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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-11-08, Page 2Since 1860 Serving the Community First lisped. at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning McLean Bros., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa by Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 8, 1957 Municipal Government Is a A suggestion, aimed at increasing the interest of the electorate in mun- icipal problems, was advanced at the last meeting of Seaforth Council. Councillor Christie asked why a ratepayers' meeting could not be held a week or so before the official nomination at which elected repres- entatives could explain municipal problem's, and how they solved them. In this way he felt the ratepayers would be better informed when the time came to nominate persons for office for the new year. Present cus- tom is to ask questions and hear re- , ports after nominations have closed. There is no doubt but that there would be fewer acclamations and greater interest in municipal elec- tions if the average ratepayer had a greater appreciation of all that is in- volved. Too often the outcome of municipal elections is resolved nom- ination night, when but sufficient to fill the offices qualify. Sometimes even this number is not available and further nominations are necessary. Such public meetings may be new ii this area, but have been held else- where. That a public meeting has helped in other municipalities is in- dicated by the experience of Mid- land. Here is what the Midland Free Press -Herald had to 'say about the proposal: "At the institgation of a small group of public -minded older Year -Round Job business and professional men, a citizens' meeting was called one week before nomination day. More than 125 attended the dinner and discus- sion period which followed. "Each of the elected or appointed heads of civic agencies reported, not so much on their past accomplish- ments but on problems ahead, the is- sues which newly -elected officials would have to face. Each, moreover, without exception, even when stand- ing for re-election, asked for more nominees for their offices. They pointed out that the increased citizen interest evoked by election day con- tests was essential to the proper functioning of local government. "The result was nearly double the number of election contests Decem- ber 3; a substantially increased num- ber of nominees from the ranks of local business and professional men and women ; and an increase of 11 per cent in the number of persons voting over the previous year. It was 50 per cent above Toronto's re- cord." What we all must remember is that local government, for an entire year, is not something that can be tidied up in one night. It must be thought about and worked at, as the Free Press -Herald says, "before nomina- tion day, at nomination day and on election day." SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS, No Repairs! No injuries were Incurred, but a 15 -year-old car was damaged be- yond economical repair early Mon- day evening in a collision in Blyth. Miss Clare McGowan, Children's Aid Society worker, was driver of the one car damaged to the ex- tent xtent of $150, while the old ear was driven by Donald Young, son of Meredith Young, RR 2, Auburn. —Clinton News -Record. Kind Cops Members of the Ontario Provin- cial Police from Wingham, Exeter, Seaforth and Goderich were in town recently on business which gave them considerable pleasure: They handed over $50 to the Sal- vation Army here in town to go towards the Citadel's Christmas hamper fund. The money came from the receipts of a hockey game played in Goderich by the policemen last season.—Wingham Advance -Times. Blood Cards Cards listing the blood type of local blood donors are being is- sued this week to some 100 men and women who were typed at the Wingham General Hospital a few months ago. The blood -typing pro- ject was instituted by the Wing - ham branch of the Canadian Leg. ion in an effort to bring the hos- pital's list of blood donors up to date. DeWitt Miller, who headed the Legion's blood drive, was in charge of the distribution of the cards.—Wingham Advance -Times. Ensign vs. TV The Canadian flag lost out on Sunday in a high altitude scuffle atop the Goderich Post Office. A spanking breeze apparently ac- counted for the flag slipping down several feet from its usual posi- tion at the top of the flag pole. As it did, it fluttered away from the pole and became enmeshed in a large complicated TV aerial on the Post Office roof. Some time later, the P.O. caretaker went aloft and rescued the Canadian en- sign from the grasp of the aerial. Maybe the flag was objecting to some of the CBC programs com- ing in over the TV aerial!—Gode- rich Signal -Star. New Lot Scheme Federal and provincial authori- ties have put their seal of ap- proval on a Goderich land assem- bly plan involving the develop- ment of 22 fully -serviced lots. News of the approval was con- tained in a joint announcement from Ottawa by Federal Public Works Minister Howard Green and Hon. W. M. Nickle, Ontario :Min- ister of Planning and Develop- ment. Due to the lateness of the season, the installation of side- walks and other services may not be started until next year. 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Costs of the development will be shared 75%-25% by the_federal and provincial governments re- spectively.--Goslerich Signal -Star. Cold Frolic • Cold weather cut attendance to about 200 at Exeter Lions Frolic Friday night and, thwarted the club's hopes of paying off the mortgage of their Scout and Guide house. Club officials said they would be fortunate to break even financially on the frolic, but they expect to make around $900 on the raffle which was held in connec- tion with the event. Lion Presi- dent Larry Snider said the club will probably attempt another pro- ject to pay off the balance of the $1,200 mortgage on the $7,000 Scout House. Major winner of the night was Ewart Pym, Exeter, whose ticket was drawn for the top prize of $50 in the raffle. Four who received $25 each were Vic- tor Kestle, Irwin Ford, R. T. Brock, Hensall, and Grace Lamp- man.—Exeter Times -Advocate. New Supermarket The long suspense created ever since the Kennedy house was mov- ed away from its site on Mary Street, next to Cantelon's Garage, is ended. Rumours that the lot was to be the home of a new grocery supermarket have been confirm- ed. Building permit for the new building, estimated to cost $21,000, has been applied for, and services to it granted by the Clinton Pub- lic Utilities Commission. Excava- tion has been progressing, and the Seaforth Concrete .Company has the contract for building. The store will make the fourth in a chain of Remington Stores, and it will be an IGA store. Others in the chain are in Wingham, Ches- ley and another in that direction. —Clinton News -Record. Dredging Costs High Cost of dredging the remainder of the harbor at Grand Bend has been estimated at $37,500, Field - man Hal Hooke said this week.. The estimate and a brief outlining the proposed work has been sub- mitted to the Ontario- Department of Planning and Development, along with a request for a grant of 50 per cent of the cost. If the plan is okayed, tenders will be. called immediately. The estimate is much higher than the Author- ity hopes it will have to pay for the job, Fieldman Hooke said. The figure is a maximum. Discussions with contractors, contacted be- fore the estimate was made, indi- cate cost will be considerably less. Under the plan, the Ontario Gov- ernment and the Village of Grand Bend will share the cost.—Exeter Times -Advocate. YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor November 11, 1932 Mr. Robert Parson has got nice- ly settled in a part of Mr. Alexan- der Spark's commodious dwelling in Hensall, having moved in from the farm on the town line. Mrs. R. Bonthron has moved in- to the apartments over Mr. T. C. Joynt's store in Hensall for the winter months. Mr. Charles Rathwell has dispos- ed of his fine 100 -acre farm on the Goshen Line to Mr. Art P. Keys, of the Babylon Line. On the farm there is a good brick house and a large steel barn. The price paid was $5,100. Rev. W. A. Young, Hensall, was visited by his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Young, of Nairn. Mr. Sandy Doig, of Manitoba, is visiting his parents,. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Doig, in Tuckersmith. Mr. Jake Scott, of Temagami, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Sproat, of Egmondville. Dr. C. Mackay addressed the newly -formed Literary Society in Seaforth, recalling school days as they were when he was a pupil. President Jim Scott presided: An interesting number on the program was a pageant, depicting styles and customs from 1980 to 1932. They also presented a skit in which the student's imagination ran riot, showing the probable styles and customs in the year 1960. From The Huron Expositor November 8, 1907 Mr. William McDougall, of Eg- mondville, had the misfortune to meet 'with a painful accident a short time ago. He was at Mr. McIver's, in Hibbert, picking ap- ples, and in the evening when go- ing out from the house, he slip- ped on the steps and in falling fractured the bone of his hip. He was conveyed home the same eve- ning and had the fracture reduc- ed, ' and although still confined to bed is getting along as well as could be expected under the cir- cumstances. Mr. John Robb, of this town, has disposed of his farm on the second concession of Tuckersmith,. west of Egmondville, known h 'the Johnston farm, to Mr. Jdihes Carnochan, of the same line. The farm contains 100 acres is all seeded to grass, has no acres, on it, and was purchased for about $4,000. "Maple Hail", the handsome home of Mrs. F. Case, had a nar- row escape from destruction by fire about one o'clock- Sunday Morning. The family were arous- ed by the smell of smoke and soon discover d that the kitchentwas ort fire ?liey tltticld3- w n Iftola 'workes to try and, t xtinguish the , smo o if �dense �,f1rr� ekft. : +. �!�. I [. •, fay.:`:.._ that they found it advisable to telephone for the hook and ladder company, who responded very promptly to the call, but with good management and hard work the inmates had the fire under control by the time the brigade arrived. Miss Nettie Shillinglaw, daugh- ter of Mr. Thomas Shillinglaw, of Tuckersmith, has received her junior teacher's certificate from the Department. This makes 95 per cent of the Collegiate Institute pupils successful at the recent De- partmental and Matriculation ex- aminations. From The Huron Expositor November 10, 1882 - Mr. W. G. Duff has been re-en- gaged as teacher of Roxboro School for the next year at a sal- ary of $550, this being an increase of $50 over his present salary. Mr. Thomas Kidd has had plate glass- placed in his front store windows. The glass was imported directly from the Old Country. Mr. D. D. Wilson has had sev- eral- teams busily engaged for a week or more teamingeggs from his store to the station, from where they are shipped to New York. It is astonishing the immense busi- ness that is done in this line. The trustees of Kinburn school have re-engaged their teacher, Mr. John W. King, for another year at a salary of $500, being an in- crease of $15. Mr. James Purdon, Hibbert, who some time ago disposed of his farm to Mr. William Henry, re- moved on the first of the month to the neighborhood of the London Road, to the farm of Mr. James Lang, formerly Mr. Robert Lang's, where he has leased a house and four acres of land for $56 a year. Mr. Henry Jackson and Mr. Thomas Kidd returned home last Friday after an absence of some weeks. Mr. Jackson was in Mani- toba and Mr. Kidd at Sault Ste. Marie. They were stormstayed for several days at thelatter place and had a pretty rough passage after they started. Mr. R. H. Ferguson, accompan- ied by Mrs. Ferguson and family, of Walton, left on a trip last Tues- day. .They 'go to visit friends in the Counties of Grenville and Lan- ark, and will probably be, gone three or four weeks. Mrs. J. D. Sills and family re- eved to Toronto this week, so hat Mr. Sills now interns" re- inaining there permanently'.. Last Tuesday Pitman 8c Co., the well-known carriage builder' of Seaforth, 'sent their first carload of vehicles to Manitoba,. Victoria Street Seaforth, lost to quite considerable"exthent its hitherto- father dull a p crane M1 k trill ex rh o T stn u rbt' Ir Recoils Hallowe'en �n Brucef field - • 240 Park Bt,,, Lapeer, Mich. October 25, 1957. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: As the happy (and not so happy) Hallowe'en night ap- proaches once again, suppose we roll back the pages of memory, oh let's say, half -a -century, to October 31, 1907—at Brucefield. It was a beautiful autumn night. Atnong others who dwelt in the village, there were Charley Reid, the cattle -buyer, down by thef sta- tion; Hughey Acheson, farm work- er, who lived across from the Dix - an House; Jack McKenzie, retired, by the old Methodist Church, and Dr. Rogers, on the corner down- town—all of these fine, splendid citizens, but likewise all given to extremely high blood pressure each Hallowe'en night. In spite of all and everything Brucefield's grand old man, William Scott, could do, advising them to be calm and all would be well, these regu- larly vowed with a vengeance that on Hallowe'en their privies srall not fall. To meet this challenge was a group of people—some young, some older—I was a young gaffer of 16 then, I believe the baby of the pack. This group decided to meet the challenge head-on. What a eight! Several efforts failed. But by and by, Reid's "outpost" was the first to fall, but not until he had been lured,,on the Bayfield road in hot pursuit of one gang, while another made the con- quest. The next was Jack McKen- zie. "Get outahere, by creaky!" he shouted, swinging a horse -whip, and up the London road (one group), the other did the trick in his absence. Not so easy with• the Doctor. It took many raids to accomplish the feat there. That "man of medi- cine" sure could dun. But so could we. Then came the toughest of all—Hughey's target. Once we actually watched him undress (as we thought), blow out a lamp and crawl into bed. Now was the time to strike! Was it? Indeed not! His rear door flew open, his voice rent the night, and I am very sure we moved past "Goody" Marks', Simpson's and Scott's store at. nothing less than 60 miles per hour. But while this hasty retreat was in order, -the much older of the group who had watched from the hotel sheds, slowly but surely moved in —and Hughey's "fortress" fell. This isn't, by any means, a full report of that night, but rather, merely a sketch of, shall we say, the heavier bombardment. There was much monkey -business on the side and inbetween. Many gates were removed; some buggies, left out, were taken for a jaunt, etc. Now, a half -century is a long time. There are not many of us left who know Brucefield as was Brucefield then. But, either too tough to give up,- or .just -'plain blessed by good health, some there are who will still remember Brucefield—and that night. I am not going to pinpoint anyone apart from myself who was there, • this because long since most have be- come mellow with age, and at least, have assumed some sort -of dignified conscience and sobriety, but I somehow vividly recall a few persons who just didn't re- tire early that night, among them being Drew and George Swan, Dan and Billy Ross, Wilson Armstrong, Charley Lane, Charley Gibbons, Byron Waldron, Duncan McDon- ald, Bruce Berry, Tom Caldwell, Bill Swan, Bill and Jack McIntosh, Bob Young, Jack Kaiser, Darn Mun- ro, Percy Clark, George and Wil- son Turner, Arthur Chapman, and I am pretty sure that Jim Swan, Jack Snider, Len McConnell and Bruce Bossenberry were some- where nearby, at least "peeking" at the proceedings that beautiful Hallowe'en. There must , have been others; I cannot recall at the moment all of these fine people, splendid citizens, but who loved a little humor along life's thorny pathway. Years later, while I was Editor of the Sarnia Observer, Dr. Rog- ers, then of Forest, called to see me, and we had a good laugh about it. He had grown older and mellow too. JIM' O'NEILL "Cecil has character," said a daughter, drooling oven her rather studious -looking boy friend. "You can see it in his eyes." "If- I see that fellow hanging around here any more, I'll black- en his character," said her father. SPECIAL LOW RAIL FARES TO THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL WINTER FAIR TORONTO, NOV. 15-23 FARE AND OP4E-HALF FOR 7H13 ROUND TRIP Good going—Nov. 14th -23rd ' incl. Rertuvn—LeoveTnfronro not -later than midnight, November 24th. Pull;Warmest/0 'from aft aker r. CROS$ROA-Ds - Build To, Last • (By J411,45 SCOW) brush couldn't fix' tip',. The reason was, of course.; that it was built to last. Th'e steel u her body was of considerable more strength than that of gond stout wrap ling paper. This all comes, to mind because I am a bitter man'' these ' days. They tell me this. happens 'to ev- ery one and, from the t Ogees I bear, I believe -iris true:"ln these - times, nobody but a fool for• luck gets too many thousand miles on his ear without getting a bump or a bulge or a dent in it somewhere, For some time now I have been laying the blame on the people who drive. I have been on the. road for years and I never get bumps—well rarely anyway—and when I do they are always some- body else's fault. I have, been getting away with this story for years. And then last Sunday evening, backing up to pull away from a car parked in front of me, I heard. a most unearthly renting of metal. I was moving at all of five miles an hour but the sound I heard seemed to say that I had ripped the whole side out of the machine. I leapt out and surveyed the dam- age. A fine strip of chrome had_ been torn off and a very consider- able excavation had been made on the side of one of my front doors. Some fool had put a telephone pole beside me while I was in the' house for a short visit. At least that would seem to be the only rational explanation. How else could I—the ever careful driver— have missed seeing it? But what really angered me— apart from having nobody to. blame but myself=was that such. a tiny rub against a pole could wreak such havoc. Why the old Chalmers wouldn't even have quiv-' 2red. Put then she was built to last. The first automobile which I can remember in our family was a 1919 Chalmers which, if it had been a trifle bigger, would- have been large enough to sad,.the Great Lakes, or perhaps even have made an Atlantic crossing, It was a big car for those days, quite commodious enough to hold grand- parents, uncles, aunts, cousins and brothers on our regular Sunday af- ternoon drives. Possibly it was not an inch longer than the car I presently drive, but all the room was inside, not in monstrous fen- ders and- protruding tail fins. Be- sides the roomy front seat, I recall that there was room enough in the back to place three kindergar- ten chairs for the small ones to sit on and still leave lots of leg room for the other backseat pas- sengers. That car lasted us for nine years and outside the fact that motor cars had changed quite a lot in style in that period, it was almost as good as new. It just looked old-fashioned, that's all, and be- sides it was a bit of a nuisance to clip on the "sides" every time it started to rain. Reluctantly it was traded for a sedan model. But today, the thing which. stands out in my memory about that car is not its roominess or its draughtiness, but its durability. In all its years of faithful service, I can never once remember it get- ting a substantial dent of any kind in its big black body. This does not mean that its driv- ers were unusually careful or par- ticular.' Quite a few of the family learned to drive in that car — or tried to — and more than once a beginner forgot how to stop it or sent it back into a post or tele- phone pole. Oh, yes, the old Chal- mers took its share of hard pun- ishment, but nothing ever happen - ad that a little rub of the paint • What has age to do with borrowing mone>A ? a Age in a company spells experience. Because HFC is backed by 79 years' experience, you may borrow' with ,con- fidence. You get prompt attention, repayment terms tailored to your needs, peace of min\! about money matters. Do, as two generations have done. Borrow with confidence from Household Finance. HOUSEHOLD FINANCE R. K. Fitch, Manager 35A West Street Telephone 1501 GODERICH DANCING Every Friday Night ERNIE KING and his CKNX Kingsmen featuring Earl Heywood Community Centre, Seaforth FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8th Dancing 1O - 1 ADMISSION — 75 CENTS Auspices: Seaforth Athletic Association f rii 4 dp`i" fi col TOWN OF SEAFORTH Remembrance Day On instructions from the Council, I hereby request the citizens and busi- ness men of Seaforth to observe MONDAY, NOVEMBER lith AS REMEMBRANCE DAY by closing places of business all day and attending the Legion Service in Victoria Park. DR. E. A. McMA FEF, Mayor. `Gee Stt a the Queen" }9.; ACK ul�