HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-08-28, Page 6Balance, composition and,appeal are occupying the mind of artist G. Cecil,, Day as
he works on his oil and acrylic paintings. The same topics were his concerns for
many years in laying out aid editing the Liverpool Advance, one of Nova Scotia's
weekly newspapers. Mr. Day, now retired from the Newspaper business, spends
considerable,time painting, a hobby he began in his 7.5th.year. (N.S. CIC Photo)
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Graduates from weekly paper
to begin painting career
typewriter in those days. I wrote the
stories on the linotype machine."
His interest in newspapers and his
skill as a linotype operator brought Mr.
Day to Nova Scotia. In 1916, wanting ti
experience on a daily paper, he came to
New Glasgow co work on the Daily
News. This was the first of a series of
jobs on Nova Scotian papers, both
weekly and daily.
In 1931. Mr. Day moved to Liverpool
to work for The Advance.
"There was a chance of eventually
buying into the 'paper and .1 decided
that's what I wanted." he said. 'The
chance came in 1936 and I took over the
paper. At that time. the circulation was
only 700.•'
It wasn't going to stay there. not with
Cec Day in/ charge, In his years of
working for the paper. he'd come to
know the town and know the people of
the South Shore area. And they knew
him.
It was hard work. On the paper he
was owner, editor. photographer. •
photoengraver. • reporter. circulation
and advertising manager. His efforts
paid off. The circulation climbed to
more than 5.000 and The Advance was
the recipient of several newspaper
awards.
The newspaper certainly was a major
interest of Mr„ Day but not an
all-consuming one. He had time for his
hobbies of rare books and ship-models.
This led him to an understanding and
appreciation of history. particularly of
Liverpool and the South Shore area.
He served a stint on the Liserpool
town council., After 33 years with the
Kiwanis Club. he resigned and then
helped organize the Liverpool Lions
club. From president he became District
Governor for Nova Scotia. '
"Civic interests and responsibilities
are as much a part 'of a newspaperman's
life as his weekly deadlines.'' Mr. Day
said. "I didn't miss any of it.••
It was a busy 37 years he spent with
The Advance.He sold the paper in June
1968 when he was 70--that's later than
the conventional retirement age these
days.
"But I still do the odd opinion column
for the paper." he said. "1 have a great
interest in the paper and in the town of
Liverpool. •*
Mr. Day. a past president of the Nova
Scotia Weekly Newspaper Association
and for many years a director of Class A
Weeklies of Canada, retains his interest
in the trade and next year will be
honorary Chairman • of the national
Canadian Community Newspaper
Association convention in Halifax, This
will bring weekly newspaper editors and
publishers from all parts of Canada to
this eastern sea-port city. All of them
will know of Cec Day. many will have
met him in his career as publisher of
The Advance.
The delegates will probably regard
him as a newspaperman rather than as a
painter. But Cec Day usually has some
photographic reproductions of his
artistic endeavors in his suitcoat pocket.
Not many, delegates will leave the
conventiorn without seeing his
explorations in oils and acrylics.
Conservatives name Walden
manager. Headquarters will be
set up in Wingham with DeWitt
Miller in charge, in Kincardine,
with Harvey Palmateer in
charge and in Port Elgin, with
Harry Clark in charge.
PC president Bruce Keith
explained to the large group of
party members the importance
of contributions in the cam-
paigns this year.
No one person 'or company,
including the candidate, may
contribute more than $1,000 to
the campaign and stressed that
all contributions are--"tax
deductible.
Guest speaker at the
meeting, Eric Winkler,
chairman of the board of
management iti the provincial
government and sitting
member for Grey, was the
guest speaker at the meeting.
He dwelt on the successes of
the conservative governments
of the past, "everyone a suc-
cessful term, every leader a
successful leader."
He lashed into the federal
government, charging that-the
Ontario taxpayer is being taken
for a ride by the federal
government. He cited the two
latest budgets brought down by
the Liberals as examples of the
cost to the taxpayers.
He claimed that both budgets
were in direct opposition to the
policies of) the provincial
governmet4 costing the
Ontario tax payers $129 million.
Mr. Winkler encouraged the
local party members to
"gather some people together
and go," to help Mr. Walden be
elected "Tomorrow is the day,"
he added.
Art is the latest form of communi-
cation adopted by G. Cecil Day, former
publisher of The Advance. -a weekly
newspaper in Liverpool. Nova Scotia.
and a past president of the Canadian
Weekly „Newspaper Association.
After a full career in the newspaper
business. Mr. Day found- that
retirement left him with some time to
fin. He launched himself into painting
at his winter home in Scottsdale.
Arizona.
"That was a couple of years ago.
when I was 75." he said. "I was
wondering what to do one day and saw a
newspaper ad for oil paiming classes. I
figured I'd give if a try--
The try was quite successful. He
found he had talent for painting and
after learning some of. the basic
techniques of brush'and palette knife
he's gone on to do a wide variety of still
life. scenes, landscapes and seascapes.
Mr. Day's paintings are about what
he sees in his two abodes. Bright
flowers and desert scenery from
Arizona contrast with views of the rocky
coast of Nova Scotia. ,
"I think my best painting is one of the
Nova Scotian shore near Liverpool with
the Atlantic waves washing against the
rocks," he said.
Aside from their artistic interests.
Mr. Day shares another factor with his
oil painting instructor. Sidney Wolf.
Both men were afflicated with polio
when they were young children. The
disease left Mr. Day using a wheelchair.
He gave up using crut dies a few years
ago after slipping in his home.
After achiev ing a measure of success
with oil paints. Mr. Day decided to
explore the techniques of acrylics. He
found another teacher, Mrs. Gladys
Aldridge of Michigan. who •also spends•
her winters in the same apartment block
in Arizona.
"Acrylics are much faster than oils."
he commented. knowledgeably. "They
dry in about 20 minutes againsts weeks
for oils."
• This past winter. Mr. Day finished
eight pictures.
"I have to be in the mood. On some
days. I can paint and paint and paint.
On others. I won't touch it.
-"No. it's not like putting out a weekly
newspaper." he laughed. "1 had to do
thA every week whether I was in the
mood or not.''
Born .in Wales in 1898, Mr. Day was
stricken with polio when he was three
years old. He lost the use of both legs
and had the use of his arms seriously
impaired. In 1911. the Day family
moved to Charlottetown, P.E.1.
Three years later, after regaining full
use of his arms. Mr. Day enrolled in a
pre:law course at Charlottetown's
Prince of Wales College.
"I left after a year because of the
expense and decided to get a job." he
said. "This was my move into the
newspaper business, I started with the
Guardian at $3 a week as night pews
editor and the following year got $6
weekly as linotype operator.
"I had ambitions of becoming a
reporter and did some sports writing for
the paper-.1 never bothered to use a
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- Transport in Wingham with his
brother. He sold the trucking
company and now operates a
leasing business and door in-
stallation business.
He is married and has four
children.
In his acceptance speech, he
acknowledged the importance
of the riding, with the "world's
largest nuclear plant," and it's
fame for agriculture and the
foremost beef county in
Ontario.
He will be working full-time
"day and night" on his cam-
paigning.
When asked what he thought
his chances were against his
Liberal opponent, incumbent
Murray Gaunt, he said, "I hope
ftl'y're very good."
gam MacGregor, of ICA.
Cardine will be his campaign
Fungu s
$trikes
area
barley
if you find more than 12 black
kernels in a quart sample of your
barley don't feed it to your cattle,
sheep or pigs - as a matter of fact,
don't even sell. it for human
consumption because it has been
hit with ergot. a poisonous
fungus.
"We don't want to throw
people into a scare, because the
ergot isn't serious" Huron
County associate agricultural
representative. Stan Paquette
said_ "We just want farmers to be
aware of its existence."
Mr. Paquette explained that;,
ergot normally only affects
but spread into the barley
because it was planted earlier
than usual this year.
"The barley flowered earlier
than usual to coincide with the
time that the ergot spore
blooms." he said. ''The ergot
only attacks barley in the bloom
stage and was further encouraged
to germinate with the humidity
and moisture of the weather."
The ergot is spread fairly
evenly throughout Huron County
with the central and southern
areas bOng hit the hardest
because , more grain is grown
there. Mr. Paquette said he had
not heard of the ergot spreading
to the northern regions of the
County.
"There's nothing you can do to
stop the spread of the ergot this
season but you can make the
grain suitable for 'consumption if
it has no more than I. ergot per
1,000 kernels: "dilute, it with
clean oats or corn or rough clean
it." he said.
Farmers are forewarned
however. to be wary of buying
cheap barley which will probably
be infected by the ergot:'
The barley crop may be having
a tough time of it but the other
grains are reportedly doing very
well this year.
"The wheat has all been
harvested with a normal yield of
good quality: the oats are doing
well and the corn is very good -
even above average.— Mr.
Paquette said. "The' beans are
doiog really well . especially with
all the rain we've had."
He predicts a good barley crop
despite the ergot. which has/not
been detected in any other grains'
If you are in detail' as
whether ydurbarleyhaS ergot or —
not. you are urged to consult your
agriCultural office. feed dealer or
veterinarian.
(Clinton News Record)
Police News
During the week from the 19th
August 1975, till the 26th August
1975 the Seaforth Police
Department investigated 24
occurrences. They are as follows:
Animal Complaints
Assist Other Police Dep ts.
Property Checks
Assist Public 5
Break and Enter 2
Suspicious Persons
Lost and Found 1
Children Complaints 1
Escorts 2
Parking Complaint 1
Theft Under
Prohibited Weapons 1
5 charges under the Criminal
Code of Canada,
1 charge under the Liquor
Control Act.
1 charge under the Highway
Traffic Act.
One major Motor Vehicle
collision totalling $800.00
damage.
Council
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and "does this at a much lower
figure.
He asked council's permission
to find out more about this firm.
Clerk, Franklin said there was
no charge to look at the plans
unless they are used.
The mayor said at present the
Council doesn't have enough
information to apply for a two
month project under LIP and
council would have to give the
consulting firm sufficient time to
come up with a plan before the
deadline. September 12.
Council applied to get the
necessary information to apply for
the LIP grant and decided to deal
with any information on a cheaper
way to renovate the arena. when
the material was available.
The council discussed the
possibility of fire proofing the
'basement of the town hall. The
mayor said a consultant took a
look at the town hall *hen he was
suggesting renovations for the
arena and recommended fire
proofing.
Councillor Charlie Campbell
said he would be opposed to
spending anymore money.
Clerk Franklin' said it' would
just involve buying chip rock and
he is to get an estimate of the
cost.
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