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Published at SEAEORT1-1., ONTARIO every Thursday morning by
McLean Bros. Publishers Ltd.
Andrew Y McLean. Publisher
Susan White, Editor
Wooden pump era ending
MAY 6, 1881
1 he era of Ay.onden pumps is about at an
ir nit this spring a great man people.
ewe% tally farmers are very prudently remoy.,
utk Their n putults hone then 'A Ils and
are reChtoeg them vkith crow ones. w hteh
attOginp,frpruhatns: not any mocy. (Alcune or
eeasibt eorked. vertainl, ...otesh litttre. •
healthy, i1.01
tal;14:1e1 anti Millti14114N pakter to a %sell ohicbi
the old' styje. wooden,- pump's .4a tit din.,
,
• ••:` ,uorkii.hop of • 1140%sts... PnBinan. and
lay.tory tuici eisy,
niirtni0, est, ape Aron', „destruCtierAiy fire on
Ecidas metning last Mt M.. Pullman;,
his having some; • matters to attend I.
shop. came tot! at an tintasnally curly boa
and upon entering tlw door he tclt sii,ing
smell of smoke. He looked up in thy
ys ht re is stored a but of %%heels and other
material, and was not a l ittle startled to see it
full of smoke. and the flame lust creeping up,
the rafters on the inside ot the root. He
immediately procured M a te r and the tire
was extinguished ssithout doing any dam-
age.
• Fraser. iimber-meatohap.t,of pLux
is husils engaged at present shipping his
timber along the line of the London. Huron
and Bruce. and it is thought it e ill require
abouti three eeeks to load the timber.
Messrs. Scott Brothers. ot the toss n.
disposed of it splendid piano to a profession-,
al gentleman in Scalorth on Wednesda%.Tsso
or three Toronto dealers had spent a day
with this gentlemen' before the Messrs. Scott
learned of their intent. but. so soon as they
did. they did not permit grass to gross under
their feet until they were alter hint. and.
placing their terms and the merits of their
instrument before him. soon convinced hint
that it was very treatly to his adyantage to
buy front the home firm and the purchase•
e as ,ma& accordingly.
Nathaniel Cousins of the second concess-
ion of Tuckersmith has just erected a neu
fence containing eighty rods ot Ls man's four
barb fencing wire in front of his farm.
Samuel Cooller was the contractor. This wire
makes a very neat and .tasteful fence and
reflects great credit on the builder .for the
excellent manner in e Inch it ea-, censtruce,
ed.This wire is now becoming quite general
as a substitute for the old iiiil and board
fence.
MAY it 1906
Wm, 'Gillespie. son of John Gillespie. Of
.Scaforth, passed his,,first year's examination
at the Western Medical College. London
MAY 8, 1931
Minnie Habkirk has resumed her position
as Manager of the local office of the Bell
Telephone Co. in Seaforth.
Masons are now on hand remodelling and
rebuilding what .11.0,, been, known in past
e:44-its the Wilson Willow'Hall Fartp..as it,
tip .fptig4 40440.1g, to pull down. tbelarge, ..
fine 'old dwelling Which, bat, bagaine oat' of.
repeal; andwgsloti oil for preSent day farm
tOel-.W. ChatNS•Volffufitht Yillage..lins .i.,0-
• beliel* co ,the,..ntr4Ct,4nd Will r nit doubt ;give .
.gPtid; 015:SfacIiifu. beirig.,tt , sued .04 -04pOri., •.;
ioe0 Alsto., ,I. ,.. , .
,, Tuesday. Wy,..$..th ntn4ed the 210year Of •
Messq.. Boruhron .and EtrySdale.., hardware
and ittraiture merchants, of Hensall and on
that day, •. for the advantage of their
customers and to .' give an impulse to
business as well. they held a big demonstra-
tin day and had leading travellers and
salesmen from all the large wholesale
busitteSs firms with which they .deal. '
Hugh Benninger of Riversdale spent
Stinday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. M.
Benninger of Dublin.'
Mr. and Mrs. .Wm. Pullman of Tucker-
smith have moved into their home in
Egmondville. which they have leased front
Mrs. Henry Forsyth. ' • • ,
MAY 11, 1950
Announcement was made this week of the
sale of the dental practiceof the late Dr. F.J.
Benchley to Dr. Alexander S. Black. Dr.
Black expects to begin his practise here on
• - . Monday of next week.
Difficulties which arose in determining
a site for a new Hensall Public School were •
resolved at a meeting of Hensall council and
representatives of the school board Monday
evening. Council' 'give 'first and second .
reading to a by-law to provide for the
borrowingof $120,000 when ft was indicated
by BO-ard rftirmen How and Scene. that it
was the intention of the board to erect the
new building on the site of the old school.
Mrs. Stanley „Bride. Fordwich. District
President, was present at a meeting held at
the home of Mrs. Wilbur Turnbull -on
Thursday evening 'to organize a Women's
- Institute in Walton and vicinity.
Bert Shaw. S.D.H.S. graduate leaves this ,
• ,.. week for Moscow. U.S.S.R. where he is on a
two-year posting wttn the Department of ...__
External Affairs.
k•) ' ' Rebell Beattie..McKillop. hadseveral ribs' "'fie-hired e-hired Tuesday when' he-was struck by a
• falling limb. He was assisting in tidying up
- . the premises of the late Wm. Kinney when
the accident occurred. .
Ontario's Trillium (Photo• by Ho
An Irelandoridless-,:bottlo-..for'-
Inc the years agone
141,tng honors in everi's subject, This is- a
bLeblv, Word, ,duil ne, lope nor
• ,,,,,vgg‘g fril?,04 trvit t^, hiS brilliant career
he has beggn7,•
•
Mes;ars.,crieh'Brylkers of SgArritIll
Turdased ',51040 Of. necht
s • IALL'ill.rOs l'Ottence nd • hate.. had, tt
ientveft tit. the itg the east sic-It' of Main
nerth. of Mr-, Wiltsites oifiue. The)
pa id, 51 00 for the building 05
In iumptsrn with the hotel:•Iteepers of most.
other • ptas.-es. The hotel-kee!pers of Seaforth
ha, y decided to raise their prices fur liquid
r, ecshments and stable accommodation.
f, the higher CriceS being necessary on acconat
'of Ate tncEnsedbconee.tee,
fbV "Mt, v*01014110. has tbspnsed itf
residence in Fgatortdeille to Mr, Holfgarth
toe Inand is 041A- cramtotobly sptt,g4, its
• the 17re,t kome on, lvtdi:n,Weet m4,hich
'wurchme-4 from It.l*::-Ketrtiied);,
James CoXeOrth '14 ticti all, us ho ha$
always; shown. a good tied a:enterprise,. is
m making great intpreVemes 'in his livery
property. occupied, by Robert 3.trrou. Be-
sides adding to the convenience of the ',
present premises. he is baying a. brick
addition put onto it.
and
,By Bill Smiley
S spree
First of all. inflation has you by the short
and curly. All my friends who arc retired
cry "Don't do ill,, ' as though I were a
IT-year-old about to take my first drink or
something even more sinful, according to
the society in which we grew up.
They claim they can eat steak only once a
week, that they haven't even the-money for
one of Freddy Laker's- trips to 8ngland in
the off season. that they're going to have to
sell their fine middle-class homes and
niove into some fine middle class- apart-
ment where they don't even have any lawn
to cut or snow to shovel. It's a horrible
prospect.
Most of these old friends are in a citable
state. They have decaying discs, heart
problems, high blood pressure. the gout.
the crud, or some other debilitating
nightmare. Yet 'they're all in their early
sixties. My father-in-law, 89, would call
them "boys". •
- Well. I don't think I'll be one of the boys.
at least not for another year, 1 am a mere
sixty years old. I am as sound in wind and
limb as a man of thirty. Forty years ago.
limp a bit with the gout. But that is
merely a sign of good living, and I limp
rather proudly. I scarcely need glasses,
except to tie, my tic, or hit an ash-tray. I
can't hear much of what the students say,
but my lip-reading is excellent, and I don't
want to hear what they say, anyway.
They've been giving the wrong answer for
years.
The Hiker
And the road was getting dusty, a
For few rains had left the sky,
Dry was most of Newfoundland.
Where the creeks are seldom dry.
While high above the April sun.
Shone down on roads and rocks,
A one legged man did walk alone.
His name was Terry Fox.
For weeks and miles he hopped along.
Not for glory, not for fun.
Another day a few more miles,
To enhance the Cancer fund.
I watched TV and followed him.
Like the wolf he walked alone,
And far away the answer came.
The West Coast was his throne.
For miles and Mlles he bobbed along.
on that-most important trek,
Newfoundland, Prihce Edward Isle. and
finally Quebec.
The northern rocks acre next in line.,
The road did lead that way.
Through wet and cold he struggled on.
To the port of Thunder Bev. ..
What fortitude• that fellow had.
To keep hopping day by day.
With not a chance to fill the void,
That the cancer took away.
And I wonder if it was you or I.
That was handicapped some day.
Would we give up, put up a fight.
Or let things go their way?
But thank the Lord for this one thing,
If you sleep like a baby there.
And as night comes on. you feel content,
And can cast off every care.
When the shadows of the evening fall.
Terry lonely for a while.
When morning comes he'll fell refreshed.
And continue with a smile.
In that lake port he got some rest.
To ease his aches and pain.
I'll carry on. but the Doe said n4,
The cancer struck again.
George W. Carter
. I.R. I Londesboro
rOte (fxpOsitor •.0
• szliFoRTH, o-NpAicr, MAY 0,, 1001
Proceed with caution
Unlike oil, mineral resources and industrial products, the benefits of
agriculture and the imp ortance of our farmland are not • immediately
apparent. In an ironic sense, we may be blessed with too much 'rich
agricultural acreage. Were we likedther countries such as Italy, where
farmland is at a premium and purchase costs are exceedingly high,
perhaps we Would be less willing to allow our own fertile soil to be zoned
out of production. If there is a positive feature in having a limited amount
of arable land, it is that it encourages careful planning and. foresight to
ensure it remains in production.
In ways not unwarranted; farming groups are becoming more vocal in
promoting the protection of land. There are fears about' the future of land
sold to foreign investors, along with concern about urban encroachment
and development. And not all the protests are uninformed, impulsive, or
poorly organized. Recently, for the ,second time in two years, the
residents of a township north of Toronto defeated a proposal which
would have turned a 606 acre farm into an agrominium - a farming
enterprise jointly owned by condominium residents on the property. The
agrominiurn proposition is a different battle, but part of the same war.
Now; it turns out, the Huron County council at its last meeting ,
amended the official plan to permit the development of 76 condominium
units just north of Bayfield.
The proposal is by no means a bad thing. In its construction, the
condominium: project will provide jobs for area residents. Upon
completion it will bring in new residents (at least in the summer: months)
and an infusion of funds into the community's 'economy. These days,
those two factors are welcome anywhere.
Still, though, regardless of the quality of land on which the units will be
built, the construction represents a mov, if not into agriculturally rich
land, then at least closer to it. The development also sets a precedent,
and on that basis It may be difficult to refuse the next developer who
corned along with a similar plan.
Too often lfs_a matter of political expediency to 'support such projects;
the rewards to the area are immediate and clear. It iaa matter of political
courage to Insist, on looking ahead to an 'under-Win future and:not be
satisfied until all questions"are answered: - Let's, hope. this was done
before- the decision was made.
crown. The Protestants then set out to do, to
the Catholic majority all the things they
worried a Catholic majority might have done
to them.
So today we have two armed, vicious
terrorist gangs. one on each side, playing on
the old hatreds and distrusts and sniping at
the British army trying to keep them apart.
Young people. even before they reach their
teens. are picking up the legacy of hatred
and pouring it out in flights of rocks and
Molafov cocktails and acid bombs, taking out
their frustrations oil the alitiOSI equally
To the editor:
r Trapper misled students
• • •
have to bring this to sour attentinn. re: force, it creates also more stealing. and
_picture. of muskrat demonstration .and,prices trouble with landewriers. •
at nschool, recently in your paper. but as it • I have been on' the O.T.A. hoard user 20,',
has' been brought to mine by several years and just resigned to let younger
trappers. I feel it is my duty: as a former fellows take over.
director of the the Ontario Trappers' Assoc. P.S. I know .that man and I don't yy hay he
a 535.000.000- business. Also. t still am 'Would,niake up these "eraly figitreS for .our
active as a director of Huron Co. Trappers - paper. and. young people shouldn't he
Assoc. rand have been myself a trapper for misled like this:
over .,60 years., We'feel we can't let these I 'have spoken at many schools and.
misleading articles go without correcting meetings, also de-monstrated re: 'skinning
them. and pelting. I and a letter to , Mr. 5hieff,.
The prices .of muskrats never were that O.T.A. or 'Huron Co. Trappers, etc. will,
high and on the last sale March 9, 10. I I. top verify my report above. or•Witigharn 'Nat ural
rats were ,$14.40. average w $8.05. We Resources. Roy Bellinger etc. will also.
would please request vou, if in future you know, back up my letter.
put in articles re: furbusiness. rabies. etc. to We have to check up on many 'papers..
contact, either me or other well-known or 'Thanking you,,for a prompt correction, and strong•in Canada as the paranoia that grips,
,.,iangc-ztrFtppers,--fer .c.,-iirteti.t.ion • hefore-p•Fin4----please-send-me-0 copy-te:.....c_orroLtion.....for_44.0r+her.n.4r.sa.n4.44
fellows to see you corrected it as 1 meet a lot some • towns ekpected local Catholics to join
with the .Fenians when the invasion came,
distrust was everywhere. Today the Orange
movement has become a quiet social club.
the hatred has become something that
seems strangely prehistoric. Catholics and
Protestants for the most part simply accept
each other as being people taking tau
different roads to the same place.
Behind the scenes
by Keith Roulston
represented the British 'artstocracy which
favoured British Imperialism and felt Britain
should keep the Irish as serfs, no matter
what the parliament said.
The irony is that the army of today is in
freland io proltect the Northern Irish ,
Catholics from the Protestants. When the
rest of Ireland becimes a free republic
Ulster. populated by a majority of Protes-
tants who were deSperatelyafraid of being'
ruled by a Catholic majority, managed to get
the support of the British aristocracy to have
a separate'country set up. 'twat male British
•
Once again. I , must confront that
spectre that looms before quite a few old
guys like me. •To retire and live on beans iJ u gar
_and dog food. (1r to step otice_more_into_the
• breach, dear .friends, and not become an
Old dog. licking' its wounds and less
savorable parts. wailing' for the final
stiffening into extinction'
Well, that was . a fairly literary first
paragraph. anyway.• with a reference to a
spectre. Henry • V. and old dogs. perhaps
loved. but increasingly useless, and ready
for a shot through the head.
I could get the last-named, at times.
from my wife, if we kept a gun in the
house. That's one reason we don't.
Another is that I decided. some years ago,
after shooting a black squirrel while
thinking it was a black bear, that I wasn't
cut out to• be a hunter and bring home the
pine, unless it happened to be chess. or
dominoes, or Scrabble.
Secondly. ham not an old dog. though I
would love to be. I always wanted to he a
develish old dog. twitching my Moustaches
at the ladies. pour'i'ng 9 sherry for a
fascinating widow in a suave flat overlook-
ing Kensington Gardens at the age of 82.
sipping an aperitif in the great square in
decaying Venice when I was 138. 'Twas
not to be.
I ant just a youngish old dog. to whom no
widow under the age of 59 (her version)
would give a second lodk, Unless she were
really broke.
In the third case, 1 am not young King
Hal of Tudor times, looking for breaches to
go into once more. I•have been in too many
breaches (note to proof-reader:11w is not
britches) already. The next breach I leap
into will be the last one: that hole in the
ground.
And in the fourth place. I ain't• afraid of
no spectres, There what Scrooge said, and
you -know what happened to him.
This retirement gig is not that simple.
young soldiers who are trying to bring peace
to people who seemingly don't want peace.
There is no simple solution. Catholics who
say the solution is one united. Ireland are as
foolish as those who say the solution to the
Palestinian problem is to have all the Jews •
get out of Palestine and let the Palestinians,
have it all back again. They ignore reality.
Ignorant, cruel and wrong-headed as they
may be. Ian Paisley and his Ulstermen are
there to stay. They have been part of Ireland
for centuries and wishing won't make them
go away. Wishing won't make the IRA go
away either.
Perhaps only the British army can go
away. At least the lives of the young soldiers
could be spared if the army pulled out and
let the others have at it as they would like
I have a partial plate, but I lithp through
it only when we' have hamburger in, the
cafeteria and it gets a bit clogged-no more
—titan-three-ot lout days a-wcelt-7— —
in all. 'a fine specimen of home)
mithancropus. whatever that means. I
, wouldn't want to translate it, because some
89-year-old Latin teacher (we don't teach
Latin any more) would jump on, me and tell
me was either a depressed ape or a
melancholy man. That 1 don't need. I feel
like either, at given time's.
But then my conscience assails me. I
think of all those young fellows of 40 or,45,
whom 1 am keeping out of a department
head's job. and I pretty nearly break down.
Until I rechll the fact that their wives are,
working, they have just bought a new van
or boat, andlhey are making more money
that V. Then l`decide to, stay another year,.
and I break up, chuckling at the grinding of.
teeth, the silent curses in the night, the
visions of their child having to work during
his/her summer vacation to make it
through college.
"Why doesn't the old nit quit?'He can't
teach anymore. His department is the
worst run in the province. He has no idea
how to organize his budget. He doesn't
know what a budget is. He's not sure
whether it's fall term or spring term. And
what is really maddening. he doesn't
care." And they're right, or partially so. '
Well, I've decided. I'll stay until at least
Christmas. I'll quit then, suddenly. and
leave somebody else to sort out the mess,
And some mess. I have keys to locks that
don't work. I have filing-cases full of
material taught in 1914, that have never
been opened, because the keys are lost.
And if my wife doesn't stop' ibending
money, on decorating. I'll re•run this
column in V. Why doesn't Trudeau solve
it by appointing me to the Senate?
The Battles in the streets of Northern
Ireland are being fought in the, "letters to
the editor" columns in Canada.
.One of the unwelcome exports to the nett
world, Of North Ametica during the pioneer
years was the old hatreds that for so many
years had plagued the old world, The old
prejudices became the new prejudices. Signs
in Toronto 'at the time of the influx of
immigrants from Ireland after the potato
'famine said "no dogs or Irish allowed."
On the other hand Canada owes, at least
in part. its founding as a united country to
the Irish troubles. Americans of Irish
descent., The, Fenians. determined to end
British rule in Ireland by 'attacking' Canad
tans (the kind' of inverted logic that has, been
• gcttinginnovent people killed in. Ireland for
so long.) The various colonies strung along
the U.D. border decided one way to protect
themselves was to band .together to become
a big enough country to be able to beat back
the invaders. So the, formation of Canada
wes.perhapS the only good thing to come out
of years of struggle in Ireland.
It is surprising, in a way, to see how far ee
have progressed since then. The paranoia at
the time of the Fenjan Raids was about • as
ing. as such outlandish prices stie-up a
controversy when they get their returns of people.
back. They also make more young' people
eager to trap. and we hive plenty now since . Yours truly.
far is up in price. With trespassing laws in Elmer 1 rick
The ties between North America and the
Irish trouble's are still not completely cut,
The deaths of people in the streets of Belfast
could be halted or greatly reduced. it has
been said, if the. Irish bars of Boston and
New York and Chicago stopped being
donatidn points for Irish, Americans to gist•
money supposedly for humane purposes but
money which more Often ends up hitting
, guns and bombs, Mostly. hoee,er. the
explosiveness in North America is left to
fiery rhetoric in the letters to the editor or
angry chants outside British Airways Offices
in Toronto.
To these North Americans. there is ale a, s
a simple %citation to the problem. While most
.of us in Canada and the U.S.. well
withdrawn from the passions of Ireland.
simply shake our heads in sorross at the
seemingly endless killings and butcher,.
partisans from both sides, of the strugijle
have a Simpel solution: the British should go
home,
The resentment on the part of Irish
Catholics toward the British army is perhaps
understandable. Distrust' of the arm), is
deeply held, dating back to the-years %%hen
the Irish were kept in place as peasants in
;their own land by the British army and later...
when the army often went 'against thd
resolutions of the British parliament Yy Inch
were to give Ireland home rule. The army
he decision to retire
, si