The Huron Expositor, 1948-10-22, Page 2i'
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SEAFORTH, Friday, October 22nd
Mosquitoes Doomed?
Perhaps its too late to do us much
good this year, but at least it's nice
to know this atomic age finally has
accomplished some measures of pro-
gress in man's battle against the
mosquito.
Dr. Morton C. Kahn, of Cornell
University Medical College, has been
studying the problem and has come
up with a solution that we intend
trying out the next time a mosquito
starts buzzing in our direction. He
found that a female mosquito at-
tracts a male by a peculiar humming,
so he made a phonograph record of
a female onopheles albimanus, or
mosquito, which he played over a
powerful loudspeaker, which in turn
was surrounded by a deadly electri-
fied screen. It worked. Males, by the
thousands answered the call and
went to their death. Soon in the test
area the males were almost entirely
eliminated.
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Community Museum
The Women's Institutes of the dis-
trict have a good job and one that
will be• particularly appreciated by
future generations, in the prepara-
tion of their Tweedsmuir histories.
The histories have recorded in perm-
anent form the stories and details of
early days in the district, and trace
from generation to generation the
operators of the farms which more
than a hundred years ago were hew-
ed from Huron forests by ancestors
of many of those now engaged in
recording their history. t'
The possibility that the recording
of local history is but the first step
in a properly documented story of
the district's early days is raised by
the Petrolia Advertiser -Topic, when
it urges the establishment of com-
munity museums.
With increasing frequency, as citi-
zens become further removed from
the life and times of those hardy
Huron pioneers, and become used to
the mechanical age that is now ours,
there is a tendency to put in the
background responsibility for seeing
that the familiar objects of a hun-
dred years ago are preserved.
This is unfortunate and could eas-
ily be prevented if an organization—
and in view of the success of its his-
tory project it could easily be the
Institute—were to take initial steps
for the establishment of a local mus-
eum. The work involved need not be
heavy. The main requirement would
seem to be quarters where historical
articles could be located and a pro-
perly set-up system designed to en-
sure a description of the articles.
Such a museum would ensure for
future generations a knowledge of
the ways of life of those pioneers.
who made possible the district as we
know it today. Too, it would pro-
vide many families with the assur-
lance that articles from the past,
;which they treasure, would serve a
wider purpose and at the same time
;Mould be preserved.
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.Debt Or Taxes?
(Goderich Signal -Star)
Should the Federal Government
. tntltinue its heavy taxation and use
surpluses for the reduction of the na-
tional debt, or should it reduce taxa-
1ioh and keep on paying the enormous
interest charges that are the conse-
iiu nce of the war expenditures?
Mostc " pressions of press and p lat-
' ni are iii irne with the popular
iew ,and call forlower taxes, The
tianr is east on the other hand,
fu h'er debt reduction. I
`S nce; the end of',the war the Dom-
inion, Government lias been piling UP
huge surpluses and isug the sante.
for reducing thenational debt. In
the last WO fiscal years over a bil-
lion .dollars has been accumulated
and gone into debt reduction, and
that pace is being maintained. For
the first . six umonths, a the current
year monthly collections have been
averaging $75 millions above month-
ly expenditures!
"In some quarters this policy of
keeping taxes up and paying off debt
has been sharply assailed. To listen
to some of the extreme critics one
might conclude that there was some-
thing unfair if not actually dishon-
est about a government doing what
every sensible individual must do af-
ter a period of excessive spending.
"If Canada is ever to reduce its
national debt now is the time to do
it. Revenues are buoyant and money
is cheap. How long this condition
will continue no one knows. But we
do know that every million knocked
off the national debt now is a perman-
ent saving of the interest on that
million for all time to come."
In advocating tax reduction a
Western paper says that "Canadians
are so over -taxed they are unable to..
provide capital funds needed for de-
velopment of our natural resources.
If Canadian business and industry
do not get enough new capital to de-
velop and expand, our jobs, our na-
tional production and our standard
of living will be jeopardized. And
the Government's own tax returns
will be smaller than if our economy
grew at a normal rate."
This argument loses much of . its
force when one looks "about and sees
that, in spite of heavy taxation, in-
dustrial production is booming and
employment is at the highest level
known. We are, of course, living in
abnormal times, and the present
prosperity cannot be expected to
continue at its present level; but is
this not justification for -Finance
Minister Abbott's course in seizing
thero ,o tui
pp nI ty to reduce interest
charges which would be an unbear-
able burden upon the nation, in a
time of depression?
It is the expectation that at the
next session of Parliament Mr. Ab-
bott will announce material reduc-
tions in taxation. This would meet
tosome extent the popular demand
while perhaps ,leaving a smaller sur-
plus to continue the process of debt
reduction.
It should be recognized that Mr.
Abbott's administration of Canada's
finances has been one of self-sacri-
fice. He might , have ingratiated
himself with the people by cutting
taxation in wholesale fashion and
leaving the national debt as a prob-
lem for his successors. Instead, he
has taken an opposite course; look-
ing to the future, he has taxed the
people heavily, reduced the debt, and
so made the task of future finance
ministers much easier than it would
otherwise be.
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WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
FOR RHEUMATISM
on
(Lond Free Press)
Captain Oliver Bird, wealthy English manufac-
turer,who for nearly half of hN 68 years has
suffered the torments and discomforts of rheuma-
tism, has given the sum of $1,800,009 to the Nuf-
field Foundation to promote research leading to
the discovery of the prevention and cure of this
most painful disease. In a country afflicted with
a winter climate of peculiarly damp, chilly and ,
penetrating quality, Captain Bird's -philanthropy.
should be enthusiastically received, especially at
a time such as this when coal is rationed and
British houses in winter must• be more like a
dank tomb than a comfortable domicile.
Rheumatism, however, seems to be a universal
affliction. We have in Canada an association of
medical men and laymen joined together in a
similar search of easement from this torture -1
and that of arthritis which also plagues modern
man. These pains and aches we have had with
us for .generations. Not knowing the cause, we
are unable to prevent them although we do -pro-
vide ease through medicine.
Various theories are advanced as to the prime
factor in each of these Inflictions, suggestions
rangftfg all the way from faulty 'diet, to inherited
tendencies, lack of sunshine, lack of exercise,
nervous tension, mental strain, undiscovered fool
of Infection, prolonged work, lack of sleep, and
lack of vitamins. Maybe it's a little of each, who
knowe?
The genero
u
s Englishman
may not reap a re-
ward in the forte of a cure from his own gift,
but he will have the satisfaction 0'f knowing that
he has done something real and positive In re-
lieving mankind of rine of his most insidious and
painful ilafifietions.
_PHIL
1 LAZY
If there is any one Ailing More
,•tltau eaother that can get my nan-
ny, its those confounded chiciteiis
on Saturday night, . Of conreedur-
ing these fall months it's 'quite a
ritual to go to town on ,'Saturday
evening and rub shoulders with
practically everybody in this dis-
trict. " While the wives are either
exchanging tid-bits of gossip or
else giving in their grocery orders
at the store, we farmersmanage
to get around, buy ourselves a
nickel cigar and recall the •doings'
of the week. .At present the wea-
ther subject i•t,running a poor sec-
ond to the war situation. If those
foreign diplomats could -only ar-
range to be on hand on a Satur-
day evening they would certainly
get more ideas as to how to settle
the situation than they know what
to do with.
Along about eleven we start for
home, the back seatbundled up
with parcels and several of the
neighbors who walked into town to
drop off by the way. By the time
we reach the turn at the Ninth
Concession corner my eyes begin
to get heavy and I have to keep
strict attention on the beam of
light from the headlights else I
would go to sleep. Having arriv-
ed at the front gate, Mrs. Phil re-
calls with a subdued gasp, "Oh,
the chickens weren't shut up this
evening!" I protest that nothing
will hurt them, but the memory' of
how Mrs. So -and -So lost seven or
eleven or some such amount to a
weasel and I give up as a bad task.
Then the lantern must be lit for
growling in the dewy grass of the
orchard. Biddy complains from
her coop that her adolescent charg-
es have wandered away and left
her with only one runt to mother.
She drowsily chirps out impreca-
tions on the heads of her stubborn
children, who feeling that they are
old enough to take care of them -
s. Ives, have wandered away for the
evening.
By '!Natty ! QoYie,
There is generally certain to be
two or three on top tt.f the coop.
In a neighboring cherry tree two
or three more •have taken' tip their:
position an a lower breach. But
those elusive five 'or six :•that re-
melatl! • i; olding the lantern aloft
in the attitude of the Statue of
Liberty and straining your eyes
beyond the feeble circle of light
which it casts you try and see the
vagrants.
A drowsy clucking from an ap-
ple tree andwe try and round up
all those remaining. At least two
squawlringly protest and flutter
down to the ground and scamper
a few feet away into the tall grass.
In lifting up the coop to put back
the ones captured, another will es-
cape and it's a matter of having
to run him down until he's tired.
Then comes the task of finding
the two which escaped. Byi' this
time a person doesn't exactly know
where they slipped into the grass,
and in kicking it aside and pawing
around you come on a nest of
burrs. With a generous plastering
of the •sticky burrs you find the
two chickens snuggling up to each
other in drowsy comfort. Then to
gather them up and escort them
upside down back to the • coop.
Biddy clucks contentedly and beds
them down for the night, in ,•a
fussy -like and important way as if
they were still tiny chicks instead
of being almost as big as she is
herself.
You're tired and sleepy , �, and
your good suit trousers have been
dampened by the dew until they're
almost wet and they're covered by
burrs and prickly weed seeds and
you're on the serge of bad tem-
per. Mrs. Phil meets you and then
asks, "Did you get them all?" For
a moment you're almost tempted
to say something but you reply,
"Yes," whether you've counted
them or not, and you go to bed
and in those few moments before
sleep comes you begin to wonder if
you really did get them all or not.
Just A Smile Or Two
The teacher had been reading to
the class about the great forests of
America.
"And now, boys," he announced,
"which one of you can tell me the
pine that has the longest and
sharpest needles!"
Up went a hand in the front
row.
"Well, Tommy?"
"The porcupine."
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A barrister who was' sometimes
forgetful, having been engaged to
plead the cause of an offender be.
gan by saying: "I know the pris-
oner at the bar, and he bears the
character of being a most consum-
mate and impudent scoundrel."
Here somebody whispered to hiss
that the prisoner was his,rdient,
whereupon he continued: "But
what great and good man ever
lived who was not calumniated by
many of his contemporaries?"
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"Well," said Mrs. Hikks. "I've
done my share to help with the
war."
"How do you explain that?" ask-
edMrs. Wikks.
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'Five of my maids became weld-
ers,' said Mrs. Hikks, "and the rest
quit after a week or so to marry
soldiers on leave."
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Boots (in Irish hotel): "I've for-
gotten, captain, whether you want-
ed to be called at six or seven."
Voice from within: "What time
is it now?"
Boots: "eight, yer honor."
Seen in the County Papers
Breaks Arm in Fall
Mrs. J. C. Baeker had the mis-
fortune to fall and break her right
arm. The accident occurred while
she was down • town shopping on
Saturday. Mrs. Baeker slipped on
the wet sidewalk in front of the
Bank of Commerce.—Brussels Post.
Were On Bus Tour
Misses Gwen Ruttan, Gorrie, and
Helen Johnston, Brussels, and Rob-
ert Allen, Brucefield, and Ross Ker -
cher, Kippen, were tfie four young
people chosen from Huron to go on
the Junior Farmers bus tour
through Eastern Ontario and Que-
bec. They received this trip in re-
cognition of Junior Farmer and
Girls' Club work. The trip includ-
ed such points as Kingston, Ste.
Anne -de -Bellevue, Montreal, Ot-
tawa. Kemptville and Peterborough.
They left on Monday morning, re-
turning home Saturday evening,
and all reported a good time.—
Brussels Post.
Entertained on Silver Wedding Day
Mr, and Mrs. Alvin Willert en-
tertained in honor of the 25th wed-
ding anniversary of the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin R.
King on Sunday, Oct, 10. A most
delicious turkey dinner was enjoy-
ed by candle light from a table
decorated with pink and white
streamers and balloons and centred
with a three -tiered wedding cake.
During the evening they were the
recipients of several lovely gifts, a
chest of silver, a silver flower cen-
tre,
entre, a silver cream and sugar on a
tray and a silver bread tray,
brought in by two of their grand-
children, Dianne Willert and Jim-
mie Neil in a prettily decorated
wagon. Mr. King thanked them in
his own pleasant manner. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. M. King
and Melba, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
King, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Neil and
Jimmie, Mr. Eli King, Mrs. Lillian
Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reid and
Mr. Les -Thomas. — Exeter Times -
Advocate.
Hundreds of Foxes Are Shot
Hundreds of foxes have met their
death in Huron County this year.
From the beginning of the year to
date a total of $1,594 has been paid
in bounties, according to Mr.
A. H. Erskine, county treasurer, "1
wouldn't say that all have turned
In their claims for "bounties yet,"
said Mr. Erskine, 'three dollars is
paid for a mature fox and two dol-
lars for a pup. More bounties have
been paid to residents of Grey
Township than to any other section
of the county. — Goderich Signal -
Star.
Chest Crushed By Tractor
Injured in n tractor miabap,ljack
Alton, 22, of Luekntw, was ntit-
ted to Wittgham General Hos ital.
Be a
wa o e tin
t'a. air'
p aeto
g r d11i
h� ng
out stumps on the road between
Wingham and Lucknov6, when the
machine jank-isltjfed,p'lnning him
underneath. He received a crush-
ed chest causing internal hemhor-
rages.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Fractured Right Hip
Mrs. Robert Bell, Wingham, suf-
fered a fractured right hip when
she fell at her home. She was tak-
en to Wingham General Hospital,
where she was placed in a cast,
Hold Family Reunion
Last Sunday the home of Mrs. S.
A. Murray was the scene of a hap-
py family reunion of 33, to honor
the recent •bride and groom, Mr.
and Mrs. David Murray, of Long
Lake, Manitoba, who were honey-
mooning in Wingham. Of the 12
members of the family, ten were
present: Thomas, of Teeswater;
Walter, Newmarket; Cyril, of St.
Catharines; Robert, Georgetown;
Kenneth, Kincardine; William and
Ford, Wingham; Mrs. Gordon Kerr
and Mrs. Paul Vanstone, Wingham.
Miss Leslie Mae Wall, of Toronto
University, was also present for
the occasion.—Wingham Advance -
Times.
Resigns As Superintendent
Miss M. Dickson, for the past
six years superintendent of Alex-
andra Marine and General Hospi-
tal, has .tendered her resignation to
the board of governors, to accept a
position as superintendent of the
Lady Minto Hospital at Chapleau,
Ont. The board of governors, meet-
ing on Tuesday night, accepted
Miss Dickson's resignation with re-
gret, and appointed Miss Helen
Black to succeed her, both chang-
es to take effect on Nov. 1. Both
Miss Dickson and Miss Black are
graduates of Alexandra Hospital.
Miss Black has been the assistant
superintendent in charge of the
operating room for six years. She
is the only daughter of Mrs. ,Black
and the late William Black, Gode-
rich.—Goderich Signal -Star,
Graduates As B, of T, Secretary
W. A. Coulthurst, secretary -treas-
urer of the Goderich Board of
Trade, has graduated from the Can-
adian Institute for Board and
Chamber secretaries, the Canadian
Chamber of "Commerce has an-
nounced: Mr. Coulthurst has at-
tended the sessions of the Insti-
tute which are held at McMaster
University, Hamilton, for ,the last
two summers. Secretaries of ,Boards
of Trade and Chambers of Com-
merce from every .(cart of Canada
attend the 'school, Five Provinces
and .both the French and English
languages are represented among
the twenty-eight members of the
graduating class. Subjects studied
ifteltide community organization,
finance, public relations, industrial
and agricultural activities and na-
tional affairs. — Goderich Signal«
Star.
Recovering Front Fracture
Mrs. John •Tleffron Whet recentl3"
fell, fraeturitig her wrist, is reeov-
eritig very eleely. --Blyth Standard..
interesting Items. Pickepl Frdm
The H,uronfKp08ltor Of' ,°Twee d.
ty-five '.and :fifty Year>p ADP..
From The Heron Expositor`
Octottpa 26, 1923
Mr. Clayton Prouty, of the Lake
Road, Hay Township, met. with an
unfortunate acci,d'eat on Thursday
Afternoon. He with other men was
working in Dunsford Bros.' gravel
pit when a ledge with tons of earth'
and gravel fell, almost completely'
,busying him, He was guiekly
rescued and found to have sus-
tained a compound fracture of the
leg.
M. Blanchard and Thos. Dodds,
of McKillop, Who .spent several
months ou a trip through 1Vlani-
toba and the Western Provinces,
returned, home last week.
A most enjoyable social evening
was held. at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Dodds, McKillop, on
Friday evening last, when a large
number of friends and neighbors•
assembled at their, home to spend
an evening with the newly -married
couple. During the evening they
were presented with two chairs and
an...address. •
W. R. Smillie, North Main Street,
dug up a turnip last week that
measured three feet around, and it
was not the biggest one of his crop
either. -
Mr. and Mrs. Milne R. Rennie, of
London, have been engaged as
choir director and organist of
First Presbyterian Church, Sea -
forth, to succeed Mrs. J. G. Mullen
and' Mr. H. Livens, who resigned a
few weeks ago. Both are very well
known in musical circles in this
county, Mr. Rennie possessing a
very fine baritone voice, whi:e Mrs.
Rennie is recognized as an unus-
ually able organist,
Mr. T. C. Grieve left on Satur-
day for his new home at MoneL-
ville, New Ontario. Mrs. Grieve and
family will fol:ow when Mr. Grieve
gets somewhat settled.
Mr. T. 0, Scott has been award-
ed the contract for redecorating
the post office in Lown.
Miss Janet Chesney, Reg.N., of
Cleveland, Ohio, is visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
P. M. 'Chesney, Tuckersmith.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Barber, Mr.
George Seip and Mrs. Walter Rob
inson were in London this week.
Mr. Ross Savauge, son of Mr..
and Mrs. F. S. Savauge, of Sea -
forth, who has been attending the
Royal College of Science in Tor-
onto, passed his final examinations
in the college, coming first in his
class. He also came second in the
course of optometry, securing his
degree of optometrist wit. .o.ors.
One day last week � N 1'.
Cluff met •with a serious,;'.'?cci, ent.
While unloading junk at ! . e, town
dump on Mr. J. McMann's .farm, he
was accidentally thrown his°
wagon, and,,,in the fall fractur
two ribs and injured himself in-
ternally.
Krug Bros. orchestra, of Kitchen-
er, have -been engaged to play for
the dance to be held in the G.W.
V.A. on 'Dec. 26.
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From The Huron Expositor
October 28, 1898
Mr. Angus McRae and his aged
mother, of McKillop, have gone to
British Columbia.
Rev. Mr. Acheson, of Kippen,
who was in Seaforth on Monday,
accompanied by his daughter, Miss
Katie, met with an unfortunate ac-
cident. When stopping in front of
Mr. McFaul's store, as he was get-
ting out of the buggy he stepped
on .the crossbar of the shaft, when
the horse took fright at something
on the street, which landed Mr.
Acheson behind the horse's heels,
causing the horse to kick at him
several times. Fortunately Miss
Katie was able to stop the horse.
The debating club of the Sea -
forth Collegiate Institute elected
the following officers: President, J.
L. Killoran; 1st vice-president, H.
Speare; 2nd vice-president, Andrew
Scott; secretary -treasurer, John
Rankin; committee, W. H. Baker,
W. D. McLean and R. E. Jackson.
The wood season has commenc-
ed and large quantities are coming
into town. The prevailing price is
from $1.50 to $2 per cord for short
wood.
Mr. D. D. Wilson has a large
number of men busily engaged in
removing pickled eggs from the
vats and is shipping away immense
quantities, mostly to the Old Coun-
try.
Nearly every team that comes
into town these days is loaded with
apples for shipment. The prevail-
ing price is $1.50 per barrel,
'Messrs, Murray and Ament ship-
ped a carload of geese and ducke
to Rhode Island on Tuesday.
The Forresters held' their annual
oyster supper at Constance Tues-
day evening. '
Fully 250 persons accepted the
invitation of the Epwojrth League
to be present eft their At -Home in
the basement of the Methodist
Church. Mr. Stone was in the chair
and the following were on the pro-
gram: Miss Pickard, Miss Leila
Best, Miss Scott, 'Walter Pickard,
Mr. H. Willis, Mr. W. G. Willis,
Miss Pearl Lloyd and Misses
Beatty and Crich.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Somerville
have returned from their holidays
and Mr. Somerville has settled
down to business at the old stand.
Misses Moorhouse and M. Wlhid-
don, of Bayfield, were at Stratford
attending a convention of the
King's Daughters last week.
Mr, Wm. Ducharme, of Drysdale,
has purchased' a driver from Chat.
Moir, of Blake,
Mr. Charles Donaldson, of Stan-
ley, and Albert Anderson, of Gede-
rieh Twp., who are packing apples,
met with a serious accident near
Hills ree
g n A recently. they As h y were
about to leave the farm of Mr. Jos:
Hudson, the front axle of the bug-
gy broke, causing the horse to take
dtright and run away. The rig Wee'
overturned and the occupants
pitched out, 'and were bruised some-
what.
A feature of the special hospital
radio9.Q ert !roan •4 rdnore
KYHall,
over •CX Monday.eveiling was a
short shit written by E. W. Edge,-
lug the
formerlyIIWillis:
of Seaforth, and read dim'
program by D. L. "Reid; W.
E. Soutltgate, D. H. Wilson ;and F,
•. Reid: ,hello, everybody! This i
Dot ,Reid. I'm here .to bring you a
story. It's about three men—!three
pioneers with vision and deter nine, -
tion. And it's about a, house which
one of them built—a fine old house
around which the stories of all
three men are"now interwoven. '
Think back with me 65 years to
1883. That's a long time,, ago.
Queen Victoria was in the 46th
year of her reign, and looked as
though she'd continue for another
forty six. The Dominion of Can-
ada was just 16 years young, with
seven Provinces, and Sir John A.
MacDonaId was Prime Minister,
still desperately trying to complete
the building of the C.P.R. There
were no paved roads, no electric
lights, nd movies, motor cars or
radios. Huron County had only re-
cently emerged from the swaddling
bush of pioneer times, and its roads
were either clay or corduroy; its
bridges wooden, and most of the
farms still boasted log cabins—
such is our story's setting.
All of us whose families are old-
timers aroudd Seaforth have heard
stories about those times. Like Ted
Southgate, for instance. He's with
me here at the microphone because
his grandfather came here 41 years
ago, and also because he once liv-
ed in the fine old house we're talk-
ing about. Seaforth must have been
a busy place way back in '83, Ted?
Southgate: It certainly must
have been, Dot. The town was a
great shipping point for all sorts
of farm produce, which came from
as far away as 30 miles, both north
and south; grain, livestock, lumber,
dairy produce, There was a furni-
ture factory, a busy sawmill, a bar-
rel factory, grandfather's garment
factory. And then there were the
flour and chopping mills, which us-
ed to run day and night.
Reid: Not to mention the salt
works. The town was a bustling
salt production centre, with wells
and plants owned by people like
the Colemans,. the Grays and the
Sparlings. I don't suppose you re-
member any of the salt works?
,Southgate: No; I believe the
last of them, which used, to stand
just south of the tracks and east
of Main .Stret, was torn down
when The B•. -' ngine & Thresber
Co. built its t : west building af-
ter the First ,'s :'at War.
. -alt works took out
Reid: T wo s
so much s'c,lt, t.ey must have left
'd -sized cavity somewhere
down belo when I was a kid, a
lot of people were quite sure the
southeast end of town would some
day cave right into it. I remember
hearing those yarns, and wishing
father would move to some other
section of limn. It . would •have
made quite a change if something
of the sort had happened.
Southgate: Speaking of chang-
es, Dot, I was just thinking about
Main Street the other day. It's
sure seen a Iot of changes since
1883.
Reid: More than we often re-
alize. Way back in "them thar
days" there was no Carnegie Lib-
rary, for instance. The only lib-
rary was in the old Mechanic's In-
stitute on the top floor of the
building where the Province of On-
tario Savings Office is. And there
was no post office building, Her
Majesty's mail was doled out in
the shop where Reg. Kerslake now
handles flour and feed.
Southgate: We didn't even have
a bank building. The Commerce
Just rented an office across the
road from the post office, while the
Dominion apparently hadn't heard
of Seaforth at all. I've heara that
part of the present Dominion Bank
building that Sid. Pullman occu-
pies, was a liquor store. •
Reid: Sure it was. It was run
by my grandfather, Dawson. And,
d'yah know, Ted, 'tis said he sold
his finest goods at 50 cents a quart.
And we mustn't forget the most
important building of all — the
Town `Hall.
Southgate: The Town Hall looks
as though it had been there since
the War of 1812, at least! Do you
mean we didn't have one in '83:�
Reid: Sure we did. But it was
right smack in the spot where
Jarvis and Market Streets now
intersect. There used to be a
Square at that point, with the
Town Hall in the middle of it.
Southgate: Was it the fire hall
too, the same as the present town
hall is
Reid: Yes, me boy, and the fire
brigade was the town's pride, just
as it is today. In '83 the Brigade
was so good they went to Port
Huron for a tournament, and made
a world's record that's never been
broken since, Incidentally there's
an ironical twist to the story of
that old brigade. Good and all as
they were, they couldn't work with-
out equipment. And one night; sev-
eral years later, the old town hall
took fire. Seaforth'' 'world -cham-
pion firemen had. to stand by and
look on helplessly chile their hall
and all their' equipment burned to
the ground..That, of . course, was
how the present Town Hall came
to' be built.
Southgate: Well, Dot, getting
back to Main Street again, we've
noted Some of the buildings that
weren't there 65 years ago—let's
look for some that were.
Reid: Okay. That lets us look
at places like the Dick House, the
Sills Biock and the Certify) Block,
from whose hall we're broadcast-
ing. Farther along, at the corner
of Goderich' St., the two old hotels
—the Queen's and the Royal, which
is nowan apartment en ba.
t lldin And
?? g.
that corner 'brifigs us back to the
main them of our story—for on
the northwest corner Media stand
the old Wilson; egg sh•dp,
Southgatet That was where D.
D, Wilson treed tp pickle and whip
as many as seven `or eight million,
eggs a year.
Betel; Xes. I,.00kiug at the togs'
shop and' those two hotels, the lo-
cal wags need to pgint•out that the
good eggs' got pickled ;at Wilson's,
but the bad a;gss •got IioiSled aorossr
the street: W'e ll Slit$ that dubio,1.i$
joke gltlickly, however,, ,and get`- on
s with +aur thence:` 4Ji a lerYimq bas
Probably' guessed, one of the three
men we mentioned was :D, 0, ;Wil-
son, and tbe::house we. Spoke of is
the one he built when the ' egg
business was at its peak—the fine
old house ,that's now • cott Mem-
orial Hospital. But before talking
more about teat,let's turn to some-
thing else that's fine.—the way in
which those donations are coming
in. Here's more names.
Announcer: Thanks, .Dot. Yes,
I've more names -and. it's Certain-
ly a fine list (reads names), And
now, here's Dot Reid' again with
his story.
d�eid: You know, of course, that
the fine old house of my story is
the Wilson house, now the Scott
Memorial Hospital, and that one
of the three men was its original
owner, D. D. Wilson. Well, I'd now -
like to tell you sofaething about
the Scott brothers—the men whose
generosity made the 'founding of
the Scott Memorial Hospital pos-
sible. And here to help me in this
very pleasant public relations chore
is Fred Willis. Did you ever meet
the Scotts personally, Fred?
Willis: No, Dot. Remember that
William Scott, the latter survivor,
died 27 years ago: But their story
has always- fascinated me.
I suppdse, like me, you've often
wondered how they were able to
make and save the $90,000 which.
Willisrrpp left at his death-
Wiilis: Yes, and I've asked a
lot of people. I've had various an-
swers, but none very enlightening.
One chap said the only possible
explanation was that they both
stayed single.
Reid: (laughs) That's hardly it,
Look at me, Fred. I'm still single.
Willis: (laughs) And I don't think
you're much closer to 90,000 than I
am. No, Dot, the real explanation
seems to lie in simple economy and
fixity of purpose. Matthew and'
William Scott were born of Scot-
tish parents who came over the,
ocean about the middle forties.
Their father carved out the farm in
true pioneer fashion, but though
he did well, he never squandered.
any of his money.
Reid: No, and when he diedi,he
left the two boys not only a mod -
•est estate, but a rugged legacy of
thrift.
Willis: The neighbors used to
think they carried that thrift to
excess, and cynics would declare
that Matthew and William Scott
would die still grasping the first
nickel they ever owned.
Reid: And yet the two men
were popular and well liked.
Willis: We might even say
"well -loved," 'Dot. Although they
wene_great._hl'a-. Y:men—more at
home at a barn -raising or thresh-
ing than in a parlor—they were
apparently very gentle and kind:
There's a story of how Matthew
once struggled six miles on foot
through deep snow over unplowed
roads to carry an injured dog to a
veterinary.
Reid: And I've heard how 'both
brothers once worked all night to
stook a neighbor's wheat, not only
I for nothing, but without letting the
neighbor know who bad done the
good deed . . . people like that
aren't too numerous in this old:
world, you know -
Willis: Just as people aren't
numerous who are as modest and
self-sacrificing as the Scotts were.
When the hospital was opened in
1929, only one picture could be
found of either of them, and that
was a small snapshot taken by,a
neighbor's daughter one day when
she happened to cross their farm-
yard. They belonged to no clubs'
or lodges. And, in spite of theirwealth, they kept no servants or
hired heLp-
Reid: And so it was that little'
was knownabout them. When Wil-
liam died in 1921, and his will wag
made public, in which he left forty
thousand dollars for the founding
of a hospital in Seaforth, many
people had never even heard of
the two. brothers. It was only after
the bequest was published that we
heard of their life-long plan to use
their hard -saved wealth for the
good of their fellows.
Willis: You know, Dot, thOre's
some kind of a lesson in all this.
I wonder how many people will
absorb it? ,
R, , I'm
sure. Wheneid:A twogreatsuch menmanyFredwill work
and save for half a century to,
make a dream come true — when;.
they'll do without everything but
the bare necessities to save money-
for
oneyfor a hospital which is not even to,
be started uiitil after their deaths,
it's an object lesson in human kind-•
lines's that few could ignore. Yes,
I know that our brief recital of
Matthew and William Scott's story
will loosen many a purse string:
Willis: We won't have to wait'
till then for more -donations though.
Here's the announcer with another -
list of purse strings that have loos -
coed already!
Reid: Good. Let's pause and'
give him .the microphone.
Announcer: (Reads new list of
donations).
Reid: And now for Part 3 of t
my story. It's about the Wilson^
house. The year, as I remarked a•.
few minutes ago, was 1883. In 2O'
years • of hard work and skilful -
management 0, D. Wilson had'
made a fortune, and the time had('
come when his family needed a
bigger home. I'm sure you've often
wondered how that home -- that
fine old house — was built. We
might have heard something about
thisfrom ro Ted g t South a e 'Whose -
'fatally
, a
s
'fatally lived .n it for yearn. But an
account closer to first-hand can, be
given by the man who's joining me
now at the microphone—D, D. Wil-
son's grandson, who has fo11 W0d-
his father's footsteps into . the of --
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