the public school to James Graves.
C. Clarkson, late headmaster of the Seaforth Collegiate
Institute has received an appointment from the Gage
Publishing Co., of Toronto.
Emanuel Speare who is in the tailoring business in
Toronto, is rusticating at his brother's home in Cromarty.
D. Urquhart and R. D. Bell of Hensall are each shipping
large quantities of lumber.
Building operations in Hensall promise to be quite brisk
block.
The
fall. Among the, buildings to be erected we learn of
the DAvis block, If. Jacobie's dwelling and Mr. McPhenson's
The evangelical choir has been engaged to take part in a
festival on the Goshen Line, Stanley.
A. Coates of Constance is the first to thresh this season. He
threshed some of his Eemocrat wheat and the sample is a good
one.
Mrs. John Beattie and son of Egmondville have gone to
:Bayfield to enjoy the refreshing breezes of Lake Huron:" •'"
JULY 31, 1925
The trustees of the cemetery at Constance had a bee last
week levelling and fixing the grounds. Considerable work is
to be done which will add greatly to its appearance.
Isaac McGavin of Walton, purchased an 8 months old bull
calf from Messrs. McAllister and Sons of Zurich.
James Sholdice , McKillop, and John McNaughton,
Tuckersmith, were on a trip to Formosa combining business
and pleasure.
McSpadden of Winthrop has returned home after
visiting hsi sisters . in the west.,'
Quite a number from Winthrop attended the Ford picnic at
Bayfield. W.C..Bennett was in charge of a booth for the day.
0. Phillips of Alnia had the misfortune to fall from a load of
hay and fracture a bone in his foot.
Miss Edna Jamieson of Alma has been laid up with
blood-poisoning in the hand.
Miss Jean Murdock, Brucefield, a pupil of Prof. Anderton
has passed her exams in both vocal and instrumental music.
Mr. Hunkins of Londesboro, was severely hurt when one of
the horses knocked him down and -broke one of his legs.
Norman Cook of Hensall, is converting what has been a
stable into a fine up-to-date garage.
Miller Adams of Constance brought into town a curious
looking bird which he had captured in the bush at Percy
McMichael, Some one suggested •it is a turkey buzzard.
Wm. Manson of Los Angeles, Calif. stubbed his toe and
later had to have the toe amputated. Gangarine set in and
the leg had to come off below the knee.
Miss Belle Campbelle of town left on a trip down the St.
Lawrence River.
Miss Jean Hays of town and Miss Louise Allen of
Brucefield leave on a trip up the lakes to Fort William.
MessrS.Jackson Bros. of Montreal have secured a contract
for extensive harbour improvements at Goderich.
Miss Hazel Elcoat of town is taking a summer course at '
Queen's University, Kingston.
Louis Devereaux has completed the erection of a fine new
garage on his farm, Huron Rd. East.
With between 3000 and 4000 persons present and ideal
weather, the annual Ford picnic at Bayfield was a big success.
JULY 28,1950
John Hillebrecht, of the Huron Rd. East, is in Sarnia
General Hospital, following a severe stroke which he
suffered. They were visiting friends in the city.
Nearly sixty children assembled at First Presbyterian
Church to attend daily vacation school, being sponsored by
the churches. Rev. D. Glenn Campbell was in charge of the
devotional part. Teachers in charge were Mrs. J. B. Russell,
Ethel McKay, Grace Hoggarth, Mrs. J. W. Thompson, Mrs.
D.G.Campbell, Mrs. Jason Ellis, 'Mrs. Gordon McGonigle,
Mrs. Roy McGonigle and Sheila McFadden.
Robert Archibald was the winner of the Lions Carnival car.
John Elder of Hensall renewed his Expositor for the
59th time. He took out his first subscription almost six
decades ago.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. H.T.Blanchard was the scene of
a wedding when their daughter Edith 'Melba was united in
marriage to Benjamin Chester Gibson of Fordwich. Rev. R.
G.H aziewood officiated.
Mr. and Mrs. W.C.Bennett of Walton vacationed
Huntsville and Bobcaygen.
Members and guests of the Huron Crop Improvement
Association held their twilight meeting on two farms near
Exeter. R.G.Bennett, representative for Hure'n Co. was
master of ceremonies,
The historic committee of Huron Co. Council agreed to
lease central school building in Goderich to be used as a museum.
To the editor
Reader says Seaforth
buildings have lots to offer
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