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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-04-15, Page 2urn 41 Since IMO, Serving the Community First Published at S.EAFORTH, ONTARIO. e‘ en, Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS. PUBLISHERS LTD. ,ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Publisher SUSAN WHITE, Editor DAVE. ROBB, Advertising Manager Mcnihor Canadian Community New spaper Association Ontario W cekl Nespaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation Sohseription Rates: t "wads ad,, ance) $10.00 a Year tsi .1t., Canada tin advance) $20.00 a Year (ONES 25 CENTS EACH A Ntail Registration Nuniber 06% I phone 5,27:0240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 15, .1976 Is ed cagion week necessa ry? disrupt the education process. But we think that education week programs are valuable too; the panel discussions and drama festivals and open to the public workshops, more than to,,observe typical claSsroom events. Education week giVes the kids / --1andyteachers a chance to show what they can do. For a week they cap.rstop • focussing in on the small school world and put on events for the, whole community. Education week, we °think; is especially valuable for members of the public who don't have children to see what the schools are, doing and get some small inkling'of how their tax dollars are being. spent. - It's not a substitute for the' real control of the schools That ,the local community had before the regional school boards were introduced. The only way that can be regained is through changes in the provincial educational bureaucracy and in some cases by'electing ore interested and responsive trust s. ' But it's a lo better than closed, , schools' and community. ignorance Of them. • ave faith Did you go to ,an education week event at your chOd $ school? And if you did, what did you think about it? Activity around here .during educatiVer Week ranged from total non-observance at some schools to so many things going on at others that this newspaper could .have gotten stories there every day of the week. Generally in tfie Seafeall'area, 'the separate schools had active prOgrams: the public schools did .not. We've talked to parents., who feel that education week performances are a bit of a put up. 'rob When parents are invited . to observe a typical classroom session, .how oarrit be tymcal, one father asked, .when both toe• lesson content and the kids' behavior have been planned weeks in advance? This parent and others feel that they can learn more about what goes on in the schools by dropping, in. unannounced to.-their child's classroom once a year or so. Most schools :too encourage. visits like this by parents. They have nothing to hide ,arid a drop in visitor. once i whi e shouldn't seriously... Trees Something to Say by Suisan White .0 m le syrup caper ends 'in the summer and live better on the proceeds than you did when actively farming! The great maple syruP4 'eaper.,. came to an abrupt' , end this_ weekend when• the glasS jars we 'use to collect sap filled up on Saturday, mostly with rain. By Sunday morning the• frozen rainwater had cracked the jars and our sap collector hit the garbage. We'll now be haunting auctions, until next spring, ready to pay ,any price to get proper maple syrup pails. We're going on • bolidays next week. We won't likely get too far away, but sometimes just out 'of - the office is fgr enough. In the writing business yQU eat] get stalel very easily and I've been feeling :like day old bread for sometime.. Watch for fresh sparkling wit on April 29. hit anti it was a lot, of fun.' (. on miry ,to just t.,\J,tylitody's warnings. we didn't gef a sticky mess all over the floor ceiling and walls as the sap aporated. It's no fair to say that little hit of stickiness wouldn't e%.,nri he notiCable on the floor and. ceiling in our particular kitchen. We' reltoing to try it again next year% but we'd like to scare up a few large sugar maples between then and now. We've learned enough about gardening to know we can't transplant fonr gallons of syrop Site mapfes to our acre. Otir next hest bet would seem to he to rent some sugar maples. But if tree rental ptides..go.'Pp like farm land rental' Wiceg- have, we're out of our league there. We may just have stumbled into a new income sideline for retired farmers though. Rent your sugar bush in the spring, our land Happy Easter, to; all Behind the 'lilies and the bunnies and the eggs there liesrthought about Easter that transcen ,s even the orthodox teachings of the Christian Church, let alone the fluffy inanities that passes for the, usual commercial Easter. ' • And' that.th ought' is a message' of hope. The radiance of Easter has: always been preceded by the crucifiXion. In our world today there are •aft too many crucifixions and Jesus knew 'that when he said, "daughters. of Jerusalern, weep not' for me, but for y ourselVes and for your children." And in our world' today where selfishness, hatred, violence, cruelty and indifference become the crucifixion, tog: often there is Missing the Easter, the hope of Easter. Easter does not tell the world that the stark realities of human suffering are over. Indeed Easter reminds us that we cannot escape these facts. But For tho,,c ho and, even for those '\Oto ,•ouidn't care less. her(', pro tzt tit port on the maply syrup Making .•.1ocr at out place in. Mckill,i). Siker maple sugar dop.sn't tasty Ltd It. wasn't plan gar. but it beAled past the poet of syrtip and was rescued just iv‘fory it scorched. . With a little help from my brother's sugar maple tapping industry in town. w e rnanagettto...._ boil•down about a quart of syrup, Not bad for a couple of Wockr's work eh? _We'll, be gi‘rling out samples in thimbles to all who arc brave enough to try It.' In spite of all • the monetary indications, (we used up a ,iihole danister on our propane camping stove and the hydro bill isn't even in yet) maple syrup making was was worthwhileAt gave us that living off the land, .self reliant feeling a Amen by Karl Schuessler A crucifixion I saw a man crucified last week. It took place in Toronto.The crucifixion was called the Horsburgh Scandal -- a stage play given by , the Theatre Passe Muraille at St. Paul's Centre. Don Harron, alias Charlie Farquhar- son, played the Rev. RusselLifinKsburgh. And just in case you don't remember, and I'm sure some people are trying to forget, the Rev. H orsburgh was a clergyman found guilty of, "contributing to juvenile delinquency in that he knowingly and willingly permitted teenagers to use the church presmies for certain alleged immoral activity." He spent one year in jail. He came out as a ruined man --- his ministry wrecked. Yet he spent the last years of hi's life in Yorkville till trying to help the mixed-pp kids who alw took first place in his ministry. Yet it was their testimony that destroyed him. But this all happened twelve years ago. Why bring up the'matter now? Why rew ork old passions? Why revive any persons's pain? Why not be quiet and let it all go away? But . no. The pain is always there. The memory is ever alive. And in the case of Christ, the church puts his pain an passion into one long remembrance day cal1d Lent. The final days of His life are the'high points in the church's calendar day of remembrance. Some people say Russell Horsburgh • deserved what he got. Here was a man who stretched his credibility to the limits. He kept company with the obvious sinners and that upset the "good" people. Russell Horsburgh should have known better. He had faults.He was impetuous. He didn't think things through. He didn't care how things looked. He didn't listen. He carried a big ego,. H e irritated. Irked and inflammed. He was too Messiahlike. He stepped on people. As one' outraged member railed at him, "Why do you think you're always right?" Horsburgh was not a meek and mild than. He was a revolutionary man. Most people don't picture Christ as a revolutionary man. The years have redaced him to a. kindly saint-walking the roads of Palestine and blessing the little children and saying heavenly words. I was brought up on a popular 'Sunday evening radio program called the "Master". And every time he spOke, angelic sounds and trilling "00000's" By the time they are high sdhool students , many young people are already confirmed smokers. That's why the Hilton Perth Roman Catholic .Separate School board should get a pat on the back for their "_decision to introduce an -anti-srboking program developed by the Canadian Cancer society to all their schgbls at grade five and six' levels. It's just the__ right age to'hit the kids with the facts, the sad facts about smoking. The facts about lung cancer, other smoking caused diseases and about the overall damage smoking does to general health should serve to innoculate our kids against the preceded his words; • So it was quite shocking when Charles Templeton talked to me about the Jesus he saw emerging as he put together the biography of Jesus. He called the book simply "Jesus". -• Templeton concluded that Jesus wasn't the easiest man to get along with. He said Jesus . was contentious, a sticker for detail. He wouldn't yield or bend. He was, frequently angry. Out-of-patience. He wasn't sentimental. ' I revolted at these thoughts. Yet I knew there was a time Jesus took a rope and drove the money changers from the temple. That wasn't exactly endearing him to the religious establishment , was it? And'you don't pick up any , influential friends by calling them whitewashed sepulchres, do' you? And of course he mixed with .all kinds of sinners. He took a lot of flack for that. . • Could Jesus possibly be something like a Russell Horsburgh? All along I thought Jesus was misunderstood. A perfect man. The good Man. The wronged man. But was he really' upsetting/ .Was he-.really doing things that should' Wake people mad? That defied convention and morality? That upset the traditional way of looking at things? If Horsburgh -- and Jesus-- were really concerned about their reputation, they should have listened' to the people they were offending. They should have dropp5d certain friends. Stopped acting thatway, Back down:. They should have smartened 61Y• • But ,Horsburgh followed in the ste0OrT-ItSi:. Lord. Hie went the way of, the cross. Most followers of Christ -- uhlike Horsburgh -- don't press on and push on to their cross. They don't have to go all the way. And how does it all end? Christ, of course , has an Easter morning, a dawn of resurrec- tion. But Horsburgh? Who will bring him back to life? Set things right? Vindicate him? Perhaps it's left to a theatre group like Passe M uraille to revive him. To tell us his , Story and to let us look at Russell Horsburgh, not as a devil or a deviate, but as a disciple of Jesus Christ. glamour and "look ,ma, I'm grown . up", appeal of smoking. We're glad to see the school board "taking an active part in the fight against:smoking. The county board of education should follow .their example. . Now, if the HPRCSS board, in fact all boards and counctis that meet for • long stretcheslw Small •roomsi would only ban smoking in their own meetings. But ah, they weren't exposed to the hazards of smoking when they were in grade five and six. There's therefore not much hope for them. In the Years Agoni APRIL 14,1876 Huron Notes: A display of muscular power took place on the farm ,of Mr. John,Burchill, Hullett, when B. Churchill and Wm. East, cut one cord of 22 inch wood in 15 minutes. Horsepower tnachitles are at a discount. Tuckersmith: Mr. G. M. Chesney sold a thorough bred Durham cow to Mr. Archibald Stewart of Lobo for $160.00. This cow is nine years old and is farrow. ffullett: Thomas Hill, who is employedin Knox's saw mill, Hullett, met with a painful accident. He was engaged in working with truck when the article flew back striking him in the leg, breaking it below the knee. He was removed to his home in BruSsels. Brussels: John Grewar has sold his property on Turnberry t opposite Stretton's Hotel to Wm. Glynn. It was sold for $510.00 or $30 per foot frontage. An 'Illicit Distillery: On Thursday last Inland Revenue collector Cavan made a seizure of an illicit distillery which was in full operation in a building on John Street, owned by R. Carmichael and nearly opposite the Expositor office. When the officers visited the place, they found the fires going and the vats filled with partially distilled grain. The vats were at ohm broken and their contents spilled over the floor, the furnace was also demolished,. When the work of demolition was complete, Monsieur bFrank looked at Officer Cavan and very cooly remarked that "it was a d.-- shame to destroy and waste and destroy things that way, as he could have turned out with the rigging the best and purest Scotch whiskey that ever made." Personal: Mr. Thomas Laplie, formerly of McKillop, left on Tuesday for Melbourne, Australia, where he intends making his home for a time. Births:. In McKillop on April 10th, the wife of Mr. James ' "niigy, of a son. APRIL 12, 1901 Hensall: Mr. and Mrs. Francis Coleman have been visiting friends in Seaforth and vicinity during the past week: Mr. bSausinmueesl sR. annie of Zurich wasin the- village on Saturday on Kippen: Mr /Alex McBeath was in"the village during the week performing the duty laid on him in the way of taking the census. Mr. James McMordie and his sister Mary, Miss Annie Murray, Miss Minty McGregor, all teachers, are spending the Easter holidays at their parental homes, Walton: Miss Bella Simpson of Fordwich is spending her Easter holidays beneath the parental roof. Mr. Murdie Campbell left on Tuesday morning for California. Constance: Mr. George A. Brown, 'who was injured by a kick from a horse a few weeks ago, died from the results of these injuries on Thursday. He was 49 years of age and leav s a widow and. one daughter. Brucefield: Mr. Robt. . Baird of 'Stanley left for the Northwest Territory. Dr. James 'Baird has returned to his home from a visit in St. Pauls. Mr. Alex Murdock of Toronto Medical College is holidaying at his home. Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Aikenhead returned from spending the holidays in London with. Mr. Fred Rumball, mayor of that city. McKillop: Mr. Timothy Kelly purchased a barn from Mr. John Rapine of McKillop. He has taken it apart and is reconstructing it on a Stone foundation. Mr. Kelly thinks he has been long enough without a barn and now he is going to have a good one. Mr. J. Krauskopf is remodelling his barn and placing stabling. under it. , Plow the, Fields and Seatter: Mr. James Martin on the Hannah farm, 2nd concession, Tuckersmith, plowed a field of oats on Tuesday. This is the earliest sowing we have heard. Local Brief: Mrs. David Sproat of Belgrave spent Friday and Sunday with her sister Mrs. James Lowrie of Egmondville. APRIL 16, 1926 A number of the farmers here are busy making maple syrup and report a good run last weekk, The first horseless vehicle of this spring was seen on the ' Public highway on Monday. The Show: Our Hensall Spring Show, under the auspices of the South Huron Agricultural Society, was most certainly the best and most largely attended yet held and was pronounced by all as being a first class fair. ' Train Wreck: The passenger train due in Seaforth at 5:53 p.m., was derailed a mile and a quarter west- of, town on Tuesday evening: Local Briefs: Mr. Walter Murray has leased a• large brick building and office on north Main Street to Mr. Tookey, who will convert it into 'a garage and gas station. The 'many friends of Mr. Duncan Campbell, North Main Street o will regret to learn that he suffered a severe stroke on • Friday of last week and is very low at present. Mr. A. F. Cluff is in Toronto this,,vveek attending the annual convention of the Retail Coal De'alers' Assoc. The ladies of Egmondville Church intend having a sale of home cooking at Mr. Hutchison's store on Tuesday, April 20th., By re quest, the old time dance will be repeated in Cardno's Hall on the night of the Spring Show, Tuesday, April 20th. Mr. John Clark, who recently sold his farm in Tuckersmitli, has leased the residence recently occupied by Mr. P. Rutledge. ' Miss Elizabeth Murray, McKillop, ' Miss Gertrude Staplettirr, Hibbert, Miss Geraldine O'Connor, Hibbert, Miss Helena Flannery of St. Colurnban and Miss Mary Feeney of McKillop, returned to Stratford Normal .School to resume their duties. APRIL 13, 1951 Bequests of $500.00 to Scott Memorial Hospital and St. Thomas Anglican Church were made ,known this week when the will of the late H.M. (Brown) Jackson was probated. Monday evening was District Governor's Night at the Seaforth Lions Club. ' At the Lion meeting Monday flight, ex-Mayor J. E. Keating, acknowledged the gi't of pictures of their Majesties, the King and Queen, by A. Y. McLean, M.P. to this Community Centre. Seaforth Council passed a new by-law on Monday night establishing several "through" streets in town. The first meeting of the Seaforth Merry Maidens' Garden Club was held in the Seaforth District High School on Tuesday afternoon of this week. Huron's original old-time fiddlers contest, sponsored by the Chamber 'of Commerce, drew a packed house in the town • hall, three hundred being turned away, Enos Boshart, Seaforth, has been nominated to represent the Furniture Manufacturer's Association on a committee of the Canadian Standards Association. Mr. George Earle, who had the misfortune to have the fingers of one hand badly crushed while operating a truck in Toronto, is recuperating at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Earle. Master 'John Keith Grant had the misfortune on Monday to — have the rtifillOrn.bff7one of his fingers when it was caughtin the- car door. A joint celebration of Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge and the Oddfellows was held Monday night when Wildey Night was marked, Wildey being the founder of the Oddfellow Lodge. The farm formerly owned by the Stnillie Estate, lot 6, con, 18, Grey Towtiship, has been sold to Harry Bolger. what Easter does is rerhind US that we need not become cynical and hopeless. Because Easter calls us to work, as did JeSus and His disciples after the crucifixion, to help rescue the world frOm all that, plagues it., To work together in.46ohlrri.6nity of love is-the message of Easter: There will be all the trials and pains of the Cross, there. will be all the failures that is summed up in ,that . grotesque death„. there will be all the weakness and despair, all the frailty and penitence. But at the end will come EaSter —the,•-resurrection, the, glory, all the things we sing about -- welcome happy morning! So Easter reminds us of the human condition. We cannot have the victory. Without the defeat but the assurance is that in God's community of. love, there is hope. So the message of Easter 1976, like the first Easter is: Have faith! (Contributed) School board shouis some smarts