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ade of;
"Your young men shall see
visions, and your old men shall
dream dreams." Act 2:17.
Yes, old men dream dreams-
-and then what? Dreams have
Jong been a source of wonder-
ment to scientist and philoso-
pher alike. Do they represent
the real or unreal? Are they a
rejection of the day'shappen-
ings or an inspiration for a new
day? •
They are probably all of
these things, but for Harvey
Sparling, 84, of Gorrie, they
are certainly a source of inspir-
ation.
In February. 1968, right
rime cif his birthday,
Mr. Sparling dreamed he w as
writing poetry.
"It was so funny." he recalls,
"because, you know, I had nev-
er written poetry in my life --
not even when I went to school."
When he woke up in the
morning Mr. Sparling remem-
bered the first two lines to two
stanzas. Sitting down at the
kitchen table he began to write.
B' noon hour he had completed.
and typed. using the single fin-
ger method, his first poem, "My
Fancies". It is a very contemp-
army p'enn. proving the fact
that at Szr, Harvey Sparling has
the v raJnty and keen interest of
a man 0 years his junior. But
the per also "reveals his fond-
ness for the past:
MY FANCIES
Of all the fancies I detest,
Is how our fancy ladies dress,
It seems they like to show their
knees,
ften wonder they don't freeze.
A a. when they sit down on a ,
chair,
They pull their skirt which is
Flet there. •
Their dress is short, their neck-
line low,
They're never dressed -for sleet
or snow. .
They surely feel that northeast
breeze,
In fact I know it makes them
sneeze,
They choke and cough and
sneeze some more,
•And this sure makes` their throats
get sore.
And then they sweat and feel so
blue,. •
Before they know they have•the
flu.
They shake and snivel at the
nose,
But won't . put on their ,woollen
clothes.*
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Now I admire the Mennonite,
And I would say she dresses
right.
Her skirt is long, her bonnet
black;
Her dress fits ne a t l y on her
• back.
Her shoes are long with leather
heel,
Our ladies like one made of
steel.
Her cheeks are red, her eyes
are blue,
She says she never has the flu.
When she puts on her woollen
shawl,
And then some more and that's
not all.
She never feels the sleet or.
snow,
So in their buggy off they go.
Her husband's stout or maybe.
thin. •
And he has whiskers on his chin.
She may have been in Noah's.
Ark,
But she's the girl I'd like to
• spark,
With an eye for the things
around him, Mr. Sparling also
writes about the natural beaut-
ies' of spring, Of a church serv-
ice. and of farm life in general.
Prior to moving into Gorrie
in 1948, Mr,- Sparling farmed.: on
tfe fifth concession of Newick
• Township. In Gorrie hiriakes •
his home with his daughter Jean,
a school teacher at Ho w i c k
Central Public School. A son
Big.,, leap
power
demands
Clarence fauns. at RA. 2, Gor-
lie.
On March 17, Mr. Sparling .
had this 'to say about the beau-
tiful spring weather:.
The crows are cawing in the
bush.
They always come before the
thrush.
The black birds they are on their
way ,
The robins may be here today.
The sparrows; well they never
„go, •
They stay right here through
sleet_ or snow.
"I get a real kick out of it,"
he 'said discussing his recent hob-
by. " And it doesn't take me
thatlong to write a poem, per
haps an hour or so. andthen
another hour to type it."
Mr.` Sparling explained that
he liked writing about -things he
knew, such as farming.
And if I take a trip some-
where or if .we have a special
Church service, then,I,11 write
about) that.
Keenly interested in current
events, especially proceedings
in Ottawa, Harvey. Spading has
also written ,a; number of pieces
on •Prune Minister Trudeau:
Pierre Trudeau should have a
wife.
To help him' in this time of
strife. .
Consumption of electric
power in . Ontario Hydro ' s
Georgian Bay region rose 12.8
per relit last year compared with
a provincial increase of 7 , 2 .
°per cent, regional manager I.C.
Ingimundson said last Thursday.
Reporting on the year to.
utility commissioners and man-
agers at the annual conference
of the Georgian Bay Municipal
Electric Association at the Elgin
House, Muskoka, Mr. Ingimu-
ndson said that, 1, 470 electric-
ally -heated homes were con-
nected up in 1967.
At present, a survey of com-
mercial cooking establishments
was being made across the reg-
ion to determine the type and "
age of cooking equipment and
obtain comments on it. "This
market is virtually n untapped
potential for load growth, Mr.
Ingimundson said.
Andrew Frame, chairman of
Burlington PUC, told•delegates
that utility personnel should
-take advantage of the revolution
in transportation `to investigate
the methods of other utilities.
Let's find out how munici-
pal systems in other countries
are working," he said. " We
can start with out neighbors in
Canada and the United States.
The Europeans have new meth-
ods in electrical service and
distribution and if we can make
the right contacts we can learn
what's going on in Europe and
how to make it work in Ontar-
io."
Mr. Frame warned commis-
sioners that increased political
activity at the federal level
would probably spill into pro-
vincial and municipal politics.
"There are going to be many
more candidates for municipal
offices and one of the c o ni -
plaints against the elected hydro
commissions that 'there are too
many a: clamations' -is going to
disappear. And in these elect-
ions coming up, some of us are
going to be rejected by the pub•
lic and defeated at the polls."
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Some people think he knows a
lot,
But there's -sortie things he has
forgot.
Some things he never knew at
all
Was Ife born in spring or in the
fall?
Was it forty-eight .long years
,ago? •
Or forty -six --I do not know.
"I like writing about him,"
he chuckled. "He's quite a
fellow."•
Besides 'writing, Mr. Sparl-
ing is, and always has been,
fond of singing. Possessing a•
good tenor voice, he still sings,
inthe Gorrie United Church
choir.,
"A couple of years_ ago the
choir Members gave me a love
lir clock. I thought maybe they
wanted me to quit,," he laughed.
'1And in fact : I did quit for a
while, but this year I started
,singing in the choir again. I've
been a member of that choir for. •
65 years.,'
He also plays ihe piano and
at one time'played the cello.
"Our family was always music-
al," lie explained.
'He is unable, however to ex,- .
plain his talent for rhyme.
"It just semis to come ,into
my head, "• he says And it all
started with that dream. •
There was one poet, perhaps
the world's greatest, who: would
not find Mr. Sparling's sudden
Population up
32 in Morris
Morris Township Council
decided to advertise for tenders
on three trucks for use in snow
plowing at the September 4th
Meeting. Reeve William El-
ston presided :arid all members
of council were present. •
Road and generale accounts
were passed for payment.
John Brewer, assessor, re-
ported that the 1968 assessment
showed an increase of $11, 825
and an increase of 32 in popu-
lation. Cdurt of revision on
the assessment roll will be held
October 2 at 5 p.m.
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its Winter Wheat Insurance Plan.
In addition to the 50, 70 and
80 per cent levels of coverage
previously available, farmers
may now insure for 50 pet cent
of their avera$e farm yield.
The low rates 'established for
this latter coverage produce a
premium cost as low as 62 cents
per acre in some areas. •
"This lower level of cover-
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man of the Commission, " was
provided in response to consid-
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protection to, cover -out -of- poc-
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The regulations have been
amended to advance the final
date for acceptance of applica-
tions to October 1st; or 10 days
after completion of seeding,
whichever occurs first..
To encourage and protnote
good crop husbandry, accept-
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established by regions. In East-
ern Ontario, the final date for
seeding is September 15th, in
Central art Southwestern Ori"
tato it is September 36th, and
in Southern Ontario, October
20th, Liter.seeded crops are
not insurable.
W. Wawanosh to
maintain rates
West Wawanosh Township
Council met in regular session
on September 3rd, w i t htd all
members present.
•A bylaw to provide, for elect-
ions every two years rattler than
annually was given first, second
and third readings and passed.
Persons•elected for the positions
of reeve,, council and s c h o o l
trustees this year will holdof-
fice for two years.
Three'ratepa y ers, owners in
the Sproul Munibipal Drain, at-
tended the meeting and present-
ed to council a tender from
Donald Rock' for the construction
'of the Sproul Drain. After op-
ening the tender and those pre-
sent expressing their views on
the subject, the tender'of Don-
ald Rock, Kincardine, for the
construction of the Sproul Mun-
icipal Drain at $3, 855.50,, was
accepted on motion by Council-
lors Errington and Fore.
The treasurer presented -the
auditor's report for 1967/ and pro=
posed a budget for the year. On
motion of Councillors Aitch/
and Chisholm it was decided' t '
maintain the rates of last year
of 15.2 for farm and residential
property, and 17.2 for business
and commercial.
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GORRIEL-The girls attended
the first meeting on September
3 at 7 p.m. "Cottons May Be
Smart" is this teasont'g project.
Each member must sew a cotton
dress for herself. The officers
elected were president:, Linda
Watson; vice, Janice Elschner;
revolving secretary: press, Betty
Ann Brown. The girls selected
"Swinging Scissorettes" as their
name.-
The leaders, Mrs. William
Thornton and Mrs. Russell Ad-
ams, led the discussion about
color, the material and the pat. -
tem for a well wearing, yet
pretty dress.
All the younger girls ate
looking forward to making a
dress on their own for the first
time.
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