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FIRE DESTROYS DAIRY BARN •... Damage is estimated at $75,000 in a
fire which broke out just before noon in• the upper floor of this dairy barn:
owned by Roy BeUerman of R.R.1, Dublin. By the time Seaforth firemen
reached the scene, flames had engulfedthe interior of the steel barn and
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fire agreement or the new b , the
g proposal y
town, It was finally agreed that -Mr. Crocker
referred to the new proposal b -Mt.
P Po Y n
offering to sell fireP rotection to the,
townships.
TOO COSTLY
The township re resentatives
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complained that Seaforth's proposal was too
costly for.' them. Chairman, Irwin Johnston
said the figures werenegotiable, McKillop
representative Arthur Anderson asked how
much would the town like to bring ,them--
down.
Tom Phillips. asked "whatdo you want -rob
the taxpayers?” He suggested as . an.
example McKillops S13,000 could: he
dropped to $8,000.
Both .the free chief and the deputyhchief
;...
were surprisedthat: the townships, which
would own the water tanker, would haveto
paY for the use of the tanker and would have
to replace it when it broke down, while the
town would provide maintenance costs on it.
only.
Both Seaforth representatives confirmed
this. p •
After .much discussion it was agreed all
the :members of the board would bring the
letter to the attention of their councils, et
their meetings „next: month even though
Seaforth council intended to open tenders
Wednesday night (August, l9)•for ,new fire.
equipment. Mr. Groothuis. said the, letter
would he brought tocouncil's attention at
that meeting.
sugar and spice
By BillS.miley
A rush to write
Well, here it is, Tuesday afternoon, time
to write the column. ',could have written it
last' Friday, or Sunday morning after
church, or any day during the past three
weeksf
o holidays. But" 1 couldn't: i write
my 'column' on. Tuesday afternoon, rush to
the post 'office, plead with the clerk to
squeeze it into the outgoing .bag. Summer
or winter, working or vacation.
If.ltrto y write it on'a Thursdayevening,
g
a Mon day morning, there's a complete
block. Blank paper, vacuum mind. Espec-
;ally in summer, when. I haveenough gh e
tim
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to crank
.
r n out a couple of volumes., of the.
Brittanica. Encyclopedia
nttanica:
That's why the summer .columns 'don't
have one
n single, brilliant theme; lucidly
exPostulated, witty, striking a single,
.
singing g g no e t in a muddled world. The
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sun
Il come me out: as a kind rid of shotgun
effort. There are:
too many distractions.
Acoupromiscuous le of bluebirds have
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Proliferatedon our property. There, are
now five juveniles of the P
same species,
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shrieking -
bluebird ootid. imprecations
from five.
different trees. driving out the Song -birds
of yesteryear:
Thismornin8,,we
had "one of
those real,
old-fashioned summer storms. Darkness at
noon. Theods. bowling' in the heavens
with tremendous
balls that rumbled,.
crashed andy
-reverberated down the empty
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halls of the black 'sky. Bolts of lightning
t3 g
straight from Zeus that hit, you sweat,
t,
twenty feet from your giant. oak. Blinding
rain driving, cars lights on; as though they
were
ere- fordingthe Ganges.
es.
g,
Iloe storms, torms, ever since the one that put
aine treetop through ''the roof p, p g oof of our
cottage, when
n I was seven, and everybody
calling,
calling, "Where s Billy?" and finding Billy
against one of the remaining,
;
walls,• scared speechless andgri B nnin like
an idiot. Or
the one on the Lakes„ when.
several ships went down, and the captain
was puking in his second-best hat, and+
every dish .
v inthe galley was smashed..
More dist-.. .
tractions in summer. Witten.
kids. Card from son Hugh in Paraguay.
He'd previously written' for five copies of
his birth certificate,
and copies of his.
student transcripts. from U. pof T. and'.
Dalhousie, because he might be going to
university in Paraguay or Toronto or India
or Cuba. Card says, "Massage and English
classes going well." What the hell does
that mean?
B who'S call from daughter who' s off to
Moosonee to teach music to Indian' kids.
Doesn't know how to get there. Doesn't
'kno'w how to get furniture shi ed� what to
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take why, where, how
, what, here much? So
• guess who sorts all that out?
birds _` .. . _. Witte Chet tight
A 1 , and fishes have the right.
idea. Teach the offspring to fend for
thentseCes kick there out , and
V , C , have some
more. 1 wonder b ' many grandfather
Whales, or bears, or eagles, are still solving
problems for their fully -grown, children,
and baby-sitting their grandchildren?'"
And in summer; of course, the 'daily
mail, though a welcome - break in the
monotony, is,distracting. Pleas, amounting
almost to demands,: from relatives that you
have to pay a visit, you promised last
winter. They don't really want to see you,
only make you listen to their problems,
when all you, want to listento is the birds
and the click of a five -iron as you set it up
by the pin. •
Not all bad. Nice letter froma im Lamb .of
Nova Scotia, saying I'd helped inspire his
new book Press Gang, and; that I' am his
favorite columnist, along with Ted Reeve
and' Eric Nicol. • Bless 'you, sir. Note from
Bessie Doolan, 89, of Cereal, Alta..: "1
attribute the smiles. & chuckles I receive
from your column as. a big aid to my
lon eVi
ge icy." And bless, you, Bessie. •Invite
me to your 'hundredth and we'll dance
together and defy the fates, if you don't
mind jigging 'with a guy with an • arthritic.
`' foot that goes •whither it wants.
Two proofs: of aphoto ofyours truly,
Y,
from Mike Soule of the Milton, Canadian
Cham i "
p on who dropped in one day to •take
a is ur
p t e. Thanks, Mike, but I think you got
your . P negatives mixed u Surely'this is a
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photograph of American poet Robert Frost
when he was, 86.
Just kidding. ding. You got me, warts and all.
Every crease, every wrinkle, the warped.
nosewith scars on it, the bump on my lip.
from the car crash when a piece,of the lip
turned ap• missing during surgery, sur er , even
the hairs in my ears, .which, you might have
had the decency to trim beforeY ou• shot.'
Never mind, my wife likes it, probably
because- it makes 'me a look old enough to be'
her father. But she insists i don't have
those bags under my eyes and 'wrinkles on
my forehead. I musthave been squinting in
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to the sung I point out.
Anyway, a'
yw y, tt s they sort. of face of which
people; ' say, when' they can't think of
another single thing, "It looks lived-in,"
or, "There's a lot of character in it."
But it's been it goodTwice summer. I've
ane' out �to Oily golf g pay go and played` with',
complete strangers who were worse duf�
fers than I, despite their immaculate shirts
and slacks, and fancy equipment.
Occasionally I go down to the dock, look
at the $30,000 to S100,000 boats, and
chortle When I. think of what they'll be
worth when gas rationing starts, And
snicker and snicker when I drive up besidert
Lincoln Continental in my 1972 Ford So'
rusty you can put your feet through the.
floorboards and pedal with' them, for
mobility.
Not'qulte like last summer,, cruising the
ca itals of Europe,but fair-toC'
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the old lady would get off my back about
falling through the back stoop every time
she hangs out the washing.
firemen could do little more than keep the firefrom spreading to the
surrounding buildings.
suggested t
Irwin Johnston said the letterhad merit
but .Gerald' Groothuis 'maintained' as he left
the meeting in answer to a question from the
press representative if he thought the letter
had merit,'"It's hard to. say. Worth looking.
into."
In other business Chief Hak reported
tl re were 15 fires since June 29 for a total
cost to the fire; :board of S1,5$2 and of
(Expositor Photo)
these four werefalse alarms due mainly to a
short in 'Bell Telephone's wiring. •
The board approved the firemen setting up
a toll bridge at the Main inter section Friday
night when car drivers who stop for red
lights will be • asked to : contribute to the;
muscular dystrophy fund. The Fire chief said
John Cairns, police chief had .agreed to the
set-up. a
Behind.:the scenes
by Keith Roulston
Working together
It's always' an, emotional• time when the
dosing .night comes each. summer for the
Blyth Summer.:Festival. People who have
been through so much together over the
last few months are`now. scattering across
the country again, unsure when andif they
will see each other, again: It brings on a
little of the melancholy feeling we all have.
in fall, a bittersweet feeling of completion
and loss.
The emotions' were even a little' stronger
for those of us involved this year because it
marked not just the end of a season but the
end of an era. The end of the.first five years
of the Festival had come and with it the end
',of the leadership of James Roy and his wife
• Anne, the two people who, had had. the
biggest roles to. play in getting, the theatre
.off the ground. and keeping it growing.
The departure couldn't have been better
orchestrated. The couple leaves at the, end
of the most • successful season in • the
Festival's history. They leave with the
knowledge that no. one questions that the
Festival is becoming an institution. in the
region and that it will continue to. grow in
the years to come:: Yet forthose involved
from the beginning ,it was an emotional
time to think back and think of allthat had
been accomplished; ;against 'the odds,
against all those who said it couldn't be
done and it was foolish to try.`
The Festival of course is a bit of a fairy
tale story. It was a crazy idea to start a
professional theatre in a town of 900 people
without even a ,large tourist population. It
was even crazier to choose Canadian plays
and expensiveoiaginal scripts. I •remeriiber
somebody in the 'theatre . saying' it' was
impossible to ,produce fournew scripts a.
year. I remember someone saying it was
ridiculous to suggest the Festival could
succeed producing all its plays with rural.
and small town audiences in mind.`
But those at the heart of the Festival
stuck to their beliefs and did it their way.
The success of the theatre which is gaining
an ever wider reputation is proof they were
right.
People' not directly involved iii the
Festival have gained in having: a first-rate
theatre in their back yard, some place to gb
to recognize themselves , or their 'neigh-
bours being represented .on stage. Some-
where to go., to be entertained; perhaps
informed or made to :think', People in
Huron County probably go to more theatre
on average than people in cities like
Toronto or New York.
But.,le ... ,.
people can also gain Ithink by the
example the Festival sets for how : things
can be successful if everyone
ry ne works
together. 'In an: age when we're turning;.
away from co-operationandmore' towards
looking out for Number 1, we need
successes that prove working, together is:
still the•best way. Theatre is one of those
{.professions where working together as a '
beam' is essential: People aren't in the
business for the' money. Nearly everyone
involved in theatre in Canada earns far
below the poverty line. People are in the
business ;because they love it Theatre
fulfills a certain need within them.
Nearly everyone intheatre is there
because it provides a :'way. for .them to
express themselves. Whether it's the
writer, the actors, the directors, or the.
lighting designer, all are running • on their;:
need to express their creative drive. Yet
while expressing, that drive they are also at
their most .vulnerable; •laying their very
soul open before others. Criticism can cut
them to the quick. But theatre requires an
intricate weaving of individual: talents -to
making thewhole thing work whether it be
a Oinglet play or a• •whole ': season of plays.
People must be willing to sacrifice their
own pride for the good of the whole. In. a
business where people are involved not for
moneybut for pride, that can be a big
sacrifice indeed.
But people doit and in doing it
8they
create a success that brings glory to all of '
them. The success of the play or the season
reflects on. all involved. So does the failure.
A team that doesn't work together will
share the agony of knowing that they blew
it, •
• The Festival has been a model .'of
working together over the years. But the
co-operation has gone much farther than
just within the company itself. From the
beginning the co-operation of the commun=
ity and the theatre has been strong. Like
each member of the company, the people
of Huron county seem to feel that the
success of the Festival reflects ;glory on ,.
everyone. So"when the call goes out for
people to sit on the board of directors of the
theatre, people'are ready to answer. When
actors need places to live, people are
helpful infinding them. When a, chair' or a
lamp or some other article needed for a
play, people can always be counted onto
provide it. When visitors need a Place to
eat, local womens groups are glad to
provide the service.
As a result of''co-operation the Festival, is
now used as an example of how a
community -oriented arts organization
should work. That is a tribute to the -people
of the communityand to the people who
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started it all, James and Ann Roy,
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:"I think they (chain letters) are very
foolish, I haven't much use for them," said
Mrs. Gladys McLarnon of 23 Coleman St,
in Seaforth.
She said she never answeisthetn because
she thinks it's a tot
of Work and a lot of
inanity to spend and she doesn't believe in
them. •
Linda 'Huard of 2.60 Main St. Seaforth
said she had heard of the letter but she
doesn't believein chainletters so she
didn't think she would buy it.
Youre
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boro UCW women cathed in advertisl'ng'of all Nestles and
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HURON: EXPOSITOR,OJOUST 30, 1979
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Susan Nxe
It was a little bit like a
Christmas Concert. pinata+, of
people on stage; 'most of.
them somewhat ,awestruck
by the experience, The enter-
tainers wandering around
and bumping into each other..
A few bungled lines :in the
early numbers. But an
audience that loves :it all,.
because they are close
friends of the people on
stage.,
h wasn't a 'very early local
Christmas .concert dress re-
hearsal that 1 attended
Monday night but a terrific
performance by my favourite
musicians. the McGarrigle
Sisters, at the Stratford
Fstival theatre.
The who, you say?' Well,
no the McGarrigle$,• Kate
and Anna are their names,
aren't terribly well known,
(Well enough though to near-
ly fill the 3000+ seat house,)
But they should be and I
urge anyone who loves old.
time music, or rock or folk to.
pick up one of their albums.
The sisters write a lot of their..
own music and: all the songs;
they sing have something in.
common. All their songs
come close to people,
They're about love, kids, hurt,
travellin' on, fun and. at
Monday's concert included a
few spirituals and hymns,
the kindof music that's`. hit
'close to the bone for
hundreds of years.
They're almost a tribe,; the
McGarrigles and their band.
Kate and Anna alternate on,
:the piano and accordion and
they are .accompanied :by
three .mien with great voices.
who play :among ; them*
guitar, bane, violin and
Anna's husband' trumpet.
Behind thenlat various time.
are a drummer, anorganist
and more guitarists.
Thr: McGarigle style is
very informal, and maybe
that bewildered a few in the
audience, like the quartet
who sat in front of us. who'd
opted for an evening of music
at the Festival without
knowing anything about the
entertainers. But most of us,
knew them and enjoyed them.
like you do old 'friends.
Both Kate and Anna are
mothers of small children.
They live i..n Montreal and
they don't tour much. "lt's a
little strange to be playing
here", Anna, the little one,
told the audience, "Not that
we usually play in .holes et
anything."
They are family oriented.
"If you, hear a small voice
singing along from the
audience, it's my son Rufus,
who's six and this is his,
favourite song", one of them
said as they launched into, an
Elvis oldie,
Just about everybody in
the band had family in the
audience too, and they were
all duty mentioned. See why
I say it was' like a local
Christmas concert?'
The McGarrigles'
informality couldn't totally
defeat the bigness and
sophistication of the Festival
theatre, it 'was not a
,,, rt,, !
jamming, foot stomping
evening. Audience just
doesn't let loose in such
august surroundings,
But that doesn't matter,.
The music Was great, The
McOarrigle sistets have a
deep musical background,
from their dad, whom they
calf their piano bench coach
and from playing alone and:
with, a group on the coffee
house circuit in the sixties.
They know music and
they've blended styles in a
way that's unique, thought-
ful and tons of fun.
Thre just isn't anybody
else in the music world that f.
know about who could sing. a ,
chain gang song by Lead -
belly, a couple of Quebecois
folk songs and witty, reggae
beat original called "He's a
first .,born son" in one
evening of entertainment
and do them allwith skill and
verse.
You won't hear Anna and.
Kate and their friends on top,
40 radio, But.. you ought to
run, not walk to the nearest
record . store :;,u pick up:
anyone of their three albums.
i came out of the
McGarrigles' concert flying,
happy and a` little closer to
myself; I've, got a :lot of
respect for, musicians who..
affect people that way.
And oh,Y es.' Kate. and
Anna McGarrigle dedicated
the conert. Monday night to
their mother, who was in the
audience. Her name is
Gabrielle and ` so's my
daughter's. ..
Bert Steinbach opens .some
Susan Ferguson looks' g h son:.
of the combs missed bythe hot knife. Little
lttle
(Photo by D.F.Reynolds)
Bee keeper learns
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coming home from alfalfa,"Mr. Ferguson
remarked wryly. "They ;are not. in `a very
good mood."
long observation,rv
After g he can now
interpret part of the dance a worker
performswhen it returns to the hive to.
report on distance, direction, location and
type _of bonanza it has discovered.
DON'T LIKE JEANS
Mr. Ferguson ` has also found out the
hard way : that ,bees do not like dark
clothing, are enraged. by'blue jeans, and •
dislike •.many deodorants and perfumes.
His wife Rosemary had to stop applying .,
her favourite brand of perfume because the
`bees swarmed toward her whenever she
was wearing that particular brand.
I don't use a deodorant when 1am
• going to be in the bee yard," laughs Bill.
"I'd rather shower at night than, be; Stung.
all day."
He has been stung .so often that the
wounds no longer swell. Although heuses
the traditional beekeeper's hat and veil,he
finds thelove awkward, s too awk aro, but admits a
sting under a fingernail does. hurt.
"Beekeeping is one occupation' where
you can getstung continually and still stay
in business,"'he jokes: '
He has advice for anyone faciaB a swarm
of bees. Rule one: leave them alone and;
they'll leave you alone. Walk away ,slowly,.
and don't swat at them, If you are stung,
scrape the stinger away. When a Worker
bee stings, she loses both the stinger and
the tiny sac at the top which contains the
venom. Puling
at
the stinger ger only
i.
squeezes Mere venom into your body; if
you don't remove the stinger at once, its
muscles will continue their pumping action.
for a minute.
DISEASE
Mr. Fergusons. greatest concerti is
amateurs who decide to dust off grandpa's
beekeeping equipment and Set up a few
hives. Disease bacteria can rive for 20 years
on old equipment, and cannot be •cleaned.
or boiled off W hefting is the only cure,
Hobbyists who are not familiar with all
aspects of beekeeping usually lose their
bees tO a disease called foul brood. When
Other bees discover an unguarded •hive,
the . rob It of i i•
__. y r is honey and unwittingly also.
carry death back to their home hives.
"The inspector Was here last Week,"
Mr. Ferguson recalled, "and told the of
one hobbyist who set up a hive of bees and
then all he did, with it was sit near the hive
and •PYla his flute." •
The 1 00pbeekeepers in
1 professionalpe
Ontario know how to keep . their bees
healthy, In the fall a pail holding a mixture
of sugar syrup and sulpha drugs is added:
to each hive to protect the bees from
stomach parasites and foul brood. Even the
wax can be attacked by a species of moth
that can demolish a hiveful 'of wax in a
short time. .
• ; Mr: Ferguson striesta keep his
beesalive
'Vverthe winter.In the spring the
hives are
checked to see if the'queen is stiltall right.
Bill orders his replacement bees
p by the, ..,,
pound b mail:from the. southern .
Pou yU S.A.
TwelveY gP-ears ago a: 2 -pound package
acka e
.
containing a,queen and her retinue cost SS,.
now the sameacka e. is S25 to $30:
P 8 ,-
"Inflation hasp affected us too", he said.
"1 remember when honey sold at'2 pounds:
for. 45c and now the empty pails alone cost
45c.,,
. come to.
When people purchase honey,
they are also interested in how that honey
was obtained.Ro em..ary
Ferguson con-
ducts an average of one group of school
children or other interestedarties
p around
the apiary every two weeks. She is also
receiving more and more invitations to
speak at schools and woven s meetings
about hone the earliest sweetner ._
y, known.
to man. Thank you notes from the children
'are displayed on one wall in the honey
house. „1 enjoy those notes, Rosemary
smiled, and pointed tO one which said
"Thank you for the honey, it must have
cost a bit of money" h
and another that
t
p"Roses are red,io
proclaimedvt lets are
blue, but your honey isn't as sweet as
yam•''
The Fergusons are quite content with
Bills chosen profession, which keeps them
as busy as 'the ,proverbial bee.
Tentative plans are underway to hold an
Appreciaton Night in honor of Clive' >tuist
who has been Seaforth's recreation director
for the pest six years.. Mr. Btiist is leaving at.
the end of September to become recreation'
director of Fergus and area.
Anyone interested in serving On a omit t
tee to plan the evening or in volunteering,
,.
their services is asked, to colt • The Hurost
Expositor at 527-0240 and lnitive their sane
,yid number.
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