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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1968-11-07, Page 2r-Pliblislied 4 S. cenimuniiy neWsPaPers • Since 1860, Servig9 the Coninaunity First ORTH, ONTARIO, every ThursdaY Ingrain' by MeLFAN ROS, Publishers Ltd. . ANDREW Y. ,McLEAN, EditQr Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Audit Bureau of Circulation and Class 'A' Comraunity Newspapers Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $5.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $7.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 12 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa r•• SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 7, 1968 Something of Value In this period ,of educational confu- sion and unrest in which we find our- selves it is good to come face to face with something that enoourages us to think in terms of fundamentals — • something that brings our thinking into - perspective. Those attending the graduation exer- cises at SDHS last week had such an opportunity when Miss Jean McIntyre, long time member of the staff, who re- tired this year, addressed the graduates. Recalling an African proverb from the Basutos — "If a man does away with his traditional way of living and throws away his good customs, he had better first make certain he has some- thing of value to replace them." Miss McIntyre found her subject in the words "Something of Value in a dhang- ing World".. • Addressing her opening remarks to the adults...she reminded them that their segment of society had since ancient times been out of step with the rising generation. Despite this the majority are outstandng young people. -Only the few, the minority, go to extremes. You parents, she said, have two main desires for your children —'success and security. You very often wish to give them the very things which you failed to secure. Parents want their children to have more of the material things — more cars, more houses, more money, more power, more show, but how many of you wish to give them "more ideas, more critical intelligence, more person- al- morality, more constructive initative, a greater degree 6f escape from old folk -way 'controls?" This age has been repeatedly accused of being impelled by zeal for having rather than for giving, for pOssessing rather than for creating, for achieving rather than for e'xper,, iencing. Success must not be relegated to the future but is an immediate thing. It is an individual affair and cannot be shar- ed or given to another — it is achieved at various levels of °Or development. The process of learning, discovering and analyzing and forming judgements and hypothese and then testing them should ' continue. If a peraim is any good at all he strives to do something at which he thought he would fail — it took everything he had, the exper- ience, the ability, insight and concen- tration but he did it! That is success. It cannot be given to anyone — the in- dividual must gain it for himself. - And now what about security? This is not a matter of acquisition but is one of achievement. True security, as I see it, is attained only when an individual, has the approval of his peers and when .he knows he is needed .and respegted by his group. It is not the age-old idea of the security of a bank account. True security cannot be bought. Parents can- not give it to their children — as with success, the child must striv for it himself and gain it for himself Each generation of young pe e, she - continned, addressing the graduates, has faced its future with „many fears: fears of not attaining success, fear of not be- ing able to obtain and hold a job, fear of not choosing the correct job,. fear of being surpassed by others, fear of be- ing unpopular. To put it bluntly, young people are up against a tough situation. You' of today's world face an especially difficult problem for change_ is now so rapid that what you are training for today may be obsolete before you are ready to put it into practice. Science advances at a terrific .pace. No one can forsee the future. Our -task as educators , has been to try to prepake you to meet it, whatever may come. Your generation has lived during the most remarkable era since the begin- ning of time. You have seen • more mechanical and technological progress than any other generation. Science has made come true most of the old stories of mythology. You are living in a land of almost unlimited opportunity ------ all over Canada during the past ten years we have watched an industrial, com- mercial and residential expansion vv,hich, staggers the imagination. And it is you who mist lead Canada into the twenty- first century. It is you who will deter- mine the future of this nation. You are pf..1tand parcel of this tremendous de- velopment, you cannot escape it. You are in the middle of it and can either - make an active energetic and vigorous contribution to it or you can be part of the Tlotsam and jetsam that flows with the tide. It is a fast moving and competitive world in which we live — the poorly educated and poorly ,tivali- fied will have to take a secondary posi- tion to the well-educated and well-qual- ified. As the world advances, the gap -(Continued on Page 3).. Sugar and Spice )SHALL NEVER FORGET -"Wilmer and dimmer grow -the picture's of iiien; young men, full of blood and juice and de- sire to live, Staggering under great -coats and full packs into the tearing and terrible hot hail. Fainter and fainter come the Sounds of choltin2 and cough- ing and retching; as their lungs are seared and their guts are , splattered and they go down in a, pig -squeal of agony, a howl for mother, or a scream for God to do something. libilower and hollower be- come the annual reminders that We '"remember them", that - "they died for us", that "they • gave their lives for freedom." Remembrance Day is becom- ing about as important, except • for a dedicated few, as the 24th • of May, the Queen's birthday. -Vitny Ridge and Ypres are in the history books now. And if there't one sure way to take the life out of sAmothing, it's to put it in a history'book. But they're not history for that '72-yeare1d, head bowed, ..ttariding at the cenotaph on Nov..1.1th. He was a little throb- bing, terrified piece of that his- tory, 50 years ago. And he remembers. Mud and misery, girls and guns. And the fitedS that will never gr oW old arid wrinkled and filled with pain, like hi a oWti: Ivor a few MitititeS, it all cornea back, aml littlip emnea it his throat and hi g Ores groW Wet When The Ey Ii11 Smiley — Last Post sounds in the sombre November air. Behind him, with their blue berets, and balding heads, and bulges in the wrong -places, are the "young fellows" of World War II. And despite the genera- tion between their thoughts are much the same. Girls and guns, bitter ale and bitter cold, , and the faces that will never grow old. The faces that will never - light to the joy of children. The hearts that will never wrench with the sorrow • of children. The mouths that will grin. forever, but • will never smile again, or whisper a pray- er, or kiss a woman, or gulp an ale. But then, Reveille sounds, and the heads lift, and thlittle scattered knot of onlookers dig- perese, and the parade moves off, back to the warmth of the Legion Hall, and beer and com- radeship and a turkey dinner and funny stories that have been pdlished and embelished and garnished by the years. knd that's about what Re- membrance Day has come to be in this land, that sent thou- sands and thousands of its young men off to fight the Kais- er or Hitler, g,000 miles away. 'What do the youngster think of it? Almost nothing. A few, whose fathers were killed be- fore they knew them, wonder . a bit, feel a strange yearning. Most are indifferent. They. know they should look solemn, and they do. But there's no un- derstanding. Some are even hostile to the whole idea. Anti -war on gener- al principles, they have the mis- taken idea -that Reinembrance Day is somehow a glorification of war. It's just the opposite. • • Those in their twenties and thirties are even less interest- ed, if, possible. The whole thing is a drag, a 'sentimental jour- ney, for old and middle-aged °squares. And what about the old_and middle-aged? We •must face it. Only a minority of them feel some emotion. And most of these p who were di- rectly touched by the loss of a brother, husband, son. , But on the whole, Canada, . despite heavy losses of youth, was scarcely touched,, at home, by the two great world wars. And Remembrance Day, as old soldiers are supposed to do, won't die. It will jjust fade awaY, Perhaps it's just at well. Both wars were ,bloody shambles best forgotten. But I hope there'd a special place for oItl soldiers when they finally fade away, A place where all the young faces are, and there's lots of beer, and they can exchange lies with Rotnart legionnaires and panzer troops and eonfed- erate fighters and veterans of Waterloo. In the Years From The Huron Expositor Nov. 12th, 194R The property of Robert W. Eberhart, South Main St., has been sold to Harvey -W. Beuer- man of Seaforth. The Women's Institute for Seaforth and district packed 23 boxes for the boys overseas. Last Wednesday was a busy day around salvage headquar- ters, when a steady stream of trucks brought salvage from Mc- Killop. and Htillett. Busy farmers .took their time and • their trucks and brought. in many loads. Committee members. Gor- don McGavin and W. L. Whyte were in charge. The Expasitor joins with a Ihost of friends in extending con- gratulations and' best wishes to Mr. and Mrs.. J. M. Govenlock who celebrated their 59th wed- ding anniversary at their home on East William St. Remembrance Day services were held in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Hensall. •The veterans marched to the church in a body under the direction of Comrade Peter McNaughton, assisted by Comrade Sydney McArthur. The banners were carried by Com- rades W. C. Stene, A. E. Clark and W. Parker. ' A successful dance and euchre was held in Hensall Town Hall, sponsored by the. Kippen East W.I. The prize winners at euchre were, ladies'first, Miss Margan et Sinclair; second, Mrs. Wil- mer Broadfoot; consolation, Mrs. Morley' Cooper; gentlemen's lst, Warren Schilbe; 2nd, Jack Sin- clair; consolation, Robert Elgie.- The lucky chair prize was won by Mrs. Ross Broadfoot and , Mrs. George Armstrong won the door prize. A large crowd gathered at the home of Mr. Frank Allen, the occasion being a farewell party in honor of Mrs. Quance of Cromarty. Messrs, Ed Mole, Alex Boyce, E. B. Goudie and J. W. Thomp- son- were in Exeter attending a meeting of the 100F when the London Lodge put on the work. The remains of the late D. F. W. Tweddle, who died in Fergus, were / brought to Seaforth for interment in Maitlandbank cem- etery.' His wife, who was .a daughter of the late D. D. Wil- son, died some years ago. Several pupils ,of room two of the Seaforth Public School, Mona Bennett,' Ruth Wilbee, Betty Langford, Glenn Nixon, , Michael Bechely and Donald Dale, took part in the puppet play "Maya, the Contrary", held in the United Church, Bruce - field. The concert was organiz- ed by Miss I. Workman and Miss W. Savauge had charge of the puppets. -. * * • From The Huron Exposlto:r Nov. 8th, 1918 The 'pupils of school section No. .1, McKillop, with Miss Chris- - tena Diekdon as teacher, are providing:fog a Canadian pri- soner in Germany, 'making a monthly contribution of $2.50. A disastrous fire visited Var- na when the blacksmith shop of E. H. Epps and son, burned and for a time it looked, as if sev- eral other buildings might also be destroyed. The Methodist Church at Brpcefield was sold by auction. Mr. IVICknight bought the build- ing for $255.00. The seats, stove, lamps .and all moveable stuff were sold at good- ptices: Events in the great world World WA- are happening so rapidly that it is difficult to keeP up with them, but before an- other issue of the Expositor, we will definitely know whether we are to have an immediate peace or whether Germany in- tends to fight on. Messrs. Milne R. Rennie, Pet- er Buchanan of Hensall are op. eniug a new boot and shoe store in the Davis block. R. °NI. Jones, manager of Dominion Bank, who has b confined to his home for so time with influenza, is able be in his office again. Wm. Spaith of town met w a bad accident- at the muniti this week which will lay h up ,for some time. Pte. George Stephenson rived from overseas and w given a public reception. went overseas with the Huro and suffered the loss of Agone Miss Jannie, daughter of Wm. the Ballantyne, has received.the ap- een pointment of assistant teacher me in the Bluevale Public School. to John Copp of this town has shipped over six hundred tons ith of baled hay to the old country ons markets since June. im John Dodds and W. E. Hinch- ley returned from a very plea- ar- sant and successful hunting ex- pedition around Aspen, Mus - He koka. ns During the past week, there has been delivered from the farmers' wagons at the Seaforth Oatmeal, Mills,. over 120;000 bushels of oats. P. Keating .has his gang busi- ly engaged putting the roof on the new town building. • The Guy rothers, minstrel troop, with their celebrated band are billed for Seaforth. The auction, sale on the farm of Wm. Allah, Tuckersmith, was attended by 400 people. Arthur Forbes of Seaforth has sold his fifty acre farm on the Bayfield road, to Sam A. Mof- fatt, for the sum of $3,100. John Caldwell of Tucker - smith, having recently purchas- ed the wood of D. Bell's lot, adjoining .James McArthur's farm, is busy in cutting down. the wood and. convertink it into logs 4114:1 cordwood. • The patrons of Industry of this vicinity got in a car load of n salt from their works at Bin- • cardine and had it distributed e among their members. • There \vas a full blown, ripe, e rosy, hued charivari in Little • Scotland which kept most of the h town awake until ,midnight. Two very neatly designed , monuments were erected in the - Egmondville cemetery, one in memory of the late D. Stqvenson and 'the other in remembrance of W. Ireland. right arm in the severe fighting in France. J. F. baly received word that Frank Bricco had been wounded in France. Prior to going over- seas, he was engaged in Mr. Daly's Jewellery Store for some time. .' E. 'C. Case has sold his farm in McKillop, adjoining the cor- poration, to George Walker of Tuckersmith. The consideration was $6,400. • A. Close and George D. Haigh are recovering from •their re- cent serious attacks of . influ- enza. MA. J. Varley of Chiselhurst received word that her brother Pte. Reginald G. Angell was kil- led in action. * * * From The Huron Expositor Nov. 10th, 1893 • Mrs. Annie Elliott of Bayfield was on the rear sectibn of the east bound train which was i collision at Battle Creek, Mich The train she was in was a mil behind the first section, but th passengers could hear th screams of the burning. victims Just as Mr. Latta of Zuric was leaving, the door opened and some fifty pupils and ex pupils surprised him. They pre sented him with a ffne arm chair and Mrs. Latta with a set of Christy knives. From My Window - By Shirley J. Kellar — I've been thinking lately about heart transplants and the troubles we are apt to encount- er in the next few decades. Not that I'm totally opposed ' to taking the pump from one halting human body arid instal- ling it in. the faltering chest of another. I'm as thankfully mys- tified as anyone else by the new operation for previously doomed heart patients. I do have s about the disco me reservations very though. Life is 'a pr the stakes could ecious thing and get pretty high for someone in need. of a heart . . . or someone with a heart to give. Already there tion that certai ists are'behaviis some indica- n heart special - ng like vultures, hovering Over the bed of a dy- indsoul and urging .hint to sign on the dotted l heart can be t ine so that his ransplanted into another immediately after death. It could be de eply depressing and highly harr that someone is assing to know waiting for you to pass over the sunset—indeed, hoping you won't last past. the sunrise. Most folk desire a peaceful, dignified demise. Let's suppose a 'fellow had a perfectly pod heart he was willing to leave behind, If he made his intentions known in plenty of time for the trans- plants arrangements,to be made, there is a distinct possibility that a doctor with a definite re- cipient in mind might secretly petition for an early call from •The Happy Headquarters in the Sky . . or that the gasping re., cipient might long for a healthy Certainly I'm not suggesting that a doctor ,would fail to do his duty by the dying donor. I'm merely pointing out that a medical man with the human inability to foresee a future for a rapidly deteriorating body and the potential power to save h fleeting life, might entertain thoughts of sustaining at lead one heart beat if it is absolute- ly immpossible to maintain two. It is at- this paint that heart transplants gets just a little nerve -wrecking for all concern. ed, And is love really in the heart of a man? /f it is at the writers say, then will the man fitted with the heart of another have new interests and maybe even love someone else's lady? We talk about broken hearts when referring to the case when a gal is jilted by some thought- less character she thought she loved. Will a simple heart transplant cure the ailment and put different ideas into her head? And will hardened hearts be exchanged for softer ones? Has' science accidently stumbled on the cure for all heart disease— including heart ache? , Certainly not, you scoff. Aha! Now you admit that the heart is no more the seat of a man's inner self than his liver - or his kidneys or his eyes, We transplant those things with little concern, Why not hearts? 1 hardly know what to be. lievemexcept thats"God• aceom. Osomeone he all things for man's 4. else dead. Urinate good • R, G. Eickmeier Dental Surgeon announces theltopening of his office In Zurich Every Monday and Tuesday • commencing November 4 For appointments, call 236-4321, any day of the Wiek. - USE EXPOSITOR. CL ASSITIED THEY PAY YOU DIVIDENDS • • NOTICE OF NOMINATION Nominations of Separate S6hoo1 supporters for representation on the Huron County Board of Education will be held in the Hay Township Hall • zuRicifir, ONTARIO • MONDAY, NOV. 18, 1968 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. (E.S.T.) Nominees must be a Separate School supporter an& may be from any municipality within the County of Huron. (One Representative to be elected) W. C. HORNER, Clerk, Hay Township TOWNSHIP OF HULLETT • Notice of First Posting Voters' List 1968 Notice is hereby given that I have com- plied with Section 9 of the Voters' List Act; and that I have posted up in my Office at Lot 27, Concession 10, in the Township of Hullett, on the 31st day of October, 1968, the list of all persons ehtitled to vote in the Municipality at Municipal Elections, and that such list re- mains there for inspection. I hereby call on all Voters to take imme- diate proceedings to have any omissions or errors corm -ted according to Law; The last day for appeal being the 14th Day of Novem- ber, 1968. • CLARE VINCENT, Clerk -Treasurer, Box 293, Londesboro, Ontario SEAFORTH MEAT MARKET Formerly Ruby's •-Fresli Meaty Pork SPARE RIBS .69 smaii Link Pure Pork SAUSAGES 2 Me' $ 1 YOUNG BEEF LIVER • ' lb. 49c SMOKED COTTAGE ROLLS lb. 69e STORE SLICE() I3REAKFAST BACON 11/2 lbs. $1 MAPLE LEAF BOLOGNA, by the piece 3 lhs. $1 WettOns BREAD loaves