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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1968-05-16, Page 21860, Sertrin the Community First SZA-TrOarnillt ONTARIO, every ANDREw Y. sdaY Plorzing by AMMAN BROS., Publisher* Ltd. LEAN, Editor ^Megaber CanadiantWee Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Nvspapers Association 'Audit Bureau of Circulatio and Class 'A' Community Newspapers Subscription, Rates: Canada (ii advance) $5.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $7.00 a Year SINGLE COMES — 12 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Malt Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 16, 1968 Seaforth Council Looks to tile Future Seaforth Council's decision Monday to endorse a proposal of the town plan - ng consultants concerning the esta- blishment of a light industrial area in the north-west portion of the town con- tirmi a desire on the part of council to think in terms of the entire community and to plan ahead. That this was council's intention was indicated last year when preliminary • steps leading to the establishment of a planning board were taken and a firm of planning consultants appointed. The planning board is now at work and the consultants have presented their first • recommendations. That the recommendations came when they did is fortunate because as a result council was prompted to re- view plans underway for the redevelop- ment of West William Street.. It per- mitted changes in plans for the redev- elopment and paving of the street to reflect the planning proposals. The intention to rebuild and pave West William Street had been taken some months ago as part of council's decision to complete a certain portion Of permanent street .work each year as a means of cutting down street mainten- anc. e costs, Paved, streets require little dr -no maintenance for at least twenty years and construction costs frequently can be less than ;the total maintenance during that •period. ,Thus since citizens, at the same time, can have all the benefits which a paved street pro- vides it makes sense to complete as much paving each year as possible. Before paving can be undertaken, sewer work must be completed and so it was that West William Street was chosen for completion this year. Sewer work on the street was completed last Year. The planning proposal involves a physical division between the light in- dustrial arta surrounding the Highland Shoes plant and a suggested restricted residential area to the south -made pos- sible by the termination of West Wil- liam before it joins with Duke St. Plan- ners see this as essential to protect light industry from the problems which en- croaching residential uses could present as well as protecting residences from the traffic and confusion sometimes generated by industry. By separating the two values are increased and exis- ting land use is enhanced by making the areas more attractive to both classes of 'use. The protection which the proposed arrangement Will provide undoubtedly will encourage additional construction in the area. This in turn brings added assessment and since the services al- ready are installed, the resulting taxes will be of benefit to -the entire com- munity. It is a fortunate coincidence that de- cisions concerning zoning proposals'and street redevelopment in a common area have came at the same time. Thus pro- tection can be provided at a minimum • cost before the area is committed to conflicting uses and at the same time the redevelopment and paving program can be carried out firm in the know- ledge that it is adopted to the future. The result's will be one of which citi- zens will be increasingly proud in years to come and will be a pattern to be followed in other parts of the town as proposals in the plans prepared by the planning people are advanced. In the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor • May 21,1943 The large frame stable of James De;mreaux, across from the Collegiate Institute, was discovered to be on fire. The fire which is believed to have started from a brooder stove, • had apparently been underway for some time before being. dis- covered. The building and con- tents which included 250 young chicks was completely destroyed. Mr. and Mrs . -William Humph- rey Of Walton were surprised by • their neighbors and friends on the occasion of their 25th wed- • ding anniversary. They were presented with gifts of silver. • Clarence Grainger read the ad- • dress and Mrs. Fred C. Wilson made the presentation. Cadet Robert 0. Willis of Tor - 'onto, formerly of Seaforth, re- veived his certificate at the • Canadian Army Officers' Train - In Centre, Brockville. The congregation of Carmel Presbyterian Church, Hensall, met for a farewell party and presentation to Rev. and Mrs. • Wm. Weir, Rev. 'Weir has accept- ed a call to St. Andrew's Church, Hespeler. Dr. A. R. Campbell was the able chair- man and a most enjoyable pro- gram was featured. Mrs. Alice Allan has accepted . a position with Mrs. W. C. Ben- nett. ' Miss Betty Mathews left for Waterloo, where she has accept- ed. a position with the Waterloo -Mutual Assurance Co. During a high wind, the large electric sign above Stewart • Bros. Store was blown down. Fortunately it fell on to the roadway, consequently no dam- age was done to the, plate glass windows. Messrs. W. A. Wright, Ross ,Scott, D. II. Wilson, Andrew A. Petrie, Andrew Crozier, Arthur Wright, Chas. Holmes, R. Scar- lett, I. H. Weedmark, J. W. Modeland, C. Adams and Wil- bur Mathers were in Mitchell Attending the dedicatory cere, monks in connection With the opening of the new Masonic Lodge Teets of Tudor Lodge. Harold 1)111ing 16 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Dil- ling, who resides east of Hen- sall, met with an unfortunate accident. While engaged in saw- ing wood with a buzz saw, a piece of wood flew up, striking him in the wind pipe, causing serious injury. The teen -aged boys class of Northside United Church school organized a Tuxis square with Ross Savauge as mentor. The of- ficers_ elected were: Pretor, Don Brightrall; Dep. Pretor, Fred Weedmark; Scriptor: , Ronald Savauge; Comptor, • Harold Knight. • Huron County's Victory Loan objective of $3,040,000 was over- subscribed by $128,100 •when the campaign closed. •* * From The Huron Expositor 'May 24, 1918 A hearty invitation was re- ceived from Don Mills official board asking Rev. R. W. Craik of Walton to become their pas- tor for the coming term, at a salary of $1,000. • At a special meeting of the Usborne Council, Henry Strang, who has been auditor for some years, was appointed clerk for the balance of 1918, to take the place of the late Francis Mor- ley. Henry Thornton of Leadbury, who was engaged in ship build- ing during the past winter, has returned home and is now en- gaged in well digging. J. E. McDonell of Irensall, recently motored to Toronto, bringing home some new Chev- rolet cars for sale; he left Sat- urday , evening and returned home Sunday evening. Robert Reid,son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reid of town, who has enlisted as a mechanical engin- eer, and has left for Halifax. A shooting accident occurred whereby Mr. Norman McNairn lost three fingers from his right hand. He and his brother went on fishing trip and took a gun along with hint. When he picked up, the gun, It. caught in some manner and discharged the gun with the reault that three fing- ers were shot off close to the palm of the hand. • The township council propose commuting all statute labour for 1918, within the .municipali- ty at the rate of $1.90 per day,, so that all work done for 1918 will be by contract under the supervision • of three superin-: tendents. The large bank barn on the farm of J. G. Scott, Cromarty and occupied by Walter Marsh- all, was burned to the ground. * • • From The Hui:en' Expositor • May 1,9, 1893 W. Cudmore of Kippen, is do- ing quite an extensive business in pressed Hay. Since hay came in laSt fall, he has handled two hundred cars, sending 800 tons to the English market. He still has 600 tons to. ship. Robert Dobie of Egmond- ville, left to begin operations in his cheese factories. Miss M. J. Gemmell also left the same day to take charge of a creamery in the Owen Sound district. Robert Winter shipped to the old country, among others, cat- tle, te'd steers, 2 years old, which averaged 1,260 pounds each. These steers were bred and fed by D. D. Wilson. Misses Jennie and Isabella Barr, the talented daughters of Rev. Mathew Barr of Harpur- hey, have successfully passed their third year course at Q'ne,en's College and University at Kingston, taking honours in French and German. The foundatien for the new town building was 'commenced, but the weather has been so wet that little progress has been made with the stone work. The milk drawers eommenced their labours this week at Lead - bury, J. W. Livingstene, H. J. Craw- ford ,and T. Stephens of the Hurons, have been invited to take positions in the Represen- tative' Canadian Football team Which goes.. to Chicago. Mr. Liv- ingstone will be the only one togo: Messrs. W. McDonald, W. Govenlock and II. Cresswell will be members of the teeth:, Mr. T. Stephens also of the Hurons, will take a tour through the Eastern Stdes. --1••••sownwsuMall ,TWO MINUTES MR -CAMP Sugar and Spice — By Bill Smiley — STOP THE WORLD 1•., Sometimes you feel like At- las, trying to carry the world on your shoulders. With a slip-, ped disk and an arthritic knee. Well, what can you do? You can't drop it. It would break into pieces. And you can't set it down for a rest. You know you could never nick it up ;•• This is the predicantent in which the average middle-aged husband .and father finds him- self most of the time. That's the fellow you find Wandering 'dazedly in a: super- market; or blundering through a swamp trying to catch a sev- en-inch specIded troid; or play- ing • golf with intense inepti- tude. If you ask him, he'll swear* that he's not quite over the hill yet, that he can carry his world for another few steps. But if you corner him and quiz him, you'll find that he's not only ove the hill, but sliding down the other side so fast there'll be nothing but a greaseball left when he hits the bottom. He'll also be briike, if he has a wife. My old lady,after a couple of quiescent weeks fol- lowing an operation, is in full cry again. "What do you really think about that crumby old bedroom, suite?" We bought it ,nn sale 15 years' ago. As far as I'm con- cerned, it's fine. There' S' a rais- ed platform, called a bed, on which to sleep, and a number of drawers without handles, which I can open with a crew - driver. It's perfectly adequate. "What do you do in a bed- room anyway, except to go to • sleep and get up and stumble around in the morning?" I ask in all honesty. She gives me a withering. look. Apparently there are a11 sorts of other things a bedroom is handy for. Like putting ladies' coat's in when you have a par- ty. Or cutting your toenails in. To me, the bedroom suite we have seems quite suitable for these and other minor activi. ties. - But my wife feels it doesn't have tone, class, elegance or practically anything worth- while it's just a place to sleep. Exactly my point. Her ideas run toward a new bed- room suite, fresh decorating, and a lot of other things that aren't going to make Me sleep or do anything else any, otter than I do in the present shab- by, lovable, little joint. I can't, for 'example, see me tying my tie with any more flair with a new bedroom suite in the background. I can't see that a new eggshell -blue interi- or is going to make me look or feel any better when I sit on the edge of the bed, groaning gently and scratching, at 7:30 a.m. I fail to realize that broad- loom is going to give me any- thing but a big bank loan. It certainly isn't going to Make me spring out of that new saak every Morning, carolling: "Here hath been dawning another new day. Think, wilt thou let it slip useless away?" It's not really that I'm an old curmudgeon. It's just that I've been through it before. We once started out with a new sink in the bathroom. Even- tually, I wound up with some- thing resembling a sultan's bath chamber, in bleat and pink -and debt tlp t6 my ears. Just to cheer old Atlas up this week, Kim has been diag- nosed as the possessor of infec- tions mononucleosis. It sounds' pretty impressive, but like most things that do, it's just a big pain in the 'arm. It's bad enough to have a teen-ager around the house anytime. But to have a sick one! The doc said she wasn't to study, work or play the piano. But he didn't say anything about arguing or being snippy or throwing cold water on her parents' hopes and plans for her. If you hear a tremendous thud one of these days,, Atlas has shrugged. From My Window By Shirley J. Kellar You will remember I told you our presept..dwelling place is a two-bedroom mansion which necessitated considerable squeez- ing and adjusting to house all of the Kellers comfortably. What I neglected to tell you was, while this place has .small everything else, the lot is, about the size of Forbes Field. Our lawn is large enough to host a progressive croquet tournament. The flower beds use up seeds and plants at the saine rate as diesels. Rat fuel. And the plot that is left for gardening reminds me " of a public park before landscaping. Into this huge twitch:grass haven my husband has hauled me.-To.gether we have cultivat- ed and raked about half the available acreage. We've plant- ed things normally grown on farms—like pumpkins for good- ness sake, and squash — along with an above average quantity a the regular staples. There was method in our madness. We figure that creepy, crawly things need lots of space and cover the ground With heavy foliage which hides the weeds. Muskmelon and water- melon are, high on our list of "what to'sow", too. . What worries me is' the re- mainder of the garden yet to' be seeded. Eyeing our two pre- teen deductions, my husband notes we should have something, to keep them busy and out of mischief .this summer. Survey- ing the expanse of fertile soil, he features. long, straight rows of productive plants. Devious- ly he connects the two thoughts, putting our pair of reluctant horticulturalists • into a high - yield vegetable garden which is about as exciting to, them as last month's top hit. Now my mind wanders into the future. I see hot, sunny days with ball games to be played, 'pools to be paddled, beaches to be combed, friends to, be entertained; shaded benches to be stradled. I do not picture My two children smilingly industrious in a pickle patch even though cukes are in demand by some home canners. I get a flashback to previous summers when I had to bribe my kids to hoe the peppers, and pick the beans. Oh, the cost of a bunch of beets! Even when I was in the garden. with tliem, I would find them sneaking of into the house or sprawled pant- ing in the row like dying wan- derers in the Gobi. I felt like a slave driver, forcing tired bones in the blazing heat of day. Another meniory floods my brain. I recall that motherly ' love—or plain weariness at the thought of coniving new ways . to trick my own flesh and blood into the tedious task of garden- ing—had led me to my decision to do it myself. And. I remem- bered how niany peas one plant can turn out, tow maay baskets of Milt a tomato stalk can grow, how many bushels of carrots from One:packet of' seeds. Gathering the harvest did not end my troubles, either. Hours of peeling, and scraping and slicing and' ditin'g ,follow before the crop is safely stored in jars or freezer bags for the winter. Onions must be dried; potatoes =1St be binned; carrots need, packing; cabbage requires spec- ial storage. * I think about the rows and rows of neatly canned vegeta- bles on the grocers' shelves; the ' stacks and stacks of fresh and frozen produce on the super- market counters. With my kids I wonder why "all the fuss and bother, especially when it would be so nice to sit in the shade and sip lemonade while some- one else does the' vegetable growing and processing. Somewhere from the depths of my subconscious I dredge up' what I learned about crop ro- tation in the good old days when farmers took life a little easier along with everyone else. Each year some fields were , seeded while others were left to rest with only- an occesional stroke by the cultivator to dis- courage the weeds and brhig the moisture to the surface.. • In relief, I know I have found the answer. Now all that re- mains is to convince my hus- band that summer fallowing will pay dividends in the end. TO THE EDITOR Hold Reunion Canada's wartime bomber unit, RCAF 408 Goose Squadion, is planning a reunion of ,all ltS former members in nalifax, Nova Scotia,August 23-26, 1968. We have been trying to loeate both aircrews and groundcrews of all rank, but they are scat- tered across the country. We would be most grateful if you would draw attention to this event in your paper, and ask Goose Squadron veterans if they would contact the under- signed for details. , Glen Hancock, 19 Wedgewood Ave., Rockingham, N.S. ."On second thoughir POSITIVE Ly NO ELECTIONEERING I4AREA°FP°11S PER °PEKOE art WILES# MAY°11 TBULK TRA, raisins and crackers in the old - ule -grocery store have been superseded by sanitary packaged goods backed by the good name of their maker. The sliced, wrapped loaf 'of bread and the can of soup or fruit have eliminated hours of kitc.hen drudgery. Modern bathrooins, furnaces, and electric appliances, have swept away inefaient, laborious methods. The motor car has revolution- ized our way of life. Advertising has played a part in these advances, because advertising has made mass production pos- sible, and mass production has brought the can of soup, the electric washer and the Motor car within every ratuilyist reach. This newspaper looks on its display and classified octvardsing ss an 4mportant part of its service to die cosituuttity: •