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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-07-22, Page 2A2 •— THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 22, 1987 rv, Farm fatalities drop Each year more than 100 farm workers are killed and thousands more are injured in agricultural accidents. Statistics just released by the Canada Safety Council show that 107 Canadians were killed on farms in 1985. That figure is down from the 120 recorded the previous year - which in itself is a good sign. The Safety Coun- cil is trying to cut that figure' even further. Statistics also revealed that 22 per cent of the 107 fatalities occured to children under the age of 15 and 20• per cent were seniors 65 years of age and over. Two-thirds of all fatal accidents involved the use of agricultural. machinery. • • • The reported number of time -lost injuries for 1985 was 6,179, up from 5,935-1n 1984. This figure represents a mere fraction of all agricultural in- juries as it includes only those workers covered under Workman's Compen sation Boards who received compensation payments for their injuries. The cost to the Canadian public was approximately $30 million. The Canada Safety Council, in cooperation with Agriculture Canada and • Provincial Safety Councils, sponsors National Farm Safety Week each year from July 25-31 in an effort to promote safer work practices on Canadian farms. This year's campaign draws attention to the value of using personal protective equipment to reduce the frequency and severity of work-related injuries and illnesses. . The use of personal protective equipment in agriculture is as necessary as it is in other industries. However, in'other industries, its valtIe has lorig been recognizedand its use is regulated, enforced and supported by labor and management alike. The farmer is generally both manager and laborer. He carries all the responsibility for his own safety and that includes seeking valid information. This campaign is intended to assist him, Where it is impossible or impractical to control or'eliminate a hazard, per- sonal protective equipment is a major defense in the prevention of work- place injuires. The Canada Safety Council advises all farm managers to en- sure that each Worker is properly fitted with protective equipment and train- ed in its use and maintenance. But use of safe practice is encouraged year round, notmerely during ,Farm Safety week. SENSE AND NONSENSE by Ron Wassink Outdoor wedding a blessing It was a scorcher. Other than the heat, last Saturday was a. perfect day for a wedding. There was only one way to beat the plus 30 degree temperature and high humidity— drinking gallons of liquids.' And still, sweat dripped off the brows of bride,groom and guests. It was a typical July wedding but for a' Minor detail—it was outdoors. The only air conditioning was the real stuff. Sure, there was seine shade, but it didn't seem to Mat- ter where guests sat, whether under the sun ot trees, there was no beating the heat. • Though I attend a number of weddings in a year, last Saturday's deserves comment because of the heat and because it was "dif- ferent". Outdoor, or lawn weddings aren't that common, but they seen to be gaining in popularity. As July seems to be the hottest month of the year, what better tirrie to be wed on the front lawn of the homestead. Corinne and John may not know it, but they did their guests a favor. At least we couldn't complain about the stifling heat in a church. Better yet, most guests didn't feel obligated to wear three-piece suits, let alone ties. Ties were worn out of courtesy and the thought of wearing a jacket wasn't even con- sidered. We all pitied the groom, bet man and ushers as they tried keeping cool in tuxes. An outdoor wedding is an experience that' guests, bridal party, and Mother Nature share in. The grass is the carpet and the sky the painted ceiling of a cathedral. One never knows what they may see or hear at such a wedding. There could be a swarm of bees, or the bdd grunt from pigs in a nearby barn. Then there's the aroma of flowers near the house or in the rock garden. And while the flowers silently thank the bride and groom for sparing them from the florist's scissors, maple and cedar trees add their sounds as a gentle breeze rustles their leaves. And it all takes place on a century farm settled by the ancestors of the bride—probably a great, or great -great grandfather. Ants! Who invited them. A few women stifled gasps of surpise as they felt faint tickles going up their legs. Some were even more surprised when they realized, no it wasn't a guy with a leg fetish tickling them with a feather, but only ants doing some exploring. It sounds romantic to anyone who hasn't experienced communing with nature in such a way. Take if from someone who was there- -it was an experience to be remembered. Royal visit titanic bore Maybe I'm from the wrong generation. Maybe I'm not imbued with a strong sense of history., Maybe I'm just not sentimental enough, Who knows? Whatever the reason, I just can't seem to get myself excited about the prospect of yet another visit from British royalty to Canadian soil. It's not that I have anything against the English, or their royalty,'I just can't figure out why the mere presence • of anyone regal rates front page coverage in all the dailies and at least 10 minutes of air time on the nightly news forthe entire duration of their visit, Without even paying close attention, I have already learned more about the itinarary of The Duke and Dutchess of York on their present Canadian excursion, than • I can remember about the last. holi- day I took. To me, royalty is a titanic bore. They show up, wave to the crowd, say a few symbolic yet unsubstantial words; and it gets reported verbatim, complete with fashion comentary in every publication and on every newscast in the. country. John Turner and Ed Broadbent combin- ed couldn't garner that much attention if they met in. a live televised nude mud - wrestling competition _ and they live here. I wouldn't even mind all this coverage of the palace -dwelling set if it only.took place during their visits. But even when they • spend an evening by the hearth in merry old Windsor castle, we are inundated with second-hand speculation reprinted from FROM THIS ANGLE by Patrick Raffia British. tabloids (sort of snotty National Enquirers), about the possibility that Margaret •has been spiking her hot .. chocolate, with rum again, or that, Chuck and Di's romance has -cooled and, they are now dating Joan Collins and John Travolta' respectively (or the other way around in some_oLthe.raciectabloids) It's just kind of tiresome. Things reached the height of silliness when Fergy and Di were reproached by the world-wide press for having a playful. shoving match on a ski -slope in some Scan- dinavian country or other. I've personally seen the news clip of that incident at least a dozen times now. . Meanwhile, I could go out and throw my brother-in-law off the very tip of. Mount Everest,(and don't think I haven't thought about it) and all the' ink I'd rate would be a couple of paragraphs on the back page of my hometown. weekly. While I find kings, queens, princes, princesses, dukes and dutchesses about as interesting as watching skin peel, I have to admit they havea tough job. Itmust be a royal pain in that portion -of the anatomy which most commonly. comes in contact, with the throne. Their frequent sojourns to foreign -coun- tries could hardly be classified as true holidays. How would you like to have to wave to an adoring crowd every time you sunk a putt during a game of mini -golf while on vacation? Or how would you feel if the media criticized you for wearing a pair of raggedy cuttoffs and a paint - stained T-shirt' in public one Saturday afternoon? You and your spouse can have a knock- down drag -out ,spat over a burned dinner or a missed appointment- and the press .is usually npne the wiser. Life's not so simple . for Chuck and Di, or. Andy and Fergy. • Unless they're viewed holding hands and „ cooing at each other constantly, the'. rumors fly that it's allover between them. What relationship needs that kind of pressure? In my opinion, the only member of the imperial tribe that ever had any sense that wild and crazy King Eddy, who got out of • being monarch just by:dating a woman.* family didn't approve of. If the whole lot of them up and abdicated • at once, it wouldn't bother me a bit. The Canadian taxpayers do contribute part of their ridiculous salaries -- and over in Canada, you say, we've -got a lot more im- portant things to spend our tax dollars on. After 'all, I hear Brian and. Mile are thinking of redecorating again. " 8 Y THE Loop; OF 'RUNGS, BE.TtE_R PROP ME OFF 0; p►rAt�ADIAf`l S14ORELINE „ ori Need to enforce sovereignty EDITOR'S NOTE - Some weeks ago The Huron Expositor offered its readers the op- portunity to take a more active role in the newspaper. Readers Were invited to be guest columnists and express their view- point on any given topic. The following Is one of the columns we got in response to our invitation. Anyone who wishes to be featured in this spot should contact The Ex- positor. Columns should be tastefully writ- ten and The Expositor reserves the right to refuse any it feels does not fit that criteria. • It seems to me that, rather than continue with my discussion of Defence Minister Beatty's proposal to obtain nuclear sub - Marines, I should talk a little about the events of the last weekend, namely the lan- ding of 174 illegal immigrants on the southern shore of Nova Scotia. It seems to me that any one of us would be rather shocked if we were wakened in the wee, small, hours of the morning to be told by a neighbor that our front lawn was full of strange looking people. The shock would not be lessened when we went out and found that, not only were the people there, they were not;, apparently, Canadians but were some strange, foreign looking people who obviously were from some other country. 1 am sure many frantic questions would go through our minds. Who are they? Where did they come from? What do they want? What are they doing here? Do they pose any danger to my family? What can I do about them? Fortunately it turned out that they were GENERAL • DELIVERY by Ernie Williams just a group of unarmed would-be- ' immigrants who had learned, from the suc- cess of the Tarails of last year, that, if they - could get in by any means whatever, they had it made. They also made another impor tent point, however, for if they could suc- cessfully invade our shores without detec-- tion so could 10 times their number in many different locales and they could just as easi ly'be armed and dangerous. It is, of course, not likely that any one would be likely to undertake such a project but it has made me rethink my. feeling that the acquisition of a total of 12 frigates and 4 destroyers would be "overkill" as a Coast Guard. Hopefully, if such surface vessels were obtained and used as a Coast Guard, they would be equipped with modern detection gear capable of maintaining surveillance of our coasts. Ap- parently several of our maritime services were forewarned that a ship was ap- proaching our shores with the intent of lan- ding illegal immigrants but they were unable to locate the ship over a period of several days searciung. One ot tne agencies, when questioned as to whether or not they had found the ship admitted they had not, with the excuse that, "ill awfully foggy out there". Canada does, of coursee. have a very long coastline and to maintain adege surveillance of both the east and area coasts, as well as that portion of the nor- thern waters that is navigable would re- quire constant vigilance by all available ship and shore -based equipment and might even require more ships than have been pro- posed, It will be argued that our great, southern neighbor would not stand by and allow any such invasion of our shores to take place. I do not doubt that that is true, if for no other reason why we should forego our own responsibility for defending or own shores. Surely, if we had had . adequate shore -based radar surveillance and ade- quate surface interception capability, given the advance warning which our agencies had, the Amelie could have been detected, boarded and searched, and turned back to see. Hopefully, if we did obtain sufficient sur- face force to enforce our sovereignty in our navigable waters they would not be rendered impotent by fiscal constraints on their operational hours or their efforts foiled by the application of weak and emasculating laws. Lightening does stunt in Morris tdwnsh p hams JULS? 22, 1887 It is reported that John McIntosh has been engaged as teacher of the Cranbrook school, in the township of Grey, for next year, com- mencing Januaty om-mencing-January 1, 1888. He has purchased a house and lot. The regular meeting of the Huron Medical Association was held in the Mechanics In- stitute, on Tuesday last, and was well at- tended by medical men from emery section of the county. The chair was oecupied by the president, Dr. W. Graham, of Brussels, who on opening the meeting referred to the large attendenance and urged upon those present the desirability of sustaining an active Medical Association in Huron. Mr. Robert Govenleck, of McKillop, has the most prolific crop of grapes in this vicinity. Mt. C. Clarkson, Head Master of the High School, and femilhave gone to Paris to spend theirholidays. Miss J. Anderson, teacher, left here on Tuesday. for Fergus, Galt and other places to spend her holidays. _ JULY 28 1912 Mr. Everett Walker, a Morris boy, who is principal of a townsChool in Alberta, is home spending hiss'' holidays. During the electrical storm en Monday of last week a bolt of lightening did quite a stunt at the home of Mr William Hoy, of the tenth concession of Morris. It struck the dwelling, tore up the floor in one of the rooms, killed the cat whish was lying under the stove, knocked Mr. Hoy down and near- ly tore the left shoefront his foot Mrs. Hoy and child, who were in an adjoining room, escaped uninjured. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Pollock of Saska- toon, Sask., are visiting among their, many friends in Kippen. Mrs. Pollock is a sister of Mr Thot'rtas Kyle end is an old Kipperi lady. Miss Violet Ciuff, daughter of Mr. Samuel Ctuff, of Tuekerstnith, graduate nurse of the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Fergus, is at presentp admrni teen g " rotessienal services to Mrs. F. G. Neelin, who has been ill during IN THE YEARS AGdNE the past month. Rev. Mr. Hicks, the new Methodist minister in Beatall, gave a very earnest sermon on Sabbath evening last, and Men- tioned in its coarse the very unfortunate fact that so many professing members and adhel'ents were becoming so careless in their attendance at church service and that the dispettion seethed to be to turn the Sab- baths into days• of pleasuring and running about and that in this age it Weald seem' almost necessary to hold street services in order to reach the people. JULY 241937 Announcement was made this week that the fourth .annual Altered Merneorial Scholarhstp for 1937 had been won by Stewart Geddes. It is valued at $25. Difficulties in the way of an early start on Seaforth's sidewalk and ornamental lighting program; have been ironed eat and officials expect work sho'ul'd be under way within a few weeks. In an effort to elinunate the dangerous practise of bathers walking up the middle of, the highway as they return from the Lions p 'ction ju Pool the arks committee, m con with town officials, has arranged to have Chief. Constable,Sne11 go on special duty there during the afternoons. Mrs. J. Habkirk, of Seeforth, is visiting at the home' of her sister, Mrs: Alf. Taylor, of Hensall. , Miss J iyce Broderick, of Hensall, cap= tured first prize at the amateur contest for singing and dancing held at Grand Bend on Monday evening, .July 19. Joyce, although only seven years old, has already, won thir- teen first orizes,in amateur contests JULY 28, 1962 There is no hog cholera in Huron et the . moment, according to the Seaforth Health Of Animals office, but the situation is being watched carefully.. Meanwhile, additional cases have been discovered in Peel County. Other eases have been discovered in Oxford. In all, a total Of 4,170thogs have been destroyed tri Ontario and a slightly smaller number Ri Quebec, in an effort to halttlle spread of the diseale . . saseof the Former Seeforth Shoes factory on South Main Street, t8 Motley Com, of London, was completed Tuesday. The fac- tory will, be occupied by Winter Seal Win- dows of London Ltd. The firm expects tO be in operation by September and will employ 10 persons initially. ,,,Huron ®• *C A �510� BLUE RIBBON • AWARD SINCE 1860, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST.1987 Incorporating The Brussels Post ED BYRSKI; General Manager HEATHER McILWRAITH,,Editor Published In Seaforth, Ontario . Every Wednesday Morning Member. Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc, Ontario Community Newspaper Association Ontario Press Council , • is Commonwealth Press Union International Press Institute ' '' Subscription rates: The Expositor Is brought to you ' Canada 520.00 a year, in advance belch week by the efforts of: Senior Citizens - '17.00 a year In advance • Pat Armes, Nellie Blake, Outside Canada '60.00 a year, in advance Bessie Broome, Karen Golf, Single. - .50 cents each dner, Joan Gulchelaar and Bob McMillan , Second class mail registration Number 0696• WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1987 Editorial and Business Offices .10, MalnStreet, Soaforth • Telephone (S19) 627.0240 Mailing Address - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario,' NOK iWO Farm fatalities drop Each year more than 100 farm workers are killed and thousands more are injured in agricultural accidents. Statistics just released by the Canada Safety Council show that 107 Canadians were killed on farms in 1985. That figure is down from the 120 recorded the previous year - which in itself is a good sign. The Safety Coun- cil is trying to cut that figure' even further. Statistics also revealed that 22 per cent of the 107 fatalities occured to children under the age of 15 and 20• per cent were seniors 65 years of age and over. Two-thirds of all fatal accidents involved the use of agricultural. machinery. • • • The reported number of time -lost injuries for 1985 was 6,179, up from 5,935-1n 1984. This figure represents a mere fraction of all agricultural in- juries as it includes only those workers covered under Workman's Compen sation Boards who received compensation payments for their injuries. The cost to the Canadian public was approximately $30 million. The Canada Safety Council, in cooperation with Agriculture Canada and • Provincial Safety Councils, sponsors National Farm Safety Week each year from July 25-31 in an effort to promote safer work practices on Canadian farms. This year's campaign draws attention to the value of using personal protective equipment to reduce the frequency and severity of work-related injuries and illnesses. . The use of personal protective equipment in agriculture is as necessary as it is in other industries. However, in'other industries, its valtIe has lorig been recognizedand its use is regulated, enforced and supported by labor and management alike. The farmer is generally both manager and laborer. He carries all the responsibility for his own safety and that includes seeking valid information. This campaign is intended to assist him, Where it is impossible or impractical to control or'eliminate a hazard, per- sonal protective equipment is a major defense in the prevention of work- place injuires. The Canada Safety Council advises all farm managers to en- sure that each Worker is properly fitted with protective equipment and train- ed in its use and maintenance. But use of safe practice is encouraged year round, notmerely during ,Farm Safety week. SENSE AND NONSENSE by Ron Wassink Outdoor wedding a blessing It was a scorcher. Other than the heat, last Saturday was a. perfect day for a wedding. There was only one way to beat the plus 30 degree temperature and high humidity— drinking gallons of liquids.' And still, sweat dripped off the brows of bride,groom and guests. It was a typical July wedding but for a' Minor detail—it was outdoors. The only air conditioning was the real stuff. Sure, there was seine shade, but it didn't seem to Mat- ter where guests sat, whether under the sun ot trees, there was no beating the heat. • Though I attend a number of weddings in a year, last Saturday's deserves comment because of the heat and because it was "dif- ferent". Outdoor, or lawn weddings aren't that common, but they seen to be gaining in popularity. As July seems to be the hottest month of the year, what better tirrie to be wed on the front lawn of the homestead. Corinne and John may not know it, but they did their guests a favor. At least we couldn't complain about the stifling heat in a church. Better yet, most guests didn't feel obligated to wear three-piece suits, let alone ties. Ties were worn out of courtesy and the thought of wearing a jacket wasn't even con- sidered. We all pitied the groom, bet man and ushers as they tried keeping cool in tuxes. An outdoor wedding is an experience that' guests, bridal party, and Mother Nature share in. The grass is the carpet and the sky the painted ceiling of a cathedral. One never knows what they may see or hear at such a wedding. There could be a swarm of bees, or the bdd grunt from pigs in a nearby barn. Then there's the aroma of flowers near the house or in the rock garden. And while the flowers silently thank the bride and groom for sparing them from the florist's scissors, maple and cedar trees add their sounds as a gentle breeze rustles their leaves. And it all takes place on a century farm settled by the ancestors of the bride—probably a great, or great -great grandfather. Ants! Who invited them. A few women stifled gasps of surpise as they felt faint tickles going up their legs. Some were even more surprised when they realized, no it wasn't a guy with a leg fetish tickling them with a feather, but only ants doing some exploring. It sounds romantic to anyone who hasn't experienced communing with nature in such a way. Take if from someone who was there- -it was an experience to be remembered. Royal visit titanic bore Maybe I'm from the wrong generation. Maybe I'm not imbued with a strong sense of history., Maybe I'm just not sentimental enough, Who knows? Whatever the reason, I just can't seem to get myself excited about the prospect of yet another visit from British royalty to Canadian soil. It's not that I have anything against the English, or their royalty,'I just can't figure out why the mere presence • of anyone regal rates front page coverage in all the dailies and at least 10 minutes of air time on the nightly news forthe entire duration of their visit, Without even paying close attention, I have already learned more about the itinarary of The Duke and Dutchess of York on their present Canadian excursion, than • I can remember about the last. holi- day I took. To me, royalty is a titanic bore. They show up, wave to the crowd, say a few symbolic yet unsubstantial words; and it gets reported verbatim, complete with fashion comentary in every publication and on every newscast in the. country. John Turner and Ed Broadbent combin- ed couldn't garner that much attention if they met in. a live televised nude mud - wrestling competition _ and they live here. I wouldn't even mind all this coverage of the palace -dwelling set if it only.took place during their visits. But even when they • spend an evening by the hearth in merry old Windsor castle, we are inundated with second-hand speculation reprinted from FROM THIS ANGLE by Patrick Raffia British. tabloids (sort of snotty National Enquirers), about the possibility that Margaret •has been spiking her hot .. chocolate, with rum again, or that, Chuck and Di's romance has -cooled and, they are now dating Joan Collins and John Travolta' respectively (or the other way around in some_oLthe.raciectabloids) It's just kind of tiresome. Things reached the height of silliness when Fergy and Di were reproached by the world-wide press for having a playful. shoving match on a ski -slope in some Scan- dinavian country or other. I've personally seen the news clip of that incident at least a dozen times now. . Meanwhile, I could go out and throw my brother-in-law off the very tip of. Mount Everest,(and don't think I haven't thought about it) and all the' ink I'd rate would be a couple of paragraphs on the back page of my hometown. weekly. While I find kings, queens, princes, princesses, dukes and dutchesses about as interesting as watching skin peel, I have to admit they havea tough job. Itmust be a royal pain in that portion -of the anatomy which most commonly. comes in contact, with the throne. Their frequent sojourns to foreign -coun- tries could hardly be classified as true holidays. How would you like to have to wave to an adoring crowd every time you sunk a putt during a game of mini -golf while on vacation? Or how would you feel if the media criticized you for wearing a pair of raggedy cuttoffs and a paint - stained T-shirt' in public one Saturday afternoon? You and your spouse can have a knock- down drag -out ,spat over a burned dinner or a missed appointment- and the press .is usually npne the wiser. Life's not so simple . for Chuck and Di, or. Andy and Fergy. • Unless they're viewed holding hands and „ cooing at each other constantly, the'. rumors fly that it's allover between them. What relationship needs that kind of pressure? In my opinion, the only member of the imperial tribe that ever had any sense that wild and crazy King Eddy, who got out of • being monarch just by:dating a woman.* family didn't approve of. If the whole lot of them up and abdicated • at once, it wouldn't bother me a bit. The Canadian taxpayers do contribute part of their ridiculous salaries -- and over in Canada, you say, we've -got a lot more im- portant things to spend our tax dollars on. After 'all, I hear Brian and. Mile are thinking of redecorating again. " 8 Y THE Loop; OF 'RUNGS, BE.TtE_R PROP ME OFF 0; p►rAt�ADIAf`l S14ORELINE „ ori Need to enforce sovereignty EDITOR'S NOTE - Some weeks ago The Huron Expositor offered its readers the op- portunity to take a more active role in the newspaper. Readers Were invited to be guest columnists and express their view- point on any given topic. The following Is one of the columns we got in response to our invitation. Anyone who wishes to be featured in this spot should contact The Ex- positor. Columns should be tastefully writ- ten and The Expositor reserves the right to refuse any it feels does not fit that criteria. • It seems to me that, rather than continue with my discussion of Defence Minister Beatty's proposal to obtain nuclear sub - Marines, I should talk a little about the events of the last weekend, namely the lan- ding of 174 illegal immigrants on the southern shore of Nova Scotia. It seems to me that any one of us would be rather shocked if we were wakened in the wee, small, hours of the morning to be told by a neighbor that our front lawn was full of strange looking people. The shock would not be lessened when we went out and found that, not only were the people there, they were not;, apparently, Canadians but were some strange, foreign looking people who obviously were from some other country. 1 am sure many frantic questions would go through our minds. Who are they? Where did they come from? What do they want? What are they doing here? Do they pose any danger to my family? What can I do about them? Fortunately it turned out that they were GENERAL • DELIVERY by Ernie Williams just a group of unarmed would-be- ' immigrants who had learned, from the suc- cess of the Tarails of last year, that, if they - could get in by any means whatever, they had it made. They also made another impor tent point, however, for if they could suc- cessfully invade our shores without detec-- tion so could 10 times their number in many different locales and they could just as easi ly'be armed and dangerous. It is, of course, not likely that any one would be likely to undertake such a project but it has made me rethink my. feeling that the acquisition of a total of 12 frigates and 4 destroyers would be "overkill" as a Coast Guard. Hopefully, if such surface vessels were obtained and used as a Coast Guard, they would be equipped with modern detection gear capable of maintaining surveillance of our coasts. Ap- parently several of our maritime services were forewarned that a ship was ap- proaching our shores with the intent of lan- ding illegal immigrants but they were unable to locate the ship over a period of several days searciung. One ot tne agencies, when questioned as to whether or not they had found the ship admitted they had not, with the excuse that, "ill awfully foggy out there". Canada does, of coursee. have a very long coastline and to maintain adege surveillance of both the east and area coasts, as well as that portion of the nor- thern waters that is navigable would re- quire constant vigilance by all available ship and shore -based equipment and might even require more ships than have been pro- posed, It will be argued that our great, southern neighbor would not stand by and allow any such invasion of our shores to take place. I do not doubt that that is true, if for no other reason why we should forego our own responsibility for defending or own shores. Surely, if we had had . adequate shore -based radar surveillance and ade- quate surface interception capability, given the advance warning which our agencies had, the Amelie could have been detected, boarded and searched, and turned back to see. Hopefully, if we did obtain sufficient sur- face force to enforce our sovereignty in our navigable waters they would not be rendered impotent by fiscal constraints on their operational hours or their efforts foiled by the application of weak and emasculating laws. Lightening does stunt in Morris tdwnsh p hams JULS? 22, 1887 It is reported that John McIntosh has been engaged as teacher of the Cranbrook school, in the township of Grey, for next year, com- mencing Januaty om-mencing-January 1, 1888. He has purchased a house and lot. The regular meeting of the Huron Medical Association was held in the Mechanics In- stitute, on Tuesday last, and was well at- tended by medical men from emery section of the county. The chair was oecupied by the president, Dr. W. Graham, of Brussels, who on opening the meeting referred to the large attendenance and urged upon those present the desirability of sustaining an active Medical Association in Huron. Mr. Robert Govenleck, of McKillop, has the most prolific crop of grapes in this vicinity. Mt. C. Clarkson, Head Master of the High School, and femilhave gone to Paris to spend theirholidays. Miss J. Anderson, teacher, left here on Tuesday. for Fergus, Galt and other places to spend her holidays. _ JULY 28 1912 Mr. Everett Walker, a Morris boy, who is principal of a townsChool in Alberta, is home spending hiss'' holidays. During the electrical storm en Monday of last week a bolt of lightening did quite a stunt at the home of Mr William Hoy, of the tenth concession of Morris. It struck the dwelling, tore up the floor in one of the rooms, killed the cat whish was lying under the stove, knocked Mr. Hoy down and near- ly tore the left shoefront his foot Mrs. Hoy and child, who were in an adjoining room, escaped uninjured. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Pollock of Saska- toon, Sask., are visiting among their, many friends in Kippen. Mrs. Pollock is a sister of Mr Thot'rtas Kyle end is an old Kipperi lady. Miss Violet Ciuff, daughter of Mr. Samuel Ctuff, of Tuekerstnith, graduate nurse of the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Fergus, is at presentp admrni teen g " rotessienal services to Mrs. F. G. Neelin, who has been ill during IN THE YEARS AGdNE the past month. Rev. Mr. Hicks, the new Methodist minister in Beatall, gave a very earnest sermon on Sabbath evening last, and Men- tioned in its coarse the very unfortunate fact that so many professing members and adhel'ents were becoming so careless in their attendance at church service and that the dispettion seethed to be to turn the Sab- baths into days• of pleasuring and running about and that in this age it Weald seem' almost necessary to hold street services in order to reach the people. JULY 241937 Announcement was made this week that the fourth .annual Altered Merneorial Scholarhstp for 1937 had been won by Stewart Geddes. It is valued at $25. Difficulties in the way of an early start on Seaforth's sidewalk and ornamental lighting program; have been ironed eat and officials expect work sho'ul'd be under way within a few weeks. In an effort to elinunate the dangerous practise of bathers walking up the middle of, the highway as they return from the Lions p 'ction ju Pool the arks committee, m con with town officials, has arranged to have Chief. Constable,Sne11 go on special duty there during the afternoons. Mrs. J. Habkirk, of Seeforth, is visiting at the home' of her sister, Mrs: Alf. Taylor, of Hensall. , Miss J iyce Broderick, of Hensall, cap= tured first prize at the amateur contest for singing and dancing held at Grand Bend on Monday evening, .July 19. Joyce, although only seven years old, has already, won thir- teen first orizes,in amateur contests JULY 28, 1962 There is no hog cholera in Huron et the . moment, according to the Seaforth Health Of Animals office, but the situation is being watched carefully.. Meanwhile, additional cases have been discovered in Peel County. Other eases have been discovered in Oxford. In all, a total Of 4,170thogs have been destroyed tri Ontario and a slightly smaller number Ri Quebec, in an effort to halttlle spread of the diseale . . saseof the Former Seeforth Shoes factory on South Main Street, t8 Motley Com, of London, was completed Tuesday. The fac- tory will, be occupied by Winter Seal Win- dows of London Ltd. The firm expects tO be in operation by September and will employ 10 persons initially.