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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-06-02, Page 2M1 Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: ,til] Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year / O Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES -- 10 GENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa ,•t ! D vLP SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 2, 1966 Cadet Program Pays Dividends Seaforth District High School cadets paraded once more last week and as they have been doing for many years again gained the plaudits of the inspecting officers for the way they were turned out. While in some quarters, there are those who object to cadet training in secondary schools as being a concession to what they regard as an unnecessary emphasis •on the military, the great majority of Canadians look on the Cadet program for what it is — a worthwhile exercise in regimentation and discipline. There perhaps never was a time when those attributes ,which are part and parcel of the cadet program were more important than they are to- day. The cadets learn to accept responsi- bilities, to accept authority, to work in unison and in so doing evoke leadership qualities that otherwise may never have been developed. As the inspecting officer, Major Mel McIanson observed here last week, "Academic work de= velops the mind, physical training, the body, but cadet training develops character". Exposure to cadet training during the several years spent in secondary school may result in some few students deciding on a military career. Some 'SDHS graduates in recent years have followed this course. The service car- eers' of 'these grads have been such that their school and the community maywell be proud of them. - But regardless of what post -grad uate course a cadet decides on, he will be a better citizen as a result of the training he received in the program. No Excuse for Litterbugs "Mollycoddling won't stop vandals", declares the editor of the Aylmer Ex- press in .a plea for stricter penalties for wanton destruction and .littering when he says :- - "Vandalism or the senseless destruc- tion of property appears to be an • in- curable disease, one that speads and becomes th ire violent 'and idiotic every day. There is no rhyme or reason to • it and it evidently extends into every strataof society. Owners of vacant buildings are al- ways terrified of .the damage that can be done to their property which, un - watched seems to have a magnetic at- traction to those whose only ambition is cowardly and complete destruction, The weathering action of nature itself cannot compete with the fury of frus- trated humans. Every day, people who take some pride in the appearance of their homes and gardens are discouraged cleaning up the pop and beer bottle litter that is dumped from cars by people *ho are... nothing more than human pigs. We note that in New- York, last -year, almost 62,000 summonses were issued for littering and that the fines totalled more than $250,000. In Maine, 13 lit- terbugs were arrested and 11 conic- ted with fines up to $100. In Wiscon- sin, 335 people were arrested for lit- tering lakeshores and 'ice on the lakes In Texas, the Highway patrol filed 585 charges against motorists for throwing trash on the highways and obtained 533 convictions. This is the sort 'of action we should like to see in this country. A steady stream of examples would probobly -teach people to carry their garbage back to their own nests." Sugar and Spice — By Bill smiley Amommummin SALESMAN WANTED! A well established Real Estate Company requires a salesman to sell real estate in this area. An experienced mail would be preferred, however training will be given if necessary. Applications will be strictly confidential and applicants may apply to: 130X 1581, HURON EXPOSITOR, SEAFORTH. s POLICEMAN'S LOT IS NOT A HAPPY ONE. In the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor, led to the number of about 2,000 June 6, 1941 to cheer them as they entrained scho- T. D. O'Neill, proprietor of the for the London Camp. The Queen's Hotel here, announced tthes streetsof the publicsen school each that he had sold the property • to of eand presented each. J. C. Ward, of `Toronto. .The on the soldiers o with an orange Queen's the oldest hotel in Sea- and the women of 600the lunches forth, was purchased by Mr. Society provided es lunches O'Neill from the Stephen's Es- made up of sandwiches and cake. tate in 1935. Captain Towne was in command Mr. Cliff Watson of Kipperi, This week for the first time in who has donned the King's uni- the history of Seaforth, there is form, was here this week visit- • going to be a broadcast from -the ing his mother. • town. This Saturday night, the Messrs. Cook >3ros. of Hensall, received two car loads of auto- mobiles last week and .recently sold the following Studebaker cars: C. Link, Blake; Milton Rus- sell.,'Exeter; and this week sold to J. W. Ortivein of Hensall; William Hogg and M. yolland of Zurich. Mr. James Watson has pur- chased the McCallum property on Goderich St., recently vacated by Mr. John Dodds and will oc- • cupy it shortly. Mrs Robert Smith was present- ed by the, choir of First Church, with an address and a gold sig- net ring before he left for Clin- ton. Pte. Smith and Pte. Beal will not go to ,London but will remain in this part as'recruiting officers, Mr. Fred Eckert of Manley, got quite a shaking up, , while ploughing, the attachment for over the plow. Mr. Norman Park of Cromarty has moved back into his home. The little cottage, a Cromarty land mark for nearly half a cen- tury, has been transformed into an imposing two-storey residence fitted with modern conveniences. Mr. John McAsh of Varna, the enterprising general merchant, is very -busy these days build- ing a considerable addition to his home.. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Geary met with a , serious accident: They were driving down Main St., when the colt heard a loud ex- plosion from the gasoline engine at the clothing 'factory, It wheel- ed, plunged into the ditch'and throwing both 'occupants out, both very badly bruised and are confined to their residence for some time. Mr. John Devereaux has pur- chased the cottage on High St., arrived in Egypt. It was a defeat, from Mr. Henry. Edge, at pre - but one that was expected from sent occupied by Mr. Frank the first. Sills. Miss Minnie' Reid of Hensall, is having the• exterior of her * dwelling painted. From The Huron Expositor, The Ontario Booster Club, June 5, 1891 where in the province, will give supported by horsemen every -Mr. Charles Greb of Zurich, a high class race meet in Sea- raised his mammoth barn. The forth on June 11th. The local men are now busy putting on committee, John F. Daly, Ray the siding and the roof. Holmes and D. H. Wilson have As will be seen" by a card in had the track resurfaced and another column, Dr. J. G. Scott everything is ready for the In- of this town has taken Dr. C. augural meet. McKay into partnership with him. Dr. McKay is a most. es- * * * timable young man, having. The Huron Expositor, proved a successful and bril- Fromp liant student, .and , we have no • June 2, 1916 doubt but the energy, industry The farewell given to the boyo and ability which have stood of the 161st, will lgng be remem- him in such 'good stead in his bered by the boys and also by. college career will secure him the Citizens of Clinton and sur- ah equally prominent position rounding country, who assemb-in the ranks of the profession which he enters, with so much promise. Many of our readers .will re- gret to learn of the death of Allan McLean, formerly of the firm of McLean Bros., publish- ers of the Huron Expositor and brother' of M. Y. McLean of this town. He was engaged in ranching and stock raising in Colorado where his death took place. • - Mr. James. Lands'berough, son of James Lanclsborough of Tuekersmith, left here for. Sud- bury, in which district he has been appointed a missionary under the missionary society of Knox College. Dr: Scott has enlarged the deer park on his farm in Har- purhey and 'passerbys can now get a glimpse of the beautiful animals disporting there. The .protracted drought which threatened serious con- sequences to the growing crops, was broken by a refresh- ing shower. The floors in one of the store . houses connected with the oat meal mill in this town, gave away and the contents were dropped into the cellar: The floors were supported by brick piers resting on stone foundations. The great weight caused the piers . to split and they crumbled to pieces. The building was filled with oats and oat meal barrels. - microphones and performers of the CKNX Barn Dance are com-, ing to Seaforth to put on their broadcast from the stage in Car- .dno's Hall. Large congregations, on Sun- day, gathered at Cavan Church, Winthrop, to celebrate the an- niversary of Rev. R. W: Craws' fortieth year in the christian ministry. A team of horses made a very smart getaway from the mill at Cromarty. Fortunately they were caught before•any serious dam- age was done. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McDonald, highly esteemed district • resi- dents, who reside on Highway No. 4, South of Hensall, celebra- ted their golden wedding an- niversary, at their home, on Mon- day, Mrs. Herb Jones, who, resides near Hensall, had the misfortune while milking, to be kkked by the cow. X-rays. taken at Seaforth Hospital revealed a fractured leg between the ankle and the knee. Mrs. Charters, Sr., of the Mill Road will celebrate her 95th birthday on June 6th. Rev. H. W. Workman, Rev. W. A. Bremner, Robert Scarlett, and - F. S. Savauge, are in Windsor, attending London Conference of the United Church. During the heavy thunder' storm, the drive shed on the farm of Mr. R,py Fisher, South Of town was struck by lightning, but was brought under control • before much damage was done. • HERE'S MORE PERFECTION tween two points•(a warm class- There'd be stamp clubs and The ten -week battle of 'Crete room and a warm classroom) is writing clubs and flower-arrang- is.over. The British and Domin- a square block. frig clubs and Indian clubs. ion troops which have been fight - Time to eat. Everyone is re- In the gym, or. outdoors in ing against such over whelming laxed, refreshed, ravenous. At fine weather,, you'd find your odds; have been with drawn and present, the kids eat in shifts. most Iearned savants, strolling fifteen thousand of them have stand in long lines, sit at long like Socrates, ready to question tables like convicts, gulp their and answer those who really jelly doughnuts, jam -and -peanut wanted to learn something. butter sandwiches, and soup In designated classrooms, (often in that order), and hurtle there'd- be instruction in poker back to classes. and bridge and chess and darts and sex. There'd be no over- crowding in the cafeteria. - I guarantee. I haven't quite figured out the afternoon program yet. Person- ally, I'd send them all home at one o'clock. But their parents deserve something more than But how to overcome the that horror, after paying all overcrowding. Simple. Lunch- those taxes. We'd probably hour (and a half) would be spend the afternoon at sports, combined with Learning -Leisure drama, music, painting, sculp- 1'et'iod. Socialogists warn us ture, pure math and science. Well. If you remember, last week I was explaining how we could improve the high school system. We had thrown, out the Lord's Prayer and The Queen; not because, we are atheistic or anti -royalist, but because both are meaningless in that context Then we had the warm-up pe- riod: a half-hour of popular mu- sic, jokes, news, weather report. This wakes up the children and starts the day, not with a whim- per, but with a bang. Following this would come a solid hour of hard work. We'd switch on the television. For 45 minutes, we'd enjoy the Lesson in propaganda from Laurier La - Square, or in charm from. Wat Patson, or in mopery and gawk from some cabinet minister, or - in double -think from Lesser Person, _ or in • rheoric from John Diefendummer or in whatever the Department of Education in its ineffable in- sight had chosen for the day. After the lesson teacher and students would discuss its con- tent and - or try to retain their breakfasts. It's about 10:30 a.m. .now. Time for the Anti -Aggression se$sion, The class presidents would distribute equipment. Ev- ery student would be given a block of .wood and a mallet or two pieces of tin: For 15 min- utes, each would pound on his wood or tin until he was cleansed of aggressive, tenden- cies. Only the teacher Would be allowed to pound students, and only with a wet towel, to get rid of his aggressive urges..• . This would be followed, logi- cally, by 15 minutes of soft mu- sic robed- into the classrooms, Until everybody was completely • relaxed. Maybe even asleep. It's a 11 a.m. • Then it's• everybody, the 1400 kids and the 60 -odd teachers, out and around the block. l3risk- ly if winter; sauntering in better Weather. English teachers 'would bugle about the beauty of ne- ttri;e; 6Cieiite teachers: would pointout 'Mira atta Faittla.,(ttte' tfiVif-.bw%ty' wvaitresaes who drop4 ped odt bf Grade 11 'ladt,y`ear. Math teiteheta. '.' ould Blain, Under my. system, there'd. be an hour and a half for lunch. There'd be no more than eight et 'a table. There'd be waiters and waitresses, given this chore as a punishment, instead of a detention. Lunch would be free: a hot dish, all you could eat. gloomily that one of the great- est problems facing mankind is the use of leisure hours, when the work -week has been reduced by automation to about 20 hours. Those who weren't interested in these things would have dor- ,mitories provided,, where they could stretch out for an hour or two in order to be fresh when their favorite . TV ' programs This period would enable stu- came on at home. dents to develop a hobby. This is just a rough outline There'd be i0 snooker tables. _Aut I think, it's high time some - There'd be curling and' figure one came up with a blueprint skating in winter. There'd be that reflects our age, rather gardening in good weather. than ,the Victorian. THE HOME TEAM tied s ,akei~>itiet!s toil ititro4ti ion l`,y "Anda book „0 itiS'teiidtl6r'il." THE HURON EXPOSITOR Now Is the Time to Trade Frost Free - 2 -door-- Refrigerator. Freezer by WESTINGHOUSE New adjustable Canilever shelves — 7 -day meat kee>per 'Well, I told you it was too early in the season to go swim- ming." X FURNITURE Phone 527-0680 • Seaforth 1965 CHEV. "8" SEDAN, A.T.—E8218 1965 CHEVELLE SEDAN, Radio—E5155 1964 OLDS SEDAN, A.T., R..P.S. and P.B.—E9395 1964 CHEV. "8" SEDAN, A.T. and Radio—E9291 1962 FOU GALAXY SEDAN, A.T.—E9883 1962 CHEVY II STATION WAGON --91510X 1962 CHEV. 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