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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-11-02, Page 2A Since 1860, Ser v ig the Community x'iret SNAFORIIII, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLFt1bT BROS.? Publishers Ltd. - ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association. Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association • Audit, Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: a Canada (in advance) $5.00 a Year Outside Canada (in" advance) $6,50 a Year Y 1.SINGLE COPIES —°12 CENTS EACH Authorized as. Second Class Mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 2, 1967 Perhaps it Was Indian There -have been a few good days lately. The sun was shining and there were mild breezes. - We don't know whether the days -were part of Indian summer, but, cer- tainly they fit the accepted description of this most pleasant period oMtutumn. Indian summer is described as a short period of especially fair weather and mild days and comes in late Oct= ober or early November when the leaves are turning color and falling from the trees. It has no definite date to begin or 'end. The mild, -pleasant weather of Indian summer follows the autumn's first per- iod of cold wintry days, according to an encyclopedia. The days become not- iceably warmer,- but the nights remain Summer chilly. Throughout Indian summer, the sun shines - dimly and softly. The sky turns .a rich blue and always appears - gentle and hazy • near the horizon. The air remains smoky and still, with al- most no wind. An Indian -summer moon often has a soft yellow or orange hue. Indian summer lasts from a week to 10 days, 'and sometimes for two weeks. Then winter begins. The origin of the name of Indian summer is uncertain we are told. One story says that American settlers nam- ed the period after the American In- dians, who told the settlers that this period would come. Another story says the name evolved because this period of good weather gave warlike Indians another chance to make more attacks on the settlers. All We Need is Excerise As each year passes there are some among us who find we are plagued with increasing tiredness and fatigue. • Now we •lea�, the Condition is un- necessary and preventable or so we are told by Dr. R. J. Shepard writing in the Medical Post. It's all a matter of lack of oxygen which frequently is attributed to a lack of exercise. Dr. Shepard, of the department of hygiene, University of Toronto, says that at least 90% of ,adults in Canada can stand to have their oxygen transfer, improved. A maximum of only 15% to 25% of Canadian adults can be classed, moderately fitor better he says. In addition to poor exerlciise and growing inactivity the major cause for the below -normal health. 'standard is diet, which in turn controls body fat• and atherosclerosis. Deterioration of the body tissues often starts. in -'the teens in Canada, whereas it starts much later in countries where people are de- pendent for survival on hard physical p ... ,. p work. The rominenee of arterial atliology in illness should prompt more exercise Programs. This may be walking, or it may be such exercises as stepping up. and down on an 18 in. high stool 20 or 30 times a minute for gradually length- ening periods of time each week. The obvious improvement in pulse, rate and in general well- being alone can be grat- ifying to the patien"t, says Dr. Shepard. Now all that remains for us to do is to decide on a proper exercise pro- gram and stick to It: 4 Magic Word "Though little, the master word looms large in meaning. It is the 'open sesame' to every portal, the great equalizer, the -philosopher's stone which transmutes all base metal of humanity, into umanity- into gold. The stupid it will make bright, the bright brilliant, and the briI- liant steady. To youth it brings hope, to the middle-aged confidence, to the - 'aged repose,at is• directly responsible fora 11 advances in medicine during the pa 25 years. Not only has it been the touchstone of progress, • but it is the measure of success in everyday life,. And the master wordis work." Sir William Osier; M.D., 1849-1919. Sugar and Spice — By Bill Smiley — GIVE COPS A BREAK As Gilbert and Sullivan tune- fully pointed out a good many years ago, '"A policeman's - lot is seldom a happy on'e." And it certainly hasn't grown any happier in the interim, as even a casual glanee•through the newspapers will tell you. Everywhere, policemen are un- happy. In the cities, they, talk - of strike action. In small towns, they resign right and left, usual- - ly in a cloud, of'recrimination. • Why are they fed up? For a whole lot of reasons. It's 'only surprising so many" of them stay at it. -First of all, they are poorly. paid. This fine, old tradition, ,pr'obably dates back to the days when a cop was a "dumb flat- foot", lucky to get a job with some security involved. baring •'The Depression, the town cop was envied because he got a paycheck, be it ever so humble, every week. ,Secondly,, they must' cope with, continued interference Atte attbs r r • from elected officials, or local big shots. 'It might be., the Chairman of the Police Com- mission, more concerned with paring hie -police budget than with the quality of- the police- man. Or it might be the fellow who belongs to the same' serv- ice club as the mayor, end .ex- ' peers special treatment, wheth- er it's a parking ticket or drunk driving charge. This is hard to take Another thing that bugs them, even those who like the work, is the hours: working holidays;. special details; calls in the mi&lIe of. the night. And, of course, there's the job itself. Much of it is rou- tine, even boring. Everything in triplicate. But a ,,Saturday night can be a nightmare, How would you like to cope with a drunken fight at a dance? Or a stolen car, driven by a kid at 100 miles an hour? Or a cou- ple of plastered prostitutes belting you about the head and ears with their handbags, cheer- ed on by the mob? Or a call from delighted neighbors, at 2 a.m., telling you that Joe Sc'heiss is beating the brains out of his wife? And that's on top of the or- dinary stuff: petty thefts; gang rumbles; car crashes; street beatings; jeering hoodlums. But I think all these things are secondary. There's some- thing, else that has turned the placid policeman of even 20 years ago into a mean cop. And, that's the attitude of the peo- ple. It's fairly hew and - very 3tasttr. I: notice it, with dismay, among teena ,ars. 1;ven the de. --cent 'one* sneer. at "The V`fttet as OW"), Terni otft • atarwart • • .•• guardians of the law. ' 1 don't know where they got it = per- haps from movies and televi- sion — but they seem' to think the policeman is some sort of brutalized Gestapo type look- ing for trouble ' A few policemen, of course, foster this attitude. There are always a few bullies in uni- form who release their own psychological perversions. But they are a tiny minority, usual- ly curbed by their peers. Even more disturbing, per-. haps, is the number .of adults who will stand around and watch- a policeman being beat- en • up, and enjoy it. There's always, of course, been war »between the police and the populace. But it used to be.,a .good-natured, fun -war, You tried to circumvent the law, whether it was swiping apples or beating the speed limit. If you were caught, you grumbled a bit,- lied like ••a trooper, and probably got • off with a warning. And everybody was happy. Now it's open and blatant battle. It's vicious and ugly. It is fanned by newsmen and tele- visidn. They always seem to be there when the cops are man- handlin some screaming punk, but are) never present when some constable is being kicked into jelly. I've met a lot of cops in my day, some in the line of, my duty,-...and,...,.f•.. hasten to add, some in, the • line of theirs, A few of them were real hoods, hut the vast znajerity'were de- cent, ordinary chaps who' would go out of their way. to he helpful, tt's a r'6tteir job, brit , r'eniemr 'bei, -nen, soiri+a'liod + 1tivea yeti, .07 .t • • ;4.7-:' dY rt. Ir' `•oarm_ r Jr 411, • .,•�. .� ' '' off IhiF[1ys • From tb'e Imperial Oil Colleclioa to persuade Chief Crowfoot and his tribe to accept other lands to replace those needed by the C.P.R. Father Lacombe persuading Chief Crowfoot of the Blackfoot ,Indian• tribes to allow the Canadian Pacific Railway to be built across their land. This was one of the few obstacles encountered by the C.P.R. as it pushed its tracks across the prairies from Winnipeg in 1881 to Calgary in 1883 and the Rocky moun- tains in 1§84. Up to six miles of track was laid in a day. Settlers from eastern Canada thronged into the west via rail- way to • take up homesteads. Towns mushroomed around railway stations. Father Lacombe was one of the first Catholic missionaries in the northwest. He came to Edmonton in 1852 'and started the , first school west of Mani- toba. In his immense parish he minis- tered to the scattered Indian and Metis population.between the Bow and Peace Rivers .and from the foothills to the Saskatchewan forks. His parishioners held him in great respect.' He was able Crowfoot as -a young brave had been regarded as a fierce warrior. Many victories in tribal wars enhanced his reputation. But he soon came to realize the. folly of tribal wars, and with Fath er..Lacombe he was able to influence his people not to join Sitting Bull's hos- tilities against white men. Later Crow- foot and Lacombe prevented the Black- ' foot tribes from joining, the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. Crowfoot was even- tually given a pension by the C.P.R. for keeping the peace. He died near Cal- gary in 1890. Lacombe died in 1916 of ter many years of service to his people, his church and his country. (This' historical feature is one of a series which readers may wish to clip and 'save.) In the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor Nov. 6, 1942 games, Lorne Webster; lone Miss Jean Mustard of Bruce• - Thomas • Neilans; men's most dian troops in France. Some three hundrejd. people hands, Albert Harrison; consol- field left last week for overseas t McClure gathered in Cardno's Hall to ation to Miss eC ure and Keith as a nurse. She went from New honor Mr. and Mrs. John Mc- Harrison. , York with an American Bat - Lean . of "Riverside' , Tucker- •* talion. smith, young newly weds. music They were presented with a studio couch; John Nich- olson and Elmer Cameron made the presentation, while Harold' Jackson read an address: This week we are called upon to chronicle they death of one of the most esteemed and pion- eer residents in the person of Owen Geiger of Hensall. He was in his 88th year. ' ' Returning to their 'homes in Seaforth, a party of 'young peo- ple riding in a car driven by E. Hunking, skidded an' the wet pavement and turned • turtle. The car was badly -damaged af- ter rolling over in the ditch. George Smale, son of Gilbert • Smale, Hibbert Township,• sight- ed his first deer before the sea- son opened. While getting the cows he stepped over a fence to see how the butter nuts were growing when he heard e rust- ling noise and he spied a .deer not fifteen feet away. About 150 friends and neigh- bors of Mr. and Mrs. John Bry- ens of Walton,, gathered at the Community Hall to honor the newly weds. Mr. Clarence Grain-, ger read an address -and. they ,were presented with a studio touch. The- death occurred in Scott Memorial Hospital of Andrew Archibald, who ' had resided in Seaforth for the past 23 years and was a widely known and esteemed resident of this dis- trict. . Mr and Mrs. J. E. Willis re- ceiveit a cable announcing the, safe arrival- in England of their son S.S.M. F. E. Willis. A group of seen friends sur- prised James Nolan of Dublin, on the occasion of his •85th birthday. He was, presented with ,gifts of pipe and tobacco and a special evening spent in euchre. • The parish hall at Dublin Con- tinuation School was decorated in black and orange streamers black cats, witches and lighted pumpkin faces for the festive Hallowe'en party when the hosts were the staff and pupils. First prize for girls best costume was awarded 0,1g/es...Marie --Evans andesecond to Miss Jean Suth- erland, First prize for boys Was wan by Michael McGrath and second to Jerome Manley. - The Red Cross euchre and dance in Winthrop Hall was well attended. The prizewinners were iadiest mast games, tMrin. IL lifoCtttre; lout hands, Mrs • Pryce's orchestra furnished the From The Huron Expositor Nov. 9, 1917 The Italian front has held the centre of the stage in the war theatre arid- there the sit- uation . from the allies stand- point.'to say the ]east, 'is any- thing but favorable. A young aviator from Camp Borden, who had lost his way while making a flight' from Camp Borden to Toronto, ar- rived, over Seaforth and owing to shortage of gasoline' and en- gine trouble made a landing on the farm of Robert Garrow, op- posite the_ Maitlandbank Ceme- tery. This is the first aeroplane ever seen in this district and'it was an o ject of extensive in- terest' to crowds coming from every directions. Later aviator Wilson circled over the town and then headed for Torono,- W. R. Plant, G.T.R. station agent here, received official word that hi? brother Gunner Arthur Plant had been admitted to a hospital suffering fromgun- shot wounds in the..right leg. Robert Porterfield has also re- ceived official word that his son Pte. Arthur Porterfield has been, severely wounded' in the leg and, thigh Tee enlisted with the 181st battalion. The annual meeting of the Seaforth Horticultural Society was held in the council cham- bers when the following offi- cers were elected: president,Wil- liane Hartry; viee-pres., Dr. J. G, Grieve; sec: treas., A. D. Sutherland; directors, A. F. Cluff, Henry Edge,` W. D. Hoag, R F. Jones, W. H. Smithers, Chas. 'Stewart, Alex W. Stobie, auditors, R. M. Jones, Dr. Chas. McKay. For some _weeks 'past refer- ence has been made in the Expositor to eggs produced and cash realized for same in some of the surrounding townships, so chalk this for Tuckersmith: Mrs. T. J. 'Webster informs us that from Jan, 1st, to Oct. 1st, She sold $252.06 worth° d eggs from 80 Leghorn pullets. The many friends of Mrs Duncan McGregor for many years a valued resident of Kip - pen, will be soire`to learn»that she met with an accident. While on the road, at received a severe fall which gave, her ' a shaking up 'along with consid-, erable bruises. - Mr, William Jamieson of Hui - lett, reoeive4.word that his son Pte, James Jatttieso'n had died , guhkhot vttovi»ds redeeye t while fighting' with the Cana - The farmers in the section of Hensall are most actively en- gaged in securing their bean crop which the wet weather has prevented them ,from harvest- ing. * * * From The Huron Expositor Nov. 4, 1892 The trustees of school se& tion No. 4, Hullett, have had the _school raised and a stone found- ation placed under it-.,, William Hanna of Morris, dis- posed of 15 coon skins in Brus- sels. This was the result of his hunting expeditions during Oct- ober. '. W. H Cook` picked from: one tree. on •the farm of J. McLaugh- lin, base line, Stanley, 12. bar- rels of marketable. apples. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hays returned to town and are how comfortably settled down'to the sterner realities of life., The well known thresher, John Dodds generally gives a good days threshing,. but the other day he somewhat beat the mark. On the farm of James Kerr, McKillop, himself and Wil- liam Rands put through 130 •bushels of peas in 45 minutes. • Mr. Robert G'._ Ross has sold his farm- in McKillep, east of Winthrop to Mr. John Little. He paid $4,700 for this farm. It contains 100 acres and is one of the best farms in ,the, town- Ch,ariges in Education . -Wiest in a series) With the advent of special two-year and four-year programs now available to the student who is not interested in or not able to handle a university program, comes a place for the foureyear graduate to further his special- ' izatignsi • In an effort to help inform the general public of what is happening in today's secondary schools, teaebers from this area - and from all areas across the Province have prepared a series of ar 'cles stressing these spec-. ial two `auquy-year programs, the work included in the sec: ondary school and the oppor- - tunities beyond. Following is the first of a series of five such letters Writ- ten mid edited by teachers. ' OUTERS PROGRAM By James Smithers, formerly of Atikokan High School A boy rests against his pack in the snow at the halfway point in a twenty mile snow hike, oblivious to the forty others around him — exhausted, but satisfied. As the June dusk gathers, a girl adds a few sticks to her fire, and reassures herself with the thought that per three day solo survival test will' last only two more days and nights. Can these experiences be part of a regular High School program? They can if you live in Atikokan, Ontario. Starting in the fall of 1985, the Board, • Principal, and staff of , the -Atikokan High. School instituted a new program cal- led the "Outers". Based on the world-wide "Outward Bound" movement, it provides senior students with challenging op- -portunities for leadership, phy- sical deve.lupment, ,,and the learning- of a wide variety of outdoor skills. Fundamental to the program is the provision of natural wilderness experiences which allow the- students - to testand evaluate their individ• ual physical and mental tough- ness. The above illustrations are part of the winter term's over- night snowshoe expedition and the three day solo survival ex- perience of the two week'spring canoe -trip. During the fall, the • students also take part infcross- ceun, ry bush navigation, and moullitain climbing. Throughout the year, a systematic program of skill instruction and practice enables the Outers to gain ex- perience xperience in many skills Instruc- tion given in first aid and wat- er -safety isput to practical use in on•the-spot search and res- cue drills, The preparations for trips provide valuable exper-• ience ie wilderness outfitting, and survival techniques learn- ed with the Outers may save the participant's life in future years. The appreciation of conserva- tion learned in the program pre: pares the students to he good northern citizens. Student response to the pro- gram has been highly enthus- iastic. Those taking part have been rewarded by a real sense of achievement, and because the group is subdivided into semi -competitive squads, »mor- ale. remains high evep on the most demanding expeditions. As far as possible, the teach- er's role ' is in the background. His, function is to design and organize the program and, to a degree, to provide advice and instruction. Once an activity starts, he fades into the back-, ground and slogs along with the rest of the troops. He is on - hand in the event of.emergen- cies, but as far as possible, the responsibilities of initiative and leadership, rest with the stu- dents.. - . Such has been.the success of the Atikokan project that a number of other communities in Northern Ontario are .investigat- ing it for their schools. In Port Arthur, a similar program is likely' to be initiated this year and the idea, is receiving en- tJ usiastic,. enquiries from else- where. As pne teacher remarked, "Northern Ontario is still basi- cally -a wilderness frontier. The Outers `scheme should be the ideal way for students to learn about the environment inhich they live." , "C'mon you guys! They don't took that tough to me!" ship. Mr Frank '4Cmein, the genial proprietor of the Staffa Hotel, is preparing fora grand shoot- ing match at" which fowl and rabbits will be shot for. There will be a cash prize of $5.00 for the best marksrean. The `pioneer settlers of Tuck- erseeith Township are fast dis- appearing and another has been gathered to his fathers when Mr. Hugh McMillan of the 10th concession passed away. He was a native of Invershire, Scotland. Mr. Hugh Stevenson of Sea - forth,, moved his family to Eg- rnondvville. He is a valued em- ployee of the Coleman —Foundry, Mr, George Jackson of Eg- mondville, has been engaged in the manufacture of harvest and Other gloves, is making a very comfortable driving gauntlet, made of nicely prepared • calf skin. The Messrs. Jarrott Brothers - of Stanley, the *ell known threshers of this township, threshed on -tie :Farm of Vil•- iiatnoganY, • Pair "eine,, over'. LOW 'bushels of" peas and oats j le s=ic holt s'c U:BY 'S. Ready To Eat Boneless HAMS • Ib.82 Smoked HAMS 411. 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