The Huron Expositor, 1966-08-04, Page 2ZI
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 4, 1966
There's A Visitor In Our Midst
This season of the year when travel
is at a peak and every day brings new
visitors to town, a recent comment in
the Delhi -News -Record is of particu-
lar interest.
"Don't look now but there's a
visitor in your midst !" the News -Re-
cord said and continued in these words :
"He drove quietly down the main
street, parked and carried his bag into
the corner restaurant. He bought a
newspaper and scanned it as he enjoy-
ed a cup of coffee, then booked into
the hotel, made a few phone calls, vis-
ited'. several offices, met three friends
for dinner, then back to the hotel and
turned in.
"Next day, breakfast, paid his ho-
tel bill, bought gasoline, remembered a
present for his wife, also a new shirt
he 'needed, climbed back into his car
and drove quietly out of town."
"Interesting character? Who was
he? Where did he come, from? And•
what did he think when he left?
"He was a visitor in your municipal-
ity — andcame for a thousand rea-
sons. He was a friend from a neigh-
bouring Municipality, invited for din-
ner, a casual Sunday driver, a Service
club member on an interclub visit, a
salesman making calls, a labourer, rep-
resentative planning a convention, an
executive seeking a factory site, a tour-
ist on vacation.
He was a visitor in your municipali-
ty — a man away from .home symbolic
of the thousands of persons constantly
travelling by car, by bus, by train, by
air — one little portion of the gigantic -
visitor industry which affects every
farmer, (food), gas station, hot-dog
stand, motel, corner store in every
community in this country. He was
part of the third largest dollar volume
industry in the land — the visitor indus-
try — a business that never stops."
"And what did he think when he
left?"
"Well, that depends. How did you
treat him. This guest in your home —
municipality."
"The blonde 'smiled and welcomed
him when she served him his coffee.
And the coffee was good. The hotel
clerk was friendly and talked proudly
o his town. The room was clean. The
bed was comfortable. His dinner was
excellent (just like home). The clerk,
in the store suggested several presents
for his wife. And he paid the same
price for his shirt as if he had been a
resident — and they knew he was from
out-of-town because they asked._
"He looked forward. to coming back
"In fact, he felt very much at home !"
"But we are a rural community, you
' say. We have nothing to attract visit-
ors. Why should we bother?"
"This seasonal holiday- boom admit-
tedly goes to those centres which have
attractions, lakes, rivers, parks, mus
eums and so on. But it is only part of
the overall visitor industry."
"Just as many people travel for rea-
sons other than holiday enjoyment. And
these travellers do come to your muni-
cipality."
"They all have one thing in common
— they appreciate friendly courteous
attention and 'good value for the mon-
ey they leave behind."
"Take a look around your commun-
ity. Visualize it as your home. Would
you be proud to welcome a guest? Do
the streets look clean? Are there ade-
quate signs to direct the strangers?
Are people friendly?"
"Acknowledgement of individual re-
sponsibility is a prime factor in assur-
ing what the visitor feels as he drives
out of town. This is important business
to you and the entire economy of your
municipality."
CANADA'S CENTURY
A news 'background special on
the Centennial of Confederation
They Didn't
Want Farms
In Canada
(Ninth Of A Series)
By WALT McDAYTER
Canada was not an easy gar-
den fol' agriculture to grow in.
Today Canada is one of the
leading agricultural nations, ex -
potting more wheat, for exam-
ple, than any other country in
the• world. There are 435,000
farms, giving home and employ-
ment to almost 2 million people.
Yet it is an irony of history
that our two founding mother-
lands, England and France,
initially did everything possible
to discourage agricultural de-
velopment.
In the 17th century, France
sent people to Canada to trade
or trap for furs, and not to este-
blish farms. Furs came from
forests, and since farms meant
chopping down forests, agricul-
ture was considered a waste of
Canada's .resources.
Similarly, English settlers on
our Atlantic coast were ordered
to keep their minds on fishing,
not farming. There were richer
harvests in the sea, they were
told, than in the soil.
• Louis Hebert was Canada's
first . farmer. In 1617 he grew- a
few vegetables in his sriiall gar-
den just,outside°Quebec. Despite
protests from, French authori-
ties, other colonists followed his
example, and soon they were
successfully raising grain, vege-
tables and livestock.
Horse -raising was particularly
'popular, and by 1660 there were
so many horses in Montreal that
officials restricted their nruriber
by law. It seems settlers were
getting toe fat and lazy . . mid
unfit !`or military sertviee!
My the early 18th century) to:
baeco-raising was thriving in
rite' France. , .mitt! priests or -
tiered plir1shtone .4 to'' switeh to
ti ear crbpSI bee:attar tobdCeo
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Canada's first farmer was Louis Hebert, who in 1617 patient-
ly plowed the rocky soil of his little garden just outside Samuel
de . Champlain's struggling colony of Quebec.
was not subject to Church tithes..-
Acadians in Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward Island were also
developing thriving farmlands
but this came to an end when
England expelled the French-
speaking settlers in 1755.
Further west, Rupert's Land
was governed by Hudson's Bay
Co., and fur traders rested
settlement. In the last half of
the 19th century, when miSsion-
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In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
• Aug. 8, 1941
Miss Janet M. Smith, North
Plymton, entertained recently
in honor of Joseph Gibson's
88th birthday. He has been
spending a month, here. ,
Krauskopf Bros. at Dublin,
have the contract for purchas-
ing cpcumbers in this district.
They have leased the barn of
George E. Holland on Ann St.,
and Albert Rock has been ap-
pointed manager.
The crocheted table cloth
donated by Mrs. Whyard to the
Canadian Legion has been won
by Teresa Lynch of McKillop.
Lieut. W. G. White, Essex
Tank Regiment, who has been
stationed athatham Training
Centre, as instructor has been
promoted„to the rank of Cap-
tain.
Miss Ruth Shinen has been ap-
pointed stenographer in the of-
fice of the Public Utility Com-
mission.
Nearly 200 members and
friend's. of Thames Road United
Church had their annual picnic
at the Lions Park on Thursday
ary Father Albert Lacombe
built a little bridge over a
stream, fur traders demanded
he tear it down Since It made
the prairies look "too settled."
Earlier, in 1811 when Lord
Selkirk founded a farm colony
at Red River, fur traders of the
North West Co. swore to del
troy it. 111'1815 they sucr eel. dd,
bribing some settlers td leave,
chasing the remaining out by
forte. But others rehirned.
TW_ - Years later, ' when Canada
�111� evolved from a fur to a timber
r�
economy, agriculture continued
Wife discouraged. With 7ia1y a
Waited population and a 'Vide
market fpr our timber', settlers
found it more profitable tr1chop
downy trees than to plant Seeds.
Despite all this, farmers plowed
ahead, and even hi the face of
this opposition, farming was
soon flourishing!
But Canada did not become an
Kingston Battery:
Mr. J. L. Yuill, formerly or-
ganist of First Presbyterian
Church, but now of the army
medical • corps, Toronto, is ex-
pected here this week and will
sing in the Presbyterian Church
next Sunday.
The heavy .shower of rain on
Monday night was a welcome
one to the farmers. It has laid
the dust and cleared the air.
Mr. James Dick of the Dick
House, was recently presented
with the largest egg by one of
his hens, that we have ever
seen. It measures 92" by 71/2".
Within the outer' shell was a
second egg as perfect as the
first one and with a single yolk
within the shell. The inside egg
being about as big as a bantam's
'egg.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
Aug. 7, 1891.
Tyndall brothers have rented
260 acres -belonging to Mr. D.
Shanahan on the 2nd concession
of Hallett.
One day last week while Geo -
afternoon. The church is one rge Platzer of Hullett was cut- 1,
of the many groups throughout ting wheat, his 4 -Year-old daugh-
the district who during the past ter wandered out to the field
few days have taken advantage and went to sleep in the grain.
of the facilities at the Lions The father, not noticing .the
little one, the guards of the'
machine caught the child's arm
and nearly severed it .from the
body. Drs. Milne and Young
were called and it was found
necessary to amputate the arm
above the 'elbow.
Mr. Henry Stabus, head saw-
yer in Mr. Samuel Rennie's
saw mill at Hensall, has just re-
ceived a full equipment of new
uniform as lance corporal in
volunteer company No.. 8, and
will attend the annual drill with
.the Exeter company. He is the"
making of a good soldier.
The following candidates who •
wrote . at Seaforth., on the en-
trance examination and who
were recommended by the ex-
aminers have been passed by
the department: J. Bulzo; Wm.
M: Dodds; A. Smith; W. Soole;
Wm. Elliott; I. M. Duncan; M.
McEwen; D. Reinke; M. Rich-
mond.
Rev. A. D. McDonald, . Mrs.
McDonald, and Miss Allie Mc-
Donald, left on Monday for Port
Huron where. they' intend tak-
ing • the Detroit boat for Mar-
quette, Michigan, where they
will spend a month's holiday.
Mr. Thomas Brown has sold'
forty harvesters this season. .
The 'church used at present
by the Methodist's at Drysdale,
is being repaired. It has been
ppainted on the outside and
whitened on the inside.. A mod-
ern desk replaces the old pul-
pit. A new fence was raised on
the Sauble line and boundary
by Messrs. Drysdale and Wil-
liam Stevens.
One evening last week as a
has completed a successful
course in bookkeeping at the
business college there and was
awarded a diploma for profic-
iency.
While practing at football,
Wm.. Sinipson of Brucefield, one
of the Rovers, was accidentally
tripped. He fell and broke his
collar bone.
The ladies of the Seaforth
Golf and Country Club enter-
tained the Mitchell ladies for
golf and bridge on Wednesday.
The golf prize for low score,
went to Mrs. F. S. Sills.
Damage that may run as high
as. $10,000- was - caused . late
Thursday afternoon when the
large barn, driving "shed and
residence of Joseph Ryan,south
west of Dublin, was destroyed
by fire.
Miss Rdse Feeney has entered
Well's Academy, London, as a
student for a course on compto-
meter and typewriter.
Fire removed an Egmondville
land mark Thursday morning
when' the frame building, in the
early days of the village, occu-
pied by the late Joseph McGee
as a store and residence, was
completely destroyed, • The
building until recently occupied
by Gordon Cook, was being ren-
ovated for Mr. Luke Nigh, who
intended to move in shortly.
The house is owned by the es-
tate of the late Mrs. John
Sproat.
Lorne Harmer of Fullarton
was injured on Monday after-
noon when his hand was drawn
into the large circular saw. His
hand was badly lacerated and
it was necessary to amputate
the thumb and little finger at
Stratford Hospital.
* * *
From The' Huron Expositor
Aug. 11, 1916
Mr. T. Neelands, who has been
the editor and. publisher of the party of invited guests from
Hensall Observer for the past Seaforth, Hibbert and McKillop
21 years .has sold out the paper were enjoying them selves at
to Mr. Hugh Buchanan, son of the residence of James McCon-
Mr. William Buchanan of Hen nell of Tuckersmith, some mis-
sall. chievous person or persons se -
Mr. R. D. Bell of Hensall, had curely fastened' the road gate
the misfortune lately to again with wire and chains and when
lose a valuable prize winning . the party was dispersing. they
brood mare, being the second were obliged to remain in the
within a short time. lane .]until they, secured an axe.
Mr. Owen Geiger of ,.Hensall Mr. n. F. Snell has just re -
has a large force of hands pul- turned from Stratford' where he
ling flax. Among them are a
number from the Muncey and
other Indian districts.
Miss Norma Jeffrey left_ on
Monday for Mfdland, where she
will join Miss Wetherell and
they will take a trip up the
I
a es.
Mr. John Consitt'of Hillsgreen
has purchased the residence oh
John St., owned by Mr. Tliornas
Bickell.
Mr. McClannighan of Swift
Current, shipped a fine load of
heavy hbrses from tovvti on IVIdn-
day last. This is the fourth Mad
he has taken west this summer,
all being disposed' of about,
Moose Jaw and Swift Current.
Four rinks of 'bowlers are in
Exeter this week taking part in
a tournament there. The skips
were Dr. Burrows, J. C. Greig,
agricultural giant until after W. Ament, W. G. Willis and J.
1867, when. it achieved nation- M. Best.
hood. It was after this date that Major R. S. Hays and Capt.
'f s ; • Canada bought Rupert'$ Land, W. J. Neaman of Exeter, offi
"-";t; and it was the acquisitionof the eers in the 161st Huron Battal-
Guaranteed to rile early fur'
traders was the sight' of even
the, smallest .farm 'being hewn
ant Of dib' forest tvildeftiedtr�
Prairies that made it possible ion, who have been attend ng
the school of infantry at ''Lon;
for Canada to become the great don, have qualified as field of -
breadbasket of the world that it fieers.
is today. Mr. N. Miller, a former teach,
Tette fer"tet'eg'ram News. servree er in the Seaforth Collegiate 111'
CLIP AND SAVE stitute, hoe enlisted •w th the
LosT Putsn)
"It's little and round and
white all over."
Sugar and Spic
By Bill
SURPRISE! ON RETURN
There's nothing more 'pleasant
than, getting back to your own
home after a holiday. Unless, of
course, you've been spending a
month in a posh resort, and
your own home is that unpaint-
ed two -room shack behind the
town dump.
This week, we were looking
forward to it more than ever.
,it had been hotter •than Hades,
and our house, surrounded .by
oaks and maples, is always cool.
It ,had been a long drive, and
we were tired'. And while we
were away, with the co-opera-
tion of our friendly banker we'd
had the trim painted.
When we pulled off the high-
way and headed down our own
street, we were practically pur-
ring with 'anticipation. A long,
cold drink under the oaks. A lie -
surely inspection . of the paint
job. A. quiet evening of idiot
box or reading. Luverly.
As we drely up 'to the house,
my wife squealed with delight.
It looked splendid, with the
shutters and trim whiter than
white against the rosy brick and
deep -green ivy. I agreed but
couldn't help noticing that the
grass was shin -high, and that an
oak branch, thicker than a
man's head and thirtyieet long,
had been blown down and strad-
dled' the fence, or what was left
of it.'
However, after three hours of
dodging suicidal maniacs on the
highway, all I wanted to do was
fall into a chair and nuzzle a
cold one.
S
Sn i ey �...,..
mail inside the 'front door. She
pawed through it, Jooking :for 'a
letter from her first-born, S,he
found it. As I staggered upstairs
with the suit-cases2 .she,ashouted
excerpts from the letter, inter-
spersed with comments on the
horrible smell.
I came down and headed for
the refrigerator. Wiped any fore-
head, licked my lips and opened
the door. Even with my three
per cent, .I was knocked flat on
my back on the.'.floof . "I ,;hadn't
smelled anything like it since
the fields of Nor'rnandy, 1044.,
Pure putrefaction,
Two inches of blood on the
bottom of the fridge. Streamers
of what looked like coagulated
intestines hanging from the
shelves. 1 -opened the freezing
compartment.
Six steaks, bought when they
were on• special. at '89: cents. A
fiye,pound roast. A two -pound
bag of• chicken livers: Hamburg;
pork chops, frozen vegetables
and .oratige juice from `• burst
cans, All clinging together in, a
soggy, stinking corpse:
I'd' prefer to draw a veil over
the next few hours of domestic
discord'. But I'll give just the
skeleton. Half an hourof bawl-
ing ,and mutual recriminations
disclosed that we were both to
blame. -She had decided to de-
frost the fridge the day we left,
ten days before. I had, insisted
we didn't have time. Finally, she
had agreed. But she turned off
the freezing unit and forgot
toturn it on again in the conful.
sion of getting ,ready to go.
A trip to the town dump with
two garbage cans and 400 flies.
Two hours of scrubbing the
thing out with soda, vinegar and
good salt tears. Net result, zero.
All doors and windows open all
night but it was still like sleep-
ing in a slaughter -house.
Call next day to friendly in-
surance agent. No diee. We wer-
en't covered for stupidity. Visit
to friendly appliance dealer
whose eyes lit up even as his
head wagged dolefully. "You'll
never get rid of the smell."
Dealer related various horror
stories from past experience.
Net loss: fridge, $300; food,
$50: 'flus our planned trip to the
coast.
Oh, well. We couldn!t afford
that.trip anyway. But we'drprob-
ably have gone. Now; we really
can't afford it. So look at the
money we've saved. Or some-
. thing.
• As soon as I opened the door,
my wife shrilled, "Bill, there's
a terrible smell in here."
"Nonsence!" My standard re-
ply. For one thing, my wife has
a nose like 'a bloodhound. This
faculty is. allied with a vivid im-
agination. She frequently smells
smells that I swear are non-exis-
tent. She has even said my col-
umn stinks, , on occasion. Ima-
gine.
But this time, "Dad she's
right," Kim. ..backed her up,
"Yich. It's' horrible. And look at
the flieki, everywhere, Yich!"
"All right, all right," I sighed,
as only a father and husband
can sigh. "Don't get excited. It's
probably . just dampness from
the cellar, because the house
has been closed':" '
The old lady was -distracted
for a moment by the pile of
1 IRREGULARS
so%off l
'Why 'should 1 yell fors when 1'0 five?''
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Going Out of Business
1O% Gif On Al Orders 'Over.
$5OO
Everything must be sold. Strictly cash!
All accounts must be paid. by: August
15, 1966
Fresh and cured meat and locker
service .Will be continued by Mr.
Franc Stroop.
Sincerly thanking you for your con-
tinued patronage.
ORVAL COOPER