The Huron Expositor, 1955-06-24, Page 2i1
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-SEAFORTH, Friday, June 24, 1955
Five Weeks To Tidy Up
In just five weeks Seaforth will
hlay host to thousands of visitors
ere to take part in Reunion and
Centennial programs.
Some of the visitors will travel
across the continent to visit us here
for perhaps the first time in many
years. Others will be from the dis-
trict and will be among those who
regularly come to Seaforth.
But regardless of their origin, or
how far they travelled, we want our
visitors to think of Seaforth as the
neatest, tidiest, prettiest town they
have seen.
' Nature has done a lot to this end.
beautiful rows of towering maples
line our streets. Well -tended .gar-
dens reflect the extent to which Sea -
forth soil can produce all that is good
in flower or vegetable.
But even a bountiful Nature can
mot do everything. It cannot, for in
stance, fix an unsightly fence or clean
op a littered yard. Nature cannot
snake tidy cluttered vacant Iots, or
used machinery displays: --It cannot •
put on new paint, nor can it rid an
area of ragged weeds.
The only way these things can be
done is by every citizen, every mer-
chant looking around to see what
needs to be tidied up, then getting it
done. If Seaforth is to present an
appearance of which we each can be
proud, then each must do his or her
part.
Seaforth Leads in -Pole
Removal
Looking out its editorial window
at long lines of wire -carrying poles
gracing its streets, the St. Marys
Journal -Argus laments: "The more
we look at the poles on our downtown
--Queen St., the more we feel the day
they are removed will indeed be a
messed one."
This is a project which has been
promised for some time., the Jour-
naI says, as its protests what it con-
siders to be unnecessary delay. "It
has been done in other small centres
and of course in many larger places.
We have no doubt it will be done here
sometime in the future, but like a
lot of other people in this community
we wonder why it cannot be started
right away."
Seaforth is one of those communi-
ties in which a planned program of
pole removal was set in motion near-
ly twenty years ago. Delayed by the
war, the program got under way
again a, few years ago, and today is
well advanced.
Probably the biggest difference
O1Td Boys and Girls will see when
'they return this summer for the Re -
anion, will be the streets in Sea -
forth from Which overhead wires and
unsightly poles have been removed.
Main Street was the first to have its
face lifted, when ornamental light -
in was installed in the thirties.
le preliminary steps for the re-
:ra1 of Goderich Street West poles
:Were taken at that time, it was not
iasible to complete the work until
o. years ago. Now the street is
ghted by modern standards fed un-
rground.
A. similar program is underway on
erich Streetast, and is expect -
be complete in -gine .for the
e time, by eo-operstion
'Telephone Co.,. the Sea.
Commission
"ea S las > et towed un -
evert other street
alreitootbas been
to'eliminate unsightly arrays of poles
and wires and to reduce trade haz-
ards.
The Journal -Argus is on the right
track when it urges a program of
pole removal for St. Marys. It is not
a costly procedure, if properly plan-
ned .and probably nothing else which
a community might do can have as
pleasing results, as Seaforth has dis-
covered. k
Canada's Northland
Problems of defence bring Can-
ada's north to the public eye and re-
sult in a new assessment of the vast
potentialities of the area.
The largest untapped frontier re-
maining on the North American con-
tinent, the little known region that
lies north of the 60th Parallel, is
familiar to but few.
The territories, containing 40 per
c t of the total land and fresh wa-
e area of Canada, produce less than
o e -half of one per cent of the value
o the nation's total production. One
of t most sparsely populated areas
in thte w\orld, the territories at the
time of the 1951 census contained on-
ly 25,100 people.
The northland, however, shows
signs of containing almost every min-
eral known to man. The Mackenzie
Valley, north of the prairie provinc-
es, is believed_ to hold important oil
and gas formations, while, on Great
Slave Lake, the largest body of lead
and zinc in North America has been
outlined. The territories are also
known to contain valuable deposits
of uranium, nickel, copper and many
other important metals.
While only a few small patches of
the north have been investigated
with any degree of thoroughness, the
federal government is taking steps
to correct this situation. During the
summer months, aerial surveys are
being made and geological parties
are sent out to survey likely areas.
One large-scale helicopter survey in
1952 disclosed a greenstoiie belt
which is regarded as being highly
favorable to mineral occurrences,
extending over an area of 7,700
square miles.
There are, of course, difficulties of
transportation and climate. But de-
spite these, there is reason to believe
that the potentials of the areas are
such as will result eventually, in in-.
tensive development.
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
The Lights Burn
(Hamilton Spectator)
Contemplating the White House
electricity bill, which runs about
$2,500 a month, a taxpayer grumbles
that what the United States needs is
a leader who will steer it through the
perilous shoals of international in-
trigue, inspire it 'to greater produc-
tivity at home, strengthen its consti-
tution, revere its founding fathers,
and also turn off a few Lights.
Wanted—Immigration From the
Maritimes
(London Free Press)
The Hon. Walter Harris, minister
of finance, must have warmed the
cockles of the hearts of his young
audience at Acacia University in
Wolfville, Nova Scbtia, when he told
them that it is the height of futility
to expect a Maritimer to agree to
anything wihout having thought the
whole matter through for himself.
For this reason, he explained, it
was "the best insurance against the
occupational disease of high office --L
that of personal conviction of ,one's
own infallibility—to have a Mari-
timer or two in the entourage."
No Maritimer, of course, will take
issue with this, and rightly so, for it
is a matter of record that the chief
export of the Maritimes is and. has
long been brains; and that, with
brains have gone—in high and pub-
lic office at least—integrity and in -
corruption.
Whether it be that their heritage
of the old Scottish blood be strong,
whether it 'map be their plain and
meagre living, or whether it is the
result of eating dulse, the fact is
that the people of the Maritimes are
superior people. The rest of Canada
needs them, never more than now.
We could do very well with a tide
of immigration from the salty, shel-
tered:coves and the spartan living of
the' Maritimes.
YEARS AGONE r Y s. gr �
From The Huron' Expositor
June 27, 1930.
The many friends of Mr. Lloyd
McGee, of Tuckersmith, are sorry
to bear that he was taken to Vic-
toria Hospital, London, last week
to undergo an operation. We are
glad to hear that he is getting
along well.
Mrs. Alex Wright, Tuckersmith,
was taken to Scott Memorial Hos-
pital recently. Her many friends
hope she will soon be able to get
home again. , •
Mrs. A. J. Sweitzer and little
daughter, Lois, of ilensall; are
spending the week with relatives
and friends in Detroit. •
Miss Annie Consitt, of Hensall,
left there the first part of this
week for a trip to England, and
is to sail, we believe, on the Em-
press of Japan, a fine new liner.
Her• relatives and friends wish her
a safe and pleasant trip.
Miss Grace Stone, Hensall, was
taken to Seaforth Hospital Mon-
day morning, where she will un-
dergo treatment for her health.
Messrs. Joseph Evans and Pat-
rick Woods, Sr., of Dublin, have
purchased new cars.
Messrs. Tim Eaton and' Melvin
E. Clarke, of Winthrop, went to
Brantford on Thursday.
Mrs. D. Davis and Miss Kate
Davis left on Monday on a trip
to Saskatchewan.
Misses Bertha and Billie Ches-
ney have returned home after
spending the winter in St. Peters-
burg, Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beattie, of
Vancouver, were guests last week
at the home of ,his brother, Mr.
John Beattie, Seaforth.
•
From The Huron Expositor
June 23, 1905
The recent hot weather has been
very trying on the teams employ-
ed on the C.P.R. near Walton, but
not withstanding, good progress is
being made. The road is now
through the big cut on Blair's
hill.
Mrs. Barrows and Miss Lizzie,
of Walton, left this week for Shel-
don, N.D., where they intend to
re ain for a time at least.
Colonel Hunter," owned by Mr.
�
t ompson Murdoch, proprietor of
he Hensall Livery won first mon-
ey in the fast races recently held
at London. -.
The Huron football team went
down to defeat before the cham-
pion Galts on Friday evening. The
weather was wet, disagreeable and
oppressively hot, and the greater
part of the game was played in
driseling rain.
Mr. Alex Bethune, of Souris,
Manitoba, is here on a visit to
his mother and sister.
There were 58 tickets sold at
Seaforth station on Tuesday far
the Detroit excursion, and 109 for
the excursion to the Experimental
Farm at Guelph.
St. James' Church, Seaforth, was
the scene .of a pretty wedding on
Wednesday morning, the contract-
ing parties being Rlizabeth Lamb,
second daughter of Mr. Stephen
Lamb, and Mr. Colin J. Kennedy,
of the firm of Kennedy Bros.
•
From The Huron Expositor .
June 25, 1880
A fishing party leaves Seaforth
this evening for Lake Superior.
They go by steamer to Red Rock,
Nipegon River, and from thence
by small boats. The party is com-
posed of George A. Houghton, Gee.
Case, R. U. Sharp, John Scobie,
Alex Slemrhon, A. Davidson, Jr.,
C. W. Papst and M. R. Counter.
.They are all jolly good fellows and
will, we hope, have a safe and
pleasant expedition.
Mr. H. J. Jackson is home again
from Magitoba.
Mr. Wm. McConnell, clerk and
treasurer of Tuckersmith, had a
`valuable horse slightly injured a
few days ago by becoming entang-
led in the wires of a barbed wire
fence. The animal was pretty
badly scratched, but not by any
means seriously injured.
Mr. Robert Calder, of. McKillop,
has had a new frame barn erect-
ed. James Nichol, James Dolmage
and Mr. Johnston have also had
large new barns erected.
Mr. Isaac Hammerston, of the
8th concession of McKillop, arriv-
ed home from Manitoba on Tues-
day.
Mr. George Turnbull, son of Mr.
Robert l urnbull, of the 2nd conces-
sion of McKillop, met with a vetty
.painful accident, which will lay
him up for some time. Ile was
assisting at a barn raising at Mr:
James Nichol's, and after the
work was over a number of the
young men amused themselves by
jumping. Mr. Turnbull went into
the act of making the leaps when,
by some stress on his left leg,
broke the knee -cap clear across.
We are glad to learn that he is
doing as well as can be expected.
CROSSROADS
(By JAMES SCOTT)
NOTHING, LIKE THEM
There's an old saying that there's
nothing like people, and by golly
it's true. As the omission of this
space for the past few weeks has
indicated, I have been somewhat
occupied lately and most of every
waking hour recently has 'been.
spent meeting more and more—
and still more—people. No, sir;.
there certainly is nothing like
them.
After a while,. you know, you
get to the point wnere individuals
cease to exist. After the first five
hundred handshakes, you just give
up and hope for che best, but your
head gets so full of new names
and faces that you would have to
be a genius to keep them straight
—and I'm no genius.
Just the -same, the funny part
about the whole experience was
that the more people I met, the
more I wanted to meet, even if I
couldn't keep their names straight.
And the reason for This is that out
of all the thousands of new folk
I met in Huron County in the past
couple of months, there were very.
very few whom I wouldn't like to
meet again, and absolutely none
who were downright unpleasant.
To me, that is really a wonderful
thing. After all, human nature be-
ing what it. is, .and politics being
sometimes a rather touchy subject,
you would expect that sooner or
later you would be bound to run
into somebody who was unpleas"
ant with you. But I can go on
record right now and say that this
did not happen to me once in
Huron County.
In fact, usually it was the other
way around. After all; when some
sinister -looking stranger like me
walks up to your house and rings
your doorbell and the men are all
out in the fields, and the baby is
crying, and you're half way
through the washing, and the
wringer is stuck, it would be kind
of expected if you gave the inter-
fering stranger the brushoff. But
people hereabouts are not built
that way. On the contrary, they
are almost unfailingly courteous no
matter how inconvenient your
visit may be. Why, I can count
on one hand the number of people
who were abrupt or showed any
lack of manners whatsoever. And
that must be nearly a record!
But perhaps the nicest thing of
all which I discovered about the
people around here is how they
treat a loser. You know it's easy
enough to be kind to a winner, but
I've always understood that a loser
was a kind of forgotten man, left
alone to lick his wounds in priv-
ute. From personal experience, I
can tell you that it isn't that way
in Huron.
In the past couple of weeks, more
people have put themselves out to
give me a wave, or a smile, or to
say a hearty "Better luck next
time," than I would ever have be-
lieved possible. Of course, you
kind of hope for That among your
Wit friends and intimate associ-
ates, but when people you have
only met once before in your life,
stop the car and jump omit to tell
you not to fret over gett1ng. licked,
alt's a pretty good thing,to haveamen to you.
Well, you see what I'm getting
at,
Anybody who reads this space
regularly knows that I have a
rather high regard for the people
of this district. But I have never
in my life been prouder of the
people I know and have met than
I am right now. It just about;
makes up for everything else.
What in this green world can be
nicer than to move around your
own part of the country knowing
that your friends and neighbors
are thoughtful, kind and cour-
teous?
You know; many a late night I
have been driving back home, tir-
ed out, just finished up a day's
work and perhaps a meeting or
two, and the thought has crossed
my mind, "Wouldn't this be a
great time to have a flat tire, or
engine trouble, or something like
that?" And then I would think,
"Well, it wouldn't be so bad at
that, because I'm in my own coun-
try and among friends and sure
as shooting there'd be somebody
to lend me a hand."
• When a man can feel that way
he's in the right spot, and he ought
to be grateful for it.
District Groups
At Carmel W.M.S.
Birthday Part
Cirmel Presbyterian Church,
/Hensel', was the setting for the an-
ual birthday party of the Wo-:
men's Missionary Society last
Thursday afternoon.
Societies from Seaforth„ St,
PauPs Anglican, and United
Cburch, Hensall, and Arnold Cir-
cle were entertained by the Hen-
sall group.
Eighty members an dguests
were welcomed by the president,
Mrs. Sam Dougall, who presided
for the meeting. Lovely summer
blooms formed attractive decora-
tions• for the church.
Mrs. W. J. Rogers, guest speak-
er, presented a very inspiring and
informative address. Vocal solos
were rendered by Mks. E. Butt,
of Seaforth, and Mrs. J. W. Bon-
thron, of Hensall, anima piano solo
by Mrs. Laird Mickle, which were
much enjoyed. Following the meet-
ing a social hour was spent and
luncheon served, including a
lovely birthday cake.
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SEEN IN THE MINTY. PAPER.
Drumhead Service
Although steady rainfall some-
what dampened, and caused .altera-
tions in plans for the Drumhead
Service held " here under the aus-
pices of Zone C1 on Sunday, four
pipe bands, Palmerston, Exeter,
Bannockburn and Brussels and
Seaforth brass band, ,tirgvided
stirring music for the occasion
when Legionnaires from branches
in the zone, together with repres-
entatives of the -Ladies' Auxiliar-
ies and the Brussels Boy Scouts,
paraded to, the arena for the ser-
vice. The swing of the kilted tar-
tans, the fags and standards of
the various branches, made a col-
orful array.—Brussels Post.
New Home Economist
Mrs' Dorothy Filsingetehas been
appointed home economist for Hur-
on and Bruce Counties. Her
headquarters will be at Walkerton.
Mrs. Filsinger took her first three
years training at Macdonald In-
stitute, and graduated this year
with honors from Toronto Univers-
ity. This appointment will fill the
vacancy made when t s Jean
Steckle, resigned last sum der to
take a position in the .United:,
States. The work of the girls,'-'
homemaking clubs in the county -
has suffered during the past year-
without -an economist in charge. --
Clinton News -Record.
No Speed Lymit Favored
Huron County'Magistrate Dudley
Holmes, presiding at Exeter court;
Wednesday, said he favored aI oli-
tion of the speed limit on the open_
highway. The magistrate stated
cars could be driven safely at -
speeds over 50 miles an hour on
clear highways when visibility was;
good and traffic light. Some States•
m the U.S. (allow drivers to travel:
at unlimited speeds andu others.
permitted to travel up to 70 miles --
per hour, he pointed out. If there -
was an accident under the "na
limit" laws, each driver would be -
required to show that his speed did'
not contribute to the cause, tlte-
•magistrate said. Modern cars are
built to travel et speeds exceeding::
50 miles per hour, and' with • their --
improved brakes, they can be •
driven faster without endangering-•
others on the road, he said.—Exe--
ter Times -Advocate.
WHAT SHOULD 1
DO ABOUT
a home
improvement
loan?
Under the National Housing Act®
we are able, and pleased,
to lend money for certain repairs
and improvements to your
own home. Such things as adding
a room, or a washroom,
repairing the roof, improving
plumbing or heating facilities,
finishing a recreation room or
building a garage ... all come
within this category. You may
borrow up to $2,500 for these, or
other improvements and if you're'
interested we suggest you drop in
at any of the more than
450 branches of the
Toronto -Dominion and discuss it. •
. Remember you are invited
to come in and get information, _
no one will expect you to know
all the details before you come in F'
This is just one it -ore useful and
friendly service provided by the
'Toronto -Dominion managers
and their staffs.
THE TORONTO -DOMINION BAMt
THE BEST IN BANKING SERVICE
The stakes surveyors use to
mark land boundaries have a
way of disappearing—and that
can mean a whole survey has to
be done over again. But now
there's a new all -aluminum stake
that is tough for time and
weather and playful animals to
handle. It won't rust, rot• or
weaken. And two barbs open
outat sight angles; underground,
to ppeveat its being rooted out
woo) the Most mairscular beat.
It's a Canadian Invbntion; mad,
of Canadian aluminum, by it
Oanddian companiy, to meet It
typically +ranodiiin problem.
ALTh4I$UM GAMPANY,OF
A fA, CM. MAN)
MORE DONE IN AN HOUR
WHEN IT'S DONE WITH POWert
What one man can do on the farm
in work output has been increased
many times by the developments
in power farming equipment in
recent years.
Tractors and implements now
available give control over the work
the year 'round and on more and
more farms there is less and less
need to employ hard -to -get and
high-cost farm labour.
Mechanization has meant more
to the farm . than relief from
drudgery and freedom from heavy
burdensome physical toil,- Mecha-
nization has brought a new concept
of farming and has given agriculture -
the greatest lift in years. And
mechanization has contributed'
greatly to the more wide -spread
sharing in higher standards
of living.
In the advancement. of their
operations through mechanization'.
farmers have found in Massey- •
Harris and Ferguson tractors • alt
machines time and labour saving
advantages that help them do their '
work easily..,, quickly and more
profitably. Your local dealer will'
be glad to tell you about the latest
developments.
MASSEY-NARRIS4ERGUS.ON LIMITEDy
Aiken of HI h Qudiity Farm Iniploofeots Since 1847 y
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