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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1954-05-28, Page 7I• 4 4 4 a w • • "Keeper of (Sy MRS. (Continued from last week) The customary procedure was tor Mae Parrs to get themselves install - nal in a •barn and bale a score or ,two bales of hay; the machine would then break down, and there they would be for many days, with frequent trips to Tanner for re• pains and refreshments, especially quid refreshments. flay pressing being a ,business ,that usually takes •plate in the dead �f winter, it was not unusual for the tractor that hauled the hay prsess—'an old mechanioal monster Zhat was so short of power that it the Trees" M. C. DOIG) Plant a ~Tree, jock! WWII' Be Growing While You're Sleeping! 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The Parrs were a great family for fiddling, each one of there could play the violin, and each could call off a, square dance. They were much in demand at parties and dances, and Jim Parr, the eldest, prizes won many pr ea for a tep- dancing* Henry Parr had been with the Canadian contingent that went to Siberia in the Great War, and as a reminder to the world that he was USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. HEAD OFFICE — EXETER, ONT. President, William A. Hamilton, Oromarty; Vice -President, Martin Feeney, R.R. 2, Dublin. DIRECTORS—Harry Coates, Cen- tralia; E. Clayton Colquhoun, R.R 1, Science Hill; Milton McCurdy, R.R. 1, Mitchell; Alex J. Rhode, R.R. 2, Mitchell. AGENTS—Thos. G. Ballantyne, R.R. 1, Woodham; Clayton Harris R.R. 1, Mitchell; E. Ross Hough ton, Cromarty. SOLICITOR—W. G. Cochrane, Exeter. SECRETARY - TREASURER — Arthur N4aaer, Exeter. 14 Wal' veteran pt pafita, 4994 991906, his last child. born alter ride retarn to Canada, Sertie. Thin mead have worked, out fine in the interests of international amity if the boys et school had not had a field day with the name. They insisted either on pronouncing it exactly ae. spelled, or they changed it to All-,Wbol, Cashmere, Worsted, or anything else that took their fancy. Serge was the aarrie age as Jon Kelson and with his brother, Mike, e up the first line of forwards „o the Tanner hockey team- And a very good line they were. Serge was the main reason why Sigmund never had a real knock- down and drag -out fight with the Parra over their grocery bill, or anything else. Because Serge was an entertaining character without being in the least aware of it. Along with the impediment of his name he carried around another in his speech. Serge stammered bad- ly, and some of his sayings were classics in Brig End Mills. The day after word of the ar- rival of the Dionne quintuplets came over the air, Serge appeared in the store with his eyes as round as saucers. "S -say, S-s-sigmund, did you hear about th-that f -fellow up n-nnorth who's j -just had 1 -1 -five of a f -f -family?" ,9iiRllid admit. heard about it. "41,44't It a f fright?" denamaded Serge, "Wh-who'd get m-ukal aI -. riedV. Sigmund agreed that it was en- ough to make a fellow think twice, all right. Sorge was quite a fighter. And to see him trying to tight and at the same time endeavoring to call his opponent a few bad names was a sight to remember. The. planets governing the Parr teeth must have been afflicted be- cause whenever one of them got into trouble a tooth or two was the first to go. Doc Collin, the Tanner dentist, make a considerable por- tion of his not inconsiderable in- come out of repairing the Tanner hockey team's dental wreckage, and ,especially that of the Parr brothers. Even he ran out of patience occasionally. The week following one of the Tanner -Beaver Meadows games he had, with considerable enjoyment, presented the Tanner hockey ex- ecutive aecutive with a bill foe $56.50. Five drays later the brothers Parr ap- peared in his office and smiled at him. Again, no teeth. Doc seized a defrtal pick from his tray and advanced upon them. "You stupid so and so's, get out • STARTED PULLETS • BRONZE TURKEY POULTS Ready -For -Range Pullets. Priced Right. Phone Immediately. Day -Old Baby Chicks every Monday and Thursday. Day -Old and Started Turkey 'Poults every Thursday. This is the year to go in for turkeys! ORDER NOW — DISCOUNTS PREVAILING The Lakeview Poultry Farm & Hatchery Limited PHONE 7 EXETER, ONT. 111 0 190 officer: the rho > , Get nol>;ri, , The Parrs retreated hurriedly, In the street outside they com- muned with each other. "The dentist at Beaver Meadows might fix us up," suggested Mike, morosely. "B -but we'd have to p -pay for it our -s -selves!" said Serge, horri- fied. "I suppose so," said Mike. "And if he knew we played for Tanner, and he'd know all right, he'd like- ly charge us double. I'm going home and see if I can fix mine up with glue." He pulled the teeth out of his pocket. There had been chaff and sawdust in the pocket. The teeth themselves were intact but the plate part was in bad shape. Mike's home-made fix was not very successful, and a week later Doc Collins relented enough to mend the Parr teeth once more. But Doc's rebellion bore fruit. The next time Serge got into an argu- ment in the penalty box and his opponent invited him out on the ice in order to be shown, Serge took out his teeth, handed them to the timekeeper, and stammered: "C -c -come on!" VI When the Parr boys were in their teens they' were associating with men or thirty; when they were in their middle twenties they chummed with teenagers: when they were middleaged, they would spend most of their time reminiscing about old games and ALIEW 1 ,fpi'i `�'.i��✓'}cam- - CO`��� �I+I 1954 °and •, latirnat hydrpelectriturning The ' n ltet pro)eet will er this erns alum? usn by rnid-sum in October. out of Itienney Dam 1952 was t milestone. foot �,� the first maim ten -mile, In D ber,195S. t� to "holed through' In Decear, ori irons Mounter water in the acrid -res of �nntDub°ge in � 140,000 11.P. months. Thr' the 21 nro position ICerna s are now a powerhouse, and generator roue p the a mile power will soon Will soon Pass t- t� line to potlines pirnat, Wilderness, p io former have fort fast phase of productione rate of fat the to flow from Aluminum beenKiti installed. is scheduled 91,00 tons a yearthus oreasing d a ntat this year, to over one an of capacity ap a ds artrtually. Altarising quarter billion p° QUEBEC 1953 In Quebec Alcan In Quebec, and a°pmpleted twO nett? Smelting facilities ugrnentedits al The new ere during 1953 aluminum du Theiewge rahngstationsa Perib d Chute a 1 t Chute tributaries River -- a Savant on the a ibu ries of Lake St one °f theprj al a combined oo 0H p enerating capacity at ac have p p i ahs total installed generating e tatngcapacity of Al s power is j2 0 H.pQebecastherby been erorsased to The rated annual aluminum smelting of the added islumi u gfacilities at I9,53.ingot ens a year, .13v the Isle!ifaligne smelters capacityin Aka e ed of at Shawinigan pallfour Quebec Isle A'laligne and $ totalled eauh;tr S> Arvida, over ° billion noir or about a quarter.of world pounds a year, Ipacity. Alcan embarked in 1951 on an expansion programme to meet the increased demand for aluminum. This pro- gramme, divided into two principal parts, is completed in Quebec and nearing conclusion in British Columbia. In the fifty-four years since the first Canadian aluminum plant opened at Shawinigan Falls, Canada's aluminum industry has grown to be the second largest in • the world; •"and Canada now exports more aluminum than any other 'country. Still the need grows, .both at home and abroad, for this light, strong, modern metal of many uses. And Aluminum Company of Canada is putting man -power, and money, and • engineering brains, and imagination into the job of keeping up with that demand. Aluminum is "packaged power". The elec- tricity needed to produce one ton of aluminum would light the average home for nearly a generation. By making use of Canada's abundant, low-cost power, this Canadian enterprise has created employment and income for tens of thousands: for the men who build and operate the dams and powerhouses, the docks and smelters and power lines it needs; and for the more than one thousand independent Canadian companies who turn aluminum into countless forms important to industry and our own daily living. ' Compang of Canada,Ltd. Producers and processors of aluminum for Canadian industry and world markets 11lss/sat Shawinigan Falls • Arvida • Isle Maligne • Shipshaw • Peribonka • PortAlfred • Beauharnois • Wakefield • Kingston r Etobicoke • Kitimat • Kemano Talk on Travels i3eueall Woments, Institute met in the Legion Hall on Wednesday. evening, when the hostesses were Mrs. J. Paterson and Phyllis Case, Mrs. Norminton presided for the first part of the "meeting, which op- ened with the Ode, followed by the Greed and the Lord's Prayier. Words of welcome were extended to the guests, the ,Hurondale• W.I. The roll call, "ashort poke," was answered. Miss Patsy Fletcher favored with a solo, "Robin On My Lawg." The Hurondale ladies were called upon for a number under the direction of .Mrs. Henry Dougall. Mrs. A. Dougall was at the piano, and com- munity ommunity singing was enjoyed. There followed an outstanding motto entitled, "Don't, waste time looking at a hill: cilia)) it," by Mrs. M. Dunn. Views on Scotland fol- lowed by Robert Bruce Cameron, who gave an interesting descrip- tion of travel and youth hostels. Mrs. A. Dougall and Mrs. H. Dou- gall again supplied music. Mrs. G. Armstrong took the c.hair and outlined highlights of the presidents' convention held in Guelph, where she represented the H.W.I. as delegate. The speaker stressed the theme, "Start where you are with what you have." Thank -you note was read from Miss Gladys Luker and the secretary read a letter from Mr. R. E. Shad - dick, secretary -treasurer of the Canadlang Legion, Branch No. 468, expressing thanks for donation of $25 received from the Institute. An invitation is extended to the Wo- men's Institute to attend the Rob- in Hood cooking school in Exeter Arent, Monday, Tuesday and Wed- nesday, June 14, 15 and 16, under the sponsorship of the Exeter Chap- ter No. 222, Eastern Star. The Hensel) W.I. is asked to be guests of the Elimville W.I. on Wednes- day evening, June 9: Mrs. J. Pat- erson and Mrs. Inez •McEwen were named transportation committee. Those planning to go are asked to advise these ladies. Miss Laramie volunteered to look after musical numbers. Because this gathering takes place on the same date as the next meeting, the June meeting old fights; and when they were old men they would look twenty years younger than their years and be as cheerful and as spry as crickets. No one ever seemed to know where the Parr money went. Of course, they drank some of it and gambled some of it, but as Sigmund grumbled to Janet on more than one occasion: "After all, they can only hold so much, and even if they do gamble they must win SOME time," All that anyone knew was that Mrs. Parr and her one self-effacing daughter, Sophia, did not get much of it. When tiheir grocery bill got too high and Sigmund kicked about it, Mrs. Parr unearthed some money from somewhere and paid cash. If no one knew where the Parr men's money went, no one seemed to know where Mrs. Parr's money came from either. Henry Parr had married her on a trip into the country north of Cochrane, and many and futile were the efforts made by the village detectives to unearth the full story of Mrs. Parr's past. She never talked about it, and this gave rise to the story, believed by many, that she was the illegitimate daughter of a fur king who sent her money at intervals, and it was this money that relieved the pressure on 'the Parr finances on occasion. The plain facts were that Mrs. Parr was perfectly legitimate; that her parents when they died had left her *three thousand dollars, which she had managed to conceal from her husiband and sons by dint of Herculean efforts in deceit; that the three• thousand had dwindled to seven hundred;• and that Mrs. Parr sometimes lay awake beside Henry wondering what would become of her and .Sophia when it w:as all gone. Sophia Parr was perfectly sane, had the normal quota of arms, legs, etcetra; was of average intelli- gence; but for some inexplicable reason, no one, least of all her own people, expected Sophia to get out and get a job. Other girls and young women, might take business courses, train for nurses. learn to operate 'switchboards, clerk in stores, but not Sophia When the shortage of diomestic help made well-to-do housewives grovel be- fore the most inexperienced house- maid. no one ever grovelled before Sophia. Sophia stayed at home, did her little stint of housework—Mrs. Parr was a notable housekeeper, as neat and clean as her husband and sons were slovenly and careless—knit- ted herself endibes sweaters and embroidered endless sprays on towels and pillowcases for a hope chest that no one, excepting her mother, had ever seen. But if Mrs. Parr was skillful at concealing the condition of her fianaces from her family, Sophia was just as expert at hiding her ruling passion from her family and the world. The village would not have believed that Sophia had a ruling .passion, but she had. She was an adept on the mouth organ. She played it like a master. and she loved playing it. The music that came out in the Parr ,brothers' fid- dles and step -dancing was tenfold stronger in Sophia, because it lack- ed any public outlet. In the win- ter she always practiced in front of a window with her eyes fixed on the road, No one was goring to sur- prise Sophia. In the summer she climbed, to the top of a little hil- lock back of the house where she could keep an eye on the surround- ing urrounding territory. Only her another kneW how good Sophia really was, and she would no more have thougiht of telling anyone than she would have hand- ed anded over the balance of her inherit- ance to her husband, Henry. ' (ContinuedNext Week) district annual iri ' ea 9 IlltyadalY, Ma ' •lug Men! e s wing are •i rentiind ` t a Airs. +j.'lieltiletoat at once. Mra. 1 expressed appreciation to. tbo who . provided was eh,ioyable, pro- gram, Whichwas largely' attended• Dainty refreshateuto were served. Luke says he always drives. through an intersection real fast. to get out of the way of reels/ere drivers. Bell I Threshing- Machines; HESE ARE NOW IN FULL PRODUCTION FOR 1954 SEASON This is the time of year to contact us for an Unbeliev- able and Exceptional Deal! We also have a few "Other Make" Used Machines FOR THE BEST MACHINE, BEST SERVICE and DEAL- - See — Robert Bell Industries Limited Or One of Our Agents SEAFORTH ONTARIQ. SEAFORTH MONUMENT WORKS OPEN DAILY --- PHONE 363-J T. PRYDE & SON ALL TYPES OF CEMETERY MEMORIALS Enquiries are invited. Exeter Phone 41-J Clinton Phone 10$ Your Business Directory LEGAL A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Phones: Office 173, Residence 781 SEAFORTH ONTARIO McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL H. GLENN HAYS, Q.C. County Crown Attorney SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 CHIROPRACTIC D. H. McINNES Chiropractic - Foot Correction COMMERCIAL HOTEL Monday, Thursday — 1 to 8 p.m. OPTOMETRIST JOHN E. LONGSTAFF Optometrist Eyes Examined. Glasses Fitted. Phone 791 MAIN ST. : SEAFORTH Office Hours: Daily, except Mon- day, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CLINTON—Monday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (McLaren's Studio). 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Physician and Surgeon Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-J Seaforth SEAFORTH CLINIC Telephone 26 E. A. McMASTER, B.A., M.D. Internest Telephone 27 P. L BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Telephone 55 C. ELLIOTT, M.D. Telephone 26 EVENINGS: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only, 7-9 p.m. Appointments may be made. VETERINARY D. J. McKELVIE, D.V.M. Veterinary Surgeon HENSALL, ONT. - PHONE 99 TURNBULL & BRYANS VETERINARY CLINIC J. O. Turnbull, D.V.M. W. R. Bryans, D.V.M. Phone 105 Seaforth ACCOUNTING RONALD G. McCANN Public Accountant M INTON ONTARIO Office: Phones: Royal Bank Office 561, Res. 455 A. M. HARPER, Chartered Accountant 56 South St. Telephone Goderich 343 Licensed Municipal Auditor. AUCTIONEERS JOSEPH L RYAN Specialist in farm stock anti im- plements and household effects. Satisfaction guaranteed. Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. For particulars and open dates, write or phone JOSEPH L. RYAN. R. R. 1, Dublin. Phone 40 r 5, Dublin. EDWARD W. 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