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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 6, 1967
Minor Hockey Pays Dividends
While. Seaforth Beavers continue
their climb to provincial hockey honors,
in what the entire district hopes will
be a successful effort to repeat their
championship feat of the,past two sea-
sons, other local hockey activity has
come to a standstill as schedules run
out and area finals are played.
It has been a busy season with.prob-
ably more than three hundred Seaforth
boys of various ages, from those barely
able to skate size to teenagers, engaged
in organized schedules.
For many years, the Legion has as-
sumed responsibility -for the beginners
and carries on the Saturday morning
program that had its beginning more
than. thirty years. ago with the Duncan
Cup Series. Out of this program come
the hockey players that, as they .grow
in age and experience, gain places on
themidgets; the 'juveniles and later the
Beavers.
.All this hockey organization costs.
money how much most of those en-
jbying its benefits as well ‘as many par-
epts have' little conception and too
frequently care less.
In addition there is the cost in time
which those dedicated people who man-
age, coach and organize the teams, con-
' tribute each year and -which, on balance,
makes the whole program possible.
The Legion, of course, underwrites
the cost of the beginners program and
there are individuals and organizations
such as Teen Twenty, who are generous
in their assistance at most levels. The
arena commission, too, co-operates in
providing facilities.
But despite this co-operative assis-
tance there remains a gap between in-
come and expenses especially at the
juvenile level. Perhaps because it is
felt, the games produce . some revenue
the juvenile organization benefits to.
little, if any extent from the assistance
Todays
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which flows to other and more junior
levels. The truth, of course, is that ad-
missions frequently do not ever} pay for
referees.
The volunteers in charge, in an ef-
fort to continue to provide hockey for
this particular age 'group, in recent
years have encouraged players to sell
booster tickets at one dollar each. But
even this presents problems because
some players find more difficulty, or
are less concerned in selling' tickets,
than others.
All this raises the question of wheth-
er a portion, at least, of the cost of fin-
ancing the Seaforth minor hockey pro-
gram might better be met by each boy,
taking part in the program being re-
quired to take out a membership. At
perhaps a dollar or two dollars, with
discounts where more than one in a
family is involved, the fee; would work
or
hardship on any bey or on
little
n lefam to if a problem did exist in a
Y Y• P a
particular case there would be *no dif-
ficulty in obtaining assistance in un-
derwriting the, cost of certain member-
ships
emberships if, in the opinion of those respon-
sible, such assistance was necessary or
desirable.
The only alternative would be munic-
ipal assistance and while some assis-
tance may be forthcoming should a .rec-
reational council get undlrr way,' it
could •not be expected that it would be
in an amount to cover all costs.
What is important is that every boy
who has any interest in and wants to
play hockey has the opportunity to do
so regardless of his financial circum-
stances. At the same time it is equally
important that those enjoying the bene-
fits . of the program, as well as their
parents, are made aware of what,.i's
involved, dollar wise, in making it pos-
sible and are given the opportunity of
participating.
Dandies are not ' New
(Stratford ' Beacon -Herald) -
A kind word—of a. kind—hasbeen.
uttered in behalf of today's young far-
out dalndies by an eminent historian.,
The current crop of long-haired
pinch -pant, fancy -shirt, sweet-smelling
gay blades, he avers, are relatively
tame models of a tradition of aggresive
masculinity that goes back 500 years.
Ever since the Renaissance, .say
Cambridge University Prof. J. H.
Plumb,. elaborately attired young fops
have -been fighting, carousing and tom-
catting through youth. ' .
"Give young men money", he obser-
ves, "and sooner or later they will
dress like peacocks and behave like
goats."
And then comes the kind word.
TO THE EDITOR,
Sun Shines as Hammond Family
Prepares for Another Move
"Our own long-haired youths are far
less violent, murderous and intolerable
than their historic counterparts," says
Prof. Plumb. '
Having offered this guarded
ment the professor. concludes in a
ticle in Horizon magazine that the
rent wave of exhibitionistic' dress and
flamboyant behaviour is not a problem -
of today's society, but of humanity—
"made worse because we'ate richer and
more numerous today."
He then suggests:
"If mothers and fathers knew more
about their sons' predecessors; perhaps
they would be less excited about: the
hair and more preoccupied with the
deeper; problems of the yotiirig male—'
particularlyy of the affluent adolescent
in a, permissive society."
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' Father Hennepin at Niagara Falls, 1678.
Cartier and Champlain had heard of the.water-
fall from Indians and had no concept • of its
size, Brule probably came within a few miles
but evidently never saw it. Hennepin. was
probably. the first white man to observe
Niagara Falls and was the first to publish, a
full and accurate account of it. The sketch
of the falls is based gip one he made in 1678
and later published `when he returned •to
Elirope. He described it as. a "vast and prodi-
gious cadence of water which falls down after
a surprising and astonishing manner, inso-
much that the niverse. does not afford its
Parallel ... This wonderful waterfall is coin.
pounded of two great cross -streams of water,
and two falls, with an isle 'sloping along, the
middle of it. The waters which fall from this
vast height, do foam and boil after the most
hideous••°manner imaginable, making an out-
rageous noise, more terrible than. that of
thunder ..." •
Although Hennepin's sketch was out of
proportion, its general features were accurate
and it shows that dramatic changes have tak-
en place in the shape of the falls ,since then.
The crossfall at the right, in front of the
western end of the Horseshoe Fall, spduted
from Table Rock, which split off and crumbl-
ed in 1850. The horseshoe brink has gradually
eroded and the course of the river changed
since Hennepin's day.
Hennepin was a Belgian -born Franciscan
friar. He is shown wearing a hooded robe with
a knotted cord around his waist. The rules•of
his order required sandals on bare feet, but
in the wilderness he worse moccasins. Louis
Hennepin was stationed at Fbrt Frontenac,
travelled, Quebec and Ontario as a missionatty
to the fur traders, then viewed the falls after
joining an expedition of Sieur de la Sage, the
great French explorer of the Mississippi 'val-
ley. Hennepin was captured by the Sioux
while. exploring in Minnesota. Eventually he
was rescued by the Sieur de Luth, leader of
a French errpedition into Sioux -country. Hen-
nepin made his way back through the Jesuit
Mackinac mission on Lake Huron; Fort Fron-
tenac, and Quebec to Europe, where he wrote
a series of popular and boastful books about
his adventures in the New World. These ac-
counts later revealed him to be an extreme
egotist and exaggerator, who tried to gain
for•himself much of the credit for La Salle's
explorations.
(This picture. is. one of a.- series which
readers may wish to clip and save.) .
In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor T. E. Hays, was reported mis- donated to the Red Cross
April 10, 1942 . sing after the memorable Ypres
The recent draw sponsored by ' engagement ori June 1st, but on * * *
the Seaforth Fire Brigade, :re- March 21st, an official message
stilted in the brigade present- from the war office announced
ing $129.25 to the British Fire his death. '
Fighters Fund. • A large shipment of Hydro
Perfect ° spring weather at- equipment has arrived in, Zur-
tracted •-an unusually large Mich.
crowd to the annual stock show Maple syrup making is the
of the South Huron Agricultur- order of the day,and is report -
al Society in Hensell. ed to be a good year. Mr. V.
Seaforth merchants, members M. Diable, the . "Syrup King"
of the Chamber of Commerce, at has made over -100 gallons •of
a largely attended meeting, the precious stuff.
Fund-.
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UNIFICATION: PART THREE
,Remember? It's 1987 and
we have, liniforee, alais the
Canadian Maras, 100,000 strong,
pure bone and gristle, master-
minded' by jut -jawed Joe Gari-
baldi, Minister of National De-
fence. •
The Yanks are all upset be-
cense he is dickering with the
Chinese, a couple of waiters
from the. Nanking restaurant.
It's obviousy„-a second Cuba in
the making.
De gets a call from the
W ite House. He . states his
terms, and hangs up. He knows
his man. LSD, president of the
IZ,S. of A., is a tough cookie.
He .came up through the
unions,. like Joe, but owes his
position to the hugewealth of
his wife, Mary Warnfr, of the
hideously rich, Boston Warners.
Twenty minutes later, Joe's
phone rings. It's LSD himself.
"Now, look, Joe.. Wee'don't want
trouble. We paid eight million
for Alaska and I think five
million for' the Louisiana Pur-
chase thing,' Yeah, yeah, we
know there's inflation_ How
about a straight eight billion,
after taxes? You want ten?
Don't be ridiculous. We won't
go a nickel past nine. After all,
we own most of the country
anyway. A • deal? Right. Take
over,"
It wasn't quite that simple,
of course. Joe had • to call a
meeting of the War Council.
This group had supplanted. the
Cabinet, which was relegated
to such tasks as studying the
Immediate Housing Bill, intro-.
duced in 1968, and the Old Age
Unemployment Act, • prepared.
in 1969. .
But it didn't take long. 'Joe
had hand-picked his senior of-
ficers. Marshall-Adiniral Louis
Latour had wanted to be King
Louis the First of New Canada
the 'Second. After . Joe had ex-
plained how awkward this
would be, Louis settled for' the
liquor ,concession at. all -mar-
tyrs' shrines in. the country.
The others went along. Colo-
nel -Commodore Nils _,Jorg.e'nson
of Winnipeg balked a little at
getting no more than the re-
maining mineral ,rights of the
Prairie Provinces, but finally
acceded(, grumbling,_ The rest
accepted what they got: The
fishing rights in Hudson Bay,
the Rocky' Mountains, or what
ever.
It\.was. beautifully, planned,
perfectly timed. At noon—on
July lst, our national holiday,
the Cobras struck. Flying
squads took over all communi-
cations media, without a drop
of bland being
Nearly everybody was poop-
ed after the lone, hot holiday,
Se that pnly a few heard Mar-
shall -Admiral Latour announce,
on the 11 p,m, news. that Uni-
force had unearthed and pfomp-
tly squashed' a Communist plot
to take over the country.
Next day the full story came
out. in all media. and the Hon-
orable Joe was lauded for the
speed and decision with which
he had handled, the emergency.
There wasn't an iota of re-
sistance. Parliament was on
holidays. The Prime Minister
was ill and in seclusion. The
universities were closed, so
there were no students' pro-
tests. The Mounties and militia
had long since been' disbanded •
as needless expense.
Everything was perfectly
calm. Business as usual. Most
Canadians were starting their
holidays.
A few noticed 'that there
were a lot pf new radio and TV
announcers and newspaper col-
unl'ists, but they figured the
new guys were just vacation
renlacements.
Then the good news started
coming. Corporation, income
and sales taxes were all to be
reduced. Farm •subsidies were
to be lowered. Free housing for
everybody making less than
$5.0''00.
I guess I don't have to tell
yotl the rest. Popular move-
ment demanding' a republic and
"Joe for President." .Toe's sin-
cere statement that he had. no
ambition except to serve the
Canadian people, through the.
democratic process. Big conven-
tion. Only stipulation for dele-
gates was that they— be mem-
bers of Uniforce. Joe elected
unanimously. You had to hand
it to him. From President of
the._Destruction Workers'._.Uninn.._.
to President of the, great Re-
public of Canada in a few short
years.
That's all. Ah, a few people
disappeared quietly here and
"there, but that was because of
the new Relocation Act. ,
•
From The Huron Expositor
April. 8, 1892 •
Mr. James Aikens of the 3rd
concession of . Hullett, has an•
ewe which this spring -gave birth
to four lambs.
The three Crawford boys of
Londesbore, -cut, split and piled
251/2 cords• of hard, wood in 25
hours, in the bush of William
Southcombe, This is very good
agreed to ask the town council The big snow storm of Good work.
to issue a proclamation cover- Friday has given spring a bad ° The hostler at the Queen's
ing Wednesday afternoon half black eye, and the farmers are Hotel in this town was surpris-
holidays, from May to October at a standstill waiting for fav- - ed and horrified' on entering
inclusive. 'All agreed to accept orable weather so they can get the 'stable to find a man lying
a six month period.'on 'the land on the centre of the floor, quite
Mr. andl Mrs. Frank' Skelton, • Mr. Robert MaeLaren, Sr., of dead. It was evident. from the
Sr., of Brucefield, on Saturday, "Ivanhoe Farm" on. the London position of the body that the
celebrated' fifty years of'. happy. Road, had the misfortune to man .had fallen from the hay
married life. They were married sustain a severe .kick from a loft.
- in England and they lived there horse which he • was attending, - The auction sale on the farm
for some years before coming the animal breaking a bone in. of John Fortune, 2nd bonces-
to Canada.his nose: sion of Tuckersmith, was phen-
Mr. Norman• Bohanan, 'who om'enal•for its 'success; a bind -
enlisted with the 53rd Battalion er sold: for $80; a 19 year old
and who has been • in France wagon' brought $27; and a cuh
for over a year, returned home. tivator that had been used. for
He -is suffering from shrapnel several years sold.for $1.75 more '
wounds. than it cost when' new.. Mr. W.
Paul"Doig, was home oyer G. Duff wielded the hammer
Sunday on his last lege. He and he'fiid. it witli a purpose.
left Monday for overseas. A short time ago, Mr. David
The annual meeting of the Robb, ' Inspector, . spent three
Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club days visiting the several depart-
was held in the Commercial Ho- ments of the Seaforth Public
tel' when the following officers School. At a meeting of the
were elected: President, J. C. school board, Mr.: Robb's detail -
Greig; • vice-president, William ed f port, on the condition of
Ament; sec.-treas.,. J. M. McMil- the school and the character of
lan; exec. com., Mayor Stewart, the work was presented and
C. A. Barber, J. -C. Mullen, J. was very creditable to the teach -
E. Willis and Oscar Neil; skips, ing staff. Mr. L. L. McFaul pays
Hockey officially came to -an
end in Seaforth when members
of the Seaforth Beavers were
guests of the Athletic Associa-
tion at the annual hockey ban-
• quet. "In Seaforth .and the whole
surrounding territory, we have
• the finest fans to' be .found any-
where in the country", the vet-
, eran Jim Willis, manager of
the hockey team,, told the gath-
ering at the banquet.
''Mrs. John Johnston of Hensall
celebrated her 91st birthday- on
April 7th.
Stewart Humphries and Wal-
ter Bewley report to Kitchener
on Thursday for training and
Herb Traviss of Walton, to
Chatham. , • W. G. ' Willis, J. H. Taman, R. particular attention to the care -
Following practise, the men- E.' Bright, Oscar • Neil, Harry taking and the ventilation of
bers of the United Church, Kip- - Jeffrey;,, William Ament, J. M. the rooms. •
pen, retired to the home of Mr. Best, J. C. Gr'eig,.J. E. Willis, Mr. Peter Cameron of the
JR Jarrott to make •a presenta- Dr. J.• Grieve, Col. Wilson and Mill Road, Tuckersmith, had a •
tion to Miss Gladys Jarrott, Dr. F. J. Burrows. large field of grain sown 'the
bride -elect. • An address was There has been heavy and 1st of April; the ground seem-
read by Mrs. E. Chipchase and successful fighting on the' wes- ed to be in good condition and
the presentation of a handsome tern front. There were no Eas- many will watch the field with
wall mirror was made by Miss ter holidays observed on this interest during the season to
• Jean Ivison. front this year. On Easter Sun- see the result with.interest. 6
Mr. William McSpadden of day, the British commenced an Rev.' A. D. McDonald left for
Winthrop had an appendix op- artillery preparation, .the inten- Montreal;- while there he will
eration in Sc
,ott Memorial Hos-, sity of which has never- •been have conferred upon h�iin the
pital last week and is doing as approached in the world and degree of D.D. .
well as can be expected. which smashed the `prepared Mr. W. C: Govenlock-is teach -
Miss Merle Keating has ac- German positions into indistin- ing in the Public School in
cepted a position •in the main guishable messes of wreckage. place of Miss Kate Cowan who
store of Cairncross Drug Stores, Mr. Louis Praug of Zurich, re- is ill.
London. cently completed a cent mix- Mr. Samuel McGeoch has mov-
A successful community night er outfit for Mr. Herb BIock. It ed into the village and will m-
in • connection with the Federa- consists of a gasoline engine cupy one of "Mri, George Hill's
•N.W.T.) ion of Agriculture was held in which drives a cement mixer all • houses.
(By Mrs. Lyle Hammond, Resolute Bay, S.S. No. 1, Usborne, under the mounted on a convenient truck Mr. S. McKenzie 'has let the
The sun which was absent for er Bay, It will seem strange to fallen soft snow made the visi- chairmanship of Charlie Reddy. for moving from place to place. contract for his house to. Mr.
so long just a few months 'ago leave this small settlement bflity zero. With the tempera- Among those who took part in We again record the death of Cudmore, for, the brick work
now sheds its cheerful, though where every face is familiar cure back down to thirty be- the program were: Joyce Brod- .another of the pioneers of Hut- and Mr. Welsh for the carpenter
not necessarily warm rays over and -to go to a place which is- low it was truly b cold day.; Brick, . Eleanor Cook, Betty lett Township, in the person of work.
our world. It is difficult to be- large by northern standards. ; • The ,.hunters have been busy Miekle, Pearl Wobds, Mrs. Me- Robert Coates, who passed ' The school populationat Hen-
lieve that since February 8 And instead of moving about lately. Several men will go out Faul, Jeffrey Bros., Miss Bor- away at the home of his son -in- call has increased so rapidly
when' the sun rose just far the village in. the course of the together for-ihree or four days land, Mrs. M.Beckler, Mrs. law, Mr. tilliam Clarke, in his •that the .new school house which
enough to allow a tiny portion day's work, Lyle will be work- at a time to hunt polar bears. Earl Mitchell; Wanda Tuckey, 80th year. Sixty-seven years ago, was only erected three or four
of its rim to be visible, the day- ing behind a desk in the huge In the past couple of weeks The guest speaker, Mrs. Graf- he cattle to this country with his years ago, is now toe small
ton .Cochrane, and the grand parents and' settled on lot 8, and the trustees are obliged to
light hours have increased so Federal Building. Instead of there have been at least twenty -
rapidly that now it is light be- bombardiers we will see Gars, five hides brought back to this march was directed by Harry concession 6, Hullett. lease Mr. R. Paterson's shop
fore 5 a.m. and sunset is not buses, snowplows, etc., as well settlement. Strang. On of the largest and most and have engaged Mrs. W. B.
till . around 7:30 p.m. as the skidoos. which are found And now to the packing for Harry J. Boyle, familiarly interested' audiences that ever McLean as assistant teacher
Just a° few weeks more and in every location in the north. the third time in two years. It's mown to many in Seaforth and occupied Calder's Hall was there ,there. ,: •
the daylight will be Continuous. Easter Sunday _brought a res- strietley a do-it-yourself project Clinton district, Will take over • to-hear
new job this week as farm Old hear the plays entitled "An A little son of Anthony Allen
Then a few more weeks and the pita from the winter's prolong for there are no comtitereial
commentator on CBL, Toronto. Meeting" under Vine Ladies' Aid Business of Cromart3�,. while playing in
sun will never set.By dune 21, ed cold. During the day the movers hereabouts. Even so, Mb Literary the sugar bush, Was Walking on
twenty-four;.hours at a: time, it thermometer gradually rose. to the job will* be easier than the • ,� ,, Society of Winthrop, Tile cos. a log with a Oen knife in his
will circle di reotdy� overhead. ,ton degrees above Zero. Satin-. final: Ordeal of bidding good , tutiies an Characters' Were .well hand and fell, the `krlite,runnifg
tint as this s ectaelo is not day's storm returned on Mon- bye,•.'perhaps for all time, to trout ?he Huron Exposftar chosen and the. opportutiitle into'hiss br'east'.1 a 'VMS' carried
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time:dory .Loot Inion is: 'r'obish- upi td• '40,•Cbnrbinecl' with newly have been here, • youngest son of Mr. and Mr's. which . atrtbtt t¢c Iii '�' w ire itim: Lot lie li'fYgerou l7 lttii't, .
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