The Huron Expositor, 1978-07-27, Page 2xpositor asks:
Would you like a homecoming day every year?
By Debbie Ronne)
'With the Dublin Centennial :just recently
past and the reminiscing now o‘ el. at least for
..t would ihwisilsituengteirn.gEtx_opfoi si.ditooru..At ug
if local
pelti)tp..liet
would
like "a homecoming day set aside by most
communities every year,
Cindy Horne of 134 James St., Seaforth
said. "Yes.. because it's nice for people
- around here to get together...
Mrs. Harry F. Johnston of R.R.I. Dublin
said. "It would be nice so \ no could see old
friends."
all McClure of R.R.I. Seaforth said there
are enough of these centennials around right
Wort . ithout one homecoming CVen year.
Mrs. Frank Varlet' of York Cr, in Hensall
said, "I guess it would be all right. It w mild be
different anyhow ." She thought it would he
good for people who haven't seen each othet
for years to get together.
Mrs.. Ed. McBride of Kippen said she
thought it would he af good idea if y.011 could
get people to come hack.
"Everybody would do alot of reminscing on
the subject (the hometown) I think it would be
a good idea." she said.
Fran Scott of London was .home for the,
Weekend y•isiting her _patients 'lye. Gordon
Scott's/ q„ R.R.2, Staffa said every five years
tuld b sus better, idea than every year
because she said thet•e aren't that many people
who leave borne ,every Year.
Mrs. Robert Franklin of 73 Main St. N. in
Seaforth said "Yes, I suppose so.
I suppose it gives people a chance to see
everybody they haven't seen for quite a
while." Mrs. Franklin. who has been living in
Seaforth for three years. said that they had
been asked to a homecoming day out West
and she thought a similar thing for Seaforth
would be a good idea. •
Murray Sinnamon of 168 lsabell St. in
Seat'rt'th said lie wouldn't like to see one every
year because it kind of spoils the home-
coming.
We suggested that a homecoming could be
held once every three or five years, "so when
it does come up it seems a little mgrs
special."
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY.27, 1978
ANDREW Y. McLEAN. Publisher
SUSAN WHITE. Editor
(fxpasitor
One of the most dangerous sports
practised in Seaforth and vicinity is
the habit of giving chase to the fire
engines whenever the alarm rings.
This week, by the time-the .locat
firenien reached a burning barn in
MoKil-lop Township, they were being
chased by a crowd of curiosity seekers
whose purpose was to see where.the
fire-was and who got-try the-way of
firemen.
Under the law, cars should not
come within ' 500 feet of fire
equipment answering an alarm, but
in our area cars have been' known'`to
slide in between the fire engine and
water truck.,
First, the speeds at which ,people
race to a fire, cutting in and out of"the
line of traffic, is nothing short ..of
dangerous.
But even more dangerous. is the
habit of crowds collecting at the
• When you are„. Ong. on a .trip,• your first ,
hope is that you will get there in one piece,
preferably the fairly large piece in which you
began the trip. Not a lot of little ones.
Your• second hope is that you will nut be
hijacked. Or. at least if' you are, that, the
-hijackers will insist on landing ont he island of
Bali, where the terrified hostages will he
comforted by' nubile. young bra-less, topless
ladies, waving fans and things around to keep
$.• them (the hosiliges) cool.,
Another vague hope is that the airplane gets
off the ground: It didn't help our frame of
mind when one, didn't recently at Torinito
. airport. and instead wound up in a ravine..
Then, of. course. it is to be hoped that once
the thinigets into the air, it returns to terra`
firma. This is fairly important. they tell me.
Next, it's rather essential that you have a
place to lay your jet-lagged head when you get
there. Marriages are made in Heaven, it says
somewhere. Divorces arc Made when the
roan clerk says, "Sorry, sir, Yony reservation
definitely states August 15th, and this is'July
15th. We haven't a thing for the next two.
weeks.” This experience is far, far worse-than
being left at the alter. .
It's basic that 'you should. leave behind
instrthltions for the disposal of your property. ,
in case you , are kidnapped 'in the red light
district of Hamburg. or, in the case of wives.
decide to ' run off with' the one-eyed
Afghanistan pilot you met in the .discotheque
in Rome.
We've•drawn up a list for just that purpose.
Kim gets the grand piano. -Hugh gets the
lawnmower and the color TV (they have some
great programs in the jungles of Paraguay).
Kim gets the lawn sprinkler'for The Boys to
run through, their favorite sport. My sisters
get the old beds we outfumbled them for when
my mether'se tate- was being divided. My
wife's sister . ts the huge linen, tablecloth
with the wine-stains that won't come out.' And
so on.
Another thing you should look after before
you commence a trip 'is to get %yell, rested.
MaybE,that's why I'm taking off this afternoon
in a bus with a lot of hooligans to drive.
round-trip. 200 miles and watch a doulbe-
header baseball' game featuring the worst
Major Teag.ue team in the world. Toronto and
arriving home at 2 a.m. Four hours on the bus.
Four hours in the grandstand. After a day's
work.' "You're.•._ crazy", my ,wife. said,
nnequivocaly. She's right.
It's extremely important. when you re
location of the fire. They want to gawk
and that appears harmless, but they
can hinder the firemen.
At this week'S fire, spectators could
have been seriou,sly-injured if either
hydfo wires or the frame of the barn
had collapsed.
At another recent barn fire in the
Brodhagen area, where animals were''
-also-trappecrintide-th"e barn, people
brought lawn chairs and sat in the
back of the pickup trucks, apparently
all to ikatch a man's livelihood .go up
in smoke.
In futOre, we hope local residents
will let the firemen do their job, and
that' Others will stay at borne where
they belong.. -
Fires themselves are tragic
enough; we don't want to compOund
this with an accident while sightseers
are rushing to the blaze or an accident
involving crowds at the fire site.
packing. not tojcave out anything vital to your
well being. Make a cheek-liSt:. laxative pills,
trangoillizers, stuff for athlete's foot, . piles
ointment, dandruff killer, a traveliron to press
out the furrows'On your forehead: And so on. •
Naturally,-."you , need : six dictionaries:
Canadiailleockney; English-French; 'Frefich-,.
German: Schweitzer-Deutsch; iToronto-
Italian; Joual-French, And so On.' '
Let's see. Oh, yes., you need money. When .
the Europeans came to Canada first. they
brought lots of-coloured beads, and received
in return for'them prime furs, good as gold.
When Canadians visit Europe, they take
choking great rolls of banknotes,' and receive
in return for them. ---you guessed it— colored
beads. Seems fair enough. • have another look at that list. Uh.
Yup. Electric. toothbrAh. Extra denturs in
'case of breakage. Hair dye. Three quarts .of
underarm deodorant. Toilet paper. -12 rolls.
Adhesive tape for blistered heels. Seven-iro
to practise golf' swings yvhile waiting for
audience with Pope. Booze, Hey. where's the
booze? Helird a guy had' to pay $45 for a quart
of rye when the. OldTimers played hockey in
Holland last winter.
Wait a minute. now. Have to call the cops,
and listen to their amused snorts when I ask
them to keep an eye on the house while we're
away. Leave the house key under the
eleventh stone on the patio. We'll never find
when we gethome. Cut off the newspape
sure sign you are not home when the are
frilly-two of them on the porch. Put t some
ant traps to make sure tl haven't
demolished entire house whi we're away.
And so on.
You know something'? My wife may be
crazy, as I suggested here recently. but ,she's
not dumb. She never wanted to go on this trip
in the first place. All she wanted to do was
hiive anormal summer: sAynuming: playing
golf; picking berries: enjoying the grandboys:
nagging me about the weeds.
Well, by GeOrge, we're going anyway, and
she can lump it. As long.as she -doesn't. lump
me. Your're nobody Unless you've been to
Europe. That is. of course, unless you've been
to Newfia, -Then you're O.Ka
My greatest consolation is a line from a
letter ' my son wrote on my birthday.
"Tribulatiiins. frustrations, rotten kids and
neurotics spouse. All these things shall pass
lway.''
Thanks, Hugh. I 'needed that.
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.,.... White bathing In the river at ROsborongb w .boy•
named Booth was nearly drowned when he got h401},t1„
his depth. He kept calling , for help, but by-stattdca..:!!
thought that he was fooling.
Charles Wilson met with a painful accident. .vy;*
'coming from Bayfield, the horse he was .drivingtItt* • 7.
suddenly upsetting the buggy, throwing him ,„ ..„
The bylaw for the raising of $6,000 for the erectiorvOf.;;
a High School building in Seaforth was voted on 10'0,
Monday and was carried 100 for and 22 against: • .
Thomas .Kidd is snaking preparations for the erection
of a fireresidence on Market Street directly behind his
, block on main street.' ,
The bridge at. Roxborough gave way 'and is: OW
itnimssable. The council of McKillop intends h4vinOt, •
reconstructed at once.
July 31, 1903 '
John Bayley of Hullet has oats which measure six •
feet, elevan inches in length.
Five pupils of Thomas March, principal of the school"
- section 2 Hullet, wrote the late entrance, examinations
and .all passed, some with honors.
I-farry Peck-of Stanley and Nichol Robson, Clinton,
happened in Fitzsimnons Butchershop in clioton• the
other day when Mr. Fitzsi nanons suggested a test of
weights. It was found that Mr. Peck tipped the scales at
261 pounds and Mr. Robson at' 254, •• !?.
R.P. Bell of Kippen has rented his 100-acre farm to
• Thomas Workman for a term of 5 years. Riimour has it
that Mr. Bell intends taking a position in the Seaforth
Engine Works. •
The past few days have been busy .ones with the
farmers of Kippen who are getting in their fall wheat
and barley drops.
Messrs. McGregor and Mustard of Kippen are the
- first to get at the new grain.
All the.pupilsof the. Zurich public school who wrote
csantatpcanit,p '"the entrance exan:iinnsatatiokllnisgwteeraeohsuerc,cessful in passing.
R. Stelck , the principal who prepared them is a most
Flax pulling is now the order'of the day and many of,
the-boys and girls are able 'to earn considerable pikket
money.
Albert Whitesides of Hensall has engaged . with
Messrs. J & C McDonnell Hardware. Merchants.
A meeting of rate payers was held in the Town Hall
for the purpose of discussing the proposed extension of
the CPR' from Guelph "to Goderich. A committee
composed of the Mayor and Messrs. D. D. Wilson. M.
Y., McLean, Robert, Bell,. James Beattie, and R. S.
Hayes' was appointed to gather facts bearing on- the
questio6.
SOme dishonest persons broke 'into the residence of
the late Charles Wilson. purloined a hat and,a soit. of•
new clothes and didn't even have the decency to leave
any old ones.
D. D. Wilson is shipping a lot of eggs to Manitoba
and British Columbia .and fewer to the old Country.
R. Willis is having an edition made to the verandah in
-the front of his house on Goderich Street.
July 27, 1928
Mr. and Mrs, Melvin Traquair of Chiselhurst lost
their home by fire,
Many fields of heavy spring grain at Dublin have'
been damaged with the wind and rain.
Strawberries are the things of the past lent wild and
tame raspberries have. taken .their place.
Haying and berry picking is the order of the day.
A pleasant evening was spen,t at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. McQueen, Brucefield, the occaslion being the'
80th birthday of Mrs. McQueens father, ' Alec
Thompson.
The fiddlers contest held recently at the Casino in
Grand Bend was a success and more fiddlers than ever
before attended.
The call extended to Rev, C. Hueckheim of Sullivan
Township by the congregation of the local Lutheran
Church in Zurich has been accepted.
Repairs are being made to the fire hall in Zurich and
when completed the hall will be suitable. for the housing
of fire equipment.
At a special meeting of the Hay Township council a
`contract for constructing the Black Creek• drain was
awarded to Reid Brothers of Mitchell for about $20,000
which was about $8,000 under the engineer's estimate.
Farmers have started cutting wheat in this sectioti
and the crop promises an average yield.
Mr. and Mrs. William Dietz of theLondon Rd. 'were
pleaSantly surprised when a number of their friends
and neighbours gathered at their hothe and presented
them with kitchen utensils and a nicely worded address
which. was read by Mrs. James Wright. Two months
ago Mr. Dietz's house was completely destroyed by
fire.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. E. Hemphill left Hensall a few
days ago to attend a druggist convention in Boston,
Mass.
A large force of men is busily .engaged in putting in
larger wires for the hydro service of Hensall. It should
be a great advantage to all villagers who use hydro.
Carpenters and masons at Hensall resort trade is
very good in the building and remodelling of dwellings
and other structures.
July 31, 1953
The latest "and possibly the last Canadian Army
Casualty list of the Korean War to be released lists
'Gordon A. Messenger, Engmondville, as wounded,
Rev. John G. James recently appointed rector to the
parishes of St. Thomas Church, Seaforth and St,
Mary's Cherch, Dublin, will take his first services in
these churches Sunday. He 'succeeds Rev. W. A. Jones
who has been appointed to a parish in Kitchener.
Provoked 'by the genial cantankerousness of a
squaud of uncooperative donkeys', two teams of local
and district men representing the north and south
regions contested a game of donkey baseball, at the
Lions Park. As usual the donkeys won.
Gordon Rochardson, Tudersmith farmer on the Mill
Road, suffered head injuries and cuts and bruises when
he fell down a shaft while working in his barn.
Discovered by one of his sons, he was taken to Scott
Memorial Hospital where his condition was described
as improving. ty
Two youtbs from Seaforth and Dublin, Jack Mathews
of town, and Allan Geddes of Dublin were injured when
they were involved in an accident with a runaway car
after brakes of a car owned by James Elliot of Goderich
apparently failed on a hill. They were taken to the
Alexandra Marine General Hospital in Goderich and
later released.
Wednesday proved a fine day for the annual
congregational picnic at the First Presbyterian Mitch
when about 70 members enjoyed a pleasant afternoon.
The oldest lady present was Mrs: J. M. Govenlock and
the oldest man J. D. Gemmell, The youngest child was
ftaymond Dennis, Son of Mr. And Mrs 'Clayton Bennis.
Mr. and Mrs. William Cameron of Tuckersmith were
driving home from Woodhatn when cheY collided with
another car. Mrs. Cameron was thrown to the top of the
car receiving an injury to her forehead .and was takeirfa
Scott Memorial .Hospital and later released.
Arthur F. Edmunds has recently- been appointed the
manager of the Dominion Bank, in Welland.
Howard Carroll of Goderich formerly of Seaforth
was painfully injured when a power shovel cable
snapped and wrapped itself around his face.
Spectator sports ,
BRANCHES DOWN—Last Friday morning's high winds brought down part of a
large, old chestnut tree at 104 Goderich Street East, a house owned by-Gary and
Gerda Dill. (Expositor photo)
• Whenever a wave of immigration hits a
country some of theless admirable qualities of
mankind seem to surface.. • .
Canada, peopled as. it haS been by surge
after surge of immigration from "various
eorifers.-Of the world. •has not had a gracious,
historyzs far as understanding goes. • When
the Irish arrived in Canada, for instance,`in
the 1840's and 1850's, they ,ere met with
signs in .parks that said "No dogs or 'Irish
allowed" or with help wanted, signs that •
stipulated. "No Irish need apply'
Yet within a decade or two when the Irish—
,
had settled into their new land, been. accepted
and become part of the new fabric of the land
they were ,those who re tented the
coming :of other European nationalities.
A second • major wave of immigartion has
struck Canada since the end of the Second
World War with huge influxes of Italians,
Germans. .Dutch, GreekS, Hungarians and
even Americ{ins. Each has been subject to
harassment and intollarance. Most today have
settled in and are more or less accepted. A
new \Vase is having troubled as witnessed by
the cruel,,,"Paki" jokes that art making the
rounds, particularly in thelarger centres. The
more immigt•ants.there seem to be...the harder
the resentment seems to grow .
. I have always' hated that kind of sniallmind=.
edness that leads to such discrimination bitt
got a little better understanding of what ,leads
to it a.few-weeks ago when I was down in the
city for an evening. My destination was a
theatre in a neighbourhood that had a
particularly , rich ethnic . mix. Walk in one
direction and you were likely to see stores
advertising in Italian. In another were stores
specializing in clothing for the stylish young
black woman. It was like • a little United.
Nations in a few blocks of Toronto. For
country boy used to Carfadians born here from
families a century in the country whose Main
contact .with new Canadians was with 'the
Dutch who look so-rrinch like the. oldtimers'
anyway, it was quite an unsettling experience.
It was hard to believe this was my country.
It was supper time and after searching for a
place to eat, passing up a number, of ethnic
restaurants because I didn't feel up to. the
strain of experimentation• with foods I'd
never tasted before when I was all alone,
picked what seemed to be a safe spot, a corner
lunch counter. I mean hamburgers may"noi be
exciting ethnic fare, but they're' a nice . _
comforting thought when 'all about you is '
strange.
So I went in and sat down at the counter and
ordered supper. Then I began to notice that
while the' food might be typically North
American, the language wasn't. You might
ask for a hamburg and french fries, but when
the order was delivered to the cook in the open
. kitchen,' it didn't sound the • least like
"hamburg and french fries". It was, all Greek
-cto me, literally. Now that's nothing new, of
course since about half the restaurants in
' Toronto are run by Greeks, as are even many
-'6T1hose around here. The fun began when
some Greek custpmers came in. The waiters
,and cooks called back and forth to the
customers saying a few words in English, then
switching to Greek then back to English and
so on.
The trouble is that when they switched ,
-I to Greek there was 'almost always a laugh
'along the Way: When • they were speaking ,
English they were saying ordinary things like
' "nice day today." What was so sunny when
they ,Were speaking Greek. Were they
pointing-to me and saying ''Look at that dumbi
hick from the country who doesn't even know
how to eat a hamburger without dribbling the
ketchup on his beard?" Are they casting
aspersions on, my ancestry?
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Actually what, they were probably doing Was •
talking about. the soccer game last night but
who knows...There is 4 kind of paranoia that
can envelope yoti when peciple. are speaking
another langdageand you don't know what
'they're saying, especially when you-know they
,can understand you but you can't understand
them. You have to be awfully secure in
yourself or you can start resenting the other
• person arid for that matter his whole race.
Most people aren't that secure and so we have
the distrust, the . animosity that leads to
conflict. The trouble comes not so much
l'rerrithe tensions between the nationalities or
races, but from the weaknesses within...
otirselves.•
So we-have troubles with immigrants and
we have, troubles with our French Canadian
brothers and we fail to lay the responsibilities
where they belong, on our own weaknesses
and petty fears. We lose the chance to enjoy
the beautiful things that can • come from
meeting people of a different background and
exchanging our experiences. The only good
thing about it is that given time, the Majority
of us are able to sort it all out and we do get
along with the new arrivals, just in time to
present a united front to the next group of
immigrants. .
Behind the scenes
By Keith Roulston
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