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Published at SEAFORTH. ONTARIO every Thursday morning by a bad accident when a day or so ago he
McLean Bros Publistiers Ltd JULY 1. 1881collided with an auto on our Main Street,
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the years aaone nearly opposite his barbershop. He . was
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Andrew Y McLean, Publisher cpnct:ssion of. McKillop. was sold by g on a bicycle'at the time and carrying a
Susan04hite. Editor E C>1- auction at the Commercial Hotel in this large tin vessel and in turning in to the shop,
situation c khery monster berry measuring six he was struck with considerable force,
jov6n. on Tuesday last The purchaser was in the offif - A large nuniticr born patch a
p H -,man T%erman. and the price $4500. The of his friends as , sembled at the railua inches the ,,one way and five.the other. Mr. enough to smash very badly the bicycle on V
Memper Canadian Commqnjty Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Govenlock is -not easily beaten as a which he was riding, but very fortunately,
farm contains 100 acres and is good % alue for station to, see him off and %%ish him %%ell and "A
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Mrs. George E. Holland and little daugbt-
foot. Belle McClurco Mr.
Mes-,rs. A. and J. Beattie of the 'th George McKay of Kippen who takes a Mrs. Mary.13road
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•concession have erected a board fence along pardonable pride in his garden. enjoyed nc-., Mar Dublin spent a, days with and Mrs. Robert McClure. James McClure
D fri(;nds'in Brantford and Ethel McClure of McKillop. 'Mr. and
Thinkagain the front of Eskdale Grove. which gives their potatoes for his dinner on Dominion AN. Mrs. W. Cully of'Seaforth spent Sunday
residence a most fascinating appearance. G.A. Reeves. the veteran lightning rod with her brother Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart, Mrs. Garnet Taylor, Staffa; Harvey McClure
'of man.is doing a larger business than ever this rt, Walton and William McClure, Seaforth were
What would you do with a building and a site a block away from Donald McGregor of the loth concession Tuckersmith. in Dungannon on Sunday attending the gold -
downtown Seaforth? It presently houses a heavy industry, but that McKillop has alsohaderected 100 rods of a reason wiring houses and barns. similar fence. The work -was done by Messrs. We have vef y great pleasure in noting that Harry Harman is building a neat garage at en wedding of their cousins. Mr. and Mrs.
W.H. McClure.
Industry is moving out soon, to the town's industrial park. The site is in a Bullard and Walton. who are experts at the John G. Crich, son of Mrs. John Crich of the rear of his dwelling on South Richmond WVisitors with Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Fletcher
residential area, on a tree -lined street of nice homes and it's very near a business. Seaforth. has recently been pr6moted to the Street. Hengall, which will take the place of
large modern nartment complex for senior citizens. Robert Campbell, who has been connected position of head bookkeeper and cashier for the stable building which he sold to MR. are her mother -Mrs. Nelson Smith and her
f Seaforth which takes possession with the Expositor office for ten years. and the mercantile department of •H.M. Loud s Pfile and which he had moved to his land. sister Mrs. S.J. Booth of McGregor,
That's the problem facing the town o Sons' Lumber Company of Aux Sauble. j I ust a little south of John Rowcliffe's new Manitoba.
of the site soon. Council in it's wisdom has decided the site and building who has had nearly sole control of the est side of the London Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Schneider, Paul and
are perfect for a temporary maintenance shed for the town works mechanical department for about six ye I ars Michigan. How these Huron boys do climb. dwelling on the w Judy of Stratford, were Sunday visit . ors of
left there on Saturday evening last for Robert Goventock. of Seaforth celebrated Road. rowly escaped Mrs. Schneider's father Robert Thomson.
---A rintnininn Dav by nickine from his straw- Fred Manns of Hensall nar
department.
.. We think there are more practical and creative uses And we think -
Huron Expositor readers should have plenty Of ideas on the subject.
That's why we are announcing a contest. The prizes, although as yet
not firmed up, will be unique and valuable. Something along the line of a
gourmet picnic lunch at the Lions Park with Alan Aida or Anne Murray.
We make no promises., but something along those lines.
But prizes aside, the contest's aim is simple. Write us about the best
use you can think of for the High St. site. After all you, if you're a
Seaforth taxpayer, will soon be part owner of the land and building.' .-
We're looking for
uiI`ding.'We'relookingfor Imaginative,, dare we say funny?, solutions as well as
the most practical use, for the site. Some suggestions we've already heard
include a park that can' be used by apartment dwellers next door, a
parking lot that will take the heat off Main St., and a garden plot that
could be rented by Seaforthites without any land to try out green thumbs
'On.
You can endorse one of those ideas, or the town's present solution, or
you can come up with something better. Let your imagination and your
practical planning ability loose and write us in 500 words or less about
your use for the site.
We'd like to hoar from you by next Friday, July 10. If we can't do them
one better we don't have much right to criticize our council's decision.
We'd like you to sign your entry but If tbere�s some pressing reason we
won't print It.
We'll print the collective wisdom.of our readers though, and we're sure
there's a lot of it out there.
So -get those I funny, Imaginative and eminently. practical uses for the
High St. site Into the Expositor soon. And the we'll talk about that
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black German shepherd male pups on the Mrs. Robson Mo,-aning those June iry d
fth' and 7th of Mcolop, in the middle of 6th can. McKillop
buy., I
My husband and I don't travel the road It had to be my neighbour, whose
together that often I and the pups had been Remarkable place•'By Bill Smiley
e picked Man and woman, this is some crazy son-in-law has the same birthday, and who
least 24 his. before w country. Whoever first said it: "eight ugar makes great chilli sauce. She's in on it, too.
there at le S and pice
them up. To the Editor: months of winter, and four` months of bad know how those African prime
I have found a good home for one and the After vis#mg Canada's Wonderland on / '!Roaes am red, violets we purple, Ana Now I
r sleighing," wasn't far off the mark. a different tint for me. It meant I was e min' rs
other I decided to keep. The dogs were in June 3rd. I found that it was everything and on we know June 2 is your birthday too." iste feel. Juju everywhere.,
Left them more than I expected. On first sight Of the You're hanging up the snow shovel with year older, and not a bit smarter.
very stood condition whin ,you me hand, and reaching for the lawn mower And today, I realized, with a real touch of
d about.1 months old. I want to thank park I thought'about what Mr. Trotter's view with tIje..qther.
an ilt on -prime farm land- . .....
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you..for.the one, L have kept,- the- One- with vjas-.- He, said -itwas -bu Your lilacs just -start out as the mosquitoes
American money' involved. forgotten all about my birthday, as I usually One day at a time
with too much
the blue' eye. wt start zoning in. You huddle off to work in do, and my wife almost invariably does.
"We" -call him Rebel and be is really but the farmers who sold the land, sold it for early May with snowboots, scarf and In home form period this morning, my by Jim Hegarty
Thank you. I know it is difficult a good price, -and at their own will. As for, the overcoat, plus hea
beautiful 'Ageai. Two days later, you kids started half-heartedly singing, "Happy
110 decently dispose of dogs. We'rented American money it had to come from Some -outfit. and it's like being Les. Well, my name isn't Les. So
embark in the same Birthday,
property in McKillop, the people* moved place. very helpful and in a sauna. Ijust moaned a bit and told them to shut up.
Way and left their dog. At the time we I found the workers Then you're into June, and anything can I thought it must be the birthdays of some
didn't want another dog. friendly. The food was good and not terribly
happen. One morning a frost, the next a heat ruck star.
I called the vet.clinic and itis $3S to have, expensive: The grounds and washrooms wave, then a thunderstorm. And all ground Then I realized they were grinning at Les The symbol of Terry
dog disposed of but I was told the were very clean andwell-laid out. The part vou things. are, growing like maniacs: mostly Dawe, a five footeewho I has had to be moved
�Znship. would pay. Well the township also his facilities for renting wheelchairsI grass and weeds and children. The children because he wit` pushing over six foot girls it was by far too nice a weekend to work battle Against cancer.
said as I owned the property where the dog and strollers. , . are OK., but you can have the Weeds. And when they weren't looking. And s . 0 it was the Fate._deprived me of
lived it was my responsibility.. I didn't want Wonderland is truly a remarkable place you can mow the I grass. Hey. It struck me. It wa my birthday too. and as I sit back with a cold drink in the the opportunityI to meet and talk to one of
for a dog I didn't own. I and a must for everyone to visit. Poets get a bit silly in spring. They talk I announced the fact, trying shade of the big maple tree behind my
W pay that much pound in I Sean Lane, ng to steal a bit of house, I was thankful that the newspaper I the world's great men
ended up taking him to the Grade'8 student aboui the -tiny crocuses peep -their wee heads Les"s thunder. The response. was terrific: was working for had hired a journalism But .I do not ,feel cheated because, in
Sftatford. things can't be arranged so St, Coltimban School through the sullen earth. Show me a pound "How old are you, Mr. Smiley? When are student to work all- summer. reality, I have met and spoken, to Terry Fox
U's too bad t of asparagus'growing like mad, and you can you gonna retire?" I responded by telling many. many time in' my short life.' I've
per, then R.R. 2 Dublin, Ont. The student -major responsibility was
dogs could be disposed of chea have eight pounds of crocuses. them they all had to Write tb'-e,- fina�
to wora very—weekend—from—May--to- ---chatted—with--hmr—tn—barhm4upg.--A-q—,
—A—ad-tFey use An sorts or other images. 1 They wouldn't believe me. They seldom do. September, relieving all the newspaper's hospitals and in hotels. I've met him at
think it was Walt Whitman who wrote about Then I crashed down to the English
Boob. sale keeps. growing grass as God's green handkerchief dropped. workroom for smoke. regular staff reporters of that dreaded job. church, in factories, in school cafeterias' There were eight I was especially glad Craig was taking and on the main street, of my hometown.
Well, fnine doesn't.drop.. It shoots up as teachers in there. I asked, Who the hell is
over for -me this weekend because it It's been written that love js a verb, not a
though the devil himself were pushing from minding the store?" Started out, to got the
Banks, Exeter promised to be a busy one. Some young noun. Love is not a thing you possess or do
On Saturday, June 6 the Blyth Centre for below. and it grows about six inches in six department back in business. Was seized by fellow from British Columbia was running, not possess - itis an action you either do or
Hill and florgal. Godcrich�
Janice Bisback. Hensall; The Huron Exposi-
the Arts sponsored their Annual used book hours. Did you' ever try to mow a a six footer and told I had to help eat a cake. across Canada to raise money for some do not, do.
sale at Memorial Hall in Blyth. This year, tor, Seaforth; and Harris -Stationery; Wing- hours. The cake was delicious It must have- cost cause I couldn't remember the details of,
the response of the citizens, of Huron County ham. June is pretty rough, espi6ally for a And more times than I can count, a
them thirty cents each. The singing of and I knew it would b6 a hectic time for
made this fund-raising event which provides If this form of community response teacher. I dropped in on , a colleague Happy Birthday- was the most sac fixed
next year our annual used book reporters trying to collect information and Terry Fox has leaned over me in my hour of
revenue for the'operlating account of the yesterday. His eyes were glazed, . and sound I've ever heard from 'a mixed pictures as the lad jogged through our city- need and helped me back on my feet..
sale should be bigger and better than ever. scatter I ed around him were about 100 essays, nous so On the day Terry Fox died in his hospital
Blyth Summer Festival a total success. on Satitrday,
A new dimension was added to this event Sincerely. to be marked. He vaguely recognized me. group. There would berths usual hassle of trying bed in British Columbia'. I went down, to the
-this year. Authors Penny Kemp and James Marian Doucette dropped his bead on his desk. and moape i d. Went to lunch. The ladies in the cafeteria tD get through. the,crdwds of onlookers to local post office to see if there was any
for the Board of the Blvth Centre for the Arts •1sn't it a bastard?" I patted his head and gave me a nudge. toward retirement, too. mail for me in my box. Lying, on a table
Reaney gave readings of some of their rubbed his back, and when he came around, Completely for free was a piece of pumpkin get a view for a photograph of the runner.
And then it would be a real trick to comer there, scrawled anonymously on a cr4mpl.
o material in the art gallery on the afternoon of I agreed. "Yes". pie', with a single, burning candle 'in the the guy for a few minutes to get a quick ed piece of note paper, was this touching
the sale. and a display of early children's verse:
When I was editor, the coming of summer middle of 'it At least the candle didn't go out interview. All the usual would be
book illustiations was loaned to us for this A hearty thanks I love you, Terry.
occ& sion by The Gallery, Stratford. was rather a pleasure. I always made while I carried my macaroni and tomatoes asked and the usual answers given and the You are to me,
OpeninWDAy of the trout fishing season in into the dining -room. A goodly symbol. But I
A bike sale and luncheon -counter also For anyone who has been watching. the May, In June, I knew the advertising would took two puffs to blow stout. A not -so -goodly whole affiri would be about as interesting as day-old bread. The -kind of man I'd like to be.
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Without tete symbol. A simple, humble, quiet friend,
operated throughout the day recent efforts of the nursery school parents fall off, because the merchants knew the bo covered lots of sporting events before
I'd cov Whose life holds meaning for all men.
generous donations of baked goods and speak well for the future of the "family unit" summer tourist trade would make up for About then I began to realize the whole and many ebarity drives, so I knew just
Iuficheon supplies from groups such as, "The in Seaforth arta areal those bleak spring days of March and April. plot had been choreographed by some one what was in store. And err your death, though tears I cry
the 01 Festival 'It- night, teams of ambitious And.then. I looked forward to the suminer, In May, t find yet,tnore truth to live by:
Pritrids of Blyth _yth Night "ifid after my job, not -so -subtlely saying it was So on that Saturday aftem,9011
Singers," and members of the local cOm- volunteers have been working tirelessly to when I could sit in the office with one eye on n my A loving act, if freely done
I retired. I went over rise potential 1980, 1 put the screen windows o
triunity, this part of out fund-raising event re -vamp their new building in preparation the typewriter, and one on the tourists time
S, power-hungries. the dissidents. the ladies to house And went downtown for, a coffee. Wfills life, not death, to everyone.
e been nearly so successful. for the nursery's move to Market St. These walking by: some like young gazelle Generally, it was a productive day and I 'got A spirit lightened, given strength,
would not how rs whom I'd told to stop crying on my shoulder.
We Would also like to, take this opportunity volunteer efforts indicate not only a willing- long-legged And brown as Masai warriors a lot AccOmplighed. I went to bed that Lives longer then, thananylength
to thank all those people who so kindly ness to meet the socio -educational needs of with breast -works, others with the gait and I couldn't think of one with the brain's to night, satisfied with myself and the world. Of time out bodies might be soared.
donated books for this event, and especially young children but also indicate a valuable,,, shape of hippos; still others with the orchestrate, it. or the ability to step Into my In the, newsroom on Monday morning, I And victory goes to those who cared.
-sightedness, ani heavy shoes. the bottom of the page, in a shaky
the businesses and indivio-pals who provided commitment to tamily values in our local questing snout, the short couldn't of Ctaig.Thc enthusiast At
E.A.T, community, theht tempers of rhi
short and alwas -y
us *jib k1c*tWs,for book drops Last stew was getting ho an4 finding on is student foltowed me around for an bout`, littid.,was Written 11iii short postscript -
Let's all give those folks 4 real "pat on the the children, golden, round, and sleek as,
t6fling me over and over - in An ex8ted ",Wherever you Are tonight, Terry, put n a
the back porch'a bottle of homemade pickle'
CompAnY0,130tyfield; Taylor's General. Stu're. back!" They deserve it. speckled trout without the speckles, relish, sitting in a bowl of ice, with a voice about this Terry --Fellow fO the good word for mel"
tfelgriv,6, The Blyth S Sincerely, Those were the days.
Standard The Brussels
P0. st: The Clinton Town Hall, Dianne An Interested Bystander But. as 4rew more mature, June took on message,
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