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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1968-08-15, Page 2Since *60, Serving the Community Firat rubliihed at SEAFORIII„ (MTARIO. even Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. Maim, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulation and Class 'A' Community SubsczNe=erRaates: Canada (in advance) $5.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $7.00 a Year SINGLE copings —12 CENTS EACH infitaiNielock, • A.uthorizeir as Second Class Mall, Post Office Deportment, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 15, 1658 Time for Natures - Chirpometers When the chirp of the cricket is heard fall is not too fat removed. Of course there is a variety of opin- ion Ss to what the presence of it friend- ly cricket indicates. Most authorities — Particularly the English — are agreed, however, that the cricket in the house is a sign of• good luck. Our own authority is the Lapeer County Press- who suggests that the chirp the cricket niakes is especially noticeable in..Attgust because it is then that the fiddling begins in earnest as males rub their wings together. A file on one wing rubs against the scraper on the other. Of the 2,000 ,known spe- cies, the one. we commonly hear is the black field cricket. 'gince ancient days the Chinese have staged cricket fights, the records- of celebrated cricket fighters have been kept as meticulously as the records of famous horses. Men have made reputa- tions as breeders and trainers. In both Japan and China, .crickets. are kept in cages as household pets. If you are so inclined, you can use the chirpers as thermometers. Count the number of chirps in 14 seconds,. add 40, and you will have the correct tem- perature. This is what some authorities say, at least. And we can agree with the County Press when it concludes, that all we know, for certain is that on August evenings, when the cricket fid- dles from behind the sofa or beneath the bookcase, year is nearing autumn. School Administrative Costs on Way Up As the deadline for the introduction of the new county -wide education sys- tem draws near there are increasing evidences that regardless of the im- provements claimed for the changes, the cost to the taxpayer is ' not going 1 to be any less. The new system which the Robarts government -is bringing into effect on the first of January provides for the creation of one board of education hav- ing county -wide responsibility. At the same _time all existing boards will cease to exist. Most recent barometer of what new costs may be anticipated is the an- nouncement by the Minister of educa- tion that the salaries of school trustees serving under the new county system will be limited to $3,000 per year. Not for a moment are we critical of the practice of remunerating members of public. boards. Too frequently, per- haps, in the past, there has been a ten- dancy towtprds holding down the amount of salary to s point where it has ,not been possible for many qualified peo- ple to accept office. On the other hand many of our com- munities are whatthey are today be- cause public spirited citizens assumed responsibilities on council, on commis- . slots, on school and- hospital boards and played an active role dozens of other ways through a desire to contri- bute to a better life for themselves and their fellow citizens. Thoughts of rec- ompense were far from their minds. While it is true Mr. Davis points out the $3,000 payment will be maximum, the fact it is set at this level suggests that many boards will regard the fig- ure as something to aim at. This expense coupled with the added administrative staff that such an en- larged" operating area will demand, in- evitably will result in. a hefty increase in supervisory costs. No matter to what extent the province may decide to re- turn tax dollars in an effortto , ease, the load of the county boards, the cost, in terms. of local taxes, will continue to • climb. Monthly Quote , "At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper — no amount of rhet- oric or voluminous discussion can possi- bly dimish the ,overwhelming import- ance of that point." Sir Win- ston Churchill. Sugar and Spice — By Bill .Smiley WE GET LETTERS Teachers get some pretty fun- ny notes from parents, explain- ing the absence of a pupil. Us- ually it's because the harrassed mother or father stabs down anythhig at the last minute, as the kid, heading for the door, and already late, screams in dismay: "Oh I gotta have a note." „ • Thus you get auch things as, . 'Please excuse Jane's grand- mother for tieing absent due to her Mness." The baffled teach- er finally figures out that gran- ny had the 'flu and Jane had to stay home and look after her because Mom can't miss a day at the shoe factory, because that's the only way she can muster enough money to buuy Jane sonie decent clothes so she ean -go to school, so she' can be a real whiz and help out cranny and Mom.- Snmetimes the notes are not so ftitniy., "Please excuse Jim for being late tei he had to ap- pear in dourt this morning, for drunk and disorderly, but it ,waS the other guys tault." Well, teachers aren't the °nix, ones who receive sad and fun. • ny letters. The rest of the col, titan will be Made up of gen- • f,enteS tOert from actual let- ters receittol by- the Toronto Welfare' Department front ap., Oat* tor aid and assistance. They'nUty explain why Eng. lish teachers look so stunned so much of the time. The sen- tences will be in quotation marks. The comments Will be " whatever comes to mind. "I am very annoyed that you have branded my so lf illiterate as this is a lie. I was married to his father ariVeek beferd he was born." She didn't mean il- literate. She meant illegible. "In answer to your letter, have given birth to a boy weighing ten pounds. I hope, this is satisfactory." Really, what could be more satisfact- ory? • "Unless I get my husband's money pretty soon, I will be forced to lead an immortal life.." And good luck to you, Missus. There should be a lot more of that type of positive thinking in the world.' "Mrs. Jones has not had.any clothes for a year and has been visited regularly by the Cler- gy." No comment. "This is my eighth child, what are you going to do about it?" What, indeed? It's certain- ly time somebody did some- thing. Or° stopped doing some - "1 am glad to report that my husband who was reported mis- sing is dead." Now there is sentence of which Hemingway would be proud. Not a syllable too much or to little, The em- otion is retrained. Note that she said "geld", not "delighted". And here's one with the same, theme„ but a different twist. "Please find for certain if my husband is dead, the man I am living with can't eat or do any- thing until he finds out." There's drama- for you. There's tragedy. Think 'cif the poor dev- nil, starving to death,' unable to smoke or drink or pick his teeth or pull the fluff out of hi's belly -button. Here's, another that shows a nice respect for bureaucracy. "In accordance with yotir in- structions, I have given birth to twins in the enclosed envel- ope." And they thought The Pill was a big deal! Another mom writes, "I can- not get sick pay. I have six children. Can you tell me why* There's a beautiful logic there somewhere, if you could just put your finger on it. • "I haven't any, children 'us yet. as my husband is a bus driver and works day and night." But think Of all that overtime. And finally.. It sounds like an old, chestnut, but teachers actually get notes like this. 9 want money as quick as I can get it. I have been in bed with the doctor for two weeks and he doesn't do me any good. If things. don't improve, /I will have to I;end for another doe - tor." This is IVIedicare? Well, we could always try the Arctic Circle! In the From The Huron Expositor August 20,1943 While working at the Bell Engine and Thresher Company plant this week, Jack Wright suffered a painful accident when a sledge unexpectedly descended upon his left hand. The hand was badly bruised and cut. , Work of remodelling the brick block on the corner of Main and John)Streets, recent- ly purchased R. Spence and Son from E. L. Box, has commenced. The back part will be entirely rebuilt and the., whole interior altered to ac- commodate the new refrigera- tion plants. Mr, and Mrs. Leo Fortune were host and hostess to the girls of the, Sodality of St. James' Church, Seaforth,' When they honored Miss Doreen Reg- ier, bride -elect of this week. Miss Joan Devereaux read an address and Miss Madeline For- _ tune presented Miss Regier with a silver cake platter. John' Boshart; local manufac- turer, died in Niagara Falls, following a heart attack. The Hydro Power Commis- sion wit)]. the Council of Tuck- ersmith, are preparing to take steps in regard to the i•ecAit wilfuul damage to electric, light" bulbs and brackets in Egmond- ville. Mrs. T. G. Scott, John St., picked a tomato in her, garden that weighed one and a half poundS and was perfect in form and quality. Mrs., Louise Murray had her leg broken when a car passed over it as she was getting outof a car at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Downey in McKil- lop Township. Mrs. Mary McKaig of Hensall received Word frm Ottawa that her only sen, L. Cpl. Donald G. McKaig of the Royal Regiment . of Canada, had been wounded in action in Sicily. The beautiful cacttis plant owned by Mrs. Alice Cudmore on John St., bloomed over -the weekend. and this year had eight blooms. The flowers were a delicate mauve with a single star in the centre. Sunday night last was a most perfect night for the open air sacred concert on Dr. L. A. Moffatt's lawn at Varna, when uupwards of $100.00 was raised for war purposes. Twentylcour hours later it was hard to be- ileve that we were living in the same country,. when we were surprised to find we had a snow storm. Only those wile were out in it could believe the grotind was covered with snow, which was of short duration. , Miss Winnifred Russell top- ped the list in the upper school resaults of Seaforth Collegiate Institute. She obtained nine class honors and two thirds in eleven subjects. The results are. quite satisfactory, 83 percent of all papers attempted being suc- cessful. . At the local blacksmith and repair shop, James Erauskopf and son have completed their second venture on a labor -sav- er, known as a buckrake. * • * From The Huron Expositer • August 16, 1918 The entrance class of SS No. 4, Tuckersmith, assembled to- gether to express their sincere" thanks and to show their ap- preciation to the faithful ser- vices of their very efficient teacher, Robert J. Beatty. He was made the recipient of an address and a signet 'ring. The address was signed by Jeae Wallace, Claire Sproat and John Archibald. A feW eart1 of coal were wel• Years Agone come receipts at the CPR yards at Walton. Mr. and Mrs. Angus McCuaig of Walton intends moving to Seaforth. Fred G, Mann of Hensall, had the misfortune when, he was alighting from a car to fall on his knee, bruising it quite bad- ly. A serious automobile acci- dent occurred when a car driv- en by the young son of William James was coming up the Main St, and encountered two other vehicles. In trying to avoid a collision with a hay rack he lost control of the car and took -a quick turn and bounded over the curb striking Mrs. Marvin of Goderich St, who was pas- • sing and forced her through the plate glass window of Thomp- son's Book Store. The muscles of her left arm were cut and her wrist broken. The barn on William Balfour's farm in Hibbert near Cromar- ty had most of the shingles and part of the sheeting on one side blown off in g storm. The Grand Trunk station at Mitchell was burned to the ground. The agent, W. A. Abray was awakened by smoke and barely escaPed being suffocated. • The storm did considerable damage to the grain crops, beat- ing it down to the grounil. * * * From The Huron Expositor August 18, 1893 It is reported that several Detroit people have purchased lots in Bayfield and intend next spring to erect sunamer cot- tages on them. Those who were abroad at 11 p.m. were started by the brilliant manner in which the western sky was i1luminate4." The Clinton organ foundry was the scene of a fire. This fac- tory was owned by Messrs. Gra- ham, and Blatchford. It was a large three-storey frame and burned very rapidly. James Longworth of McKil- lop sold a fine Percheron mare to. Taylor of Tuckersmith, for $95.00. About three years ago he was offered $160.00 for the same animal. Nearly every wheelman of Seaforth was in Goderich. Sea - forth sent up nearly 50 wheels , with a view to capturing the prize for the largest number of riders from any one club. There are great fireshraging on the borders of the big pine swamp near Lea dbury; the dense clouds of smoke by day and the reflection of the ,fire at night can be seenrfrom every quarter of McKillop In passing 41ong the line south. Leadbury we noticed two -i e new hornes. James Smith and James- Simpson have erected them': Samuel Badour of the Sauble Line, Hay, near Blake, has threshed his fall wheat and it holds up the record of the lake shores for being one of the best wheat producing districts in Canada. He had seven acres and it averages 45 bushels to the acre and it will go 62 pounds to the bushel. During the thunder storm, Tobias Ryclanan of Chiselhurst had five head of cattle killed by lightning. Some of the cattle were said to have been 150 feet apart. While.corning to church, Miss 'Bessie Aoss of Brucefield had the misfortune to be thrown out of the buggy, but escaped with a few ;bruises. From My Window By Shirley Isn't it strange? We wait all winter for. spring and summer to arrive and when the warm weather finally does come we are disappointed by those na- tural uflpleasants we had for- gotten — like mosquitoes. Miserable and persistent, mos- quitoes are one of the sorrows in life to which God must have been referring - when He lost His temper with Adam and Eve. On a cold day they lurk in the 'sunny spots to attack bared arms and legs. On a hot day, mosquitoes hover in the shady nooks awaiting some juicy tar- get. • While I'm not particularly ap- pealing to men, other women - or babies, mosquitoes. find me iekesistable. When I step out- side on a summer evening, the word goes out to mosquito mi- litia for blocks .around that sweet, sweet Shirley has emu' ged. Tactics used by mosquitoes on their quarry are unbelievably crafty. They seem tii work in teanie. The scouter in the group is the nee who flies the fastest, performs the best aerobaties; and buzzes the loudest. He does not bite—he detracts. First you hear him buzzing at your ,left ear. Then you gee him ,swooping in narrower and narrower rings around your an- kles — first• one, then the oth- er. You bend to swat him and one of the flanker mosquitoes nip you at back waist between your shorts and pop top. Now the scouter is sidelining the baek of your neck, making his presence felt but not light - Ing for an instant. He darts un- der your nose a emiple of times to keep you alert Now before your eyes. Frantically you dodge and dip, flicking your J. ...Kellar hands in front of your face and waving your arms. YOU are a , complete nervouS wreck. The scouter has done his job well. You are out -manoeuvred and out -witted by a pint-sized patrol of hungry hunters. They move id with baynets flashing. You swat furiously and some over -eager pests fall. But a con- stant stream of new recruits dive in to replace those lost. In desperation you are driven indoors — to .your screened -in heat and humidity. But mosquitoes always have the last laugh as you begin to swell and itch. If you are lIke me, you have the scars and the discomfort for days and days. Of all the plagues known.-te- holidaying humans, mosquitoes are likely the most annoying of the lot. Illgern inesiniitoes are so sneaky -smart they are not fooled by man's insect repel- lents.-- - You've seen the commercial about the research worker who puts an' arm into a nest of rav- ing mosquitoes and not one so much as sits down on the warm flesh for a° tiny nibble. Well, rm skeptical. - Any repellents I've tried — whether you spray them on,. brush them on or rub them on —all are useless' unless you take a bath in the stuff. At a buck for a few ounces it would ' be mighty expensive preteetion. Just leave one square' inch of the body untreated, though, and that small patch becomes the main course on the menu for the nearest band of blood- thirsty mosquitoes, I've Riven up. I've resigned myself to a sutamer of scratch- ing and 'squirming. Life is just too short to spends -all of it in hiding.. -:-ThiK-Week and Next. — by R4y THE ,POPE AND THE PILL, The practical consequences of Pope Paul's encyclical disal- lowing the pill and other birth control devices, are already be- ing felt. Within the Roman Catholic church,' it appears a majority of families, even in North Am- erica, are abiding by the Pope's decision,. Surveys taken in the past have shown that slightly more than one-half of Catholic cd,uples in North America have practised birth control of one form or another. Some of these families, it is obvious, are now. atnindoning these practises. The result will be that probably leas than one- half of Catholics in Canada will defy the Pope's judgement on this subject. Such couples will regard the Matter of how many babies they are going to have as one of personal conscience, as in- deed they have been urged to do so by many prominent Cath- olic theologians since the Pon- tiff delivered his encyclical, Of Human Life. • It is the reaction of nearly one-half of the Roman Catholic family that poses such serious consequences for the future of the Church of Rome. There is no doubt that the Pope's ruling has created a cri- sis of the first order in the Church. It .is being freely pre- dicted by knowledgeable Cath- olic scholars that many will leave the Church rather than submit to what a substantial bloc regards as an unfair, out- dated and impractical edict. It is this threat, apparently, which accounts for the seem- ingly mild approach taken by the Church in backing up the Pope's ruling. The Pope him- self has explained the anguish which the decision caused him, and that ,he understands even if he cannot accept the opposi- tion to it. • • Had the Pope called on the Church to enforce the encycli- cal as firmly as it enforces dogma, the results would of course have been much differ- ent. But as the'encyclical does. not come "ex -cathedra" (from the throne" as an infallible Argyle — theological edict, the way is left open for Catholics to disre- gard it and yet remain within the Church. If they are assisted' in this course, by sufficient biskops and priests, as seems 'likely, then the Church will be spared • the kind of upheaval which otherwise might have produced a schism without parallel since the P;otestant reformation. For while the ban on birth control is now a law of the Church, it is not one for which Catholics will be, excommuni- cated for breaking. It can be assumed that the anguish felt by many Catholic couples over this matter is no less than the anguish of which the Pope spoke in. respect to reaching his deciSion. There is not "space here to discuss the theological and eth- ical aspects of the, birth con- trol decision. The first practical conse- quence, and much more far reaching, is the influence the Church will have on slowing the development of birth con- • trol programs in the over -popu- lated and under -developed na- tions 9f the world. By issuing the call to secular governments to refrain from birth control programs, Pope Paul took the issue out of the fabric of Church policy and thrust it into the arena of world political issues. . • By one of these curious nies of history, Pope Paul th4 month is visiting Latin Anaeri ca, a continent almost 100 per- cent Catholic. It is also a .con- tinent of grinding poverty, with the world's highest birth rate, where most countries are grip- ped in social structures which are open invitations to Com- munist revolution. In seven years,' the population there has grown ,from 210 to 260 million and, by the end of the century,' will pais 600 million at the present rate. If the Church is able to swaY governments into delaying birth control 'education, it runs the risk of being held account- able at some feture date for the effects of over -population on all of humanity. WEDDING INVITATIONS DIAL 527-0240 — SEAFORTH STONE 4" GRAIN . 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