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SEAFoRTH, ONTARIO,
FEBRUARY 22, 1968
Reunion Weekend
. Despite a rather small turnout —
certainly not representative of either
Seaforth buries 9r professional peo-
ple — there was helpful discussion on
a variety, of matters at the annual
meeting of the Seaforth Chamber of
Comxnerce last week.
Perhaps it would be unduly optom-
istic to suggest that the organization
will be able to carry to completion all
the various matters that were recom-
mended.
Some, perhaps, on reflection, were
unwise or would create financial bur-
dens. On the other hand there is evi-
dence to indicate that one suggestion
at •]east struck a responsive chord.
This was a proposal that steps he
taken to organize an old home weekend
during the coming year to mark the
centennial of the founding of Seaforth.
It was a hundred years ago on January
first that Seaforth was erected into a
village.
Since a story of the C of C meeting ".
Brotherhood Night
Certain events which *are intrbduced
into a community gain a brief recogni-
tion and are forgotten. Others are
such as to create a degree of acceptance
that results in repeat perforniances
year after year.
The annual Brotherhood Night,
which a number of Seaforth and area
organizations have sponsored, falls in
this latter category. This year the kath-
• ering is being held this Thursday eve-,
ning and'. is being sponsored by the
Canadian Order of Foresters at Con-
stance.
The event highlights Brotherhood
Week -which has become an increasing-
ly important factor in contributing to
greater understanding and co-opera-
tion between different races and reli-
gions.
Prime Minister L., B. Pearson, in en-
dorsing the principles of the event, has
pointed out that the ideals of brother-
hood are under attack from forces of
hate and bigotry, fear and prejudice.
And 'whether . their weapons are dis-
elimination or demonstration, they are
equally to be dispised and rejected.
Draws ResponSe
appeared in last week's paper aeveral
people have singled out the old home
weekend proposal and commented fav-
orably on it. The eonceasus of the com-
ments was that the celebration should
be perhaps over a long weekend and
that the program should emphasize the
reunion aspect of the occasion, as well
as the centennial.
People were so busy last year with
Canada's centennial that they didn't
have time to travel, Perhaps former
residents would welcome an opportuni-
ty to come home and see not only the
people of Seaforth but the other visit-
ors from across Canada who would be
here at the same time. After all the
last such occasion' was in 1955.
Certainly if such a reunion is con-
templated it will be necessary to set
the required machinery in motion as
quickly as possible. With organization
and planning there is no reason why
a highly successful reunion and cen-
tennial event could not be carried out.
is Annual Event
"Brotherhood Week provides us, as
individuals and as a people, with a spe-
cial opportunity to declare our support
for the ideals that are under attack;
,ideals of univemal tolerance, equality
and understanding," Mr. Pearson ,has
said, and added' that these ideals to-
day demand our reaffirmation—not
only in pious deelamations and high-
sounding proclamations, but in adopting
right private 'standards and public -at-
titudes; not only in appeals to govern-
mments, constitutions, laws and courts
but in conscious acceptance of brother-
hood as an expression of -our hearts
and minds and consciences.
"Brotherhood calls for more than ye-
sistance to the violence that hatred in-
evitably begets. It must also reject just
as resolutely, the moral scynicism and
hush -bush social discrimination which
are the roots of mere violent .bigotry,"
the Prime, Minister said, and recalled
that our country -has been built.by men
and women whose -racial origins and
religious convictions are as richly' var-
ied as our other resources.
Sugar and •Spice
— By Bill Smiley —
LOOM AND DOOM
Voiees of alarm were heard
in the land recently. Amid the
excitment of the constitutional
conference and the quickening
Liberal leadership race, Cana-
dians were told that the coun-
try. could be in for serious
trouble in 1068.
The voices were not of the
wilderness, nor did they cry
without being heard. They were
neither voices or crackpots or
unknowns; and they told us
that "economically, Pula& is
in the 4,imps" aaf) that the
U.S. and Canada fade a stock
market ca -ash which vdll make
1029 look like a &Plan ripple on
the seas of distress...
There it was, stark and sim-
ple: "Canada is in the dumps."
The words were those of Que-
bec premier Daniel Johnson,
and it wji evident when he
spoke that there was little or
no political motivation to his
words.
The other warning about the
stank market, came from the
noted (and controversial) Amer-
ican econbmist and writer, El-•
liott Janeway. -This is the man
who was until redently one of
the chief Advisors to Preskient
,johnson. 'Be now says the U.S.
'la under Mich 9evere econmic
attack that there Is serious
,delibt whether it will be able
to avoid devaluating its cur-
•rency. And when' that happens,
the plug i9 out for 'every other
r11116Y, OrottO the glebe, say4
0Xtebe0 ipromiees assets -
*ant; .of Canadian eatulitions
comes at a 'time when the na-
tion stands at the peak 'of an
all-time prosperity, but seems
incapable a solving the prob-
lems Of galloping inflation a
worsening housing crisis, .and
growing unemployment.
4Little or no progress has been
made in the struggle to bring
'dollar itself.
Janeway says the nations of
,the world are repeating all the
same mistakes of 30 .and 40
years ago, and that the econom-
ic infighting now going on can
lead only to business collapse,
followed by a fighting war.
the Atlantic provinces and parts Britain devalues the pound to
of the West up to Ontario's liv- give it an edge in foreign, trade.
ing standard,. France seeks to undercut the
While big governments gath-
er ever more tax revenue to
themselves — Ottawa alone will
spend 10 billion dollars in the
next fiscal year — the little
governinents such as the mun-
icipalities find their tax dources
actually drying up.
While Canada's growth rates
sbo,w signs of 'stagnation, many
nations appear to be retreating
into ever more narrow orbits.
Instead of the industrial na-
tions er.pandirig their trade by
progressively cutting away ,tar-
iff restrictions — as was envi-
sioned by President Kennedy
in the trade negotiations since
known as the Kennedy Round
— the countries of the world
show signs of peating the
economic nationalism which fol-
lowed World War I, and begot
World War U.
This,.at least, is the thesis of
Mr.Janeway who says the U.S.
wltI fade a grave economic cri-
sis this spring. To protect the
dollar, drained off by' the war
in Vietnam and U.S. business
investments abroad, the Ameri-
can government „Will have to
slash; trade, hike interest rates
and posifibly devalue the U.S.
U.S. international financial pos-
ition by selling its American,
dollars, so' as to reduce confid-
ence in the U.S. economy. Jap-
an appears poised for a huge de-
valuation of its m,oney in ord-
er to put its exports back on a
more competitive footing.
• Meanwhile, every economic
signpost" which springs up in
the US. stands out in ever
bolder type in Canada. When
the U.S. ship of state rocks, the
Canadian rowboat is swamped.
Three percent-, unemployment
there' produees a jobless rate
of sbx percent here. A hike of
four °percent in prices there
pushes up the cost of Hying
eight percent here. The prime
interest rate surges, up half a
percent there, a full percentage
point here.
And at tlie bottom of. it all
lurks the V.S. military involve-
ment hi Asia. At a cost so
great that the richest nation in
the world Is unable to meet the
burden abroad and achieve its
social goals at home. America
Is trying to carry out 13ritainfia
oid role of the empire maker
east of Suez. But the days of
empires are gone.
From tklinkrial Oil Collectioa
The expulsion of the Acadians from
the shores of Minas Basin and the Isth-
mus of Chignecto. is depicted in this
drawing by the Canadian historical ar-
tist, C. W. JefferYs. It was in 1755 that
the Acadians, long the pawn ,rin- the
continual conflict between the French
and the English, were uprooted from
their farmlands and deported to inhos-
pitable regions from Maine to 'Louis-
iana. The Acadians refuse,d to swear
allegiance to George II, who was, to
them a foreign king. Governor Charles
Lawrence regarded the Acadians 'as a
threat to British sovereignty in what
was then Acadia, and although he act-
ed contrary to his authority he banish,.
ed 6,00a of them. It has become one of
the most tragic acts in the histork of
the New World. In their exile, the Ac-
adians founded' an im.Portant colony in
Louisiana, ' and so -me of , them made
their perilous way back to their lands
in Novia Scotia. Their descendants now
live in increasing numbers in various
parts of the Maritimes, particularly in
New Brunswick.
• (This feature is one of a 'series
which readers may wish to clip and
save.)
In the Years Agone
From The Huron, Expositor
Feb. 26, '1943
John Gladstone Mills, Jr.. so
of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Mills o
Strathroy has been granted th
"General Secondary Teaching
Credentials" by the California
State Board of Education:
Mrs. W. C. Bennett, presiden
of the Walton Red Cross, has
acknowledgements frotn the fol
lowing local boys in England
to whom the society sent Christ
mas parcels: Alvin Nichol, GOT
den Nichol, Jack Johnson, H. J
Dennis, Wallace Shannon, Bob
Hamilton, Frank A. Gilbert, Al-
vin E. Crawford, Frank Dundas,
Earle Coutts, Grace Dennis, Bill
Kelley. Ken Murray, Dick Dra-
ger, W. K. Ritchie, Freddie Rut-
ledge, W. Farquhar and J. W.
Shannon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stewart;
highly respected, residents of
Hensall, celebrated' their 60th
wedding anniversary.
George A. Sills, celebrated his
birthday. He is Seaforth's
oldest businessman.
A message from Ottawa end-
ed fears held by the family of
Rev. Thomas McQuaid of Sea -
forth, missionary in war torn
China, which said that he and
eight others had left last Sep-
tember and were bound for
home.
The euchre held in aid of the
aid to Russia fund, netted S67.-
10,and collections from the boX-
es amounted to $105.11.
E. R. Nichols, London, district
governor of Lions was the spec-
ial speaker at the Seaforth Lions
Club. The chairman was Harold
Jackson. with W. G. 'Wright as
assistant. E. -C. Boswell won war
savings sta,mps,
gtfiss Loretta Paulkner, who
has been, ill, returned to her
vosition at N. Cluffnd Sons
Lumber office. -
Messrs': J. E. Willis, D. H.
Wilson. Charles Holmes, Ralph
Meraddin and Archie Hubert
attended the Stratford -Brant-
ford hockey gam in StratOrd.
Mrs. . William Butt passed
away at her home on Centre
St., after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. John Johnston, promin-
ent He/inn -resident, who will
mark her 92n4 birthday in Ap-
ril, is enjoying oranges picked
and sent to her by Joe Hagan'
from; Florida.
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From The Huron Expositor
March lst 1913
Lieut, Dudley Holmes, who
enlisted with the 101st Battal-
ion, and went to England in
November, 1916 and later join-
ed the aviation wills, has re-
turned to his home In Windham,
having been wounded „sev
times While , engaged in-
n. fights in.yrance.
Mr. Janie's°. SteWart of T
e ersmith, has sold his fine •
acre farm just south of Egmo
ville to J. J. Merner, MP.
consideration was $12,000.
i Owing to the thickness of
ice on. the Bayfield river
- water has been unusually h
this year, causing some w
- outs. .•
Miss Clara Pinkney has
. turned from Toronto where
attended the millinery openin
Miss Nellie McMichael left
accept a position', in an ins
ance office in Toronto.
Miss Grace Walker, who
been 'visiting at the paren
home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Walker has returned to Roch
ter to resume her duties in
hospital in that city.
Auction sales are the or
of the day at Kippen. Amo
those in this vicinity. are W.
Doig, who is disposing of
pedigreed stock and implerne
and) also Mrs. Alair who is g
ing up house keeping.
Russia still holds the cen
of • the 'stage in the war ne
for the week. Although Russia
has accepted; Germany's peace
terms and the agreement has
been signed, it is like all other
of Germany's prornises, only
made to be broken and her
troops Are continuing her in-
. - roads in -Russia. "
Mr. Sol Williams and family,
who haveresided inSensall for
over 10 years left this week far
seafertb where Mr. Williams
intends working in the ulna:
tions Works. " „•
eral ‚guests of her father; Mr. Wil -
air liam Copp.
Donald Campbell Of Walton
trek- has purchased the blacksmith
150 shop and residence of William
nd Dunkie of Varna and has start -
The
ed business here.
the Abner Coseris of Tuckersmith
has rented his farm and will
the
, have an auction sale when Wil-
iga liam McCloy, the popular auc-
ash •'Homer of the township •will
re- wield the hammer,
Members and adherents o'f
she Hillsgreen Methodist' Church
gs' met at a surprise party at the
to residence of Mr. Henry Smith
urn and as a token of appreciation
of their services as caretakers
has 'of the church presented them
tal with a cup and saucer and a
J. • handsome set a dishes:
es -
the Charles McAlliater of Hills -
green has let the contract for
the carpentry work of his resi-
der dence, to ilt/fr. Wm. Welsh of
ng Hensall and the masonary to R.
Cuthnore of the same place.
his The entertainment given in
n.ts ippen under the order of the
isr- Independent order of Forrest-
ers was a successful affair. The
tre chair was taken by M. In Me -
Lean of 'Seaforth.
- What Might have been a fatal '
accident happened to Mr. John
Sebben on the 14th cmicession.
He was cleaning one of the
horses when it kicked him on
the head. Mrs: Sabben in, hear-
ing a voice in the stable res-
cued her husband from his per.
nous position.
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From The Huron EXPositor
March 3, 1893
John Sibben, well known resi-
dent of 'McKillop and a great
fourier of horse flesh, was ser-
iously injured by being kicked
by a horse.
The benefit concert in aid of
the 33rd Battalion, Band took
place in Cardno's Hall. Ex -may-
or Beattie complimented, the
band on their state of efficiency
under the tr,aining of Mr.
Charles Stewart.
Mr.. John Daley has a chest,
still in use, which he made in
Ireland over sixty years ago.
Miss Martha Wright, dress
maker of town, left for Toledo,
Ohio, where she intends spend-
ing a month to learn a new
method of cutting.
Mr. and (Mrs. Lightowler, who
have been with he missionary
corps Of the Salvation ArroYtn
Dial for the Past five years ar-
rived In toWn and are the
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WOLK TEA, raisins and crackers in the o
Ttlisne grocery store have been superseded by
lci-
sanitary packagect,goods backed by the soOd name
certheir makerc'The sliced, wrapped loaf of tread
and the can of soup or fruit have elitninated hours of
kitchen drudgery.Modern bathrooms, furnaces, and
ideetric, appliances
,have swept away inefficient,
laborious methods. The motor car has revolution-
ized. our way of life.
Advectising has played a part hi thee atlyances,
*Anse advertifing has made mais prdduction pos-
• able! and mass production has brought the can of
soup, theelectric washer snd the motor Far witbin
every family's tea*
• this newspaper iooks_on its display and classified
advertising as tta important part of its service to
the community.,
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