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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 26, 1964
The Christmas Town Is Ready For Santa
The climax of many weeks of plan-
ning and work comes Saturday when
the sixth annual Santa Claus parade
takes place. Seaforth, the ,"Christmas
Town", will play host to thousands of
area residents anxious to join with
townspeople in greeting Santa.
While it has been said in previous
years, it bears repeating that the fact
that this year's parade will include
more floats, more bands and many
more costumed marchers, is not just a
, matter of .chance. Few people realize
the amount of time- and effort that
must be contributed to ensure that the
parade is a success.
The story of the parade is a story of
• co-operation. The people who sit on
the committees are able to complete
their plans only because the mefchants
and organizations prepare floats, be-
cause area farmers loan wagonsand
tractors; because district bands are
happy to take part; and because indi-
viduals and business places are gener-
ous in their contributions.
The parade, of course, is but one
aspect of the Christmas program for
which the Christmas activities commit-
tee assumes responsibility. Other pro -
projects are the Main Street decora-
tions, the contest for the dest decorat-
ed home and, in conjunction with the
Lions Club, a visit and concert for the
residents of the Huron County Home.
Introduced two years ago, the Snow
Queen crowning again will be a popu-
lar feature. The Snow Queen will be
crowned at the Seaforth Women's In-
stitute dance on Friday evening be-
fore the parade. Next day, the Queen
and her attendants will ride as kuest
of honor in the pared.
All that is needed now to make the
Saturday parade an outstanding suc-
cess is reasonable •weather. Those , from
the district who attend can be assured
of a real welcome from the "Christmas
Town" and a parade long to be remem-
bered.
Time To Think of Winter Driving Care
This had been an unusually pleasant
autumn. There has been a welcome ab-
sence of the• cold raw .winds usually
associated with November, and until a
few days ago there have, been but few
flakes of snow.
The fact that golfers were out and
strollers in shirt sleeves were a not
uncommon sight on Seaforth streets
as recently as a week or so ago
couldn't alter the hard truths made
evident 'by the 'calendar. Snow, and
lots. of it, came over the weekend.
So it is that Safe. Driving Week,
which begins next week, should mean
more to us than just an ordinary week.
It is an opportunity to take a little
extra care, to adjust our driving habits
to winter' conditions.
The Ontario Safety League tells us
how to "winterize" our driving:
1. Get the feel of the road. Test sur-
face conditions as you start out.
2. Follow at a safe distance. Leave
plenty of room to stop.
3. Avoid sudden manoeuvres—stops,
starts or turns.
4. Know how to prevent a skid and
also how to get out of a skid.
5. Have good tires, preferably snow
tires—and chains,
6. Remain alert, at all times, espec-
ially during the early darkness hours
of winter.
When a man points a finger at some-
one else, he should remember that four
of his fingers are pointing at himself.
•--Louis Nizer.
In the Ye
From The Huron Expositor Mrs. W. Hart, John Malone, Mrs.
December. 1, 1939 H. Wilbee, F. MCCowan, C.
At a well -attended congrega- Smith, Miss M. Henderson, Mrs.
tional meeting held in Carmel J. Malone, Miss Norma Muir,
Presbyterian Church, Hensall, a Mary Barry, Mrs. Long, Dr. J.
unanimous call was extended to A. Munn, Fred Johnson and Geo.
Rev. William Weir, of Portage Hays.
La Prairie, recently of Code- Mrs. R. B. Holmes proudly
rich, and son of the late Fi-ed displayed at his residence, a
Weir, J.P., of Goderich. large cola lily. It has a large
Mr. John A. Wilson, for 34 bloom and several buds ready
.years town clerk and treasur- to flower.
er of Seaforth, celebrated his Despite the .ever-present fear
80th birthday on 'Nov. 27th. of air raids, people in England
Mr. Thomas Beattie, well- are unconcerned going about
known resident of McKillop, "their daily tasks, is the word
passed away on Nov, 27th in his contained in a -letter received
89th year. He was born•in Perm- by Mrs. G. T. Turnbull from her
anagh, Ireland, and came 'here son, Arnold Turnbull.' 4r. Turn -
with his parents 73 years ago. bull, *ho has been in England
A grand reception was held for a number of years, is an
in Watson's Kali, Kippen, Mon- air raid warden.
day in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilfred Trenleer, newlyweds.
They were presented.._-w-ith a From the -Hurn "Expositor
beautiful clocl{- and a cabinet November 27, 1914
of silver. The woollen mills at Benmil-
Mrs. Harry Steinberg and ler, famous throughout the
Miss Leona Box were hostesses county for its excellent pro -
at a delightful pot=luck supper ducts, is now busy turning out
for the members of the Tennis blankets and yarns to fill a
Club at the home of Mr. and Government Army contract.
Mrs. Ernest L. Box. Sleighing has been pretty
The opening evening in the good in Hensel' and the farmers
series of bridge games, sponsor- have been making good use of
ed by the Ladies' Bowling -Club, it,
was held at the home of Mrs. Shortly after 12 o'clock Sun -
E. H. Close, at which the joint day night, some neighbors of
hostesses were Miss Minnie L Mr. Duncan . McLaren, Sr., no -
Dorsey, Miss Alice Reid and ticed that his residence was on
Mrs. James MacDonald. The fire. The house was a massive
"prize winners were Mrs. J. D. stone building with slate roof,
Colquhoun and Mrs. jV. G. and was built 46 years ago.
Barber., S ` The hames of the Carter
A recent issue of the London scholarship winners were pub -
Free Press has this to say: lished last week by the Depart -
"Ralph (Dave) Reit', who play- ment of Education. James Gil -
ed intermediate O.H.A: hockey lespie, of Cromarty, ranked
here in 1911-1243-14 - and went first, obtaing a prize of $100.
overseas, is confined in Welles- Mr. John' Archibald, of the
ley Hospital in Toronto. Reid Silver Creek Dairy, Seaforth,
played a strong, game et centre has now, his electrically operat-
ice, and will be remembered by 'ed milking machine in good
Londoners fol° his efforts in the working order. Mr, John Mc -
finals with Collingwood." Nay, of Tuckersmith, has a
A successful bingo party un- machine the same as Mr. Archi-
der the auspices of the Red bald's which is driven by a Baso=
Cross and Legion Welfare line motor.
Branch, with an attendance of Stewart Bros., who have had
100; was held on Friday in 'D' the CPR telegraph office here
Company Armouries. The door for some years, have transfer -
prize, a set of dishes, was won red it to Mr. M. 'McKellar, ex -
by Mr. Dunlop. Others receiv- press agent,
ing awards were: .T. Hawkins, Mr. T. J. Stephens met with
I abel< 'Iaflnigan, Mrs, . Mulr, a serious seeldent on Monday
Vika J'. Flannigan, Cas. Pinder, He was asalsting'iti taking down
George Kruse; Mrs. Cs Wasnian, a cutter fitofit'the mow of the
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Quee 's Hotel stable, when the
ladder on which he was stand-
ing, sipped, allowing him to
fall' to the cement floor below.
He had several ribs cracked.
C. Fritz, of Zurich,,shot a bag
of 14 ducks, at Grand Bend last
week.
The boys gave Gerald Case a
good sendoff when he left for
Ottawa on Fridayy to join the.
engineering corps of the sec-
ond contingent. He was escort-
ed to the station by the Town
Band, the Seaforth Company of
the 33rd Regiment and 'the Col-
legiate Institute Cadets, •
The Cromarty Scale Company,
organized 32 years ago, decided
to wind up their business and
the scales were sold to Mr. Hugh
Norris, pf Staffa. A new com-
pany was then formed; with
Mr:Joseph Speare as president,
and Mr. Frank Allen as. secre-
tary -treasurer. ---
The congregation of. Cavan
Church, Winthrop, will cele-
brate their anniversary on
Sunday. A fowl supper will be
held; Monday evening. Mr. W.
T. Hays, of Seaforth, and the
Lobb quartette, of .Holmesville,
Seaforth quartette and elocu-
tion by Miss Davis, of Stratford,'
and Mrs. Docherty, of Ethel, as-
sure those attending a fine
program.
Mr. E. Weston, of Bayfield,
has .moved to Dr. Wood's cot-
tage on the river bank, and Mr.
Orville Weston to Miss Simp-
son's house.
From The Huron Expositor
November 29, 1889
William Fothergill, of Wawa -
nosh, „has been awarded the
contract for '• building the sheds
for the new Methodist church
at Blyth. The figures are $205
for a 96 -foot shed, the work to
be completed before Christmas.
Mr. James Snell, of Mullett,
last week sold to Mr. Appleton
Elcoat, of Tuckersmith, a thor-
oughbred Durham bull calf for
a good figure. This calf has tak-
en three first prizes and a sec-
ond.
Mr. Harry Beattie, son. of Jas.
Beattie, who is now attending.
the training institute at Strath-
roy, has received .an appoint-
ment for next year as assistant
master in the Port Elgin High
A Macduff Ottawa Report
The Army
OTTAWA—Canada's Defence -
Minister Paul Hellyer, the
tough-minded young minister
from Toronto, has built a re-
putation by wielding a sharp
knife on departmental costs.
In the next few months a
new image of Hellyer the
spender will emerge with deci-
sions to purchase hundreds of
millions of dollarsworth of
new equipment for the. Army,
Navy and Air Force.
These decisions—Should come
as no surprise to' anyone. Mr.
Hellyer himself has said many
times that major . equipment
purchases must be made.
The whole purpose of the
cost-cutting, streamlining jdb
he has done So far has been
Smiles...
The wife got., her car fouled
up in- a traffic jam: -Every—turn
she made was blocked until she
finally couldn't move at all.
"What'll I do now?" she wail-
ed to her husband.
"I certainly couldn't say," he
replied. "But I bet if you climb-
ed into the back seat you'd
think of something."
Mrs. Busybody was pumping
the local lawyer about the de-
mise of the town's richest man.
"You knew him well," she
cooed. "How much wealth did
he leave?"
With a tip of his hat, the old
lawyer replied, "All of it, Ma-
dam, all of it."
School,
Mr. William• Adams has rent-
ed his farm in McKillop, near
Seaforth, to Mr. George Turn- able to announce within a few
bull, and will' sell off his effects weeks a substantial" part of our
-To
Get The Tools
to permit acquisition of modern,
efficient equipment for the forc-
es without significant increas-
es in the total defence budget.
It has beep Mr. Hellyer's
whole airir to produce a lean,
tough, mobile fighting force,
equipped with the best wea-
pons to serve Canada's inter-
ests anywhere in the world. It
has been his purpose at the
same• time to do this while
maintaining a total defence bud-
get of around $1,500,000 a year.
Now a lot of the, fat is being
cut out of the Canadian forc-
es. Manpower is being reduced
to 100,000 with a far greater
emphasis on the active soldier,
and far leis on administration.
" Now the time has come to
supply the navy with new ships.
It seems certain that the ships
will be fast, filled with elec-
tronic detection equipment, and
perhaps also equipped to trans-
port large numbers of men and
equipment.
The army will cost less to
equip. Self-propelled artillery,
'reconnaissance vehicles, signals
equipment—again the accent on
mobility, on leanness.
The changes wrought in Can-
ada's defence forces by this 41 -
year -old mini'ster are deeply
significant. Defence decisions
are being made in a global con-
text, on assumptions about Can-
ada's role in the future, about
the east -west conflict, about
NATO. Mr. Hellyer is known to
have ambitions beyond, the De-'
fence Department. On the basis
of his conduct as Defence Min-
ister, 'those ambitions would
seem to be thoroughly justified.
Integration of the three sery-'
ices is proceeding. The reserve
or militia, is being cut .by one-
third and will be given a role
of closer co-ordination with the
active service. Physical facili-
ties are being integrated as far
as possible to provide greater
efficiency for less money.
On paper, the Defence Mini-
ster's actions have meant a re-
duction in spending estimates
of more than $100,000,000 be-
tween last year and this year.
In fact, the savings are not
really sufficient to permit the
Defence Department to proceed
with all its equipment purchas-
es without increasing spending
at least. a little.
The price tag on new aircraft,
_new ships, new artillery and
army vehicles, is in the range
of $500,000,000 over the next
few years.
Mr. Hellyer is not about to
overstep the.: budget limits he
himself (and his Government)
have set. But he is about to
embark on a spending program,
essential both for the morale
and the efficiency of the armed
forces, which will strain that
budget to the limit.
On November 6, he told the
House of Commons: "As I in-
dicated earlier,' I hope to be
by auction December ,11,
Mr. James Dickson, who is
the mathematical master in the
Seaforth Collegiate Institute,
has resigned his position, to
take a ,similar one in Brockville
at a salary of» 1,000 a year.
Mr, George Miller, of Hibbert,
is busily engaged in erecting a
new store at Cromarty. The lit-
tle village is in a thriving con
dition, as this is the third store
that is being erected.
Last week. about all the fish-
ermen from Bayfield returned
home. John, James and Wm.
Ferguson have bei"away i6out
7% months.
Mr. John Reinke, of Tucker -
smith, has his new house com-
pleted.
Mr. James Rivers, of Farqu-
har, who has been in Manitoba
during the past summer, return-
ed home on Saturday. He speaks
highly of the ,Prairie Provinces.
Mr. D. B. McLean, the enter-
prising proprietor of the Kip -
pen Mills, has recently made
extensive improvements in his
flouring mill and has secured
the services of Mr. J. Sommer-
ville, who is well-known as one
of the best stone millers in
Canada.
ME "Samuel Houston, of Tudk-
ersmith, was badly hurt on Sat-,
urday when hia team ran away.
They were attached to a water
tank. Mr: Houston attempted to
catch them by the head, when
they knocked him down and
ran over him.
Mr.. John McMillan, M.P., will
meet vyith his constituents and
delivei an address on the po-
litical questions of the day in
Dixon's Hall.
The residence of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Kerslake, of Chiselhurst,
was on Wednesday night the
scene of a happy gathering of
the Congregation of the Metho-
dist Church. The assemblage
was entirely in the nature of a
surprise party. After the tables
were spread and a repast die
posed Of, the company presen
ed to Mr. Kerslake a handsome
bedroom set, as a mark of the -
esteem in which he is held as
leader of the Sabbath School.
ship -building program for the
next few years. •
The same appliesto, aircraft.
We have been giving detailed
study to our requirements for
tactical aircraft in a close
ground support, role and it is
hoped that a decision can be
made in this respect, too, with-
in a reasonable length of time.
Also under consideration is
the possibility of acquiring self-
propelled artillery and recon-
naissance and other vehicles for
the army," said Mr. Hellyer.
_..In__other--words; --the Defence
Minister is no mere economizer.
That should • have been clear
even before his announced de-
termination. to purchase major
new equipment.
After all, he has already or-
dered 400 M-113 armoured per-
sonnel carriers for the Cana-
dian brigade group in Euroi e.
He has purchased 16 fiercules
transport aircraft to increase
the transport capabilities of the
RCAF.
The most,costly buying is yet
to be mad ' however. The next
aircraft the Canadian Govern-
ment buys for the RCAF will
have a new role in keeping
with this Government's basic
defence philosophy.
The philosophy calls for a
mobile force, able to answer a
call anywhere in the world on
Short notice. The kind of air-
craft the Government wants is
one that can give close sup-
port to ground forces.
The Department is consider-
ing a number of such aircraft,
and at the time of writing, the
most likely choice was the
Northup F=5. It is a relatively
simple 1,000 mph aircraft cap-
able of landing on grass strips
and costing about $700,000 a
copy.
The Department plans to buy
large numbers of these U.S.
aircraft, probably 200 or more.
Purchase of navy ships will
also fit in with Canada's ac-
cepted naval role of anti-sub-
marine warfare. One of Mr.
Hellyer's early acts was to can-
cel the large frigate program
then underway.
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By Bill smiley
WHERE THOSE WEEKENDS
GO
Like most teachers, I don't.
know what I'd do- without my
weekends. All right. I know.
The hours are great, there are
lots of holidays, and you're sure
of your pay at the end of tile
month.
But believe it or not, it's an
exhausting game. Baby-sitters
have their moments of frenzy.
Policemen sometimes get ul-
cers. To those two jobs, add
the task of stuffing information
daily into about 150 kids, most
of whom can take it or leave
it, and you can understand why
teachers totter towards 4 p.m.
Friday like camels lurching to
that first oasis on the far side
of the Gobi desert.
Every Friday, I come home,
collapse, and wave feebly to-
wards the decanter of Teachers'
Highland Cream, a medicinal
restorative' made in Scotland for
the sole purpose of salvaging
sagging teachers.
As I lie there, gradually. re-
covering, I allow myself to lux-
uriate in the idea of 48 hours
without classes. "This week-
end,” I muse, "I'm going to get
caught up. I'm going to mark
all those essays, prepare those
five tests, get my lessons ready
for a whole week ahead. I'm
also, by golly, going to get a
good sleep tonight, go hunting
Satu day afternoon, sleep in
Sunday, .and spend the rest of
the day reading a good book."
Perhaps a verbatim report of
the last lost weekend will give
you an idea of the difference
between dream and reality.
Friday evening, I'd just be-
gun to regain my joie de vivre,
with aid of the Highland Cream
and a good dinner, when a col-
league called. He wanted to dis-
cuss an academic problem: some
kids had tried to set fire to his
car on Hallowe'en.
It turned out that he was
sagging a bit, too, and that he
had a predilection for the
Cream. A bad , combination. I
got to bed at 2:30 in the a.m.
Oh, well, I could sleep Satur-
day morning. Essays would not
be marked, but after all, a fella
has to live a little.
At 7:30 a.m.; in the dark al-
ready, my wife was shaking me.
She had the stomach .flu, 1 had
to drive the kids to the city,
200 miles round trip, for their
music lesson.
Home at 4 p.m, Broth for the
sick lady. Rake- the last of the
leaves. Prepare one of Old
Dad's famous mixed grills: any-
thing that will fry in a frying
pan. This one had mushrooms,
eggs, green peppers; a redolent
remnant of steak, two wieners,
a tomato and a chunk of bolog-
na. Tasty. Two hours of dish-
washing. '.
Wandered wearily up to watch
TV. Fell asleep. Woke at 11
p.m. Looked at wife, apparent-
ly dying. Downstairs to turn
off lights. Find lights blazing,
hi-fi blaring, kids in --the act of
lighting fire in fireplace.
"Get to bed!"
• Two hours later, have taught
Kim to waltz (waltzing is any
form of dancing that doesn't
have a frantic beat); Hugh and
Kim have demonstrated, and I
have been dragged into, the
Monkey, The Frug, The Vood-
doo. The fire is burning low.
We have all, simultaneously,
smoked a pipeful of tobacco.
(That's right.' We all sat around
and smoked pipes. What a lousy
father!) But I can sleep in
Sunday.
At 8:30 Kim is shaking me.
"Dad, don't forget 'you're teach-
ing the Bible Class this morn--
ing." I teach the Bible Class.
At 4 p.m., I go out and collect
"pledge cards" for the church.
Everybody is out for a drive,
or hates the minister. Net re -
suit: I collect one pledge card
out of seven—my.own.
At 4:30 p.m. we all stand in
the backyard; waving frantical-
ly to small ' airplane circling
over house. Hugh is in it, up
with a friend. HiS mother, up
from death's door, is having kit-
tens. "My baby! Up . there!
They'll crash!"
Prepare Sunday dinner. Wash
dishes (kids have to do home-
work and practise). Reel to
desk at 9. p.m. Fall asleep on
elbows. Wake up at midnight.
Can't sleep until four a.m. Get
up at 7:45. Scramjile to school.
And begin . all over again.
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