The Huron Expositor, 1967-07-27, Page 2LS
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TO THE EDITOR, •
Suggests More *Ater
Tile recent loss 'of a.building
by fire not far from Seaforth
'has once more brought to mind
the many losses we have had
due mainly to lack of water. •As
an ex -fireman I know the frus-
,' tration� of the fire brigade when
I' they nearly have a fire out and
it suddenly races away be-
cause there isn't enough water.
Flies are won in the first few
minutes. If your water supply
is gone and you have to rely
on a bucket brigade you haven't
much chance. How many people
realize that if the firemen use
their hose at full force the sup-
ply, is- lone id less - than four
minutes. In• order to get ,more
water the auxiliary pump - has
to have over a four inch open-
ing from which to suck and the
supply has to be adequate to
keep that pump from sucking
air. Drilled wells and household
or barn pimps can't keep µup
to it. A standby tanker that can
be filled and dumped into the
truck is a necessity. Next you
have to figure out where you
can get more water in order
to keep it up.
Farm ponds' are a wonderful
help and can be the answer.
However, mother nature has
all's lawn in Egmondville by the provided another source and
following children: , Ethel and this is a meandering stream op
Jim Jackson, Verna and Ruth river.( But you all know how
Jarrott, Isobel and Jackie Close, often these are almost dry.
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Why couldn't some of these
be dammed up just a little bit
to keep a supply of water for
emergencies: It would not only
help the farmer protect his
buildings but also would` help
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY 27, 1967
On Preserving Loc al History
One of the interesting by products of
Canada's Centennial that will pay div-
idends in future 'years are the local_
histories which are being published
either privately or as municipal under-
takings.
Latest in those that have been pro-
duced in this area is that of McKillop.
Here in nearly 150 pages oftext and
pictures are the stories of the pioneers
who•more than a century ago overcame
untold hardships to lay the foundations
for what••has, come to be the prosper-
ous township of McKillop. -
In Hensall the.' Women's Institute
sponsored a history of that village and
the Centennial committee. of East Wa-
wanosh has published a similar volume.
Miss Belle Campbell's detailed study
of Seaforth was published earlier this
,.year by the Expositor. Perth County
too, soon will have 'a history when a
volume by Stafford Johnson. is unveil-
ed early next month.
Each of these books iii'eserves the
details of an earlier era which, unless
recorded and given the permanence
which only a published work can pro-
vide, would soon be lost to succeeding
gherations. •
Publishing Changes in -Clinton
(The Goderich Signal -Star pays tri-
bute to •the editor of the Clinton News --
Record as , the publishing rights of that
paper are assumed by the 'Goderich
publication.)
"It is with a deep sense of the res-
ponsibilities involved that The. Signal -
Star has assumed the publishing rights
of The Clinton News -Record, and also
with a deep sense of admiration for
the former publisher, `Laurie Colquhoun,
who has been wearing large shoes that
will be' difficult to fill.
"Mr'. Colquhoun continues in the
printing business, and will continue to
serve his home community in that cap-
.acity as he has done so well for the
past decade.
"The Clinton News -Record will re-
tain its own editorial point of view
and • editorial '.staff will make Clinton
their home and its welfare 'theirfirst
consideration.
"The Signal -Star pays tribute to the
good example Laurie Colquhoun has
set Variously as publisher, as editor,
as service club member, senior officer
of the'. Clinton Branch' of 'the Royal
Canadian Legion and as a good citizen
•• of the town of Clinton in every sense
of the. word..
"It is our hope that the sound foun-
dations he -has laid for The News-Rec-
ord
ews;Rec-ord will stand the new publisher in
good stead, and that in the weeks and
months ahead, the high quality of The
News-Reeord, / which has frequently
brought awards from the Canadian
Weekly Newspaper Association, may
. be maintained.
"Happily, it is not atiuestion of say-,
ing goodbye to an old friend, as Laurie
continues in theprinting business at
the same old stand, where ,we trust he
will continue to co-operate and work
for the good of Huron as a whole."
Sugar and Spice
— By Bill »Smiley — •
BUFFALOWED BILL .
I think I, can say, •without
fear of contradiction, that I am
the stupidest English teacher
,in Canada If not the whole of
North America. I may add that
1 am the most' dun lz•e`r-Tieaded
columnist between Vancouver
and Marysville, Newfoundland.
Why? Aside from the things
that naturally spring to mind',
, Ws this crazy column contest,
that's why. 'English teachers
spend their winters muttering
sand cursing into the small
Hours .as they read and mark
. what are jocosely called essays.
At the end of June the -intel-
ligent ones begin their holi-
days,' or
body's mistress, or get roaring
drunk. The stupid onestarts a
guest column contest and spends
his- whole summer muttering
and cursing into ,the small.
,hours, reading columns that
,make him extremely insecure
about his future as a columnist.
Well, I guess you know what
all this is .leading up to. That's
right, chaps. I still haven't
picked the Winner .6f that fan-
tastic prize of 50 fish. Like a
jerk, I didn't put a deadline on
entries, and the damn things •
are still coming in. ' •
But that's not the problem.
They're all so. rotten. GOOD.
Readers of Sugar and Spice, or
at least a couple of hundred of
them, are among the most
literate, articulate' and. witty in
the land.
How would you like td be'
asked to judge a •beauty con-
test in which every entrant
was a knockout and also the
daughter of one of your .best
friends? That's hpw I feel.
• A .person with some method
In his madness would probably
sort the entries into groups:
Excellent, Very Good, Pretty
run off with some- Good, A Definite Potential,
Lousy, Stinks, and so on. Then
he would put an ' elastic band
around each group.
He would then put aside all
except the Excellent. He would
,peruse them for the ' eighth
time, narrowing .down to two.
And he would make a decision.
And everybody would be un-
happy ever afterwards, except
the winner.
I don't operate that way. I
am racked, harrowed, tortured.
One day I think I have 'the
"ter
be rano --bettor soon or I to ss, my guess!"'
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" SAY... NIKITA BABY... ABOUT THE 68 CAMPAIGN..."
In the Years Agone
' From The Huron Expositor
July 31, 1942
During , a severe electric
storm in the district, the bank
,barn of Ernest Pym of "Osborne
was ` struck by lightning and
burned to -the ground together•
with the season's crop of wheat
and- the crop of hay, nine pigs,
two calves and 100 hens.
A barn fire raged- on the farm
of Joseph Melady, Hibbert Twp.
when 20 hogs and two calves
were lost as`well as the crop„ of
hay.
Nearly 1,000 people attended
the annual garden party on the
spacious grounds of St. Pate
rick's Church, Dublin. The win-
.ners of the lucky tickets for
war savings certificates were
Mrs. P. Dial, Mrs. William :Cur-
tin, Joseph ' Shea and Miss M:
Harrigan.
Mrs. Mervyn Lane and Mrs. -
Gordon lefolds of Tuckersmith.
entertained at the home of Mrs.
Lane in .honor of Miss Cather-
ine Flannery, bride -elect.
Announcement was made by
the Seaforth Collegiate Institute
Alumni Memorial scholarship
committee that the ninth an-
nual scholarship had been
awarded to James Jamieson, son
of Robert Jamieson- of RR 1,
Londesboro.
Mr. and Mrs:vpharles Fritz of
Zurich were pleasantly surpris-
ed while . camping at Grand
Bend, when they were invited
to the cottage of Dr.' and Mrs.
H. H. Cowan where relatives
and friends, had gathered to
winner. My wife agrees. Thee•
kids don't -like it, or I sgddenly.
remember a better one that I
read last week, and- spend two
hours searching for it, only, to
find that it should have been
in the Stinks' file. •
Another day I have every-
thing narrowed down to the
TOP TEN. I place them care-
fully on the floor beside my
desk. And my wife, tidying up
while I'm not 'around, puts
them back in with the others,
shuffles tliem, and I have to
read the whole ruddy lot again,
'.in the process discoiering sev-
eral which were much better
than the TOP TEN.
My ears are already burning
because I oan hear the shouts
.of indignation from right
across the nation, when the
Winner Is announced. It will
definitely be, for all other en-
trants, the worst column they've
ever read, • .
Ah, the hell with it. Here I
am, an old fighter pilot who
dived into the blaring flak at
Caen, scared stiff because 199•
people are going to think I'm a
clod for not picking their col-
umn.
Next week, the winning col-
umn will appear in. this -space,
even if I have to write it my=r
self and donate the prize to the
Stupid English Teachers Asso-
dation. ,
Now, here's what to do. If
you 'Want your manuscript
back, and have not already in-
dicated- so, please write to me
at 303 Hugel Ave., Midland,
Ontario, and it shall be sent
Then, take it to the editor of
your focal newspaper. Just say;
"This column won Honorable
Mention in: the Smiley -to -Expo
Contest. He'll print It. If he
.floesn't he's a cad, and you can
tell hits so, from me.
There is some ''absolutely
first-rate stuff In the lie*, and
fire alinost, every ease, It, s1Yould
b'o printed,
celebrate their 42nd wedding
anniversary,
Mrs. Alice Cudmore of John
St., has a cactus in her garden
that has three beautiful blooms,
mauve in color, with a very
pleasant odor. •
Miss Doris Smale, who has
been assisting her, s.ster,._.Miss
Jean Smale •in the Hesky Flax
office • in Seaforth, has been
placed in charge of the Mitchell
office.
Mr. John Moore of Egmond-
ville has purchased the resi-
dence of Mr. John Clarke • on
East William St. '
Mrs. James. Hays had the mis-
fortune to fall in her honie on
Jaines St., and break her arm.
Mr. Haase of , Winthrop is
bitsy drilling a well at SS No.
10 and has reached water at
108 feet and it is now an over-
flowing well;
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From The Huron Expositor•
Aug. 2, 1917 -
Marjorie Chowen, 20 years of
age, daughter of James Chowen
of Clinton. and a popular clerk
in Clinton Post ' Office, was
drowned in the lake near the
south pier at Bayfield, -
Mr. Wm. Bolton of Leadbury
sold 'a horse this week for which
he received $240.
The roof of the shed part of
Messrs. Cook Bros. Flour Mill
at Hensall caught fire. It was
quickly extinguished by a. num-
ber .of well directed pails of
water. •
ART 6ATt5
"The prices are high here but the portions are generous!''
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"doodness! You, Certainty
didn't you?" .
did misjudge that gtoynderi
t
A successful children's ..con-
cert was given on W. McDoug-
Mary' and Frank Kling, Helen
and Lachlan Stewart • and
Laura McMillan,
Mr. Woodley of town suffered
a sunstroke and was found ly-
ing in the garden of his ,home
.by. his son-in-law, Mr. John Cum-
mings. his crops as well asr fish and
Mr. Wm. MacDougall of Eg- bird fife. Many farmers have
mondville, provided the Exposi- wood lots with fallen .trees in
tor with a •dinner of • the finest them and if one was snaked out
new potatoes .it `has had for . and -cut ,to fit 'a stream ' at a
many a day. They were of the suitable spot' we would have all
Irish Cobbler variety and were' sorts of ponds. Perhaps at the
grown in his own. garden.
The following is the report of
the Egmondville Red Cross So-
ciety: Mae Hudson's birthday
party, $1.80; Pear „Sarong's bir-
thday party, $2.10; Maria Hill's
birthday party, $5:75;5 concert
at McDougall's, $2.75; and don-
ations, $1.65. Mary Kling, sec-
retary -treasurer.
' The. great push in Belgium
for which the Bri i h and French
have been prepai`ing for at
least three weeks, was started
.and proved successful in every
detail.
bridges on the township roads a
small control dam could be er-
ected by the local municipalities
in case of flood conditions. They
could be quite small and I'm
sure the Ontario Conservation
department would be happy to
lend any advice for the over all
picture. Naturally a local mun-
icipality ipality .couldn't handle the
finances for the rivers but again
the Ontario department might
be,.prevai'led upon to help out:
other practical purpose of fire
prevention., •
No' doubt it would •inrolve the
less of some acreage and per-
haps the raising of Aolne field
tile outlets for some yards back
but when you balance that loss
and expense against the loss of
a house or barn or even` lives,
I think it would be well worth
it. -
Perhaps I have no business
sticking my nose. into something
that you think isn't my •busi-
ness hut I believe we are ' all
neighbors 'and anything that
helps you also- helps me and
mine and makes this a better
country in which to. live.. 'hank
you.
Sincerely, _
Frank Sills,
Ex -Fireman.
Happy
Birthday
Happy Birthday Canada!'
One Hundred golden years!
As Canadians sing your praises
And you echo resounding cheers!
We've been an active noisy
throng
Who often your patience "tried,
With quarrels and language
. problems, -
Dimming our ••native pride.
But each of us loves you dearly;
From sea to Shining sea,
As your sons have struggled,
To the stars through adversity.
We see the dew on the morn-
ing -grass,
Feel the warmth of your sun
" kissed sand,
Smell the first spring bouquet
of violets,
That thrive in this verdant land.
We ride your vibrant rails, of
steel, , -
Through mountains towering
strong,
O'er the lakes and valleys; .
Through prairie to cities throng!
As oijr Leader lights the candle,
To mark your hundred years,
May we Canadians prove our
love,
By trust and unity through the
this situation. After all -it year`s:"
would be' in the interests of con-
servation as well asserving an- -
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From The Huron Expositor
July 29, 1892
Mr, Forbes who lives near
Constance was assisting Thos.
Staples to draw hay, the horses
suddenly started and Mr. Forbes
losing his balance, fell to the
ground and broke his breast
bone. ,� " •.
Mr. 'Thos. Shillinglaw has
been re-engaged as teacher in
school section} No. 9 Tucker -
smith for next year at his pre-
sent salary yiz $50'0'
Mr. Peter Grant of Kippen
was in town with a horse which •
is 34 years of age. He has had
him over 20 years and he was
considered an old, horse when
he got him.
The members of the fire bri-
gade' are busily practising with
the vieW of taking part in a
grand tournament at Niagara
next month. •
Messrs. James Jackson. J. 0.
Rose, Alex Winter and J. Abell
left here» about 6 p.m. and rode
to London on their bicycles.
Mr. James . Graves had the
misfortune to run• a piece of
glass Into his left hand. He con-
tinued working' and good-poi-
soning
good-poi-soning set in, caused by some
paint getting into the wound.
Mr. Chas. Wilson left for the
old country. He took with him
about 60 head of fat cattle. He
was accompanied by 'John Mur-
ray.
Rev. Mr. Gould, who starts -
soon for Formosa, China, ah_an
assistant to •Rev. Dr. McKay,
preached in the /Presbyterian
Church at Kippen. He is a
gues at the home of Mrs. Mellis.
A valtiable 'cot. belonging to
Mr. James Love of- ITillsgreen,
had the misfortune ,to fall into
a well: With the assistance of
half a dozen me rand a windlass
the animal was extracted from
her uncomfortable position,
J. Brunsdon and son of Lqn-
desboro-.have sold .17 binders,
'22:Mowers and a very large
number of other farm imple-
ments this season." •
• j'o'hn, the third ,eon of Mr.
James Darling of the Huron lid.,
was attending to a bull when
tie mia'beantect ant
attacked
anihlim, goniaenra li meand
injttriri him severely. rte
about 19 yeas. of age. ;
E.M.E.
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