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This week the world is
divided into two camps: those
who got up at 5 a.m. to watch
the royal .nuptials and those
who take pride in saying ''I
couldn't care less".
"Had breakfast this mprn-
ing with the,Royal Family."
twig •coqe480s. anouneed
WedneSdaY morning. 1. who
fairly 'fleetly Straddle the. two
cautP,Sti SpOnt by Whole
life heing a cOmprotnis,erOfle
onewhOahvkvs,sayS " "Yo tr. ye'
gotta t I wonder,
-•;‘..0041,"did you'ever:think,
about itthis way..." ,aci.piiite4:
that.' did too: -
Wilkie I'm enjoying the
fairy tale spectacle as Much
as the true blue roy alists
among us my enjoyment has
been somewhat coloured by
worry over the riots in British
cities where as many as 4- per
cent cif the voune People are
unemployed. How does the
lavish spending and fooferaw
Took to them? Does it matter?
I fervently hope the excite-
ment will give Britain, ant.
the whole. world. a much
needed break from daily
hostilities. It is, after all.
young love we're looking at,
albeit on a scale of grandeur
unprecedented .in this cent-
ury. In fact [see some hope.
for the world in Prince Char-
les and Lady Dianna. In their
prenuptial interview aired
Past to present
•
orris celebrates weekend
Some of the Belgrave lad-
ies that were a part of this
Patriotic League included
Mrs. James Anderson: Mrs.
John Clegg. Mrs. W.H. Fer-
guson. Mrs. Joseph Bran-
don. Mrs. Wm. Geddes,
Mrs. 3.L. Geddes, Miss Jen-
nie Cole and Mrs. C.B.
Wilkinson.
Other institutes in Morris
villages were soon hard at
work as well, sewing, and
collecting. sponsoring con-
erts to raise• money and
working in close collaborat-
ion with the Red Cross
organizations that were ap-
pealing for aid from the
Canadian public. in Walton
W.I. workers in 1115 includ-
ed Mrs. John McGavin,,Mrs.
George Harm. Mrs. Alfred
Bruce. Miss Rose Simpson.
-Miss Mabel Barrows. Mrs.
Joseph Bennett, Mrs. Tho-
mas Young, Mrs. Fred-Scar-
lett. Mrs. John Ryan and
Mrs. James Harris.
The W.I.
in the village of Bluevale was
also making supplies for the
Red Cross and in Jamestown
the first Patriotic Concert
held by the W.I. took place in
Victoria Hall on December
3rd. 1914.
Obituaries
oyq1 view
Something to say
by Susan White
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 29, 1901 AS
EGMONDVILLE CONSTRUCTION — For the next couple of
weeks, there will be extensive construction done in the south
end of Epmondville, .as Murray McCutchin contractors of
DISMAL-LOOKING VEHICLE — A station wagon, twned by Neil'
McGavin, R.R. 4, Walton, caught fire last Wednesday, an the Seaforth
Fire. Department was called out but attended only for a short time.
(Photo by.RiMmer)
BURNT , OUT — The inside of Neil Mcdavin's station wagon was
completely burnt following a fire Wednesday. The ear had been used only
momenta before it caught fire, and the keys were still inside.
(Photo by Rimnier)
ONTARIO HYDRO AGAIN — Firemen were
called for a repeat performance last :Thursday
When the transformer • which Hydro was
destroying started on fire again. The fire
Morris Township. Past to
Present by Jeanne Kirkby.
Publishers .- Morris Town•
ship Council. Copyright 1981
WHEN THE WORLD
CHANGED
"But they are all gone
now, those old-fashioned
Irish gentlemen whom we
remember as a little lad to
have seen pouring our gen-
erous libations to the gods, of
laughter and good fortune on
those distant New Year's
Days. yghtlie the turtallove
them, and may their graves
be green with mint!
This is a much more
sensible and decorous age,
but it is 'also Much duller.
People eat and drink and kill.
'one another with a sort of
coldly scientific precision.
Personally, we liked the old
-times best...
There are no more New
Year's calls, no more punch
bowls...Instead people sit
sedately in the bosoms of
their families, and drink tea.
and dilcuss the news from
. the Italian front.
As General Sherman
said. war is certainly hell:
well, so is prohibition."
A New Year's Day reflection-
by the editor THE HURON
EXPOSITOR, 1918
THE GREAT WAR
There were other people in
Morris Township with mem-
ories of battlefields besides
James Russell and R. Gri-
moldby. the grizzled old
veterans of the Fenian Raids
in 1866. Indeed The Boer
War of .1899-1900 had drawn
a Canadian contingent to
fight for Britain in faraway
1r
Africa. John Barnhill, of
Morris Township was de-
corated by the King Mr
standing under fire when all
else fled. In March. 1900, the
relief of Ladysmith was joy-
ously celebrated' with the
local party held in Wingham
while the Bluevale youths
held their own _celebration.
Before the night ' was
through, Bluevale saw three
guns fired, a bonfire in the
streets, a tin pan• parade and
many, hi-jinks. But the war
seemed far away then and
did not affect the residents of
Morris much as they were
busy with the building of
their economy.
Just before the First World
War was announced, there
was very little notice paid to
the world situation. People
were busy with concerts and
social evenings. Farris were
demanding as they grew
larger and more productive.
Most of the focus in a
political sense was on the
temperance struggle, and
the federal reaction to the
different lobby groups,
AUGUST 7TH 1914
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
"War has been declared
between Great Britain and
Germany. This is the an-
nouncement which astonish-
ed the world on Wednesday
last. About 9 o'clock Tuesday
night, the Governor General
at Ottawa received a dispatch
from the British Colonial
Secretary of State. officially.
informing him that war had
been declared against Ger-
Many by Great Britain. A
meeting of the cabinet was at
once called, and it was
decided to call a meeting of
Parliament for Aug. 18 to
consider the course of action
to be taken by Canada. and
to vote the necessary sup-
plies for the military forces to
be called out."
There was no hesitation on
the part of the country to
spring to the defence tit -
Britain. Most Canadians of
that time either considered
their nationality to be Scot-
tish. Irish or English. never
Canadian. They were still
singing "Rule Britannia" in .
their schools and there was
no question of their patriot-
ism.
By September 17th. the
Belgrave Women's Institute
formed themselves into a
Patriotic League and began
to canvass for donations and
goods. In response to the
Provincial Government's ap-
peal, this group sponsored
the earliest Patriotic Concert
in the Forester's Hall. By the
end of that month. 85 ladies
met regularly during the. day
in the Hall over the hum of 12
sewing machines, preparing
to make supplies for the Red
Cross. Their first shipment
included • 81 pillows, 33
shirts. 1,50 hankerchiefs,
cholera belts. 4 pair of sacks,
433 housewife's (7), 19 surgical
bandages. and 6 pair of
wristlets. This collection was
baled and shipped on the
14th of the next monthl.
MRS. GEORGE
BENNEWIES
Mrs. George Bennewies,
formerly of McKillop Town-
ship. died Wednesday. July
22 at Kilbarchan Nursing
Home in Seaforth where she,
had resided for the past ten
years. She was the former
Magdalena (Lena) Leonhardt
and was ho'rn,_ in Logan
township on July 31. 1885:
daughter of the late John
Leonhard, and the former
Elizabeth Diegel. On Dec-
ember 21, 1905, she married
George, Bennewies who pre-
deceased her 18 March
1946. The couple had farmed
at lot 8 concession 12 of
McKillop township. She Was '
a member- of St. Peters
Lutheran Church in Brod-
hagerr where she was an
honorary member of the,
Luthern Church Woenimn.
Surviving is a son Wt....?irn
H. Bennewies of Kitchener.
five daughters, Mrs. Hilda
French, Mrs. tieorget Laura)
Rock and Mrs. Day id (Retal
Davis all of Mitchell, Mrs.
Edna Lloyd of Weston and
Mrs, George(Anna) Sherrin
of Kitchener and one broth-
er. Christian Leonhardt. a
resident of the Ritz Lutheran
Villa in Mitchell. Also sur-
viving are eleven grand•
children, 30 greatgrand- ,
',children and 20 great great
grandchildren. Mrs. Ben-
newies was predeceased by
four brothers, four sisters
and one granddau ghter.
Cheryl Bennewies. Friends
were received at the Lock-
hart Funeral Home in Mit-
chell until noon Saturday
when transfer was made to
St. Peters Lutheran Church.'
Brodhagen for the funeral
service with Rev. Harold
Brill officiating. During the
service. Diane Or'eb, a
granddaughter. sang. How
Great Thou Art accompanied
by Mrs. A. Horst at the
e- ^n. Pallbearers were Earl
an.. Warren Rock, Eric
Bennewies, Carl Vock, John
Henderson and Ken Davis,
all grandchildren. Members
of St. Peters Lutheran
Church Women attended the
service in a body and formed
a Guard of Honor outside
the church. Interment was in
Si.• Petters Cemetery. Ex-
pressions of sympathy were
shown through floral tri-
butes, and memorial (donat-
ions to Ontario Heart Found-
ation, Canadian Cancer Soc.
city, St. Pe** Improvement.
Fund, Specific Ministries- Of
L.C.W. Lutheran Hour, Ritz,
Lutheran Villa and Missions.
MARY HAUGH
Mary Haugh, aged 81,
widow of the late Wallace
Haugh passed away sud-
denly, Sunday July 19, 1981
at her tarn'. home. Her
parents were the late Susan
Turner and John McNaugh-
ton of Kippen and she was
born April 5. 1900 at her
parents home.
She is survived by sons,
Allan of Brucefield, Neil of
Clinton, and daughters Ann
of Moline, Illinois and Suane
of Brucefield.
She is also survived by
brothers Jim of Seaforth.
Webster of New Hamburg,
Bob of Toronto and sisters
Ann of Hensall and Lena of
Clinton.
Mary had three grand-
children • Cameron, Donna
Lynn and Robert.
Mary Haugh loved her
community and served it in
numerous ways. Perhaps
mast outstanding in her life
was her love of flowers and
her love of people. Mary was'
forever inviting friends' to
visit her gardens and she
gave many many gifts of
flowers, roots and bulbs. She
had affectionately received
the hick:name, the Flower
Queen of Huron County.
Mary Haugh always regard
ed flowers with such beauty
that she loved to share them.
She began in 1919 a very
long teaching oreer having
graduated from Seaforth
Institute in 1918 with
a Middle School Honours
certificate after attending for
two and a half years. She
attended Normal School in
Stratford the following year.-
Her first school was in
Grey Township followed by
S.S. #7 Tuckersmith. Her
adventuresome nature then
took her to Sault Ste. Marie
at S.S. #4 Kotah. S.S. #3
Tuckersmith was her next
assignment until 1934 which
.time she pitt teaching aside
to raise her four children.
She resumed teaching in
Hensall in the spring of 1955
until her retitement in 1966.
Mary Haugh had a way of
inspiring her pupils and was
always able to display a
remarkable talent is a leader
to them. She loved teaching
and for several years made a
point of digging for each of
het pupils a root' or bulb of
skune kind.
"That's the princess" we told"'"'
her, thinking Lady Diana in
her veil and headdress had
taken on a decidedly silver
cast. "No'''. she repeated.
nearly in tears, until finally
we caught an. The real object
Otter' interest was the arch•
bishop of sere
enough resplendent in .a„
Silver .Wiloitio,p4, Ugh •
h4t'11e looked to..her,lihe •
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tthan a nier*bri*VOPto*.
. • The • next reaction, came.
whets the TV shoWetian. aerial '
view'of $i. Pants, frnm behind-
the couple. "Look at her'
train." I exclaimed as the
.ca era showed the gown
trailing half way back down
the aisle.
"Train, where's the
train?" our mystified three
and a half year old replied.
quite expecting a choo choo to
interupt the proceedings.
(When you're three and a half
and the whole world's glued
to the TV set, anything's
possible).
Then the camera caught
Princess Margaret in brilliant
orange, .gazing benignly
(maybe nostalgically?) at the
royal couple. "That's the
black guy's mother". our
Gaby assured us. 'The black
guy of course was Prince
Charles in his naval uniform.,
We set her straight on that
one but we had to rush off to
work and didn't have time to
wait for a look at the Queen
herself.
I've said. we didn't go into
wedding tailspins at our
house. (Unlike the vacation-
ing family we heard about
who bought a new, bigger TV
aerial for their cottage so that
they could get the 5 a.m.
coverage live and clear.) No
pre-dawm alarm clocks, no
presents or telegrams of
congratulations. And we
cou ldn't very well send a
card, could we?
But it was fun just the
saine Aalhope it was for the
blissluf newlyweds.
REV. D. GLENN CitiMPBELI,
Rev. D. Glenn Campbell
Di)._ who Served at First
Presbyterian Church of Sea-
forth from 1948 to 1958, died
at Victoria,Hospital in London
July 22. 1981.,He was minist-
er of Elmwood Avenue' Pres;
byteriah Church in London,
and was in his 63 rd year.
Rev. Campbell was highly
regarded in the Seaforth area
for contributions to the minis-
try, and wrote popular artic-
les for The Presbyterian Re-
cord:'
He is survived by, his wife.
Marion':(Paterson) Campbell;
son Donald G.'ofTorotito: and
daughter Ann Campbell of
London. Also survived by a
sister, Mrs. John (Bertha)
Martin of Rodney.
Friends were received at
the A. Millard George,Funer-
al Home in London. The
service was at Elmwood Ave-
nue Church with Rev, Doug-
las H. Stewart D.D. officiat-
ing. Burial in Rodney Cemet-
ery.
MRS. JOE(MILRE) SILLS,
Mrs. Mitre Sills of Balti-
more died July 17:1901 at St,:
Joseph's Hospital Baltimore.
Md.
She is survived by one son,
Joseph Sills Jr. of Baltimore.
Also surviving are two grand-
sons. She was predeceased
by her husband JoSeph SillS.
Funeral service was held at
the R.S. Box Funeral Home,
Seaforth on July 22 with Rev.
P. A. Oostveen officiating.
Burial atSt. James Cemet •
ery
Pallbearers wer D'Or Sills,
Jim Sills. Ron Sills, Henry
Enzenberger, Gerald Town-
send and Clarence Malone.
FRANCIS O'REILLY
Francis (Frank) O'Reilly.
died at St. Michael's Hospital
July 19. He lived in Toronto.
He was born in Seaforth to the
late Albert and Minnie
(Cleary) O'Reilly. Surviving
him are two sisters, Helen
(Mrs. Paul Borg) of David-
son. Michigan, Margaret.
(Mrs. Ed Martin) Kitchener
and, one brother Jim.
Oshawa.
The body rested at the R, S.
Box Funeral Home, Seaforth,
and a committal service was
held at St. James Roman
Catholic Church, Itily 22, at
II:30 with Father Oostveen
officiating. The pallbearers
were Jack O'Reilly. Joe Ryan.
John Shea, Michael Crsync,
Lou Daly', Louis Coyne.
k•••
and playing King and Queen
Were big on GoderIch St.
West for weeks after that
mothentous eveht.
1 was What my daughter
col** big girl moo sikb4cik,
then but V wonder if she, half
lt$ 014, NIP remember much
about Charles 4-n4.10y
She of course 104 thte, benefit'
t!tcolottt TV but she wasn't
such interested in pre-wed-
ing coverage 'Until the fire-
. works started, That she's
seen before on a much
smaller scale, and she could
get a handle on it.
BEWILDERMENT
Her reaction to the wed-
ding itself was bewilderment.
"Who's that grey person?"
she asked repeatedly
Correction
The photo of the
Scott-Golding wedding
which appeared in last
week's Huron Expositor was
incorrectly credited. It was
taken by James Fitzgerald.
We reget the mistake.
For many years. she was
involved in the 441 clubs and
Women's Institute. She
served as leader of the 4-11
dubs, during the late 40's
and the 1950's. On one
occasion she had the largest
club in all of Canada .with
more than seventy girls.
Mrs. Haugh was a firm
believer in the church of the
community and its role. She
attended faithfully. in the
years when she was able,
taught Sunday school' and:
was involved in several
church organizations. At
Brucefield church she was
the first woman ever tote an
elder, also the .first woman
elder in Huron County Pres-
bYtrY
During recent years she
was a member of the Horti-
cultural Society in Seaforth
and enjoyed attending, the
meetings whenever she was
able. In January, 1981, she'
fit very honoured to have
received from the Horticul-
tural Society a plaque in
recognition of her meritor-
ious service to horticulture in
the area.
Mrs. Haughs. home was
always open - always inviting
to her many friends through
the years. She loved people
and will be missed" by her
family friends but long re-
menibered for her many
generous, and thoughtful
deedt. She was a woman of
actions and perhaps fitting to
her would be in parting -
`"Actions and deeds count
more than words."
ELLA JANE WEST
Ella Jane (PappleY West of
781 Curry St, beloved wife
of Roy V. West and dear
daughter of lsabella.„Papple
of Seaforth, died at her
residence July M.
Dear sister of Gordon
Wiliam and Earl of Seaforth,
Lloyd of London. Mrs. Wal-
lace (Mary) Pungle of Brant-
ford, Mrs. Scott (Anne) Kerr
of Dorchester, Mrs. Elmer
(Myrtle) of Neuwalk,
fornia, Mrs. William ((Nave)
little. Winthrop, Mrs. Doig
(Edna) Stinson of London.
Also survived by many niec-
es and nephews.
Funeral services were ' eld
on .luly 23 at the Needhatn
enteral home In- London with
interment at Bikinis collet.
cry Brucefleld.
department was summoned to the plant east of
town a total of three times last week.
(Photo by Rimmer)
Baden do storm sewer work to Water Street.
(Photo by Hook)
Tuesday night on TV the
prince said it would be a
challenge to eatVg out
priloafe.:faatilY life in ll?e
midst Of alttlteroYakftOMP'
and ohligation. ',lime's., So
Much to beAoni.." be said
'anal sensed lie 409't '01.0ah
)1tat'OPilttfOg -hutJO:Jogs and
:accepting totiqUetS,
Certaiply they are eominit•
ted. serious and joyous young
people and that's who we
need more of in public life. in
all our countries.
A HOPEFUL SIGN
So for the most part! see all
the royal wedding excitement
as a hopeful sign. the rebirth
of a sense of purpose rather
than a bread and circuses
show designed to take the
minds of the masses off their
Obvious grievances.
We'll see.
But what's been really
interesting this week is see-
ing the royal wedding
through the eyes of a three
year old. I have fond memor-
ies of listening in awe to the
old radio on the kitchen
counter to every word as
Queen Elizabeth was crown-
ed back in 1953. Paper crowns
i i