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$r In Decision Making
ostly To Taxpayers
jvery Municipal council is faced
with many _problems, the greatest of
which someti}nes is the difficulty in
making up its collective mind on a
course of action and then pressing for-
ward to a point where something is
accomplished.
In many cases of course no harm is
done. In other cases, when council pro,
castinates through succeeding months
particularly in the provision of ser-
vices, increasing costs of construction
and loss of taxes because necessary
facilities were not provided creates an
unfair penalty on existing ratepayers
of the community.
Sometimes there are reasons fpr put-
ting off a decision, for delaying the
basic planning that is necessary if a
community is to gain f1111 measure from -
available grants and is to take advan-
tage of contemplated programs with
resulting dollar savings.
In Seaforth decisions have been hang-
ing fire for many months on comple-
tion of the sanitary sewage system des-
pite the fact the OWRC is pressingfor
action and will provide the facilities
on what .amounts to a rental basis; on
preliminary engineering studies lead-
ing to the implementation of a storm
sewer system particularly that portion
involving Main Street when co-opera-
tion with the county in its development
road program can result in A substan-
tial' saving; and in the creation of a
community plan with attendant zon-
ing so that an invitation for more in-
dustry has some substance.
The cost;.of each of these programs
which inevitably must be proceeded
--with;. is greater by_far today than if
the decision had been taken as little as
a year ago. Each will be increasingly
'costly this time next year.
. The . situation in Seaforth is not
peculiar to this town as comments in
a recent issue of the Elmira Signet
indicate. The Signet has this to say :
"Time is money, as council learned
last week in clearing 'the way for the
long -talked -of installation of a storm
t
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s
drain -in the southwest section of town.
When the drain was first proposed, as
a means of preventing repitition of the
severe flooding of some years ago, the
estimated price was $90,000. Now, many
months later, the price for the same
job will be at least $104,000. We say
at least because estimates have a way
of being optimistic.
"This is not a rap at the present
council for the problem of the need for
the flood prevention facilities pre -dates
it. But it does point up the futility of
delaying the essential — and the town
has the word of its engineers that this
project is necessary — in these days
of rising costs."
Customers . Not,
Always Right
By Bill Vaughan, Editor, Kansas City
Star
The newspaper is unique among busi-
nesses. It must, as a matter of course
and of deliberate policy, believe that
the custotner is not always right.
Our customers are our readers and
our advertisers. Yet, the newspaper, if
it is to keep its self-respect;r must at
times take political stands which it
knows will offend many of its readers
and print news stories which it knows
will displease an advertiser. •
The result may be a dropped subscrip-
tion or a canceled ad, but the newspap-
er has no choice. Or, rather, it does
have a choice, but if it compromises, if
... it lets itself bu -edited by -'pressures- of -
whatever kind, then it is through, be:
cause eventually this lack of courage
and honesty will catch up with it.
Kin Hubbard, the Hoosier humorist,
had a paragraph once which should be
inscribed on the stone over the entrance
to every school of journalism.
"Tilford Moots was over to the poor
farm to see an old friend who publish-
ed h newspaper to please everybody."
Sugar . and Spice
— By Bill Smiley —
"LORD, HELP ME"
Ancient Romans used to
hrow Christians to the lions.
oclern Canadians trow lions
o the Christians. As lions are
omewhat scarce in this coun-
try, they often have to resort to
ambs. This. is known as Lay-
man's Sunday.
Last Sunday I was the sacri-
fical lamb. I preached a ser-
mon. You think those early
Christians had a toughtime
with the lions? '
Layman's Sunday is a special
day. Usually, .I look forward -to
it. It's .a chance to get into the
choir, with the other laymen,
and belt out the hymns, serene
in the knowledge that most of
the others, too, are off-key.
Normally, I. pray fairly
fluently, asking for all sorts of
ridiculous things, like a kid
writing a letter to Santa Claus.
Last Sunday, before I mounted
to the pulpit, which is 84 -'feet
high, all that would come "out,
over hnd over, was, "Lord, help
me!"
What is a layman, anyway?
The clerical definition is: "One
not in holy orders." The world-
ly definition is, "One who is
not an expert." J wa& fully
qualified. A' clear case Of the
blind leading those with 20-20
vision.
Let's have, a look at the typi-
cal layman. Usually, he's an or-
dinary soul, a bit baffled by the
trials •o$ the twentieth century':'
kids, wife, job and society.
The kids are expected to
bloom like rases, but they. inev-
itably have thorns. The wife is
supposed •to`, be a gentle, for -church alone if they'll leave me
bearing creature, a good momalone."
1
and a faithful help -mate. Too
often, she is an old harpy..
The job is supposed to be a
vocation, of which the layman
is proudbecause of his particu-
lar skills. Too often it is
fraught with terrible tensions.
Society is supposed to be a
well-oiled machine which en-
ables him to live with grace,
ease and dignity. Too often, he
finds the only way he can stand
the machine is to keep himself
well-oiled. .
Upper class,' or Grade Three
n
layme , are the types who are
ur
treas ers, elders, -fund-raisers,
sort s rt of thing. ' They don't
have to be • religious. They
merely have to raise the loot,
pay thebills, pare the expenses,
and fire the preacher when hee0
becomes intolerable. They rath-
er enjoy it.
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"YOU'RE TELLING ME CANADA'S DIVORCE LAWS ARE OUT OF DATE..?"
In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
Nov. 21, 1941
A dance was held in the
Seaforth • Armories • under the
auspices ,of the Women's Insti-
tute of Seaforth and vicinity,
when a large crowd had an en-
joyable,evening. Those in charge
of the event were Mrs. Hugh
Chesney, convener; the presid-
ent, Mrs. Gordan Papple, Mrs.
Wilfred Coleman, Mrs. L.
Strong, Mrs: Victor Lee and
Miss Olive Papple.
Sergeant W. A. G. Sterling
Habkirk was honored when he
was a guest at the home of his
brother, Mr. Scott Habkirk at
a fowl supper. ' Following • the
supper he ,was presented with
a purse, and later at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John Pullman
-he--w-as-.•-presented_.with.-.a. men
and pencil set.
And at the bottom of the
heap, striving with all his
might to remain there, and out
of sight, is the Grade() layman.
He . takes up the collection,
bumblingly, twice a year. He
falls behind with his financial
pledge. He 'crosses the street
and looks in a hardware store
window every time he sees the,
minister approaching. And he
is too stupid, or too cowardly,
to laugh heartily and ..shout,
"Don't' be ridiculous!", when
the latter ,has asked him to
preach the sermon on Layman's
Sunday.
As a Grade 0, my admiration
of the chaps on the higher
echelons is unbounded. But the
guy I really envy is the layman
of ' 2,000 -odd years ago.,
What a snap he had. He
turned up at the service with
his offering, a loaf -of bread or
ber of the community. He has some set of china fruit dishes.
'been manager of the Bank of A complimentary address was
Commerce for some years but read by James Armstrong and
has been transferred to a Tor- Miss Maggie McNaughton, and
onto branch. Mr. and Mrs. James Armstrong.
Mr. J. F. Dalyhas purchased Mr. William Chapman, of
the large store from the Buck Tuckersmith, near Brucefteld,
estate, Brantford, on Main St., has purchased the farm of Mr.
which he has been occupying .Alex McGill on the 5th conces-
for some time as a jewellery sion of Stanley. The farm con -
and garage. tains 150 acres and was pur-
As a result of terrible injuries ,chased for $5,500.
sustained when he bad his arm Mr. James Cooper of Kippen
sold recently eight ewes out of
his prize flock of Hampshires at
a handsome figure.
caught in the wheels of a grain
crusher, P. E. James of Hibbert
Townshi:. died at his gine at
Staffa. He was oiling the ma-
chine, while it was in motion
and the glove of his right hand
became caught in the cogs.
While Mr. George Hill, Chis-
elhurst was""` engaged at the
Despite the cold night and
bad state of the roads, a large
crowd 'assembled in the new
hall at Kippen, to listen to a
splendid program got up to cele-
brate the opening of the. hall.
_slaughter-_hou .a....w.itk_-a__1t21'S�. -T-he-..hall—is-a••-.larges--and--eom'--
and light wagon the animal be -
Miss Teresa McIver has been
awarded the second Carter
scholarship valued at $60.00•
F. G. Forrester, agent at the
CNR station here for the past
three years; has been transferr-
ed to Exeter. He will be suc-
ceeded here by J. T. Kaiser of
Thedford.
Mr. Ray Fisher, a Zurich farm-
er is one of the lucky sixty
farmers selected from Ontario,
who received an invitation to
go to Ottawa to attend the
bacon side display arranged . by •
the Department of Agriculture.
Mr. T. R. Patterson, County
Engineer, was in Zurich in con-
nection with the report he is
making ,providing for improve-
ment in the drainage of the
business portion of the village.
Robert: Harrison of Seaforth,
now temporarily engaged in
Legion service work at Wind-
sor, was elected commander of
District C, of the Canadian Le-
gion Branch Empire Service
League, at a district meeting in
Listowel.
T. Percy Passmore, Reeve of
Usborne Township, • was elected
Warden . of Huron County at
the November session • of the
council. He succeeds the late
James Leiper.
The many friends of Mrs.
James Beattie will sincerely re-
gret to learn that she suffered
a fractured hip in a fall at her
home.
Mr. Lours Aberhart has moved
to the cottage on Goderich St.,
East, which he purchased re-
cently from the . Broderick
Estate.
A number of the members of
the Young Peoples' Society of
First Presbyterian Church were
Down one in the hierarchy is a couple of onions, worshipped,. in Exeter attending the teach -
the Grade Two layman. He's then went home and counted
the earnest soul who gets his sheep, his daughters• and his ,ers' training course when Miss
stuck with the Scout Group or blessings. No golf, no summer Mabel Workman and Rev. Wil -
the Bible Class or chaperoning' cottage, no ski hills, no televi- liam Weir of Hensen gave the
the Young People's Dance. He's sion. Nothing to do for the rest
usually reasonably • religious. of the day but, meditate upon
But definitely not an- executive what a good layman he 'was.
type, or,he'd be Grade Three. It's .a little tougher 'today. der was successful and well pat -
Farther down is the holy But we're tougher people. Any: ronized. The prize winners were
Grade One layman. He looks on one who can stand up to televi- ladies, first, Miss Sarah Har -
the church as a slightly shabby sion commercials, the price of burn, Cromarty; second, Mrs.
service club, but is willing to beef, and the threat of. instant William Deeds, Kippen; consol-
drive some kids. to a youth con- annihilation can cope with any- ation, Mrs. Love, Hillsgreen;
ference, or -tell his wife to thing. gents first, Mr. William Hyde,
make. scalloped potatoes for the Well, we can do the chores, Hensall; second, Ed. McDougall,
laymen's supper, or serve ice- anyway. Let the rector handle Hensall; consulation, Jim Par -
cream at, the Sunday School the alkies and the infirm and kins, Hensall. The lucky stance
picnic. Apt to be a keen curler the broken homes and 'the mem- was won by MISS Beryl Pfaff
or golfer, but always cheerful. tally ill. After all, that's what and partner. Dancing was en -
His philosophy is, "I'll leave the he's paid for. And in . some joked to' music . furnished by
Murdock's Orchestra. William
Hayter was floor manager.
addresses.
The euchre and dance held.
in the town hall at Hensall,
sponsored by the Orange Or -
cases, he makes more than a
truck driver.
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came frightened by the move-
ment of some of the turkeys
and bolted with the result that
a set of scales was smashed
and the wagon badly wrecked.
Mr. William Rinn, one of the
best known farmers and horse
breeders in Hullett, bids fair
to add new laurels to his name
and' will hereafter be known
as the sheep .king of Hullett.
Peter Sullivan of McKillop re-
cently bought • a load of lambs.
The annual meeting for the
Hullett Beef ring was held at
Constance. ames Rivers of
Seaforth was appointed butcher
for the next year.
Master Carl Johnston of Var-
na had his arm broken while
cranking the car.
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From The Huron Expositor
Nov. 20, 1891
Mr. Elijah Townsend of Hul-
lett, has a lumber wagon which
has been in use for 32 years
and which is still in good re-
pair.
-Mr. Isaac Rapson of Hullett,
has purchesed the 50 acre
farm of Mr. George Christopher
of • the base line, paying the
sum of -$3,000. '
Mr. James Snell, • the well
known breeder of Hullett, met
with a heavy loss. When he
went to the stable in the morn-
ing 'he' found one of his finest
.imported breeding mares ly-
ing dead. He couldn't under-
stand what could •have caused
her death. "•
Miss Kelly, who has charge
of the second department of
.Egmondville school for the past
two years, has resigned and ac-
cepted a situation in the Blyth
school. Miss McLarty of Strat-...
ford will succeed her' in Eg-
mondville.
Mr. Henry Jackson of the
firm of C. and H. Jackson, has
starting a banking business in
the prosperous village of Bee -
ton and will go there to reside
as soon as he can dispose of his
property ie Egmondville.
Mr. Bert Johnston of the Ex-
positor office, has invented and
is having patented in Canada,
England,• France, Germany and
United States, a very ' simple,
and effective apparatus for
locking up printers' forms.
Mr. J. 1'. Brine of Harpurhey
has the honor of being the fifst•'
to come to town . with runners
this 'season.
The Patrons of Industry have
formed a lodge at • Cromarty
and nowhave a membership of ;
. over 50.
modious fram building. Mr. W.
Doig performed the duties of
chairman 'and Mr. John McMil-
lan, MP was the first speaker
and Mr. A. Bishop, MPP for
South Huron gave an account
of his recent trip to. Scotland.
Mr. G. C. Jackson of Egmond-
ville also gave a short address.
Miss Hotham of Staffa and Miss
Porterfield of Varna contribu-
ted musical numbers. Dr. Camp-
bell and Mr. McFadzen of Lon-
desboro gave readings and Wil-
liam McLeod of ' Seaforth
brought down the house with
comic song's,, •
Mr. Richard Robinson has
rented his farm in Tuckersmith
south of Egmondville to Mr.
Henry McGavin of Stanley, for
a term of five years, at an
annual rental of $300 and in ad-
dition, Mr. McGavin pays the
taxes and does the road work.
A$NTICN
FARMERS
The elevators in Hensall will be
closed all day Saturday, com-
mencing No'veinber 19, 1966, un-
til further notice.
E. L. Mickle and Sons Ltd.
Cook Bros. Milling Co., Ltd.
W. G. Thompson and Sons Ltd.
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Fresh Chicken
Legs or Breasts
Ib.
51c6
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` Instant Coffee
oz. - ■09
Size
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Colby Cheese
65c. 14 oz
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Fleishman's Quik
Corn Margarine
39c Ib.
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OVER- .
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WATCHES
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JEWELLERS
Certified Watchmakers
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Timex .... $7.95 and up
17J Swiss $14.95 and up
From The Huron Expositor The auction sale of Mr. 'An
Nov. 24, 1916 drew Govenlock was well at -
Sir Wilfred Laurier, leader tended considering the very
of the opposition, celebrated - unnaVorable weather and bad'
his 75th birthday. He is in splen- state of the roads. There Was a
did health and spirits. He has good demand for cattle, cows
been 29 years leader of the selling at from $23 to $35.
Liberal party and for 15 years Calves were also in good demand
prime minister of the Domin- and sold at from $10 to $14) '
ion. each. The whole sale amounted
A Grand Trunk engine and to about $1,100. Mr. W. G. Duffy
from Dunnville, bring track- of Seaforth wielded the hammer
men west to their homes in his usual good style.
along the line to Gode- Mr. David Rife is visiting old '.
rich, ran into a steer which was friends. and acquaintances in
lying on a railway crossing a the vicinity of Hillsgreen. He
shortdistance west of Seaforth. has been farming near Sheldon,`
The late train shoved the other North Dakota.
train ahead of it into Goderich. A large number of Varna res -
A parcel was sent out by the idents and friends of St. John's
Red Cross of Brucefield com- Church spent a sociable even -
prising one quilt, 25 pairs of ing'ab the English church par -
pyjamas and 80 pairs of socks, nonage, Bayfield. They present
Sea 6iith loses in the demed the Rev. Mr. Newton with a
ture from town of Mr. Morsohi, fur coat and the ladies present -
a popular and esteemed mein. e4 MIs. Newten with a hand-
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