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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO',"JANUARY 20, 1977 . ,,,,,,,,, •
ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Publisher.
SUSAN WHITE. Editor
• DAVE ROBB, Advertising Manager
Member Canadian Cemmunity Newspaper. Association
Ontario Weekly Nespaper Astociation •
They're open
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People in Seaforth and area have
-been- saying it for a long ,tune:.'
Nat lenal figures, [Ike Joe Clark at .the
Canadian' Community Newspapers
Association convention, in Halifax last
surnmerrhave-ntentioned it.
But now the fact that small towns
across Canada are thriving has been
backed up by some statistics.
Many city people think of small
towns as being in their deep throes
....losing people, losing industry and
having no. new building to speals„of
since' the Second World War.
Policies of both the. '.federal and
provincial government, which are
designed mostly by People who live in
cities, refl ect that view. "We'll help ,
make the death of the small town less,•--
painful by hutting off incentives to,
people who live there. and '
y encouraging growth in the cities,"
seems to be the view 'that's behind
many government programs.
Those of us, who live in small town
Canada knew the :policy. makers, who
live in the SAWa0. and-the airports
were wrong about our towns_but we
didn't-know how to argue with them,,
We now have some ammunition'.
A • study for the federal urban
affairs department by two ClUeens
University professore, on small towns
_ and villages, the first of its kind ever,
shows that the larger sniall\ tOwns_ _
(population 5,000 to;10,000) grew a lot
faster from 1961 - 1:971 thanCanad&s
cities r- by 62 per cent compared to, 28
Per cent. And while the total
• population of Canada grew by 18 per
cent, :the Ivplulation of Small towns
and villages (from 50 to 10,000
inhabitants) • rew by a respectable 13
per cent. • -
A survey 100 small towns of ,
different showed that they've
added new houses at tw ice the rate
of theirpopulation growth:" ...surely a
sign .,of optimism and vitality.,
To the editor
To the Editor:
Enclosed is $2.00 to cover extra postage for
mailing paper to San Diego, Ca.
Thehnuary 6th edition arrived and we are
ertieying_reading local news. Weather bete
of yoUr council, -But the meetings
have '•Itheir funny. moments, just like
they have their ' boring and angry
ones.
Seaforth council' meets the second
Monday of •each month at 8 p.m. in
the town hall. Again, the public is
invited any time..And the public is
you. •
While you're at it, the." Huron
County Board of Clueatien meetings,
in the afternoon, the second Monday
of each month,. at_the-beard-off ice in
Clinton", are open to the'public too. So
are the meetings of the Huron Perth
Roman Catholic Separate School
Board-, the second and fourth
Mondays,of every, month at 8..O.Jr).-in .
the board office in [Dublin.
All the municipalities in our area
have regular meetings which are also
open to the public. A tali 'to the Clerk
in your area would give you the time
and place of the, meeting.
Why' not make-a point of attending
on' council meeting and one school
board meeting this. year? The time is
not a big price to pay for being .better,
infOrmed about what your
reprOenfatiVes are doi ng.
Small towns aren't just scaled down
Versions. :of big cities, the report
notea-SMali_tewn people are close to
their elected officials. "You meet the
mayor on tht street and bitch about
the garbage,", Ottawa columnist
Richard Gwyn notes-in a Clindon Free
Press column on the subject.
But mien town .people. feel •
increasingly -powerless, __because
knowing all their council •-rnemberi—
doesn't mean a whole lot when many,'
many decisions are ',made by
bureaucrats in Toronto or Ottawa. In
many cases these same bureaucrats
have decided that the future lies with
the cities and big regional municipali-
ties and, that 'that is where planning
should be done and the money should
go. • • •
However, Mr. Gwyn says: "If small'
towns and Viliggea can survive"
,depopulation they probably can
survive provincial bureaucracy. It will
be' interesting-to see whether these
communities can Organize themselves
as another threatened species, small
businessmen, have done. -They've
formed.. the' politically-powerful
Canidian Federation Of Independent
Businessmen:" •
• Small towns 'can also help
themselves by getting . behind the
programs that' de make money
available for revitalizing main streets
and keeping small• town cores vital
and Interesting, while not destroying
small town atmosphere in the name of
progres
The stugy, on small tons concludes
that federal „and provindial assistance
should be forthcoming only when'
small towns ask for it. In other words,
we can prove, to Other levels of
government that Im4're_aiive and well. ...„,,,
Then 'it's; tip' to us in the small towns
to make sure thatthey listen and ,,
stay thgt way.
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tedity is 65 F and sunny, quite a contrast to
Seaforth!
Sincerely,
(Mrs. gem) Mabel Aberhart
San Diego, California
-12y..Kdri Schuessler
How th ey used. warm
husband 'out of his dirty underwear. "Bu t
it's not dirty enou , ' insisted Papa
Meyer after. a two week stint of Warmtne it
up and breaking it in
is." said Mama Meyer and sh,
' prkeeded to pull the bottom drawers out'
of her husband's pantS. Mind you, in those
days. suspenders held up not only 'pants ,
but •bottom underwear drawers ••as . well.
:." And if you were lucky to own the. one
piece kind of long johns, yoU just May wear
them clay and night, And mama couldn't '
tear you out of them so easy. A lacky_inan._
—'-mighhvear them fora -whole month and
• . baehelors'f -- all
whaler. '
Marie says that warm bodies need warm
hands, So'out came the fur miffs, for the
ladies and woollen gloves for the men.'
.1‘A.atic'has them still in'the house --a pair'
of her father's gloves with Wide cuffs. going
six inches up the arm. Gauntlets-she calls
them fur gloves you can stick .your coat •
stet': es down into, so the wind,won't draft
in. 'Anci the fur?"' Dog fur from the family
pet who gave his hide--skinned: .and
tanned-so Papa Meyer could teamster into
Mitchell With warm hands. l Only..trouble
is, says Marie." When my Dad had them
made up. he didn't order. the: palms wide
•enough.•They were a' bit too tight for him.
But they fit me -real good.
"And Uncle Fred from out West sent a .
hide of a black cattle beast-to us. My Did'
had' it made into a Buffalo Vibe. My feiks-,
were , big people, and they '. needed
something,,big to wrap_ around their legs -•
• andkiiees and lap when they sat in the
cutter:"
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• Marie says that in the beginning these-
cutter blankets may have been made out of
buffalo, but, she only knew them as that
blaCk -cattle 'beast hide or woollen ones.
thy• were red wool ' nnderneath, a•
leatherette inside and a green or broWn,
to go back, she'd.pick up her warmed over wool on top..
Eaton's and make the six mile trip back But y ou needed more than that for a
home.
Smart Katie! And so wereall the others.
They Might not . use catalogues, but some
used warmed-up bricks and 'sand. Others •
heated salt and put it in a bag and placed , And Ortepther- thing. The men stuffed a
-That ,o%,the, floor' of the,,cutter.. T • 461* Ender their' oats. "It was really like
Sol*" had -fancier footwarmers - long ' a huge w,o41.1en bila?.!„..says Marie; "It was
metal ones. you'd 911-4p i,w.ith hot water. held on 'by a' dome in back on the neck."
You'd put,the oat- side O',the front of the The didkie covered 'three quarters of their
cutter and underneath a' the 'curved side
• you'd rest, your feet . on.
Or y could use little pig warmers.
They were made from stone jug high fur collars that stood up around their
• ware--round and abouta' foot liong. On one ears. Their fur caps. of seal and persian
' end was the screw cap for the water and on . lamb tat down overtheiir foreheads, so only
It sorta seemed a shame, but every wife 'Remember, you heard it here first -oz. from
thought it was her duty to • coax her
freeze.
the other end was a knob -- to hang on to it, their eyes peeked out. They.often, wou•nd.a
• — feathers and • Eatoe Catalogues.. '
, scarf or shawl around their neck' and head:
• can keep • warm thig January. Wool, fur,
Marie Meyer.
Marie, "That's still good advice on how-to
keep warm today.!'
!..And keep scarf over your nose," says
I'm tell you all of Marie's secrets, so you
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' Throughout the recent ..unfortgnate, mess
, I recall sometime in a past issue Of. gel_ .
" not publish unsigned letteM to the Editor.AI
beyond the limits of serving the public. WheA
.. person with a personal grudge to satisfy, then . ''peopleof fhiS town and I do not' feel that yoti
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..Huton..„EXp.osittar...w.here you said you Would
• —' I feel that you have . gone
propr!rtion, by the' daily, press, the Expositor
remained fair arid objective in it's reporting.
backward. '. ....
created by a few peolifel, anti bkoneut, of all
However, lw printing a recent letter
platforth for oilyMisguided, 'Uninformed
deserve,
I feel your newspaper has 'taken a giant step ''0' 1,. are being.fair to the, members of council by
think y ou should go one ate' tifurther and alSO
refuse to print crackpot letters. •
responsible n ewspaper it. tends to give them,
If the. Huron Expositor is going to' provide a
,. do not
To the editor _
Stiolildn't„,..giye a pkii tf o m 4. - •
. providing a public tot=• for a person who is a • '
. . Manage:0+4,0f our telvThi......,, '
. : hen-resident, non-taxpayer to Criticize thif
personal vendettas are„ given publicity by a'
stitgettio0 emisideratiolt in:.the 'filittire.
an air of reSpectability which they
The Seaforth -council-Was elected by the .
I SitieerelY hope you 'will give ..tity.,
' ' • Wayne Ellis, doutiollidt
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'JANUARY 19, 1877
OnFriday niorning, the frost was more severe than it
had been any day this, Season; at 7 o'clock it stood at 10
below iero. Within the present week a great depth of
Snow had fallen.
; The-snow on the. railway track has become so deep
that the slightest blow fills upthe track.
,Rather a serious runaway took place when a horse
belonging to CH. Cull, became frightened near .the ,
station and ran away. The drivers Misses McCall
•managed to' escape from the cutter and were uninjured.
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JANUARY 17th, 1902
.'DiFclert of Zurich fell and one of his playmates fell on
Whileplaying.' at school,_the_secand---sort-9FPeter7
his•leg, with' the result that it was fractured above the.
knee. • . • -
The members of the choir and a large, number of the
• • congregation of the 'Catholic Church at Brussels,
assembled at the home-pf MisS Ellie Ryan, Walton, and
Presented her with .a handSome gold 'watch.
The snow which has fallen the Drysdale diStrief
has greatly improved the roads, thus allowing many of
the farmers a chance ofsecuring their winter supply of
wood. • • •
James Love of 'Hillsgreen is • busily engaged in
hauling brick-from Creditors. He intends putting his
barn on a foundatiOn next summer.
Many of thereaders,of the Expositor-regret, to learn
_of the passing of Mrs. Robert Dodds of McKillop.
Robert Armstrong of town, who has been a clerk iii .
Mr. Gunn 'S store' here kira -good, many Years, left .to
push" his fortune in, the great west. • • ' •
Geo., 'Murtlie, Who has been treasurer: of. Duff's.
Church, McKillop, 'for .18 years, has resigned' his
.positon, as he intends. coming to Seaforth to live. .
Gee..- Turnbull 'of Seaforth .purchasecl .. , the
remainder of the Coleman homestead, farm' adjoining
the town„„ embracing 40 acres.
Mrs. Bullard, who resides on Goderieh Ste. h ad the
misfortune to fall. on the sidewalk` on Main St. a few'
days ago -and broke her arm,
• Wilfred Morrow, brought a load of posts from
, Walton. It consisted of nine first 'clags green cedar.,
posts, eight and 9,feet long.
The family of. John Bell : had ,an• unpleasant
experience. During the night .gas escaped from a'coal
stove and in-the morning 'members of the family were',
unconscious. ,
Wm. Bubolz has puipased from:Mrs. Chesney the
old Sproat farm, He paid $5500 for 'it. •
At a meeting of the school board John Rankin was
appointed chairman; W. Ballantyne, Secretary.
. Joint Wright, son of Chas. Wright, has, r ented, the
old slack farm for a term of years from' G. Sproat.
JANUARY 18;4952
In a special service on the' first anniversary of. his —. •
death,- a brass plaque was dedicated in memory of
Henry 549,0 in Cavan Presbyterian Chtireh, Exeter on
Sunday night. Rev. James Foote of Varna unveiled the •
plaque and Rev. D,J.Lane of -pinton preached the
sermon.
Miss Jean '.Scott, Mrs. Anne Henderson and Mn.'
, Georgina Smith of the Rebekah Lodge , Seaforth , ,,,,
were appointed a committee to plan a suitable affair to
commerate the fortieth anniversary of the,,Iddge.
"""'Harvey JOhnson, Reeve of Morris Township was
elected warden.....,', Of ' Huron County..
Tragedy struck. twiceit,the home of Mt=-... and Mrs.
s Whit. "Murray, Egmondville .when as a' result both Mr,:
Murray suffered a heart attack andMrs. Murray a
fraettured shoulder.
Mr. James Rivers, Seaforth, marked his 89th
birthday.
Mr: James D.Gemmell celebrated his 91st birthday
" at the home. of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Geriunell.
' S.S.No. 2,I.McKillop Farm Forum met at the home of - •
Mrfi'and• Mrs T..W.McMillan, when R.J.Spittal,
manager Of the Dominion,Bank of Seaforth discussed,
"Farm Credits".
• A well known resident of Eginondville passed away
in the person of Taniel Quinlan in his 91st year. He was
a trapper and lover of the outdoor life. ,
Largely attended funeral services were held for.
Porick Williams of St. Col•umban in his 820cLiyear:
Father J.,IVIcCowell sang ReqUirn High Mass and Mrs;
Vigent Lane presided at the organ,:
Dr. James Jarrott returned to hiS 'Mine -in 'New York
onChristMas Day and is slowly recovering hi's Strength.
Seaforth,"Council considers widening GoderieliSt.
' How many people knew that the
Monthly meetings of Seaforth's
council are ripen to the .public?
Probably about one per cent of the
town's population has ever been at a
meeting or even seen the- council
chambers. But if council ever decided
to close-their meetings to the public,
we imagine, and hopev othat a,whole
crowd of local residents would
clamour_Lo have the door unlocked.
-Theft pretty drastie action to take,
just to stir up interest in municipal
affair's amongst.the citizenry and we
haven't heard of.any plans along that
line.
But meanwhile,- council might as
well he meeting in private for all the
citizen attendance their meetings get.
Yes, the press represents you at
meetings but a newspaper story can't
, get all the "atmosphere of what the .
nine ,people You elect say and do.
There's 'ne substitute for
occasional personal attendance at a
council meeting to help you form-your •
own opinion about how good .a job
they are doing. •
We're, not promising you a barrel of
`'laughs or a first, glass night' of'
entertainment if you attenda meeting
Small towns alive and well
It's 6.5°F in California
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I bet the only thing yoU thought I'd talk
about this week is the weather.
Fooled ya. not going to mention "one
thing about snowbanks. and ditched cars •
and whiteopts, I'm not going to tell you all
about the 14 year old Van 119M :twins, Don
and Ron. who rescued .me an& my car
from a snowbank with their tractor and
snowmobiles.
None of that. But l .ani goingie tell you
all about my neighbor, Marie Meyer. She's
hying all.alotte this winter:- for; the first
time in her life-- in the family homestead.
farm. •
I can't. get tutteli sympatM ,cur of Marie'
when 1 comPlain about ,b(mling ‘‘inds and
dr'ifting snow. -'You havetn secn.at hing"
she shakes her head "II' you 'think'
this is bad. you slumid have' been-around
50 years ago,'''
Marie oitt to know. She's weathered over ,,
65 years in this sno0elt country. And, she
insists, the snoW was rituchlligher -anci the
temperatures much lovi'/er..
I. think. M arie figures we're all a hunch
of paritywaiSts - with iiur warmed up cars. -
driven down snow plowed roads. all salted 7
and sanded for our "convenience.
Back in the old days, the folks not only
talked about .tile weather, they did
something about it. . • d
'They knew how to keep warm. And. that
meant in, sleighs and cutters. oo. Take )
Katie Hinz-She warmed urthr e Eaton's,
catalogues in the oven, And ‘ ten she-got
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Marie
in the cutter to go to town -all' byTherself .----
Marie always remembers that Katie went'
alone--that woman was a good tearnstress--
when Katie did get itito.the cutter, she sat
down on twe of the heated catalogues and
she.put the Other -one on the floor to' keep
her feet warm. -'
And then when she got into town, she'd
drop off her cool catalogues at her
relatives' house. And when she was- ,ready
sleigh ride. YOU could well take along a
huge umbrella. -The Meyers tiad two .of
them--strong • and heavy canvass to set
against the wind' as you trotted along.
chest ai'td kept the drafts out 'of their coat
fronts. • A•
The wonted kept the cold out with 'their
so you wouldn't burn your fingers.
But this .was only keeping your feet
warm .on the outside. You had to begin
with -.warm feet. So you started with
woollen -long underwear, It May tickle and
• prickle but that's better tharrsneeze and
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