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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 25, 1965
What Is the Future of SDHS?
In a thoughtful address to Ontario
Weekly Newspaper people, Education
Minister William Davis point4d out the
need to encourage pride in localschools.
"It is easy to prove that the most
progressive communities are those with
the best schools," he said. He went on
to emphasize that our children in con-
ditions' of a changing technological era
deserve and must receive the best edu-
cation • they may attain, and added :
"They can only compete in our society
if the schools they have to attend are
good schools."
There will be general agreement ,
with the views the minister expresses.
Certainly there is recognition in every
community of the necessity of con-
tinuing to examine our education prac-
tises and procedures to ensure thatwe
are providing the most we can by way
of both plant and staff within the lim-
its of the money available.
In this connection it may well be
Growing , Older
"Keep me from becoming talkative
and possessed with the idea that I must
express myself on every subject.'
"Release . me from the craving to
straighten out everyone's affairs.
"Keep my mind . free from the re-
cital of endless detail. Give we „wings
to get to the point.
"Seal my lips when I'm inclined to
tell of my aches and pains: They are
increasing with .the years and my love
to speak of them grows sweeter as time -
goes by.
•
"Teach me the glorious lesson that
occasionally I may be wrong. Make
me thoughtful but not too nosy, helpful
but not bossy. With my vast store of
wisdom and experience it does seem .a
pity not to use it all. But Thou know -
est, Lord, that I want a few friends at
the end."—Unknown.
that some steps should be taken to-
wards the improvement of- the facili-
ties in use by Seaforth District High
School and the enlargement of the op-
portunities, provided by the present
school curriculum.
While in recent years additions have
been provided at the school, the fact
remains that nearly half the school is
housed in a building more than eighty
years old, and ,which no longer can
provide the accommodation to which
students and teachers today are en-
titled if each is to produce the best
results.
Equally important with accommoda-
tion is a review of what additional
studies can be carried out to advant-
age at SDHS. Among these certainly
is grade 9 and 10 shop, which has re-
verted here because of space pressures
at Clinton. Too, 9 and 10 Commer-
cial could be • handled as well in Sea -
forth, and thus • avoid the movement
of nearly 80 pupils each day for a total
of 480,000 pupil miles a year.
While it may be true," additional ac-
commodation is required at Clinton—''
and .attendance . ,projections indicate
this to be the case—surely some of
this could be avoided by a more re-
alistic look at the present distribution
of teaching responsibilities. Goderich
and Exeter boards already have acted
to ensure that the interests of the com-
munities they represent are protected,
and have proposed changes in the ex-
isting . four school arrangement cen-
tred at Clinton. We are satisfied, that
there would be general support for any
proposals the Seaforth board might
advance along similar lines, to the end
that students within the. SDHS .area
might be better served.
Certainly the entire matter of ac-
commodation and curriculum, as it af-
fects Seaforth area students, merits
early and active consideration.
Best Which Governs Least
There are many area residents who
at one time or another have served
their municipality as fenceviewers.
• Recalling; as `they must, the few rocca-
sions on which they were called on to
perform their duties, they will• be re-
minded that government is best which
governs least when they read the of=
ficial report of Charles Dahl, fence -
viewer of the Township of Norton,
Massachusetts, as recorded in the New
York Times. (In New England, as in
Ontario, a fence viewer is a township
officer appointed to settle disputes over
farm fences and their `locations.) •
The report reads:
Number of fences viewed, none ; num- •
ber of fees collected, none ; amount of
appropriation from the town; . none ;,
amount of money spent, none ; salary,
• none.
• A Macduff Ottawa Report
Pyrrhic. Victories, At Ottawa
THIS HUMOROUS TAX FORM WILL KEEP US LAUGHING ALL THE' WAY TO THE LOAN OFFICE..."
gar and Spee
— By BiII Smiley --
DOCTORS GIVE HIM A PAIN
A couple of experiences re-
cently have confirmed some-
thing, I've long 'suspected. Peo-
ple spend far too ,such time
going to the doctor. Most doc-
tors would probably agree.
My wife, who could go 15
rounds with Cassisus Clay and
not breathe hard, goes to the
doctor about twice a month. He
says, "Well, you're certainly
looking in fine fettle," gives her
a bottle of pills and sends her
about her business.
My experience with doctors
has been- on two levels, the so-
cial and the professional. So-
cially, you can't beat them.
They like a drink, a godd story,
good company. Professionally
well, let me tell you.
Just after the war, the medi-
cal profession told me I had
tuberculosis. There was a sha-
dow on my chest X-ray. They
pumped out my stomach and
poked among the horrors ex-
humed. They vampired blood
out of my arm. They sucked
marrow out of by breastbone.
8 3 8
the gone Every - often,sa specialist ine
reading X-rays would show me
the "shadow" on my lung.
that the local commission would and Mrs. James Beattie, and There were about 484 shadows
receive a credit of $582.47 from who is manager of a bank in on the Xray. I'd nod intelligent -
the HEPC, commonly known as Manitoba, is • recovering nicely ly,' though I'll swear it was a
the 13th .bill. from a serious operation which different one every time.
he underwent recently. I still think they got a fly -
From The Huron Expositor A pleasant evening was spent speck on the original X-ray. But
February 26, 1915 at the beautiful home of Mr. I bear them no grudge. This
and Mrs.' John Elgie, Tucker used to happen to me during
Mr. George Manns, of Hui- smith, when about 80 -of their the war. We'd be flying forma -
lett, near supply born, has con- friends and neighbors were in- tion, on a mission, heads swiv-.
tracted to supply Clinton public vited to spend- the evening. elling wildly to watch for Ger-
school with green maple wood, Cards and dancing were indulg- man fighters. Suddenly, I'd
22 inches long, at $3.00 a cord, ed in until the we small hours spot a whole gaggle of the foe
Reeve • Shortreed, of Morris; of the morning. •and -holler over the radio, "En -
is laying down the material for emy aircraft, above, 10 o'clock!"
the erection of an up-to-date 8 8 • 3
pressed brick . house on his From 'The Huron Expositor '
farm.
In YearsAgone
The Huron Expositor
March 1, 1940
Jackie Bullard, 11 years old
and son of Signaller Ferg Bul-
lard, now in England, was in-
jured in a car accident as his
hockey -team were on their way.'
from Kintore to Ingersoll to
play a game. He was, thrown
through the windshield of the
car and several stitches were
necessary to close .the wound.
Mr. Frank McConnell, Dublin, '
has sold his 100 -acre farm lo-
- cated at lot 20, con. 5, Hibbert,
to Mr. George Vivian, of Staffa.
Mr. Douglas Stewart, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart,
conducted services at New St.
James' Church, London. He was
substituting for Rev. James Mc-'
J(ay
Miss Jean Dungey was. hos.,
tess at a shower held at • her
home in honor of Miss Donna
Mole, bride of this week. There
were 35 girls present. A mock.
wedding was a feature of the
evening's . program. The re-
mainder of the evening was
spent in contests. Labelle Haw-
kins and Gladys Earle were the
winners.
The euchre party held in the
Orange Hall at Winthrop was"
quite a large success. The prize
winners were: ladies, first, Miss
Dorothy McClure; lone hands;
Miss Margaret McClure; gent's,
first, Wesley Hoggarth; ' lone
hands, William Alexander:
• Ross J. Sproat, R. J. Winter,
E. C. Boswell and W. E. South-
gate were in London attending
a bonspiel.
Dr. John Goddard, who for
the past year has been assist-
ant in the offices of Dr. W.- C.
,Sproat and Dr: M. W. Staple-
ton, left for Ottawa, where he
will enter the Canadian Army
Medical Corps.
Last Sunday's snowstorm has
again made traffic heavy • at
Manley, but the .fine weather
that followed has made the
.roads passable on the county
roads, but the back concessions
and sideroads still require the_
old reliable, .
While cutting Wood in his
bush on the second concession
of Stanley, John A. Metwan
suffered a broken leg when a
tree struck him. His son was
with hirn at the time of the ac-
cident. Mrs. McEwen was also
injured in , an accident when
February 28, 1890 After a frantic silence, in
which everyone else swept the
sky with his . eye§, a sardonic
voice would announce, "Smi-
ley's got oil specks on,, his wind-
screen again."
So I forgave the docs. In 12
months; •they-couldn.'t prove, at
least to my satisfaction, that I
had TB. But they needed the
practice, and I bore no ill -will.
,..karn at the rear of what Mr. G. McEwan, proprietor of
is known as,. the' McKim pro-. Hensall salt wells, is, with. com-
perty in Walton, was burned mendable enterprise; still en-
down. The building was owned larging his already large build -
by W. G. Neal, merchant, and ings, % and for Convenience and
the cause of the fire is a prob- shipping facilities the Hensall.'
len. salt works stand at the very
Mr. William Manley, of ° Mc- head of the list of wells.
Killop, who was busy drawing
wood to J. M. Govenlock's _tile.' Mr- Henry Willett, of the
Co
yard, had to give it up owing
Commercial Hotel at. Dashwood,
to the soft weather which spoil- had 10 loads of splendid ice
ed the sleighing. Packed away for summer use.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter McCully Mrs. Wm. Sproat, Jr., Tucker -
,of Kippen entertained a number smith, was waited on at the resi-
of their friends. dence of her mother, Mrs. Gem -
Some of the bean growers mell, by a . number of the teach -
around Kippen, who have them ers and friends of Egmoridville
to market, are very fortunate, Presbyterian Church Sabbath
as the price has reached the School, and was presented with
high mark of $23.00 a bushel.,an address and a handsome fam-
The Brucefield Lodge of thily Bible.
Independent Order of Oddfel- Mr. Wr. Scott, Brucefield, the
lows are now decked out in enterprising merchant of • the
their new regalia, purchased Glasgow House, has -purchased
from a Toronto firm for about several hundred cords of -.fine
$300. wood for shipment. •
Graham Bros., of Brucefield, Mr. Peter Robertson, Chisel -
shipped a carload of fat cattle hurst, gave the young people of
to Toronto. the neighborhood a social hop,
•Mr. Stewart Knox, Brucefield, -Mr. Paul Boa acted as "knight
has gone to London to join the of the bow". Songs were sung
third contingent' of the overseas by Messrs. Robertson and Bell,
forces. while Mr. A. Bell danced the
An import�ant business change Highland Fling. Cotillon, reel
took place this week when Mr. and waltz followed each other
J. MacTavish, who has managed in swift succession.
the Edward McFaul Co. for the We are pleased to learn that
•past few years, purchased the Mr. A. S. Atkinson, of town,
business and .will hereafter con- has passed his final examina-
duct it in his own dame. tions at the Pennsylvania Col -
The fire brigade was called lege of Dental Surgery. in Phila-
out to the Collegiate Institute. delphia.
Some paper had got down a At the recent meeting of the
register and becoming ignited Grand Lodge - of - United Work -
caused smoke, which occasion• men, held at Toronto, Mr. Geo.
ed, the alarm. • Patterson, Seaforth, .was ap-
Mr. Ai G. Smillie has retired, pointed Grand Master for Hur-
from the local agency of the. on District.
Massey -Harris Company here Mr. P. B. Bracken, a horse
and is succeeded by Robert • dealer from Brooklyn, New
the horse she was driving took Henderson. • York State, came here on Fri -
fright and she was thrown from While entering the back door dany and on 'Monday had pur-
the cutter. She, received injur- of ,his store, Mr. G. D. Haigh chased and shipped 18 horses.
ies to her knees. slipped and sprained his ankle Mr. Jacob Weber, Dashwood,
Formerly imported from Eur- so severely that he 'has been who for many years conducted
opean and South American laid up since. - an undertaking- business,- has
SHOWING THE FLAG that cannot be mistaken for the ceremony. , countries, brown corn is becom- Miss. Cassie Everatt, of 'town, sold to Mr. Ball, of. Dashwood.
OTTAWA—When Members of flag of any other country. And As the new flag reached.the ing a cash crop which will be has accepted a 'position as mil- Mr. William Milne has con -
Parliament returned on Feflru-• Prime Minister Pearson, what- top of the pole, a spontaneous of benefit to farmers of West- linerand has left for Campbell- tracted to furnish the council
ary 16th to continue the ses- ever else he does, will surely cheer went up. It was a leap ern Ontario. Brown corn is a ford, near Lindsay. of Exeter with 22 cords of cedar
sion which was already the be remembered as the man who of the heart, a moment of self- 90 -day crop, planted and bar- Miss Fleurscheutz, Egmond- posts at $3.85 per cord. These
longest in history, the new flag gave Canada its flag, .a crown- recognition,.' vested the. same time as field vine, . had the misfortune to posts are to be used in block
was standing out proudly on ing event of his career. The cheer was louder and corn, and also drilled and cul- fall'on the slippery walk at her paving a part of Main' Street. '
the Peace Tower. These thoughts were in the more impassioned a few min- tivated like corn. home and fracture -her right
In first few of the minds of many who' attended utes later, when the Royal Secretary -treasurer D. H. Wil- arm.
resumed the days was he the curiously restrained and Standard was lowered from the son, of� the Public Utility Com- We_ are
resumed session,thai inaugurationthere of moving flag:raising ceremony Peace Tower, and the new mission, was advised this week Mr. Fred
evidence
new leaf flag, on Parliament Hill on Feb. 15. mape leaf went up. It flared
last,the mapleeked any healingatlong The ' Government deliberately bold and strong from its high
effect had the' members. planned the ceremony in a low vantage.
onkey. For those who had waited for
Nor was it expected to. It was a pity there wasn't a this moment, the red flag in -
The flag has been a chief public holiday, fireworks, par- stantly became theirs '
point of contention between Lib- ades, a little honest jingoism. No one can deny that the
eras and Conservatives, a • fo- But the planners never forgot flag is being accepted only
cal point of bitterness and po- that this Was a flag -lowering, as grudgingly by many Canadians
litical discontent. • well as a flag -raising ceremony. including a substantial part - of
Whatever magic the new flag The slow descent of the Red the Conservative Party.
may have among Canadians gen- Ensign, which had served as. But no one can doubt either,
erally; it would be strange in- Canada's ,flag for many years, that within a few years that
• deed if it somehow inspired was a sad, regretful, moment flag will be in every respect
strong feelings of unity and for many in the crowd. , the flag of all Canadians. A few
common purpose among politi- • Conservative ;Leader John more pages of Canadian history
cal parties. Diefenbaker, who Ied the Op- will have to be turned before
The partisans are far too position to adoption of the new then.
committed for compromise, en- flag, could not bring himself This maple \leaf flag, in a
gaged in combart far too bitter to show any warmth towards it. somewhat disagreeable sense,
in what has certainly been a He had agreed to attend the contains within• its bright folds
turbulent year in Canadian poli- ceremony as a chief guest, af- the colors of political discon-
x cu- en an a an tan
About eight years later, I had
a very sore back. Could hardly
straighten up. I went to a spec-
ialist. He took $28 worth of
X-rays and a . ten -dollar fee,
poked me painfully, and on the
second informed me that I had
a "severe irritation of the lum-
bar region." I was pretty scar-
ed and asked him what it in-
volved. "To put it in layman's
language", he pontificated, "you
have a sore back.i9
• Couple of years later, I hob-
bled into another doctor's of -
flee. My knee was acting up. A
German feldwebel had tried to
kick the kneecap off, one day
in 1944, and every. so often it
went on the fritz. The doc
twisted it until I screamed, told
me it was very painful,' and
sent me to a specialist.. He took
X-rays, wrenched it until I was
bathed in sweat, and. told me
I had a bad knee and should
be ,careful with it.
Recently, I went to the veter-
an's hospital, for my regular
chest check • up. The d b o
couldn't find the scar on my
X-ray, and had to ask me which
lung it had been. I didn't know.
The other day, I went to an
eye specialist. I can see fine,
but my wife thought I should
go. I haven't had my eyes
checked since another eye spe-
cialist, 15 years ago, prescrib-
ed the glasses I wear for read-
ing.
Well, this young fellow the
other day, who can give you an
, appointment within four months
of the time you call, told me I
didn't need glasses. Said the
ones I had were as useful as
window panes. He didn't realize
I'd had them renewed at about
$25 a rattle, four or five. times
since the original prescription,
whenever I'd broken them or
lost them.
Well, J'm going to fool him.
I'm going to go right on wear-
ing those glasses, if onlyy to
hide the bags under my eyes.
Doctors! It's not that I'm pre-
judiced. Some of my best
friends are doctors. But how
would you like your sister to
marry one of them?
tics. ter his party's national e e t t d th C ad quan-
The sense of political crisis tive, at his request, had advised dary.
has been maintained almost him to attend. But he refused The flag itself will hardly be
conalnuously, With, Government the Prime Minister's invitation a point of strong political con -
scandals, historic- and difficult to speak. troversy in the years to come.
accommodations with Quebec, Mr. Diefenbaker dabbed his But as yet it has not healed
Tory divisions, constitutional eyes- with a handkerchief when any of the political wounds
disputes, parliamentary failings, the Red Ensign came down. which are depressing Parlia-
and a painful but perhaps bene• He barely glanced at the red •mentary. • life and political ac -
ficial Royal Visit, maple leaf gag as it rose to tivity.
Even so, in the years to come the top of the pole, to become The resumed session of Par-
i this long ,arid teeming session the national flag standing for liament has taken up just
£ 1' rliament velli most likely Canada all over the world. where itleft off. On the first
erg'rttembered-,as the flag -ses Mr. Diefenbaker obviously did day, out of five and a' half hours W►
x..<,:. not share the emotions of Most. of sitting, only two hours were / r,
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TO THE EDITOR:
Commends Changes at
Brucefield Cemetery
Seaforth.
Sir; In the February 4th
etlition of The Expositor there
was an article' about What Wright
be done to improve the Bruce -
field Cemetery. The Department
of Health.. had suggested it
might be possible to clean up
and level the property, leaving
the large tombstones. I wonder
if the size ofthe stones is to
be the criterion by which they
would decide" whose memories
should . be commemorated?
The cemetery, in its present
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state, is an.. eyesore, and my
personal preference is for a
cairn, as some of the tombstones
were removed when Highway 4
was rebuilt. It should be re-
membered that it was the early
settlers who did the really hard
work in making our country
what it is. •
Yours sincerely,
(Mrs. W. S.) Margaret Hay
' P.S.—I am not aware of any
member of the present council
who might have any personal
interest in the matter.—M.H.
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one yesterday!"
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