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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY 28, 1966
As Others See Us
It was Robbie Burns who wrote "the
giftie gie us to see oursels as others
see us!".
A radio commentator we heard the
other morning perhaps was thinking
of the Scotish bard when he recalled
a conversation with a visitor from Eur-
ope in which the visitor indicated her
reaction to things Canadian.
—She didn't like to see women parad-
ing in public, their heads a cluster of
_curlers;
—She' found there .were to_ o many fat
women in shorts ;
—She felt too frequently Canadians
talked too much merely for the sake
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of talking;
—She was disappointed that so many
of our streets and public areas were
littered with papers and trash;
—She objected to wire coat hangers.
At the same time the visitor found
Canadians friendly and intersting, kind
and courteous.
We might hope that objective reac-
tions such as •those of our visitor,
would bring an end to the unhappy
practises.
Unfortunately, however we probably
have become so accustomed to such
sights that we have lost the power "to
see oursels as others see us".
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Farm Safety Is 52 Week Problem
National Farm Safety • Week has
been established in recognition of the
many hazards involved in farming and
of the care which is needed to avoid in-
jury and death on the farm.
The trouble, is that far too many
are aware of farm dangers during the
heat of publicity and forget all about
safety practises during the other fifty-
one weeks in the year.
'Farm accidents may be caused by
machinery or animals. However, in
most cases, mishaps result'simply from
human negligence. Despite safety pre-
cautions and regulations established
to protect farm workers, 'the human
element continues to be a major factor
in too many farm accidents:
High on the list of practises contrib- •
uting to accidents and which only the
farmer himself can prevent is that of
allowing young children to, drive trac--.
tors and other heavy farm equipment.
The Seaforth Lions .Club Safe -T -
Cap campaign which is being run in
conjunction with the International
Plowing Match, makes a valuable„ con-
tribution in one area of farm safety.
Certainly there can be no excuse for
any farmer who has not taken the pre-
caution of obtaining a Safe -T -Cap as
protection against head injuries.
Sugar and Spice
SUMMERY PROMISING
Glorious summer morning,
early. Writing this at the picnic
table, on back lawn. Feet plant-
ed wetly in dewy, three-inch
grass.
Yes the grass needs cutting.
The hedge needs trimming. The
flower -beds need weeding. The
garage is still .half -painted from
Iast summer, though the new
green is fading nicely into the
old blue. Twelve feet of my
neighbour's rotten old board
fence has fallen on my side,
crushing shrubs. The barbecue
is broken. The clothes line is
sagging. My wife is in a vile
temper for' all the above rea-
sons, And my daughter is mop-
ing because she doesn't have a
waitress's job, like all her pals.
In addition, my piles are act-
ing up, ,my buritis is trobbing,
my golf has , gone sour, and I
haven't got my snow tires off
yet.
In short, it's a typical day of
my summer holidays. It's the
difference between the beauti-
ful illusion and the sordid reali-
ty.
For the, few school teachers
who are not taking a summer
curse, or marking papers, the
two long golden months of sum-
mer - stretch ahead like a
glimpse of paradise.
And for a few, they are pret-
ty close to it. These are the un-
married ones who don't have a
home to maintain, and, have
saved all year. They simrly
close the apartment, pick up
their tickets, and head for
Utopia.
And even the rest of us make
plans. Oh how we make plans.
I did it again this year, and on
paper, it's beautiful.
Up early, stroll about 'the
ranch, pulling a 'weed here and
there, listening to the birdies,
watching the squirrels at play,
smelling the summer morn.
Breakfast. The works. Fresh
strawberries, bacon and eggs,
pot of coffee.
Then to work. Nine till noon
at the' typewriter. Lunch. Game
of golf. Take family to beach
for swim. Home Or, leisurely
drink and barbecued steak.
Quiet hour in lawn dhair ,with
book, Bed. Then, up and, it it
-again, fresh and it
' By summer's end a healthy,
clear-eyed consti'tuti'on, a book
ready for tlii publfsherf and the.
Ode looking like' something
out of a *women's magazine.
' hat a the illusion. It's about
i& nits h like the reality, as the•
"elute ti Milo Is like an orange
out it,
— By Bill Smiley —
There are several flies in the
soup. -,I won't even mention such
things as bone laziness, the heat
and 140 chores a day my wife
dreams up.
One of the big ones is the
late movie. All winter, there's
no time to watch then, ,I know.
It's stupid. You might as well
be •on junk or booze. But who
can. pass up Cagney and Coop-
er and Bogart in their prime.
Result: instead of a clear-eyed
attack on breakfast and type-
writer at nine, there's a bleary
eyed retreat from both, at elev-
en.
Second big difficulty is peo-
ple. Here's a typical day. In fact,
it happened this week. Old
friends, with children, dropped
in at 10 a.nl., on their way
through town. Stayed for lunch
natch, At 1.15, students arrive
for last-minute help with year-
book. Stayed till 3,00. At 4.00,
'had to sally forth to launching
party for new lawn umbrella,
in friend's back yard. Home at
6.30. At 8.00, twelve miles to
visit friends at beach cottage.
Yak, yak. Home at 1.30 a.m.
But I'm not really .complain-
ing. I did get up early this
morning, for the first time this
summer. The birds are singing
in the trees, and one flicker is
bathing under the sPrinkler.
The, squirrels are frolicking.
The oaks and the elms and the
maples are looking down at me
benevolently. The sun is shin-
ing The sky is blue. And my
feet are drying out.
. It beats hell out of being
dead and buried.
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"Want to hear some bird calls?"
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`-„AND 1 THOUGHT MU CHECKED THE VACATION SCHEDULE..."
In the Years
From The Huron Expositor
August 1, 1941
A large crowd attended the
annual Dublin Garden Party.
Prizes in the draw wee wen
as follows: 1st. John Moylan,
Seaforth: 2nd, Matthew Coyne,
Staffa: 3rd. Wilfred H llebreeh ,,
Mitchell: 4th, Mr. Harrigan. Si
Pauls. A rug was won by Mrs
Louis Bruxer, Dublin.
Edelweis Rebekah Lodge held
a picnic at the Lions Park, The
following persor.s wen prizes
Blanche Westcott; Pii�dl, BoyceJanie Moffatt. Shirley, :Rennet,,
Ronald Bennett, Budd'' Smith.
Mrs. Alva Westcort, Mrs. W. C.
Bennett, Miss . Sinclair, Don
Smith, Jessie Scott and Mrs.
Charles Reeves. .
ni'~. heavy rain Tuesday eve -
ng brought Slime relief from
the record heat that has devel-
oped in this district for the
past week. Sunday vv -as tate hot-
test day of the heat seige and
a temperature of 98 degrees
was recorded. A 'Mitchell youth
unable to swim got into trouble
at the Lions Pool and was pul-
led to safety by life guard.
Neville McMillan
RAFEarly arrivals at the AF
Radio School near Clinton are
rapidly ' finding their way
around . Seaforth and each day
sees more of the officers and
men taking advantage of Sea -
forth stores and Seaforth rec-
reationaI facilities.
Misses . Fergus Bell. Jean'
Wright, Helen Smith. Dorothy
Smith; Dorothy Forrister, Janet
Haudley. Beth Murdock, Jane
Murdock., Ann McClelloud and
Pat Bechely are spending two
weeks at a cottage at Bayfield. '
With thp_ mercury soaring up
to 95 at Hensall, still the Red
Cross' workers were at their
posts in the Red Cross rooms.
Miss Beryl Pfaff., president of
the W.I. reported 48 pounds of,
apple jelly were made . that
day at the home of Mrs. Fred
Beer. Assisting were Mrs. Ber-
tha Bell, Mrs. C. L. Jinks and
Miss Beryl Pfaff.
An interesting relic of the
days of long ago, when idnians
roamed through the bush that
covered present Huron towns
and townships was brought into
the Expositor office last week
by Mr. Oliver Anderson of Hul-
lett Township. It was an In-
dian axe head chipped out of
stone, perfectly shaped and
measuring 71/2 x 3 inches and
tapering to a head which mea-
sures four inees across. Mr.
Anderson turned up this inter-
esting tool while harrowing in
a field. At different times he
has found arrow heads on his
farm.
It was a happy and carefree
crowd of . around 8,000 people
that enjoyed the program, play-
ed the.games, saw the fireworks
and ate hot dogs and drank pop
at the Seaforth Lions -Club sev-
enth annual Summer Carnival'.
The final draw was for a- Shor
,horn cow' and calf won by Clay-
ton 0. Martin, of Engelhart.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kruse,
who . were recently married
were honored by friends in Eg-
mondville, Seaforth and Tuck-
ersmith, gathered in Bayfield
at the pavilion.
Two rinks of Irish trebles
from the Seaforth Lawn Bowl -
Christie, J. J. Cluff and Jack
Holtham, skip; and 'M. McKelr,
lar, W. .1. Duncan and -John
Beattie, 'skip, attended the God-
erich
od
eric1 tournament when the
Beattie rink took second prize.
Miss Alice Hudson who has
been the stenographer in the
Public Utility Commission of-
fice here, has accepted a posi-
tion in the Provincial Bank.
Mrs. Lindsay Eyre and Miss
Dorothy Swan had a shower at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lind-
say Eyre in honor of Miss Elea-
nor Snider of Brucefield. Mrs.
Walter McBeath played an in-
strumental, Miss Eva Steak-
house
tack
house gave a reading, a duet
by Nora and Verna Eyre; who
also carried the baskets of gifts'
to the bride elect.
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From The Huron Expositor
August 4, 1916
Mr: Robert Reid of Londe,».
bora, has sold his , fide farm,
-`Maple Terrace" to Mr. A!' Xei�
Ag one
lands of Harlock, at a ,fancy
figure.
Mr. Thorn Baker of Hensall,
lost one of his Ford cars by fire.
Tlee • chauffeur, Mr. Williams,
was on his way home from
Stratford and when near Kirk -
ton. fire was noticed in the
lov,•er part of the car. The ma-
chine was turned into the •ditch
and an attempt to put out the
flames was made but without
success.
The fair of
Allied Nations in
aid the Hums, held in Vic-
toria lurk on Civic Holjday was
a great success-. The weather
was ideal and all afternoon and
evening theypark. and Main St.
were literally jammed with
peopleallkin. ds.
.ears ,.
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!and vehicles of
Mrs. David MeClay and daugh-
ter, Mrs. W. H. McLean, of Kip -
pen who have been with friends'
in ,Philadelphia, have returned
home after well enjoying their
trip and still find no place like
their nice homes in Tucker -
smith.'
Little Beth Murdock, Bruce -
field. has returned home from
the Sick Children's Hospital,
in Toronto, where she has been
undergoing treatment. She is
almost completely recovered.
Mr. Murdie, clerk of McKil-
lop, has the .voter's list out for
this year. There are 721 names
on the list; of these 596 are en-
titled to vote at both parimen-
tary and municipal elections,
102 at municipal elections only
and 33 at elections to the leges-
lative assembly only.
At the regular meeting of the
McKillop Insurance Company,
Mr. John B. McLean tendered
his ..resignation as president of•
the company and it was reluc-
tantly accepted. 1 -ie filled the
office for some 20 years. Mr.
James Connolly of Goderich
was elected to fill the office of
president. Mr. James Evans of
Beechwood, as vice-president
and ' George McCartney was
made a director to fill the va-
cancy in the board caused by
the resignation of Mr. McLean.
The dry spell was broken at
Constance when a very heavy
electric storm. passed over the
vicinity. A number of buildings
were struck by lightning, in-
cluding the •school house, the
flag pole, and belfry being
splintered. Mrs. Keegan's house
was also struck. Mr. Carter's
'barn on the second concession
was also hit.
Messrs. Cook Bros. of Hen-
sall, received a carload of auto-
mobiles during the past week
and have since made the fol-
lowing sales: Jack Johnston and
Milne Rennie of Hensall, Alex
Mousseau and George Schrae-
der of Zurich, Robert McInnes
of Exeter. McInnes and Rennie
both bought Studebackers.
Seldom has such an abundant
crop of hay been taken off un-
der Such forsaken conditions as
this year in the vicinity of
Cromarty. Rain is badly- needed
now.
The news is still good from
the scene of war. Since the Brit-
ish smashed the ,German--third-
line of defence things have been
moving more slowly. On the -eas-
tern
as-tern front the news is just as
good. The German .line under
Von Hindenburg, has been'
smashed in a distance of 12
miles on a thirty mile front. ' .
Hyrdo power was off for part.
of Monday and most of Tues-
day at Seaforth which, caused
a good deal of inconvenience to
local users. A break at Niagara
was given as the cause.
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From The Huron Expositor
July 31, 1891 •
The first new wheat for this
season delivered at the Ogilvie
and Co. Mills in, this tovrp was
brought in by Mr. Joseph Hu -
gill of McKillop and townline
I1ullett Townships, Mr. James
Broadfoot of the Mill Road,
Tuekensmith, also sent the Ex-
positor three saniples of good
wheat.
Mr. Crawford of the Huron
Football club and teacher in the
Messrs. Alvin Surerus and Al'
vitt Geiger of Zurich have left
•for ,Toronto where they intend
Witting in the • signal corps,
Seaforth Collegiate Institute was
offered a place on the Canadian
Football team who are going
to England this tall, but had to
decline on account of his school
duties.
The first championship la-
crosse match of the season was
played in this town between tie
Brantford and Seaforth senior
clubs. There were some '800 or
900 spectators ' on the grounds
and the utmost excitment pre-
vailed during the. match, The
game ended in a score of 4-2,
in favor of Brantford.
Mr. -Henry. Lippert of Zurich
has fall wheat out of one head
of which he counted' 86 kernels,
all of which were. very plump.
During the absence of Mr..
John Staples and family of Kin -
burn, their residence received a
visit from tramps. They proceed-
ed • to the cellar and their object
wasa good square ,meal and
judging by the amount they de -
SEAPORTH– .A big change has taken place, in the Toronto
headquarters operation of Canadian Tire Corporation Limited
according to William V. Smith, who owns and operates a Cana-
dian Tire Associate Store on Main Street,
Mr: A. J. Bflles•, (right) who began the business in 1922
with his late' l%rpther..J. W. Gilles, has chosen to step ddwn as
President and Director,
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The .new management team; according to Mr. Smith, now
maseuming administrative responsibility for the 44 year old cor-
poration, is one of the youngest to be found in any major Can-
aCeen company today. The new President is J. Dean Muncaster,
B.A., M.B.A., 32, (centre) and his new Vice -President is Richard
J. Hobbs, B.A., M.S., 35, (left). Returning to the corporation after
a number of years absence is. Alex E. Barron, well-known Toronto
financial executive, as Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Billes, who is well known personally to Canadian Tire
franchise dealers, and was its chief executive officer for the past
10 years, will remain in the' business. While giving up adminis-
trative responsibilities, including his seat on the Boards Mr. Billes
will continue to be active in merchandising and personnell, two
areas in which he has always been personally interested. In s
planning this move, he considers it "more like graduation than
retirement".
Canadian Tire's new President, Dean Muncaster, was form-
erly Vice-Presiddnt and Director. He comes from Sudbury, On-,
tario, where his father operated a highly successful Canadian
Tire Associate store for many years. There he got his first busi-
ness experience as ee$15-a-week stock boy, Also, at 18, he got
his first chance at nhanagement when his father left him in charge
of the family store and 40 employees for one long summer month.
Mr. Muncaster gained his Honours B.A. at the School of.
Business Administration, University of Western Ontario in 1956
and his M.S.A., at Northwestern University, Chicago in 1957. He
joined Canadian Tire in 1957 as Financial and Operational An-
alyst, became a Director in 1960, and Vice -President in 1961. Dur-
ing an interval of three years from 1968 - 1963 he managed his '
father's store in Sudbury, commuting back and forth from Can-
adian Tire's Toronto headquarters.
"Rich" Hobbs has also had first hand associate store ex-
voured they undoubtetly did, perience, having managed or owned Canadian Tire stores in
have one. 'three Ontario communities, Sault Ste. Marie, Orangeville and
,Hamilton. He was invited to join the head office • staff of Can-
adian Tire in May last year. Mr. Hobbs, obtained his B.A. in
Honours Business Administration at University of Western On-
tario and M.S. in Marketing at Columbia University.
A little boy belonging to Mr.
Peter McKay of the 10th conces-
sion of Tuckersmith fell front.
the door step and -broke his col-
lar bone.
Alex Stewart is demolishing'
another of the old Huron tract
landmarks. He is pulling down
the house and, shoe shop of /4.
David McCullock in Harpurhey.
It is over 40 years since it was
erected and the timbers and
sheeting are still as sound and
solid as the day they were put
in.
The At Home in the Frgmond-
vile Presbyterian 'Church un-
der the auspices of the Ladies'
Aid Society was a very pleasant
and successful affair.
The families of T. 0. Kemp
and M. Y. McLean went to Bay-
field this week where they will
live and rest for a month.
A championship game of cro-
quet' has been arranged be-
tween R. J. Ward and John Wan-
less of Varna. Both are experts
and we expect a close and inter-
esting game.
The Company's new executive will manage an organization
which has grown rapidly in the last ten years and now has 224
Associate Stores throughout Eastern Canada.
• - Mr. Muncaster, an executive with a crewcut and an earnest
manner said 'his election to the presidency illustrates Canadian
Tire's commitment to a youthful and aggresive management,
He sees his task as making profitable use of the resources that
have been created over the years by the founders. He intends
to broaden the line of products offered by the chain of, Canadian
Tire Associate stores which stretch from' Ontario to the Mari-
times. Plans are being made to enlarge several existing stores
and to open new eines in the Montreal area. (Adv.). -
THE" HURON '• EXPOSITOR
SEAFORTH
WE. ARE BUYING
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OATS
at highest prices
We will be also buying
WHITEBEA
NS
and
CORN
when .harvest begins
n the meantime we wish
SASE .FARMIN-G
to all our customers
W. G. THOMPSON
& 50N Limited
Phone 262.2527
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