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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 15,.196,8
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00iwsparers
Optimists Plan
The Winter Carnival which the re-
cently organized Seaforth Optimist
-Club is sponsoring this weekend will
provide an opportunity for the com-
munity to welcome the new group.
The support which' is advanced to
this' first activity may well be regard -
e4 as a recognition of the program
Whieh the optimias plan to carry out
xii the Own.
OPtiraist ''Tnternational has had Sub-
stantial . success in establishing new
el,nba and Seaforth is one of more than
t!i0 new clubs that were organized last
year.
.Placing , its emphasis .on youth ac-
tfvities Seafot:th Optimists are plan-
ning a broad baseball, program for the
domingsummer in which all area
youths will have an opportunity to par-
ticipate. An indication of this youth
emphasis were the presentations made
'earlier this year to Seaforth primary
Community Service
school students as a feature of. Youth
Appreciation Week.
It is more than forty Years ago that
the Seaforth Lions Club Was establish --
ed in Seaforth. In the years that have
passed since then the club has been res-
ponsible for the creation of facilities
and the sponsoring of programs that
have brought pleasure and assistance
to the entire community. If the bene-
fits Were considered in monetary terms
some hundreds of thousands of dollars
would be involved.
While the Optimists are just begin-
ning they, like the Lions, can make a
substantial contribution to Seaforth.
Certainly the members will receive
not only the good wishes but the strong
support of the people of Seaforth in
• thei?-, Winter Carnival project and
with that support will go good wishes
for long years of service to the "com-
munity.
Objections to Throw
Mail and postage rates are again a
.subject of, conversation. A neighboring
farmer brought us in a package of ad-
vertising folders, every one of which
had been put in his rural mail box that
day. The total weight packaged togeth-
er was over ten ounces.
--He had this opinion about the way
the mails are being used in this day
and age: "I don't resent , the coming
Away Advertising
raise in first class postage rates—but
.I do not appreciate getting "junk.mair
sent to me in the amount that has been
occuring this past while."
Our own estimate was that the rate
paid for sending this over ten ounces
of, mail through the post office was
‘...,
about nine cents — a long way from
the price charged for first class to the .
ordinary. citizen. (St. Marys Journal -
Argus.)
Samuel Hearne on his journey, to the
Coppermine, 1770. He was the first
raan to reach the Arctic overland from ,
Hudson Bay.
After working for three years as a
mate on the ships of the Hudson's Bay
Company, young. Hearne was given
command of the company's exploring
expeditions inland from Hudson Bay.
It as from Port Prince of Wales at
the 7 mouth of the. Churchill River on
• Ht.tdaoh Bay, that Hearne set out in
111,0 on one a the most remarkable
jourse0 over Made. .
tliOndkai Hearne had heard
"/0111 01,c1 of _ONO all fl
'hat 414e AO.
n,
at011ithea anclutt
Front thelti* erial Oil Collection
group of Chipewyans he reached the
mouth of the Coppermine River on the
Arctic Ocean after an eight-month
trek. The company had hoped to es-
tablish a permanent shipping port on
the Arctic but this idea was quashed
when Hearne saw the great ice -packs
stretching. from shore to horizon. He
found no hills of copper, but only one
recognizable piece of ore in an area
that is now being re-explored by mod-
ern methods.
• Hearne discovered Great Slave Lake
on the return joUrney. In all he cover-
ed 1,700 tittles �f some of the bleakest
territory:in CaAada. Part� of his trail
bilie yet to be:trodden by at other
whittiv In& ' •
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In the Years Agone-
From The Huron Expositor
Feb. 19, 1943
The thermometer established
a new record for this winter
and possibly many others, when
it dropped to 36 below zero,
early Monday morning and has
continued to hover around the
zero mark ever since. All roads
'and high.ways were plugged.
A runaway is news in Sea -
forth these days, but we had
just that or the next thing to
it,when the Hesky Flax power
snowplow came up to John St.
and frightened two horses
standing at the corner, onebec
Mixing to Baden owell's del-
ivery, began to plunge to such
an egtent that the iron weight
attached to the bridle by a long
rope was swung through the
air and landed in the show
window of the store formerly,
occupied by George Seip, smash-
ing the large plate glass win-
dow.
Seaforth Main Street more
nearly resembled a busy after-
noon of some twenty-five or
4hirty,4ive pars ago, than , any-
thing we have seen in the in-
tervening years. From early af-
ternoon to evening there was
a continuous procession of
teams and sleighs, single horses
and cutters.
Mrs. John! Penick tad, the
misfortune to fall in her home
and receiveda bad shaking up.
Thomas R. Cluff, who has
been in Montreal on the staff
of the Dominion, Bank leaves
for Lachine, Quebec where he
will train in the RCAF,
Glen Gregory of the Bell En-
gine Co. staff has leased an
apartment in the house owned
by Harvey Beattie and Mr. Ken
Campbell has leased, the other.
They will move shortly.
A group of ladies gatheredat
the home of Mrs. W. Stapleton
of Dublin and made a quilt for
war purposes.
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From The Huron Expositor
Feb. 22, 1918 -
A number of the members of
the WMS of Brucefield and of-
ficers and teachers of the Sab-
bath School met at the home of
B. R. Trigging. During the eve -
an address was read by
Mrs. James MeQueen, after
Which Mrs. A -.'1". -Scott present.
ed Mrs. Higgins with a beauti-
ful leather bound Bible. Miss
Jessie Gammen read an address
and Miss Alice Swan presented
Mr. Higgins With a handsome
club bag.
Mr. Thomas Simpson of Hen -
sail, one of the older and reap-,
ected residents had the misfor-
tune to fall, breaking one of his
ribs.
Mr. R. F. Jones, who has been
conducting A seed and feed store
in the Beattie block for some
years under, the firm name .of
Sproat and Co. has disposed of,
the business to John McNay.
Mr. McNay has purchased the
Ament homestead on North
Main St. and will move his fam-
ily to town.
The many friends of Mr. Fred
Robinson will regret to learn
that he is seriously ill.
Mr. _William Carnochan and
,family loft for their home in
Dodsland Sask.'
Mr. G. T. Turnbull left on a
business trip to the west. He
took a car of horses with him
and) intends going• aa far as
Wilkie, Sask.
Mr. M. MoKellar, the loeal
Canadian MVP -SS agent, hand-
led four' and a half tons of'
Eaton's Spring catalogues.
The 42nd 'annual meeting of
the 'Osborne' Abe Inb;bett 'Fite
TiiVihrtate flainfififig Velti herft
in° WO V4t44ii ti1t ao *to(
wait agatn 4tect.to AV 24,1V
Cross Society, this !being the
'third time the company has giv-
en this amount.
Mr. John Dennis of Leadbury
has rented • a- 100 acre farm
from J. J. Irvine for grazing
purposes..
A number of the natives
around Leadbury still continue
to gather' up and haul fuel
from the big marsh to the east
of here. It was a good thing
for many people during this
severe winter to have a place
to go and get so!methingqo burn.
Mr: Daniel Steiss of Walton
had the' misfortune to have
thre,e of his fingers badly smash-
ed, which will be the means'
of his not being able to handle
the mail.
Mr. Montgomery, Davis of
Tuckersmith, has—disposed of
his farm on the 6th concession
to Mr. John Hudson. •
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From The Huron Expositor
Feb. 24, 1893
Mr. George Nett of the 3rd
concession of Tuckersmith, is
getting lumber for a large bank
barn. Mr. Logan, will do the
fratte wOrk and the mason work
will be done by Arthur Cante-
lon. •
One daylast week a team of
horses belonging to Henry An-
derson of the 7th concessien! of
Usborne ran away with a load
of cedar posts; they were cap-
tured after running a mile and
a quarter, without any serious
results. ,
Mr. Robert Reid of Kinburn,
on the 12th concession of Hul-
lett, is getting material for the
erection • of a' nice new brick
residence. Mr. Assessor Smith
intends raising his barn and
Mr. Theadore Dexter intends
having a stone foundation plac-
ed under his: '
A • social gathering of the
youth and beauty . of part of
Hullett and McKillop took
place at "Popular Grove", ,the
commodious residence of Rob-
ert Armstrong: At 11 o'clock.
the tables were spread and the
'Company were treated to an
oyster supper.
What might have proved a
very serious accident: 6-6Cturred
on the pond at Egnondville. A
number of people were skating'
when a collision took place, re-
sulting In the fall of George
Jackson, Jr, who was unfor-
tunately rendered unconscious
for a time.
The people of the town should
bear in mind, the vote is to be
taken on the town building ques-
tion.
Miss Grace McFaul left here
for New York, where she in-
tends pursuing her musical
studies.,
We are glad to notice that
Mr. George Patterson of this
Lown has been appointed to the
position of D.D.G.M. for Huron
district fir the ancient order
of the United Workman.
George Logan of BrucefieId
met with an accident while get-
ting out timber when he had
inflicted a severe gash in his
foot.
Mr. Ross, blacksmith, former-
ly of Eganondville, has com-
menced business' in Leadbury
in the shop vacated) by Mr. Hart,
The sixteeoth annual meeting
of the Egmondrville Grange was
held when Bro. Richard Stewart
' took the chair. He was re --elected
master; Michael MeQUade, see-
retarp; Thomas deinniell, treas-
urer; and tt. Stewart, assistant
treasurer. '
Nitss Somerville of Roxboro,
MeXillop; left. for • TorolitO to
Misili6WaVk6itt:iXt1;74401iht'fi'tlf`er',.
1;64 toii 4 tiktliii01,40., Tttr. ,
chafte. Vito& for the dr. haton
o 0
Mr. Noble T. Cluff intends
opening a clothing store in
Beattie's block.
Ontarlos Hydro's Pickering
generating station near To-
ronto is the provonce's third
nuclear -electric plant. ' When
operating in 1970, it will pro-
vide power at a cost competi-
tive with or cheaper than
that produced by coal-fired
stations.
"Nurse ! Hand me the what -
sit and the thingamabob!'
•Sug'ar and SiAce
— By Bill —
DR. &timers -REMEDY
Well, the old 'flu bug, or
something equally virulent,- hit
me on the weekend. This col-
umn comes to via gobs 0 as-
prin, hot toddies and sheer will-
power.
Sunday morning, I woke up
feeling like a mackeral. Not
just ilk of the sea, fresh and
quiveng. No. One of these
that have been gutted, packag-
ed, frozen and then tooked ov-
er a hot fire and re -frozen and
re -cooked,
My wife had several theo-
ries, as usual. First, I had a
hangover, plain and simple.
There's no such thing, but I
reminded her that .we'd spent
the preyious evening quietly
watching television and fight-
ing as usual. Proof poSitive
came when she offered me a
•hair of the dog and I.,recoiled
in horror.
Next, she decided I vvas going
througb the change of life, with
those hot arid cold flushes. I
pointed out that my breasts had-
n't grown, and that 1 w'asa't
growing any more hair on my
head, face or legs, which have
always )been like -am Airedale's.
She was discombobulate&
Finally, she proclaimed it Was
food poisoning, because Kim and
I ,are always thawing fish and
stuff and then re -freezing it,
for some reason. Turned out
we'd had steak, all fresh.
Couldn't convince her that I -
might have the 'flu, which has
been knocking people On their
keisters for weeks at a time
around here, all winter. That's
because I never get sick. Or
rather, I'm half -sick all the
time, but never take a day off.
When I do, about every three
years, she panics and starts
demanding to know where the
insurance policies are. I never
have a clue, so I just groan and
say, "Leemeelonel" Wych in-
creaes her anxiety problems,
which are already Grade A.
Whatever it was', I take back
all my public and private utter-
ances about people who've had
the 'flu this winter. In •public,
"Pampering yourself. Take
some whiskey and an aspirin."
Or, to rnyell, "What a slacker.
Do anything for a few days off
work."
I didn't have a headache. I
wasn't sick at the stomach. I
dlidn't have a are tbroat,or the
snuffles or the sneezes, But I
haven't felt like that since Oc-
tober, 1944, when five burly
'Germans set •about , we with
Lists, boots and rifle -butts, for
some trifling crime which I
can't even recall.
And I took the same escape
this time that I did that time. I
read. That time, after they cool- ,
ed off, the Germans •brought
me a pouPle of books.
But I lay there, in a box -ear,
on a siding in) the Vtrecht sta-
tion -yard in Holland), and read
Upton Sinclair. Since I. was a
dangerous criminal, my wrists
were mired together, as were
my ankles. There were no hand-
cuffs. It took some'phySical man,
oeuvring, and I could see out
of only one eye, but I read.
And) the pain floated away.
' About the third- night, the
Feldwebel in charge actatalkY
brought me a tin o poisonous
coffee and we talked, in at, ger-
bie of English, German, rmoh.
We had enlY the mest rudimert-
tary idea Of what the other ehep
was talking about, but it buck-
ed me up. I think Ile felt better,
too.
It was about the same list
weekend. I read). I could read
for only about ten minutes at a ,
shot, without half -fainting. But
amidst the fever and the cups
of coffee proffered by my per-
sonal, local Feldwebel, I re-
read "The Last Enemy" by Ri-
chard Hillary, and the new
"And Now Here's Max", by Max ,
Ferguson, CBC and freelance '
radio comedian.
Hillary was a young English-
nian, aford, upper-class,ego-
,self-centred, who real-
ized, through his own suffering
(he Was shot down and ,terribly
bur. ned) man's inhumanity • to
man, the universality of suffer- •A
ing. It was his only book. Be
Was killed later in, a nightfigh-
ter. It took me back into a
world of training and nightfly-
ing and Spitfires that was like
re -living an epoch.
Ferguson's book is conscious-
ly funny, but it is funny. And
both writer's are individualists
who offer some hope to all the
rest of us, who fear we are
being ground between the up-
per and nether millstones of
the twentieth century.
Get the 'flu. Read. Simple.
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