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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) Larone's Hildebrand Paint & Paper Kilbarchan Nursing Home Ltd. Seaforth Coin Laundry Seaforth Insurance Agency Ltd. Gerald's Datsun Rowcliffe Motors Kids willbe Kids . HELP US TO PROTECT THEM BY DRIVING SAFELY! • • 1 The policeman caret! to does flie crossing guard. And, of course, so do you. But caring has to be put into action. So keep alert. Watch for signals. Drive slowly, very carefully. And NEVER pass a school bus with signal lights flashing! SAFETY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY Sponsored 'by These Civic Minded Merchants Anstett Jewellers Bill O'Shea Ball-Macaulay Ltd. fly 4 Jim Crocker Family Footwear Canadian Tire Frank Kling Ltd. The Huron Expositor • Vincent Fa#m V Equipment Ltd. Stewart Bros. United Trails Inc. Whitney Furniture r 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 (Continued from Page 1) - 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 (Continued from Page 1) 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. • •