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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-06-07, Page 3. { . m th B4.sani white hi 1 Were yea-, :dear reader, among the 2094 plus, hardy souls who went.Put to see the circus when .it played in Seaforththanks to the Agri. cultural. Society last week? Our family was there, and so by the looks of the crowded tent, was most of Seaforthand area, The better half and I are lucky about things ;like circuses now. We don't have to sneak in: with the other adults who are still children at heart or borrow somebody else's, kid with the excuse that "we decided to take little Johnny to the circus and give :his parents a break," No, we have our own real life child now and were ,able to walk, nonchalantly into the circus, claiming that our year and a half year old had been bugging us for weeks to attend, Ill adritit that there were adults unattendedby children in the audience but obviodsly they were ob. Y more • confident types than we were in our previous childless. lives. With Gabrielle much in evidence as our excuse for attending we sat right down in front and enjoyedthe show very much. The magic and the high wire acrobatics were especially impressive but what I really liked was the way the performersall wore several hats. UP IN THE,AIR' Deanna McLeod is off to ;a flying start in the long jump event at Seaforth Public School's Field Day. Students competed in'a Variety of events from races, to the Charlie Chaplin relay and scoop ball. _ b` (Expositor Photo) N r it reminded hie of this. newspaper 1 guess to. see . a lovely lady who'd been part of a balancing act a few minutes .earlier. come around `•. dressed normally . selling colouring, books. Animal trainers sold bal- loonsi,, and the backstage crew, peddled popcorn. They all seemed .to do everything with good grace too. Everyone looked like they were - enjoying themselves and working with each other. From all evidence at 'last! Tuesday's show here : the Martin and Downs 'circus,: aforth the all; Canadian show, •iS; a ggod place to work, CIRCUS LIFE: "We're from all over Mexico, Florida, you, name it", the popcorn seller, ticket taker, souvenir booth oper- ator told my. husband'. '''Not too many from Ontario. You, people don't seen', to. take to circus life." 1 know of one Canadian though who spent more than one summer with, the Martini and Downs circus and 11 asked his mother, a local lady, how he liked it, "He loved it, the travelling, the animals, everything," she said, add- •ing that he'd learned how to. handle a couple of elephants during his time withthe big, tented :show. 1 haven't heard about 'any local people who succumbed to circus life last week but a, year or so ago '.I happened. to see part of an award winning documentary on the Martin. and Downs circus on TV that chronicled the coming and: going of a couple of employ- ees. ' They are green, most of them, the show implied, kids who join up when the circus hits their town and -stag with. if for varying lengths of time;. Martin and Downs trains, them to do almost anything. 1 remember a kid who pro- gressed from back stagehand. to clown to fire eater arid sword swallower over a, seriesofperformances. They've get,team work and enthusiasm going for them, the circus performance here showedthat, and 1 wish them continued. success as they bring` the big top to small towns and villages all over Canada.. PUSHING TOO: HARD While the circus: was well received here, .many parents were heard to remark • they wished the.: Martin and. , Downs people had. • been a. little less enthusiastic in their nafvE rt appointed A Vittoria County land registrar has been appointed. the new Huron County land registrar by the province passing over a° local man. David Hill' is the second'man appointed to fill' the contro- versial. :position in less than " six months: Frank Hagan, the deputy 'registrar and a Seaforth. nit - .0 • ive, had beenthe acting•Iand" a , registrar for.some time before and immediately after the retirement of former registrar Eugene Beaver. A ministry spokesman'said, Mr. Hagan did compete for '• the job but. Mr. Hillwaie. hired due to his experience. Mr. Hagan has .worked in; the Goderich office for eight years, working his way from clerk to deputy registrar. A graduate of SDHS, Mr. Hagan is a son of Leo Hagan of Seaforth. The ministry of consumer and commercial relations appointed Jim :Lindsay, a senior deputy .registrar in. Toronto to head the office in Goderich in November: Mr Lindsay resigned a , month ` t'•r ti EVERY OUNCE OF EFFORT . Brian Riley em se s to be strain'tg every muscle i n his jump during Seaforth ;Public School's Field Day on Thursday. READY, set GO Linda 'Ellis starts off n runni.. � in the long .jump event at Seaforth Public Scheel's Field da.. on Thursda (Expositor Photo) you're invited You're invited to a meeting of all' area ' Senior' Citizens at the Kilbarchan Nursing Home June 12 at 2 p.m. Hospital Auxiliary members and women institute members are re- minded of the annual• dinner meeting.. to be held ,at. the Seaforth Golf Club on. Tuesday, June 12. at' 6:30 O'clock, Come and hear about good nutrition. June meeting Seaforth WI Seaforth Golf Course following smorgasbord dinner ' with hospital Auxiliary, Roll Call - name an article I threw in the dump and wish I hadn't. Motto. What I would like to know about womcns 'rights- Ladies are asked to bring a sample n g . p Of needlepoint or any other hobby, later to take :another job in, Toronto: At the time of Mr. Lind- say's appointment, the Huron, County Law Associ- ation protested' the ministry decision'to hire Mr. Lindsay without •allowing', Frank Hagan to apply for the job.. The officials explained Mr. Lindsay's apppointment by ,Saying he was hired on the recommendation of 'manage-, 'ment in the property rights division based on his senior- ity. When Mr. Lindsay • re- signed as registrar, the ministry did open the posi- tion for competition, and the law association protested; -again, saying 'Mr. Hagan had already shown he could do the job and should have been' appointed without having to compete. Before his appointment as. registrar for Victoria, County,'''; Mr. Hill was a registrar in Alexandria • and senior deputy registrar in Stratford.' Mr. Hill will start working; at the Goderich deep in July and Will earn S23,475. annually: pushing or food Items and souvenirs, A parent with: three little kids ,under six canbe hard;; pressed to continually say no, when faced with pretty high pressured selling of very expensive candy; popcorn; (75e), balloons 05e again); and. knicknacks (S3'. or so). This parent, and likely many more would have glad- ly ,paid more than the two dollar entry ticket and been spared the constant hawking of almost everything that wasn't nailed down, Our Gaby was more delighted by the balloons than anything.. else in the whole show but she's young enough that buying one didn't occur to her, (She's still playing with one from the Ball MacCaulay opening a few weeks ago.) But other patentswe sat near were under a great deal of ' pressure from anxious offspring to buy . this, that and the other: thing that left a bad taste after an otherwise enjoyable show. • If we look on the bright side, though, the circus big- sell gave parents an excellent: chance to talk to their kids about value for money, high pressure sales and other topics of survival in the seventies. Like _Otte mother I heard said when her young daugh- ter wanted a plastic animal for a cool $3.: "$3.j ! !,That s• more than 1 earn in a week." h EXPOS! 1!71 A TOWN TOUR — Mernbers1 of the SDHS; 1955-56 class board a bus for a tour of Seaforth dur :ing their reunion here Saturday, (Exppsitor Photo.) classes hpve reunion Laughter and lotsof memories were the order of the day on Saturday when the 1955-56 .class of Seaforth District High School got together for a reunion. The reunion included members of the SDHS Grade 12 and 13 class, as well as any of the teachers who could attend. The former student..' who came the furthest to renew acquaintances was Dora Ann Stinson, who flew in from. Halifax, Nova. Scotia for the day's event. .other students came from;, Toronto, Kitchener and the. local area. The class memberswho attended. Saturday's event included Rose ` Siemon e _o , Lise Gunby, New summer reporter BY LiSE GLINB'i' • '"home' when I return from Monday morning I drove the city. up, and down Main Street I was in Toronto for a year trying to memorize the town. and then'. studied journalism it was my first day at the at Durham -College in Osh- Huron Expositor and my awa.. official introduction to -Sea- .. The school work .was the forth. • easier'. part... Now, ^I'll ' :'be Although 1.spent 18.` of m stud" in Seaforth its'people Although y y g ..::: p p. 19' years growingupon a • and the serroun t arca .for Y dng farm neat Dungannon, I'm the summer. '` - still lea_. l_ .. p sant y surprised by I can hardly wait. ,4 • You'rei , invited...... The June Meeting of the.. Seaforth Horticultural Society will be held at the Seaforth Public , School on Wed. June 13th at 8 ;p.ni.. Slides from • the international Peace Gardens,' xpostor asks: Boissevain ,Manitoba will be shown, Everyone welcome. A draw for a Redwood Planter will be made. A. decision will be made on a bus trip to Guelph, if enough members are present. What's Your idea of 7a good summer holiday? BY DEBBIE RANNEY Now with the warmer weather approach- ing, Expositor Asks thoughtit might be a. good time to find out from local readers what their idea of a good summer holidy is. Although she's not planning on going anywhere this year, Joan Harrison of Brucefield said "Camping is a good holiday. Going across this country, seeing our own country and camping along the way.,, Mrs: Marilyn Kalbfleish of Varna said her family likes going, to South Carolina. during the March break which could be considered a summer holiday since it's like summer down there, "My idea of a good summer holiday is to go someplace where you have a pool to win' in. We go to Myrtle.Beach.. Therc'S plenty to do down there," she said; Some of the things she nitentioned we're that yeti cangolf Cf... y play or tenors, go roller skating or go to nightclubs. "The beach was beautiful there. We had very good accommodations. 1 find Americans are very friendly. They make sure you have a good time," she said Mrs. Elizabeth Burns `of 59' East William St., Seaforth said, "I think I'd just like to take it easy for a while, maybe go to the lake for a few days." . E..Barningham'of R.R. 2, Staffs said, "1 would say a cruise to the Greek islands. 1 thinka cruise is a great thing. You :have everything, scenery, luxury. and com- fort." Jeff Dolmage of R.R. 2, Seaforth said, "Going to Florida, because of the swim- - ming and there's a whole bunch of stuff to do." One person from Hensall said, "A trip some place," and added, that she was going on a trip to England 'this summer, 'Otherwise we :play golf and enjoy the summer anyway,' she said. Janet Kipper', ._ .. ne Smile of Lit. 2, lCtppen, said her. Idea of a good summer holiday Would be to spend the 'summer sailintt, "';..`, 3i�..�,. ..;,... sC�.,.=4'rl4ftr.•: mow.,. R.R.4, Walton; Joan Somerville, R,R.2, Dublin; Lois Ann Sommerville of Kitchener; Dora; Ann Stinson; Don Dodds, R.R.1, Seaforth; Wayne McMichael of Kitchener; Bill Scott of Seaforth; Patrick Sloan. of Lakefield; Hazel Bannerman of Toronto Joanne Beuermann of Toronto; Arlene Diegel of "Toronto; Betty Goudie of Kitchener; Joyce Jewitt of Varna; Sheila McFadden • of • Seaforth; Helen McGonigle • of Seaforth: Janet McGregor of Fordwich; Lois Roe of Kitchener; . Maja. Roobol of RR.2. Seaforth and Peter Spittal of Kitchener. Several other classmates who were unable to attend sent best wishes for the event. • The three teachers who attended the reunion were Larry. Plumsteel, James Slattery and Miss Florence Elford. The reunion guests observed, a minute of silence in memory of another classmate, Bill Flannigan, who died a few years•ago. The reunion started Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m,. with a re -acquaintance hour . when the former classmates• could lookat their school yearbooks and . compare pictures of themselves: in "the good old days." Larry Plumsteel acted as guide for . this partof the program, The next event was a bus and walking tour of Seaforth followed by dinner in the school cafeteria. Themaster of ceremonies for this event was Neil McGavin of Walton. After dinner, the reunion guests danced, visited and'. exhcanged some more mem, cries of the days when. they were "bobbysoxers" at Seaforth District High. School. The "'committee of three" who helped' organize the event -was, Sheila Morton, Maja Dodds. and Rose Robinson: Ag ;Society pleased with response to circus The Seaforth Agricultural., Society realized a profit in excess. of 51,000 from Tuesday night's two performances of the Martin and Downs circus • held at the Seaforth fairgrounds. Ken Moore, . president of thea Seaforth Agricultural Society; said 1472 tickets were sold for the two performances. of_the show. Mr. Moore said the agricultural society is "real happy with the support we '.received from the community." • The Martin and Downs Circus is one of the last surviving travelling' circuses in Canada and were, featured .in ; :the National Film Board production "High Grass Circus". Among the most popular attractions at this year's circus was, Jewell the elephant who provided rides for a nutttber of area youngsters. On Monday night, the circus -performed Exeter, and the Exeter Agricultural Society made about 5400'. from the .shows,which attracted 1,048 locaiaresilents.: Sugar and spice By Bill Smiley One thing that was peculiar, among many others, in the recent federal election, was the shortage of female power. Where was it? Oh yes,. I know. Thousands of women were out workingfor their;; local candidate, probably far , harder than: their male counterpoints, or their reluctantly -dragged along husbands. And, yes, I know the NDP made a big bid for. the women's vote by demanding: all sorts of things for; women— which already exist, except t iminds p n the : and buisnesses and, hearts of the male Chauvinistic empire that still rules this country. . Where was the women's movement? Where were the women ` candidates? Where was the surge of feminist emotion' and rhetoric, that could have swept the election? bid you hear the faint sound of fizzle, as I did? • True, there was a scattering of women candidates, mostly, except for the few cabinet ministers, in ridings where they didn't have a hope in Hades of winning. tat h 't s to women in politics,' this country is still in the boondocks: and election results show it. What's wrongwith the women on this continent? They talk a lot, but when it comes down to voting; they cast either: with their husbands, "Because`. I don't know anything about politics," for Pierre Trudeau because Margaret has deserted him or against Trudeau because she has declared her independence; for Joe Clark because he seems a bit slow and "Needs a chance" or against him because he has. jowls and sense of humour; for Ed Broadbent because he seems like a younger, or older, brother who speaks out and is cute, in a sort of homely way. Where in the holy world are the incisive, emotional, hard -thinking, straight- forward -looking women of The Movement? They've turned into a bunch of plain old - women, that's where. In the mysterious East, where women are supposed to cringe around in veils, subservient, waiting for a kick in the rear of another impregnation by the macho male, we have had a prime minister in Sri. Lanka (Ceylon to you old-timers) and India. Both have been tough, charming, ruthless. In the not -so -mysterious Middle East, we had a tough charming and ruthless. Golda Meir, who ran one of the most abrasive and beleaguered' countries in the world Israel — for a few years. Even the ultra -chauvinist. (male) Brits have elected their first female prime , minister in history, and there's evidence that she'll do no worse, if no better, than her male predecessors, Maggie Thatcher. Of course, the Brits brought B up on the idea of a Nannie, respond well 10 a female boss. Elizabeth the First was probably their favorite monarch of *11 time- the Virgin Queen.:Victoria.established an era named after herr 'morals, manners, hang ups. Elizabeth II is a model of decorum, good sense, and hard work vastly alit tired. despite . the attacks of •ar few anti ij onarchists. Backto. rhe Point. Where was Women's Lib when' the election campaign began?:, Leaders of all parties were males. At least as far as plumbing goes. Is Canada a pale shadow of the : U.S., where the thought of a female president Would m . half' natio °s ite:overni ht? udtur a on..ivhi. g. Surely not; Then how explain the sound of silence from les dames de notre'pays?' 1 just don t understand it. e ma es are harped at, and nagged at, and niggled at. And when the women have their big.' chance, what do they do?`They make coffee ' and sandwiches. - Ifwomen couldget ` organized, 8 politically, they'd d -have more vote power than all the :farmers; unions, fishermen, and all the other groupsthe polls court so assiduously. Quirky, • isn't: it? From personal. experience , with sisters , a mother, a wife, a mother-in,- law, orther-in-law, a daughter, and various female acquaintance, I know, absolutely, ' that women could run; this .country far better than men. They are less sentimental, physically tougher, morally more integral, emotionally , more compassionate, finan- cially more abler. At least my women are:. They are less concerned with making;• everybody happy. They go to the point, rather than around it. They probe. Oh, how. they probe, into sensitive areas that most weak males skirt. They are much better at organizing their time. None of 'these three -martini, three- hour lunches, at which nothing is settled except that everybody's a jolly good fellow. They'd probably open government offices at 8 a.m, which would immediately solve the problem of a swollen citril service. Half the incumbents would drop dead within * week. • They have a nasty habit of insisting that things be done; done right, and done right : 9 away. This too, would create, almost overnight, a new Canada.. They will fight like tigresses to look after their own. If we hada dominantly.female government, they'd probably hang on to the few industries Canada still controls, and barefaeedly demand' from foreigners' that they give the others back. And What a blessing to have them in Ottawa, running the country, and letting out weaker sex get on With a bit of Of, fishing, hunting. Know who I'd like to have seen running is the election? Flogs MacDonald'- Maureen McTeer and Margaret: Trutleau1 With no men allowed to vote. Aird ho holds barred. -