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MkFORTH, ONTARIO,. AUGUST 3, 1967
New Citizens Make
Area Weeklies as usual found a wide
range of editorial topics. Typical is the
1VIitchell Advocate with a discussion' of
the role which is played by Canadians
recently new in the country.
"Many times over talent has beeen
Contribution
somewhat of a shock' to everyone; but
the very fact that you are called "Mis-
ter" may not be raerely the sign of re-
spect you have previously taken for
granted ; it has other implications as
well.
contributed by our New Canadians When soineone addresses you as "Mr.
!Tones" or whatever your surname is, it
means that you and all the other Mis-
ters are just very ordinary people, dis-
tressing as it may seem.-
' On the other hand, those Who are
classed as "exceptional people" or fam-
ous, or perhaps in the genius category
and possessing phenoznenal intellectual
,Towers, -t are nearly always know by
their last name aldne.
The fact remains, hoWever, that once
you are addressed simply 'by your last
name and peoi.le_ don't bother to call
you "Mister" anym,ore, it 'could mean
that you've made the grade,,Jones, and
that you're right up there at the top of
the heap with the rest of them, along-
side Edison, Marconi and Ford." -
with their many musical gifts. Satur-
day'night at Dublin a Dutch group de-
lighted the tinge crowd with their
dances and their songs. And everyone
present should have been thrilled with
pride when their concluding number
rang out most sincerely and meaning-
fully the well-known words, This band
'Was made for you and me. Yes, indeed,
this'land was made for old and Ne*
Canadians and what a contribution all
are making as this old century is, eon -
eluded and the new has come into be -
Be,, Thankful
there has been lots of rain
this summer we in this area :1"e-for-
,"t'armers in this part of Ontario may
not know it, but 'they have a good deal
to, be thankful for this year'.
It .i8 true that fariners in this area
are having great difficulty getting the -
hay dry enough to bring in, but pas-
tures are wonderful and the liVestock
industry, which is the backbOne of the
farm economy here, is thriving on the
"abundance of fodder for cattle.,
We fully realiie that farmers' prob-
lems can be frustrating and, worrisome
at times, but thOse who earn their live-
lib:ood from the good .earth as well as
we who Consume. it8 -fruitful ,prodncts
have a great deal for which to be thank-
-Mister Business'
, There is more to this Mister businOss
than meets the eye the Kincardine Neivs
concludes :—
"Hey, Mister! This might come as
Assist Relations
The St. Marys Journal -Argus. 'sug-
gest's a recent publication can assist the
relationship existing between the press
and public bodies.
"A new book published recently in
the U.S.A. entitled "City Hall and The
Press" contains a number' of pointers
which should be useful,'not only to re-
porters but to all members -of munici-
pal councils and boards and other or-
ganizations who wish to inforin the
public* accurately about their activities.
Assume, until you may leaim differ-
ently that every reporter or editor is
a- gentleman in the real Sense of the
word; that he will not betray confid-
ences and can .he trusted With advance
information. '
Remember that reporters, will usual-•
ly get things right so long as thote res-
ponsible tell them the .facts.
Be helpful to reporters and try to ,
anticipate their needs. OfTicials should
give reporters as much background on
a story as possible." -
in Ow Years. Agorae
From The Huron Expositor A very large and impressive town a neat bank barn. With
Aug. 7, 1942. service for the late Pte. Arthur
Stephen Maloney, the 8.yen- Neely was held in the Methodist
old son of Mr, and Mrs, Wilfred ‘Church here..
Maloney of near Dublin, was- The death of Archibald Mae -
when one of them kicked
hurling him to the ,floor.
suffered four fractured ribi and'
minor laderations about the -Ike?.
The garage of W. G. Wright
on No. 8 Highway, a block pea
of Main St., was entered and
fotir new tires and a quantity
of -cigarettes stolen.
The "Upanatinn Club" had .4 ,
social evening and dance. at the
home of Mrs. Paul Doig.. The ,
following persons presented a
program: splo, Dorothy Ches-
'ney; reading, Mrs. Wilfred Cole -
er by ...Miss Beryl Pfaff, Violet
Hyde and Lawrence Baynham
doing the honors. _
Mr. Hiram Shannon and fin*
lly of Winthrop have inehed to
Seaforth.
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of
Varna celebrated their 30thwed-
ding anniversary.
Mr. Lloyd, McLean of Hensel).
From The Huron Expotitor
Aug. 5, 1892.
,Miss Doble, who for se'veral
seasons has successfully Conduc-
ted a millinery department in
Hoffman' and ,CO's store, left
town for Eastmn Ontario and
intends taking a rest.
Mr. John Beattie is having
who had the misfertune to have • erected on his farm adjoinieg
the end of his finger taken. oft
in a pulley while harvesting is
feeling fine again and able to
resume his duties.
Some five hundred members
of the three Brussels ehurches
and Sunday.schools held:a pic-
nic in ihe Lions Park, Seaforth
and that they„enjoyed their out- WINNER NUMBER ONE
ing is evident by the letter re- _ Well, the inetiltable has -'hap-
pened! SmileY couldn't make
up his mind about his own con-
test as so many ef the', contri-
stone stabling underneath, It
is being sided with dressed pine.
The hotel at Holraesyille vas
'burned. The reflection of the'
. fire was plainly visible here.
Mr. AlMcander Stewart and
fainily, Miss Lizzie and 'Aggie
Smith and Mrs. George- Scott
are holidaying et Goderich, en-
joying the lake breezes. •
Mr. Albert .Hari -of this town
met with a painful accident. He
Vas working at Mr, McIntosh's:.
_Ow building in. McKillop when
rthe scaffcilding on Which he
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was Standing gave way and he
" fell 20 feet, cutting and brills-
ing his face and injuring his
PERTH
HISTORY
Fiist .deliveries of first edition available
Thurs" August 10
Messrs. Stanhape and Finke,,
representing the MeCormick,*
Harvester Machine Co. of Chica-
go, had two binders working in'
a field on the farm of John Mc-
Mann. They were brought for
exhibition purposes and during
the day a Jarge number of peo-
ple inspected them and saw
them at work.
•The people of school section
No. 10, Stanley held a ItiVin so -
Stanley, in honor of the popular
teacher, Mr. James Grant, who •
has recently severed his cot -knee -
Mrs. James, Ho,Iland leaves
nuts from the axles of John
Hannah's cream wagon at Win -
Dawson.
town for Detroit where she Will
reside with her .sister,
Some person removed two
throp.
Sugar and Spice
— By Bill Smiley —
ceived by A. Y. McLean, chair-
man of the park committee.
From The Huron Expositor.
Aug. 10, 1917
had the misfortune to lose' his
valuable Percheron horse,
lqr. J. W. Wright of the lOth
concession of Usborne has been
making some extensive improve-
ments on his fine farm. He re-
cently raised a large bank barn
and held a large banking bee
last week.
A seIrere electrical storm; ac -r -there is only one way to find
corapanjed by wind and rain out, so here goes --
passed over Cromarty. During •
the storm lightning struck the
handsome brick residence of . The assumption that Cana -
Mr. James- Scott. , dims ,are 'inhibited and narti-
chased Ford Touring cars from tawa •and in every little and
Coelre Bros. during the past big t?wn and city in this our
two weeks: Wan. Hoggarth, of Year of jubilee ghout a re-
Chiselhuxst; James McBride, of. sounding "NO" to this idea.
Zurich; B. Edwards, HenSall; T. Oh, sure. we have • to have a
A. McKay, Kippen; J. F,ckstein, good reason for letting our
Zurich; Hugh McEwan, Hensall. hair down. A good reason. may
the Hensall railway station to years, but when it , does, broth -
welcome one of the returned er, we can hoter with ,the best,
soldiers in the person of Pte. and better.
Wesley,Moore, but he didn't get ...The claim that Canadians
threugh and all were disappoint- have an -inferiority coniplek•
ed. , • Down here in the grass roots
Mr. Owen Geiger of Hensel, where I. and' 99.9 percent ef
has a large acreage of flax and my 'felrew Canadians crawl
has a large nurnber of Indians aretuid we :are proud of Can -
from Muncey and expects as ada -and . of being Canadians.
.. many more shortly. We are ashamed only of the
Mr. Wm. Dougall left Ilensall would-be 'intellectuals wh o -
to attend Grand Lodge and Odd- claim they are inferior because
fellows in Toronto. they- are Canadian They are
Mr. Con Eckert of town leaves 'Inferior, all right, but for other
fer Mihrteapolia where We will/reasons. Unfortunately they
undergo 'a course of treatment seein to have the ear of "ye
for ,rhematism. ' editors" and so get their views
buting columns fell n49 the
"excellent" category. So Sthil-
two winners. Each winner will
receive • $25. Here is' the first
coltuttn, to. be follbwed by the
other winner next week.
By Ellen Armstrong
Stouffville, Ontario
Maybe the comments of a
middle-aged Canadian female
don't constitute a column but
THE HOME.TEAM
Pram Oa Imperial On eollectipts
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Tecumseh at "the Battle of the -Thames, 1813. One of the most colorful heroes of the War.
of 1812-1814 was Tecumseh, a 6hawnee chief who wit; a great admirer' of the dashing Gen,
era Isaac itroc.k. When Tecuraseh gathered an array of ladian tribes to join N'ilth the Brit-
, 'and Canadian fates, the proud, chief rode.* Eirock's side. Brack died as he led his
'In SepteMber of 18131the Canadians under Colonel Henry Procter were at a lea' ebb.
, Sttrolleit were lot,cei Were rettiriling tOr the farata and the Indian fortes' flactuated un-
&ale/Ably. PxOder butted rort petepit end begat a leng retreat pp the Itiv,eiibeznes. About •
stand fOr the SlAtittkitte'eftlet arldi he :tended' it. 'V bodyjwill remain on thetlield of
fitte,ole la brava.
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Maw
aired in the paPers with nau-
seating "frequency. '
...The bland statement that -
"The Church his failed."
Failed to de whit, may I ask? I
may answer, too, in fact, I *ill.
Failed to do whatever the
speaker of the moment thinks
she should have done. I sug-
gest we find out what is the
true miision of the Church,
then try to assess success or
failure. "Go ye into all the
world and preach the gospel,"
said Christ. This is the Church'g
mission; in this she has suc-
ceeded _and is 'succeeding, And
even critics must admit she. has
not failed in another sense. She
has endured and survived!
Name one other nineteen hull-
cired and sixty-seven year old
institution!
. . Transistor radios in
public: Here I feel like busting
into poetry 'which I have en-
titled •
Lines on Trying to _Have a
Picnic at a Roadside,.Table on
the Shores of a (06e) Peace-
ful Lake
Where once the song of birds
. was heard, ,.
And wind in trees above,
A crass transistor radio
Emits a crooner wailing low
His cheap synthetic love.
The gentle murmur 'of the
waves
Is drowned in noisy 'chatter,
"Buy whiskey,- soap and re ciga-
t,
Buy pillseesand soup without re-
grets--"
Subliinfties don't matter!
Some day ere long we'll con-
quer space,
Ah, mournful thought and bib
ter, "`" ,
"Mid stare -that sang creation's,
birth
The crude eacophony of Earth,;
Man's 'pestilential twitter."
...The use 'and abuse of the
word "image." There seem to
be fads in words as in all else;
this is the "faddy" word of the
moment. Every man, woman,
organization is concerned ab-
out his, her or- its' "iniiige "
May I suggest, (infaet try to
stop me) that, if we are con-
cerned with integrity, decency
and honor in personal, social
and_olitieal life, our public
image will take careof itself.
It will be a favorable one, too.
...The availability of filthy
literature, particularly for the
youth oi' our country.' Some
excuse this,by insisting young
people .sunt learn the facts of
life. Manure s a fact of life
too, but if We see our childreil
eating it we reattain them, for-
iblil' if necoiDeyary.. , a
...Tiling to *rite a column
=
IVIredniiration for,yoti, Mar.
SS illey,.., a leaped' into- the
'stratoapbere.. How,,do.you ,do it,..
weei after w e e ^ o f t o r
e1
at the following offices and agencies
Court House Glen Sippel
Stratford 29 Somerset, Stratford
Town Hall
Listowel
Towh Hall
Wallace Twp. Office
Gowanstown
Earl C. Smith
Milverton
Walter Mogk
H.R. 2, Gadshill
Fred Ratz
H.R. 3, Mitchell
Dublin
R.R. 3, Mitchell
Ewart Bancroft
Howard Bearss
Science Hill
City Hall
Stratford
Alister McIntosh
Ross. McGonigle
Blowes Book -& Gift
Shop
Stratford ,
Fanfare Books
Stratford
"History of 'Perth CoUntY to 1967''' (Johnston and'
Johnston); hard covers, royal blue and 'gold; 496 pages,
including five maps and illustrations; commissiOned and
published by the County of Perth as a centennial project.
Address mail orders to:
Court House, Stratford, Ontario
enclosing $6.25 per copy to cover mailing costs.
gall C I TAT
F B Rif F
CONESTOGA COLLEGE of APPLI-
ED ARTS and' TECHNOLOGY invites the
„ attention and interest of -citizens,-students,
and organizations in the counties of Huron,
Perth, Wellington and Waterloo.
The'co-operation is sought particular -
of persons in industry, commerce and
',business, education, agriculture, technology
And technical areas, and in the applied arts,
samples of which might be food supervision,
nursery education, library arts, welfare and
health services, coMmunity family work,
• graphic arts, etc..
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As of January; 1968, the College will
be offering post -secondary courses of three,
two, and one year dUration at the technolo-
gist, technician and skilled levels in
Applied Ar,t,s, Technology
• Business and Commerce Technical Area&
.Extension courses as requested and
supported will be offered. Academic upgrad.:
ing will be provided for mature students
nineteen years of age or over, who may not
have the Grb.de 12 or 13 admission require -
An -Invitation —
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In order fliat the,College ratty best. serve the aeeds
of all ,in..the abOve counties, Briefs, containing suggestions
as to whieh post -seconder* courses should he offered- bY
• Conestoga College; are %wit* invited. The mist effective
Briefs will probably outline the course jantLsnbjeet matter
and red...Mend the level of coMpetence desirable upon
YOur in*erest * your Conestoga cadge and' yotir
early response ‘,:s'referibly before August 15) will be rec-
ognized and much appreciated.
Kindly Coniiiiiiilleite Youi: ideas. to'
ProfesSor James W. ;Church, President,
Conestega College of Applied Arts & Technologh
30-Prancis Street South, •
Kitchener, Ontario.
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