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1976
As the year draws t9 a close the keep listening. Seaforth in 1976?
.,,v, soothsayers come out of the Its all very well to learn that
r t;' s 4sk s F 4� n srrr�t' Guess who? --Yup ... We've
�,� woodwork. Our daily papers and the economy will go into another been I in a%oak nights mulling l Y g e S g
our, TVs are full of people who downswing in 1976, that the war over and now we're -going to "
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line up to tell us what is going to b in Irelandwill continue and that a shoot. 1n the New Year in
happen in 1976, new one will start in the middle PP Seaforth ...took for the following.
A number of, us have east.
,�w The towns and townships who
I ry concluded, after living through But where ,are the predicti s
1 are members of the Seaforth Fire
inflation torn debt ridden 1975 on things that ate important t
' Area Board will disband it
that we couldn't care less, but the our daily lives? Who cares completely and seek coverage
predictions keep coming and we enough to do some prophecying from Blyth Fire Department,
A VISIT WITH MR. HAYS -- After they sang at Kilbarchan on Thursday, members p on what will happen here in where they can get it cheaper,
0 of the SPS choir visited with residetnts. Above with Russ Hays, right are, Debbie Seaforth councillor Bill Bennett
Hulley, Linda Axtmann, Elizabeth Reinink, and Tracy McLeod. (Staff Photo) will win the first 1976 Wintario
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draw, Hdonates the entire
5100 000 to renovate the arena ... •
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Thompson and his councillors
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f "nor t f 5 1 F Donations received thi's week to Care Centre ..: in the interests of
r' r � f xt � � � $200.00; 1.H.L, $81.0,0.
a s' xrn,�� , the Seaforth Community Centre An 'official receipt will be g
ads ti , a balanced budget.
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`z,fi r dt§� y''rx brxx:. Fund Raisin Campaign include Seaforth PUC and council will
9 gissued for all contributions and
�'•7- ,' rz '.1y�/.fit et along so well that they'll opt
g F Ed. Dorrance $50.00; Wayne Ellis they may be claimed as an income g g y' P
E�'r� . r Wit, F �f" t r �� „ •� for joint meetings and adjourn
,h„ tax exempt charitable, aft if sent
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E. a Egmondville residents will
x�6 `EMr�t' spoil their ballots on the sewer
Ci7�1.���y R�,�'�' iµ:..+ , ^' o-.•i� ,< . Lions
•quetionaire by writing in 'We
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rgt ' l' tyy+ y li ,pT t f ) y , �r, ,. rt 'g� want to join Seaforth where w
a h �� �' " aA can get our sewers cheaper.'
The North Road at Grieve's
` � ;: • Bridge will remain snowed inHuronview
fr
om January 'til May. Those who
simply have to travel from
Xmas
Seaforth to Walton will tunnel
for through.
t " 65 people will attend the year's
�� ¢ s�" Carrying on tradition that had first Chamber of Commerce
its beginning 50 ars ago meeting and their next election
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Seaforth Lions made their annual will be keenly contested.
visit to Huronview on Sunday and Expositor subscribers from four
d r presented a Christmas concert corners of the globe will write to
and greeted the residents with ` tell us that the are receiving our
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» Christmas treats. paper regularily the week of
R. J. Spittal was in charge of a' publication. Their' letters will be
t short program that included two months late in arriving.
t ' num ers by the McAllister and Seaforth police will decide they
Colin girls of Egmondville really like spending time as
who perform as the Four Spots, witnesses, prisoner escorts, etc.
the McQuaid family, Nelson in court, It makes them feel part
.� Howe and Sandra and Susan, the , of the big justice picture.
Huliy twins. Rev. J. Um Stewart 'The SDHS Girls Trumpet Band
brought a Christmas message and and leader George Hildebrand
appreciation to those who took will not only get to Florida,
ii �' srf f,h part and to the club was they'll like it 'so much that they'll
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fez ressed by .Chester Archibald, decide 4 staY• They'll ll henceforth
•' ' ' Huronview-Administrator. be known as the Fort Myers
Irwin Johnson was in charge of G.T.B.
a• visit by. Santa which concluded - There's more, much more. But
Cardno's Hall dusted with snow, Christmas 1975 the program. James M. S_cottwas we're keeping them quiet. The,
t pianist. only way we're all really going to
find out what will happen in
Seaforth in 1976 is to live through
it.of.an'revist�' �• rInter
4vierry Christmas to al land "God
`y bless you every one.'
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northeast through the Great Glen .with Loch
Ness in its middle. Although the road here
follows closely the northern shore of the Loch -
you only get ,glimpses of it so heavy is the
planting of various evergreen clothed by the
rather attractive fern -like bracken which is
called "the curse .of Scotland": Like a
dandelion it will grow anywhere, spreads like
wildfire and is difficult to , root out. The
Scottish farmer fights it constantly to save the
valuable grazing and crop land which is all too
rare under th"est of conditions.
Disperate battle
There y ou have it, in the Lowlands, but
worse in the Highlands, our pioneer ancestors
had men and women behind them who for
centuries fought a desperate battle against the
unremitting forces of a land where every inch
of life-giving soil had to be fought for. and
continually protected.
Here we have the answer to the Scot's
reverence. for goo dlarid and here too the clue
to what is usually called, Scottish stubborness
but which is better described as a relentless
determination to conquer against all adverse
odds. Now one understands how the nature of
the country created the distinctive
Scottish character.
Think of how it looked to the Scottish
emigrant. -After centuries of survival on the
barest necessities of life you were offered•the
hope of 50 or 100 acres of fertile land once you
had survived a long, hard journey and rut
down the trees. It was an alluring gamble
which our ancestors took and most of them
won.
The Scot's fight against long odds for land
in Scotland shows itself in other ways. For
example his fearlessness in battle. A race of
tough men, who for a thousand years had
fought clan against clan to protect or add to
their precious territory, probably had the best
conditioning in the world for fighting where
fainter hearts would not $o. Or the famous
Scottish thrift or as the lesser breeds call it
"tightness". Anyone raised in an environ-
ment where every grain of oatmeal was
precious has it bred in the bone to be careful
about anything valuable he may happen to
possess.
There then, from the -country itself, come$
the explanation of part of our background. But
how is it today?
Well the national features of Scotland have
not changed greatly and certainly not the'
climate. it is a grimly beautiful land. Hills
evbrywhere, getting higher and more
foreboding as you go farther north. But the
gloom is softened by the heather, From
mW -August to mid-September the heather is
blooming at its best and everywhere ,
everywhere the massive splotches of -purple
tell us 4why the Scots called it "bonnie". It
c6ts through what otherwise might be a drab
Seaforth historian James R. Scott stands outside
Jedburgh Abbey, the Scott ' clan abbey In
Roxboroughshire, during his trip to Scotland this
fall.
and bleak and somehow bring_ s joy to the
heart. And in a. curious way• despite their
glowering magnificence, the great hills have a
spiritual meaning. i had to stand in the Great
Glen, gazing at Ben Nevis — Scotland's
highest peak, lightly misted over by low-lying
cjouds - to understand why "Unto the hills
around do 1 lift tip my longing eyes" is
perhaps the best beloved psalm, for ill
Scotsmen. t
Results
The hills have not changed except where
the Scottish Forestry Commission has stepped
in,Everywhere you go in Scotland you see the
results of their efforts - vast plantings, mostly
of pine, with ,carefully, mapped out hiking
routes, sometimes rest rooms and picnic .
areas. But the Commission is controversial in
Scotland. If he wants to walk - and Scots are
great walkers -. he needs no man-made hiking
trail. He strikes out across the braes and glens
almost anywhere.. More important is the
centuries-old instinct. to use every patch of
good land, The opponents of the Forestry
Commission argue that it has too much power,
that it arbitrarily takes over land which should
be left for grazing or growing crops. The
promise of a future flourishing lumbering
industry is not enough to change the Scottish
reverence for good land.
Yet despite these instincts Scotland is no
longer an agricultural country.
It has its other industries, but the biggest of
them all N tourism,
You can go for miles and miles and never
see a crafter's cottage or a "lone sheiling",
but 'you will find bed and. breakfast
accommodation everywhere - in farm houses,
in every village and town and in the larger
centres, whole streets of them.
The "B & B's", as they are called, are the
favorite accommodation for the tourist in
Scotland. They range from one or two spare
bedrooms in a private home to large houses
entirely devoted to providing this kind of
accommodtion. They vary considerably in
quality. Generally they are comfortable
rooms, many equipped with It. & c•. — a basin
with hot and cold running water. But no
private baths: indeed I stayed in one where
you had to pay an extra 25 pence to take a
bath! Yes indeed, the Scots are still a thrifty
people. So, apparently, are the tourists
because the rate you pay at the very ,popular
"B & B's" is about half - or even less - than
you would pay at even a second rate hotel.,
Don't Stint
What's more they don't stint on the
breakfast part. Every B & B where I stayed
provided a wonderful breaktfast - orange
juice, porridge or other cereal, bacon or
sausage and eggs, tea, coffee or milk. All this,
including your overnight bed costs anywhere
from $4.50 to $7,50 (our money). See how
much you can get for $7.50 at theRoya! York!
There is another quality in both the "B &
B's" and the hotels. It is Scottish hospitality.
The impersonal service and the sameness of
decor of a Hilton or Holiday Inn are not to be
found in Scotland. Wherever you decide to
stay you will be greeted with personal warmth
and understanding. By nature the Scot is
hospitable and considerate of visitors. This
applies not just to accommodation facilities,
but to the shops, the policemen. even to the.
man in the street. In Ayr, 1 couldn't find an
obscure side street so 1 stopped a man and
ask d for directions. Not ctiilthpt with telling
me ow to get there, he took me there.
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