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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-09-21, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the (Qrttunity Fir'8t published aat' SVAi<'ORTH, ONTARIO, every ThursdaY.Plornipg by ¥r1:FAN BRUSH., 144, ANDREW Y. l OLBAN; Editor Member Canadian Weekly. Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau Of Circulation Subscription Rates: ...• Canada (in advance) $5.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $6P5O' a. Year :I 1.0 SINGLE COPIES — 12 CEN'T'S EACH 9uthorisee as Second Class Mail. 'Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 21, 1967. . • It's Fall Fair .T This is the time of year when town -- people and rural people share a common meeting place which provides an op- portunity for''each to learn -:a bit more of the activities of _ the other. It's fall fair time. Of course there is a continuing inter- mingling and exchange of ideas be- tween town and country throughout the year. At the same time the oppor- tunities which the fall fair provides do permit of a readier exchange of ideas than otherwise would be possible. This week Seaforth holds its 122nd annual fair thanks to the continuing efforts of" a relatively small number of 'dedicated people. To the.. -public who in increasing numbers attend the fair it Sf-a'two day effort. But to those res- ponsible the actual fair days are but the culmination of an effort that goes • on all year around. 'It is this that has resulted in Seaforth Fair being one of the few in the- dis- trict. and the only fair in Huron Coun- ty to enjoy a Class `B' rating. This rat- ing, coupled with the consistent pro- ime, in Seaforth -gram of improvement which directors insist on, ha resulted in. an agricul- tural exhibition second to nonein this part of the province:-" It is true that fairs don't change greatly from year to year. The basic interest lies in the exhibition of agri- cnItural products and in the competi- tion .between high quality stock. But. while these ingredients are present .at every fair, the difference between a 2) good fair and .a poor one frequently. lies in the degree to which the program is planned and carried out. Not only is the ' fakir a show window for agriculture, but it also reflects the activities of the; town, as well as of the rural, districts. Commercial and , indus- trial exhibits will crowd the arena to capacity. ' This balance between the product of the farmand the product of the store -and factory' makes possible a rounded exhibition that attracts people of every occupation. Fairs, such as the Seaforth Fair, well run,' with a balanced program reflect- ing the changing interests of the com- munity, deserve. ,continued support. Library . Service. on Sunday The United Church Observer wants - Canadian public libraries to keep open on Sundays. -- In an editorial in- its current issue the United Church paper says : "Librar- ians won't like this we assume, ,but we believe our public libraries should be open on .Sunday. One of the major ar- guements ar- guements we make for keeping Sunday `different' is that many may have a time to recreate himself, and that ' families' nzay _hav'e an opportuny'to follow pur- suits not possible for, them through the busy days of the working 'week. We haven't enough libraries in Canada," continues the Observer. "But in many communities we have very :gtiod ones, staffed by able and helpful librarians and their assistants. They are kept open on' evenings and Saturdays to help those who can't visit them during working. hours. They should be, we believe, open on Sunday afternoons and evenings, • . Laura Mord on her way to warn the British 1813. --By the spring of 1813 the Mnericans had finally won a campaign in the War of 181214. They took over the town of Fork in. April and a month later • 'went on to takq Fort George at the junction of Lake Ontario and- the Niagara - River. Severing tipper Cana- da from. the, east now peemed-ithin dist reaell, But a 708 -•pian force of Canadian and British regulars , followed t ' e Ameri: tans to Stoney Creek near Hamilton. There they : routed the Ain'erican camp ,and ' pressed on to .Beaver Dam 'near utlensthi The Anterricatia decided ' to'. ',finish the, the, Canada force at Denver tta1 dad 808 men wire Assigned to do. a 'e thn�Planta Atte,yyryyi;, 17.o M ' 1cgLFb'' '. �iVllll'4 ist James Seeord. While the uninvited - guests ate, they talked of . the Beaver l3am _plan. At sunrise., the next morn- ing 88 -year-old Laura Seeord slipped „e.n� out of the house and".casually drove a cow past an. American outpost. Then • she 'hurried 12 miles through the back- woods to Beaver Dam where she was taken, tattered and exhausted, to Colon- -el James Fitzgibbon. Laura blurted out ' • the story of the planned attack, but as -it happened Fitzzgibbon already knew of it. The Americans Irrere ambushed*kit Canadian Indians before they 'reached Beaver Tams. Nonetheless, the story of Laura Se cord's brave journey 'to -warn of the ut e"k lips breeonaie a C'an last legend. (1 lri$si Fri l fOt ro is one of a .. Wiles reitdere may -wish faPcii ' avid • TOUC>HbOWW'! Sugat- and Spice Py 13111 SrPiley .. - no longer something new. But- it's as vital and , colorful ever, And it's stili a' thrill..• I}espite a .fairly solidi Iain- basting: -from the drama critics, the festival is having a solid, smash this year . at.. the box office. Which merely' goes to.-" show you how notch attention anybody ;pays to drama ..critics, outside of New York.• - It also shows, I. -think, that the festival is more than just a theatre. 'For the real drama- -buffs, of course, the play's the thing. But - for thousand of others, it's --a sort of pilgrimage to an exciting' annual event. Not even Will Shakespeare could fill that theatre night after night, year after year. People come for the music, the modern drama, the art exhi- bits, and, the whole involving .,atmosphere. a .. Things have-.c'hangedr a lot since that first year - we at - 'tended.. No longer do you have to stay in a private home where the landlady is not only a kook but -plastered, as ours was. Motels have mushroomed, but it's a good idea to reserve. No longer, do you -have to sit, on the bank of the Avon, pad, dling your feet in the water and drinking gin and tonic out of a thermos. No'w- you can paddle your feet 1n the boad- loom of any of several good bars. No longer do you sit clown to a good meal prepared by the Ladies' Aid, for a dollar and a quarter. Now you Can take your pick of some fine restaur- ants. But the price isn't the same, I'm afraid. Yep, the festival has changed, and so has the town. Some people yearn for ' the good old c".„days, but I think everything has improved about 400 percent. One big bonus is the lengthen- ed season,' which gives thou- sands of .high school kids ' a chance -to see Shakespeare alive and exciting.. - And :that's the way .it -should be. • Long live the Festiv,,al,It was a great idea nobl'y��• •con-. ceived and executed. It's d' source of real pride to see something in Canada 'that does is "hot flop, but flouri'Shes. • BRAVO STR,ATFORD . I Wonder how many people, . including English . teachers, ever sit down in this rat -racy • world of ours and read a play by Shakespeare? Or • anybody else for that matter. rat sure the number of per- sons - on' the Ntirth American continent who do this' f0 the sheer -fey of it,' annually,, could be counted on two hand ;and ,two feet. And I wouldn't be -among them. .• The only people who read plays are producers, •dir_ecters and. actors, who read them for obvious reasons, and high school students, itvho read them because they have to. Plays are net written to be :read, but to: �be seen. Just as operas are written .to be heard; and houses built to be lived in, • and cars” built to rust and wo- men -:built .different from men. That's why I enjoy 'so much our occasional visit to the Strat, ford Festival. Suddenly, a sblt- loquay becomes.- not something" Years, y�• you had, to memorize in school, In the �. �e►a. rs Ago je. abut a real man baring his tor - you soul before your naked From The Huron Expositor Geoch of the aviation corps and stores and will shortly move his eyes. - Sept. 18, 1942 is Frank- Sills, son of Mr. and- • Mrs. F. - S. Sills of town. "'who has beep in the RCAF in Eng- land for over'a year, had a•16 day leave in Ireland. Winthrop. Hall was the scene of a happy gathering when 150 neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Robeirt S. McKercher, popular_newlyweds, met to spend a social. evening. They were made the recipients of a desk, and mirror, the address being read by George Wheatley and D the' presentation made by Rob- is ert Ca f Abell and Gordan Pap - .3 s to to the r w on hit last leave. restaurant into it. Suddenly a turn of phrase or Miss Ethel Beattie and Miss Eight of the young men em- a shrug , brings tears • to your adie McCloy leave this week ployed at Sproat'- brick yard eyes. Or an unexpected belch attend Faculty in- Toronto. _ in Tuckersmith, plowed . the draws a wave of laughter. Or. At a meeting of the Oddfel- clay put of the bank, made and: an. old cliche like, "A horse, a ws Bro. Nelson Govenlock of baked 15 thousand bricks in horse; my kingdom for a horse, aviation corps at Camp Bor- • five and a half hours. ''becomes• a wail of mad anguish den'was 'presented With a signet The growth of Carmel Church that has you bolt upright in ing and an address. congregation , at ' Hensall has' your seat. The . fine barn of Mrs. Nora, necessitated an increase el. eld- This year we wound- up- -our Maloney with the season's crop ers. Robeit McArtliur;'' Thos.- summer with •a real . bash • of as totally destroyed by fire. Kormlek and Louis Harold were,.play-going at Stratford. Lt was great. Even Kim, the 16-year- old 6-year old cynic, admitted, "I really dig that Shakespeare."' ' Fourteen years ago, my wife and I saw a production of Ri- chard III, with the great Ale.. Guinness starring. It was the first season of. the festival, when the theatre was a 'huge tent, rotten hot in Midsummer. But it -was something' new, col- orful and vital on the Cana- dian scene. We were thrilled. This year, we saw the same play, with British , actor Alan Bates playing the. emotionally and physically warped •Richard: There's a handsome theatre, a ir-conditioned. Mr. A. D. Sutherland receiv- elected to that office. ed a German helmet picked up. • Thos. Tuffin, Staffa,. had --a n the battle field by Pte.' Joe bone/ in his arm cracked the avis, son of Mrs. Rebecca Day- other day while wrestling with another boy. -A couple of weeks ago some. R. R.' McFarlane. and J. H.- vil disposed persons entered.. Kenver of Stratford and A. Neil he premises of Mr. Cuthill and of Hamilton lift Stratford at 9 estroyed 25 or 30 or his tur- an'. and wheeled to Goderich, keys. Those that were not kil- via Seaforth and Bayfield, re- ed were carried away and it turning the same way, a .dis- il "be a heavy loss . to Mr. tante of 104 miles, reaching utlilll. home at 8:15 -p.m- There actual * * * riding time was Seven hours and Frem The H4rpm Expositor 55 minutes. , Sept16, 1892 There are 151 students at the Mr. James- Stewart- has rent- Seaforth' Collegiate Institute, 67 one.- 'of Beattie Bros. new boys and 84 girls. ple. Councillor Arthur Nicholson t of Tuckersmith, took a few rev- d olutions in the belt of a separa- tor and lived to tell the tale, I Although' it was a close shave. He was threshing at the ism of e Peter Peterson, Kippen Road, when a platform on which he wa,s standing gave way andd., he fell' into -the belt of•the machine. Mr. J. F. Daly has received a ed nupzber of interesting pictures from his son, F.O. E. Daly who is now stationed at RCAF Head- quarters in the Middle *East. Mr. W. Shannon Of McKillop was assisting J. M. Eckert in threshing operations when the return carrier on the. machine became blocked. Before Mr. Eckert could shut off the pow- er, Mr. Shannon had, started to crawl under:: -the machine and his elbow struck one of the knives, where his elbow arta . . Farm were smashed. Dr. J. A, Gorwill was called and he was removed to Scott Memorial Hospital. -. Teachers and officers of Fist Presbyterian Sunday School ,passed a resolution of apprecia- - tion to Mr. George Hays and presented him with a leather. ^writing folio. Miss 'Merle Keating left this week for Toronto to attend 'the school of lsharmacy, University of Toronto- •• William McClinchey of Eg- mondville fell from a ladder and fractured his arm. • Mr. Willard Elliott has pur- chased the McClinehey resi- dence on John St. and is now occupying it. Mr. W. J. Hays of Detroit has enlisted with the American navy. - Mr. J. Clifford Bell .has pur- chased, a Coal and wood bust - nese In 'St. Marys. We lie going to live in a dancer sight for some months to tonne, aan4 possibly for the duration, for the reason that the minister of munitions has ordered a partial blackout for Southern Ontario, because of the, serious .power shortage. An invitation has been exten- ded to the'public to attend the formal opening of the RCAF Service Plying Training School at Centralia. Ceifttialia.....is the fourth air station to be operat- ed in Huron. * * * From The Huron Expositor Sept. 21, 1917 A nuMber of businessmen. have •been out in the country a"sslsting the needy fanners to harvest the heavy crop. Mrs. Gillespie and daughter, Miss Jessie, Of Cromarty have mrmorred to Seaforth. The people of Winthrop were awakened -,to find Mr. James Hart's residence in ' flames. It might have, been caused by the, eycplosion of an oil stove. ' A, Pleasant evening was spent at .the 1gmoridvilie school house *heli' the ;sun ,i ':sr ' riti'sed. for Christians hoies foto the ~moi ' the ''sOeil1 ea ist ilrt"• lttdt►cli�'di' 3 Mti+? The festival hat is the attiag yvittl' a merchant the Other, qty, we rneii >Jed our ° BC figure." ° • "What,"-he:asked, "is in ABE u ?" Perhaps what we told Mtn ' Will also 'interest you. 't'fiiis newspar is •a member of the Audit Bureau -of Circulations, an independent; nonprofit organization "of nearly 4,000 advertisers, advertising 'Agencies, and publishers, Its purpose is to provide accurate and factual reports on the circulations of member publishers. le the -ads," vertising and publishing industry, the ABC insigne is often referred 'tax as- the "hallmark of circulation values." ' At regular intertials, An ABC traveling auditor visits our olAce to cheat .ourjrecords. The findings' of this y dl *oat °ate' :efau:died in an Audit fteport - 1i$l tt y 0C—the report literally tolls.* •what' •our circulation is. . Virtually everything 'an.1 advertiiser should. know about our civet ilati,n is found in -this report, facts and figures Without opinions. • - Few retailers bother to ask to see a "copy -of- our report, yet we want you to know one is available; Any- time nytime you are interested in the quality and quantity' of our circulation audience +--- the audience. for .your advertising messages. ..,....Mitt is an AI3C figure It is our way of assuring you -eat you.., get full uieasdre`' forpyour advertising dailar.intt#1ianewspaper. Sititll0l180,; `�irvairi1he,.Clktltarnii 4 0 • M 4.