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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-05-19, Page 2�e Chance of LIFETIME! Since 1860, Beroing the Community Pint Published at SEAFORTH, OIWTABIO.'every Thursday morning by McLF'A.AN BROS., Publishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. MCL .N, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association • Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: c \ M it L 1_ Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES -- 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa lot ItD i CIL e F;i • sa- t** -10 •„' • SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 19, 1966 Time to Clean-up In Seaforth For a number of years, the Chamlr of Commerce has drawn attention each spring, to the need of painting -up and cleaning -up the community. The cur- rent campaign extends through next week, with the Victoria Day holiday providing a handy kick off occasion. While the campaign at any time has merit, this year it should have a partic- ular signifigance for Seaforth. This is the year Seaforth and area will play host . to thousands of plowing match visitors. While it may seem a long time before the match time in October, it isn't a bit too soon to tidy up and .clean-up. The clean-up campaign draws atten- tion to the responsibility each of us has in making good the ravages of winter about our properties. We are remind- ed that each has a, duty to our com- munity J,o ensure that untidy, unkempt, unsightly yard, a delapidated building, remain in the public view. It is remarkable how an otherwise favorable impression of a community can be spoiled by the appearance of ap unsightly yeard, a delapidated building, or a clutter of abandoned machinery, or of wrecked cars. Itis is true there may, be good reasons for such a condition to exist. But a visitor to town cannot be. expected to know this. All the visitor can do is form his impression of the community as a whole. Unfortunately, the good things he has seen—the streets, the parks, the public buildings are weighed against the unsightly things he has seen. The net result may well be unfav- orable, as was the case a short time ago when a speaker at a meeting of C'ouncil's Industrial Committee re- niarked on the unfortunate impression he had received as he drove through town. The work: the planning and care of the many , thus is spoiled by the don't -care attitude of a few. The efforts of the Chamber of Com- merce are endorsed by Se2forth Coun- cil. Again, Council is providing assis- tance so that trash, which is gath- ered- at residences across town, will be removed without charge. There can be no excuse now for untidy yards or law us. - A Loss to the Community The death. last week of Ted South- gate, following an extended illness re- -moved from the community one who had made a business of, helping people. During the years he had been in business here, the public, to a degree that often times seemed an imposition, called on him for assistance and he never refused whether the assistance had to do with a personal problem or with a community wide project. He was interested in people and in the community. Among his greatest pleasures was his association with his church and with Huron Church Camp and the success of the camp today re- flects the contribution he made in plan- ning and work through the years. As a member of the Lions Club, he took 'an active part and spared no effort in the" continued development of the Lions Park and in crippled children's work. For nearly twenty years he had been, closely 'associated with the Expositor in various 'capacities. We here miss his counsel and the cheery co-operation that was so characteristic of him. Sugar and Spice TWO WAYS OF LIFE 'It seems -to me that, despite the .inroads made by easy com- munications ommunications and transportation, the ancient mistrust between rural dweller. and city dweller is still very much alive. Each feels that the other is out to skin him at the first opportun- ity,. Each expresses it in scorn for the other's way of life. "1 wooden live in the siddy if ya gimme the whole lousy mess on a silver platter," snorts your smalltown neighbor. this statement, echoed from coast to coast, is usually fol- lowed by a bitter diatrible against "city living!' High rents, crippling taxes, heavy traf&c, smog and unfriendliness come under the,. gun. Cost of living draws comments like, "Costs ya a buck every time ya blow yer nose." And what does the smug su- burbanite think of the country? "Ya„,. I know it's nice in the summer up north there, but w-uddaya do all winter in that dump?" There's no use in point- ing '° out that you do exactly what he does: work, play, bring up your family, try to pay your bills, and get so soon old, so late, smart. On most matters, I take a stand. But in the denunciation of the other fellow's mode of life, 'I take two stands. The first is gentle agreement with my smalltown friends. I go along With the belligerent argument that the city is ' no place to live; that rd hate to battle that traffic everyday; that living is cheaper hi a smaller centre; that our air' ik a lot clkane7r; that it's wonderful to live within five minutes of fish- ing, curliig, golf and friends. And when rm. listening to some old.. buddy who lives in the city' arid' byes it, 1 nod sagely when rte declares the city is an exerting'place to live; that it's wonderful to ,take in all the snows 'and concerts;. that it's grand to go +slit for a'n exotic ideal in a fascinating place, with o-gi • ibis and sttf that the ski toWit doe"l.'t provide t e time ' Cull . opportunities for OW' Prittiely',,1 -ehuekle' at By Bill Smiler points of view. Both are fall of contradictions. Thecity fellow .claims there's no privacy in, a small town. Ev- ery old biddy in town knows your business. The smalltown chap explodes:. "Privacy! How can you have privacy in the city when you're stuffed, into a crowded apartment building, or living on a two-by-four lot be- side people you don't like who have horrible kids?" ' - The snialltowri fellow raves about the mythical `rat -race" in the city. And goes out and roars around in service clubs and fra- ternal organizations and athle- tic clubs and church groups at a rate no city rat could stand for a month. - The myths multiply. The city stands for culture. And in a city of amillion, theatres are ha empty, , concerts play to small crowds, good restaurants go broke, a few hundred attend art exhibitions. , . - The small town stands for recreation and good living. And in a small town, .one-tenth of two per cent of the population is revelling in that fishing, hunting and so on that's at the front door. The rest are doing what the city folk do: drink, chase women or men, or sit around watching the slop on the -moron machine. When we drive to the city, as we do almost . every Saturday for the daughter's music lesson, the whole business is brought into perspective for me, on the unlikely site of a four -lane high- way. Down to the city. on one stream, pour the thousands of smalltown folk going in for a day to shop, take in a show, suck up some fast culture. Up from the city, in the other stream, pour the thousands of people going north for the skiing or the fishing, or the swimming, or .the scenery. ' They don't .even wave to each other. If it's so great at home, why doo't they stay there? And do you know what- they say when they get home after the weekend? "Boy, it's nice to be home. It was a great week- end, but I sere wooden wanna live in' the (city -country)," Please underline the right word. An elderly construction work- er opende his lunch bucket, looked in and growled, "Cheese sandwiches! Always ' cheese sandwiches." ' A fellow worker sitting close by asked, 'dWhy don't you- ask your wife to make you some other kind?" il" 041 TAKING HOLIDAYS DURING JULY? agave A Portion Of Your Pay NOW! $1O a Week saved in your Credit Union Account starting NOW will amount to • ;its ori July 1st. - • Open A $oliiday Account In UNTO COMMUNITY Ya• at the West -End POfltiaC, Ruick 0 ROOT '� II�ITcHELL 'O11 WELL. IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE NEW stony'ikiu se In the From The Huron Expositor May 23, 1941 Gordon McGavin, vice-pre_i dent of the Ontario Plowmen's Association, . left for , a trip through the Canadian and Am- erican .west. 'He is conducting a party of prize winners at re- cent International Plowing Matches on a tour of aggricul- -aural institutes. Mr and Mrs. SoL Willia.nis quietly marked the fortieth an- niversary of , their wedding at their home east of Seaforth. Fev. E. F. Chandler, B.A.. B-D., who for the last eight years has served the United Church charge of Kippen and Hillsgreen, has received a -un- animous call for St. Pant's United Church, at Parkhill A large barn on the farm of Mr. John Eidt, a short distance south-west of Walton was com- pletely destroyed by fire, hav- ing been struck by lightning. Hensall minstrels concluded their series of concerts when their 'appeared at Ailsa Craig to a packed house and were royally entertained at the con- clusion. ' F. S. Sills who underwent a major operation in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, a few weeks ago. • has sufficiently recovered to return to his home here and his many friends are delighted to see him on Main St again. Mr. Robert Archibald, who suffered a fractured hip in a fall. has sufficiently recovered to 'leave the hospital. Mr. E. H: Close is moving tris barber shop from the stand in the old Reid and Wilson block which he has occupied for a number of years to the store adjoining Routledge's grocery. Mesar`. Charles Regele and, Charles Eggert 'of Manley. have finished the spring seeding on the farrn owned . by Mr. Thos. McKay and now occupied by the former. The large stone house of Mr. J. Elgin McKinley. Goshen Line, Stanley Township, wasbadly damaged by fire. The roof and • Years Agone upper storey were burned and much damage was caused to the lower storey. Mr. Harold Jackson, re- cently purchased the , former Devereaux farm,' east of Sea - forth is now moved to the prop- erty. * * * From The Huron Expositor.. May 22, 1891 We have not learned that the severe frosts have done: any serious damage. The. boys were sliding on the 'Sidewalk' . Mr. George McEwen, Hensall, enterprising and go-ahead salt manufacttirer, finding his salt mill grounds too small for his increasing business, has recent- ly purchased another acre, of land from Mr. William Mair. A .'picked team from. the Chicago Football. Association will, play a friendly match here with the Hurons. The Hurons are a little ambitious in tack- ling "them alone, but are con- fident that they will make the game interesting for the visit- Qrs. isitQrs. Mr. Robert Winters shipped from here' three car loads of very superior fat cattle. They were fed by the following par- ties; John Modeland, Tucker - smith, five head; James Scott, Roxboro, eight; Thomas E. Hays; McKillop, two; Charles Dick, son. McKillop, two; James Cowan, McRillop, five; Dr. Scott, Seaforth, four; John Reinke, Tuckersmitli, five Ro- bert Leatherland. Tuckersmith, five: William Henderson, Mc- Killop. five: John • McLean, Mill Road. two: George A - Sproat, Tuckersmith, three. .Thee"_` cattle averaged 1,050 pounds each and were bought for five cents per pound. At the' meeting of the town council. a by-law, prohibiting the firing of catapults, airguns and playing ball of any kind on any of the .streets of the town was carried by a majority, of one. 'Mr. 'James Bolger of the 8th line of Morris, has gone for a tour of the old country. * * 5 From The Huron Expositor , May 19, 1916 The attack on Verdun has pretty well died .out, although there are still artillery ,.duels daily. Where the next out- break utbreak will occur is hard to. say, but rumors seem to persist°Te next attack being in Belgiium, During a thunder storm, Mr. Isaac Jarrott received a shock. He was in Mr.- George Taylor's barn feeding the stock when a bolt of lightning passed through the barn and killed a pig which was about ten feet from Mr. Jarrott, Mr. James Johnston of Wil- low Hill Farm, Hensall, left here for Alberta, where he has a large section of land, which • he intends working and stock- ing, tocking, taking with him a carload of fine?cattle. Mr. W. R. Smillie was in Tor- onto to visit his son, L. A. Smillie -who has enlisted with the Mechanical Transport Corps. A recruiting - .meeting was held- in the Workman's Hall, and Cornel Clark, a returned soldier, gave fine addresses. Walton is doing well for the Empire. Mrs. Howard Armstrong, who has been the very efficient or- ganist of the Constance Method- ist Church, for the past nide years, resigned her position in order that some of the young musicians might 'develop their abilities. The trustee board un- animously chose Mr, George Clark as organist. Mr. Robert Dundas of Lead - bury, has been notified by' the Department . of Education that he will receive his first class certificate as a teacher without further examination when he Works three months for some farmer. He has engaged with Mr. Calvin Hiilen for the sum- mer. Miss Jennie Covenlock, who has been attending the univer- sity in Toronto, has returned home for. the holidays. 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