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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 21, 1961
It's Fair Time in Seaforth Again
It's Fair time in Seaforth. On Fri-
day the Seaforth Agricultural Society
will hold its 116th Fall Fair.
Advance entries indicate that the
Fair this year will continue the trend
of recent years and attract increasing
interest in the area it serves. The fact
that Seaforth Fair is one of the few
in the district to enjoy a Class B rat-
ing, coupled with the consistent pro-
gram of improvement which directors
in recent years have insisted on, has
resulted in an agricultural exhibition
second to none in this part of the prov-
ince.
It is true that fairs don't change
greatly from year to year. The basic
interest lies in the exhibition of agri-
cultural products and in the competi-
tion between high quality stock. But
while these ingredients are present at
every fair, the difference between a
good fair and a poor one frequently
lies in the degree to which the pro-
gram is planned and carried out.
Seaforth excells in this respect and
the result is that exhibitors from ever
increasing distances like to show here.
This is particularly so of breed shows,
of which there will be three this year.
Not only is the fair 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, and this year officials have
found it necessary to turn down sev-
eral last-minute requests for space.
This balance between the product of
the farm and the product of the store
and factory makes possible a rounded
exhibition that attracts people oۥevery
_
occupation.
There is criticism in some quarters
that fall fairs should be self-support-
ing—that grants which make possible
the continued operation of the small
fair could better be spent in other ways.
Certainly the elimination of grants
would havethe effect of eliminating
the small fair, but in the process a tra-
dition of community service would be
destroyed. To say that the vacancy
would be filled by a few larger fairs
across the province is ignoring the con-
tribution which each of the fairs makes
to the community it serves --a contri-
bution which, in many cases, has ex-
tended over more than a hundred years.
Fairs such as the Seaforth Fair, well
run, with a balanced program reflect-
ing the changing interests of the com-
munity, deserve continued support.
Farm Routes Confuse
Citizens not yet venerable can recall
when the location of farm homes was
described as Lot such -and -such, Con-
cession so-and-so. Use of the rural
route number, meaningless to most
town people, has become gradually
more and more widely applied, so that
now, when anything happens a rural
resident, from an accident to a wedding
or a court case, he is described as liv-
ing on a certain postal route. Then, if
a daily newspaper takes note thereof,
the man is described in a heading as a
"Goderich farmer" or something like
that. The newspaper doesn't know
where the particular R.R. runs, and as
some of them cover many miles it
-wouldn't help even to know that. One
route out of Goderich ends up over the
border of Bruce County.
All of which constitutes one of life's
mysteries, about which we had medi-
tated in silence, but now along comes
.the Farmer's, Advocate with the excel-
lent suggestion that "every crossroad
should have signs naming the intersect-
ing roads and each mailbox should dis-
play the lot number of the farm . . ."
Wouldn't it be much better to get a
direction like this : "The farm you
want is Lot 16 on Concession 11."—
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SUGAR
and
SPICB
By Bill
Smiley
A
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Sometimes I `wish life would
I stumbled and groaned around
stop being so interesting. There
the kitchen in bare feet and
are moments when I'd like to
shorts. They scoffed three slic-
relax, fall into a pattern of
ed peaches each, and four of
gracious living, and coast quiet.
my special Runny Scrambled
ly downhill to the grave, like a
Eggs, before I could get a bite
Christian gentleman, secure in
to the Old Girl.
the knowledge that St. Peter
* * *
was chewing his nails with im-
And she couldn't swallow a
patience as he waited to con-
morsel. Nerves. Our annivers-
duct me to a quiet corner of
ary coincided with her debut
the place.
as organist in the church. She
But it doesn't seem to work
hadn't slept a wink all night,
out that way. There's always
but had dozed off, after four
some gigantic foofawraw in pro-
tranquilizers, at dawn. What a
gress, either in the world at
day! It was. about 280 degrees
large, or around our house, to
in the shade, but her hands
keep me upset, confused, ex-
were as cold as a coroner's kiss
cited, roaring mad, or exhaust-
and she had a faraway look in
ed.
her eyes that..I'd never seen
* * *
- before except on the faces of
Take the Berlin, crisis, for
people who were wetting their
example. By the time this ap-
pants while in swimming.
pears in print, you, gentle read-
Briefly, she got through the
er, may have been blown sky-
ordeal without even fainting
high by a nuclear missile. If
once. But she couldn't miss,
this happens, feel free to can-
with the rest of the family pray-
' cel your subscription. And
ing as they'd never prayed be -
please accept my heartiest con-
fore, that Mum wouldn't make
gratulations for being out of
a bollix of it. I thought I heard
it all, and give my regards to
a sardonic snort from away up
God, eh?
in the sky, as she was gracious -
Personally, while I'm not a
ly accepting congratulations af-
pacifist,'I would not go to war
ter the service.
with a four-year-old pygmy ov-
* * *
er Berlin. I am about as con-
To round out the week, I
cerned over the rights of the
Berliners as they were over
went back to school on, Monday,
and there was Joe, sitting in a
the rights of the people of War-
front seat, his ape -like counten-
saw in 1939. I know, I know,
ance wreathed in a satanic
there are many wonderful Ger-
smile. Joe is a fiend in human
man people. And I've met, quite
form, as I found out last year.
a few of them. Call me intoler-
He was so disturbing that he
ant, prejudiced, or what you
almost made me break .a life-
like, but I've felt a slight cool-
long rule never to hit anybody
ness toward the race since half
bigger than myself.
a dozen of them tried to kick
He hadn't showed up in the
my brains out, in a station yard
first two weeks of school, I fig -
in Utrecht, seventeen years ago
ured he wasn't coming back
this month.
this year, and life looked like
* * *
a bowl of borscht, compared to
That reminds me. I had a
the flagon of hemlock it re -
letter this week from old friend
sembled last year, with him in
Gene Macdonald, editor of the
the class.
Glengarry News. It seems that
* * *
the 22nd chieftain of the Mac-
And there he sat, leering at
donell clan was out from Scot-
me, as cute as a baby gorilla.
land this summer, visiting
Do you know what that charac-
among his kinsmen in Glen-
ter said to me as I fumbled for
garry, Ontario. There are more
my blackjack? He said, "Sure
McDonalds and Macdonells and
glad I got you for English again,
Macdonalds in Glengarry than
sir. I allus like to get a good
the Campbells wiped out at the
teacher. We wuz lucky to get
Massacre 'of Glencoe.
each other again, wuzn't we?"
Anyway, Gene was talking
It was like having your legs
with..The Macdonejl,_ and learn-
cut off at the knees by a scythe.
ed that the latter was an old
You want -to run, but alI .you
Spitfire pilot and an ex -prisoner
of war.
can do is groan. As I said,
sometimes I wish life would
He asked the chief if he'd
stop being so interesting.
k'nown me there, remembering
that I was in the jug. "Sure I
knew
Smiley," exclaimed His
Chieftainship. "lie. bunked
':%.
[(ma
right across the hall from me
in Stalag Luft."
'
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It turns out that he was call-
ed "Mac" in prison camp, There
were approximately 800 char-
(Prepared by the Research Staff
acters called "Mac" in our
camp, so I can't place him, ttut
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
it just goes to show you.
What is Newfoundland's
Speaking of prisoners, I
Largest Lake? I
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learned Sunday morning, at a
Grand Lake is the largest
fairly unholy hour, that it was
my fifteenth wedding annivers-
lake on the island of Newfound -
land. It is 56 miles long, covers
ary. First I knew of it was
an area of 140 square miles and
when the lady who was lying
beside me, eyes shut tight, push-
reaches a depth of 360 feet. The
ed me toward the far edge of
which in turn drains into Hum -
the bed with one foot, and
mumbled, "Leesha can dooz
ber Arm of the Bay of Islands
on the west coast.
gemeezum brekfus nour aanvr-
ary." And if you think that
*„ * *
isn't a shocking way to be wak•
Where Was Ontario's First
sped on a warm September
Steel Ingot Made?
Sunday morn, wait till it hap-
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At Sault Ste. Marie in 1902. i
?ens to you.
Around the turn of the century
Well, I got her some break-
Francis Hector Clergue creat- e
The blasted kids, who are
ed an industrial empire at Sault
always up with the birds, were
Ste. Marie. Within 15 years he 1
already gathered around the
built a power plant, a paper
Able, just like young robins,
mill and a steel mill, rediscov-
gaily discussing the swim I
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erect and worked the Michipi- t
was going to take them for, as
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"lin not sure Mary Lou is r*adjt for marriage"
By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
ABOUT LABOR
One thing we have learned
about Labor Day is that as few
persons as possible attend to
their tasks on that day. They
labor just as hard as usual but
their effort is put forth to cele-
brate and have a grand time. A
boy can work about as hard in
a ball game as chopping wood
foe the kitchen stove, but he
thinks he is having his fun on
the diamond.
In the pursuit of sport, young
people can play themselves to
exhaustion and feel they are
having a good time. And in
competition, they can work
hard and enjoy it. When a
boy, a man engaged me in a
contest in stacking wood for
the stove. And I stacked the
wood 'so high I had to be stop-
ped. And I had a wonderful
time.
Mr. Browning wrote of a man
who said his love for his wife
was so great that the tasks of
the day became light, grew play
and vanished. The purpose dig-
nifies labor. A great bridge to
be built makes labor worth
while. And a Country to be
served is an ideal to stir the
hearts of capitalist and laborer
alike.
freighters and built a railroad
(the Algoma Central Railway)
to carry the products of the for-
ests, mines and mills of this
"new Ontario" to the more
densely populated districts of
Canada and the States. The first
steel ingot made within the
limits of the province was
blown at his steel mill in 1902,
and the first rail rolled in Can-
ada was turned out later the
same year. This plant became
the giant Algoma Steel Corpor-
ation.
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Which President of Johns Hop-
kins was a Native of Canada?
Isaiah Bowman, president of
Johns Hopkins University from
1935 until 1948 and interna-
tionally known geographer, was
born at Waterloo, Ont., in
1878, the son of Samuel Cress -
man and Emily Shantz Bowman.
He was educated at Michigan
State Normal College, Harvard
and Yale. For 20 years prior
to his Johns Hopkins appoint-
ment, he was a director of the
American Geographical Socie-
ty. As chief territorial adviser
to the American peace commis-
sion in Paris in 1918, he serv-
ed on four boundary, commis-
sions. He was an American
delegate to the Dumbarton Oaks
Conferehce in 1944 and an of-
ficial adviser at the UN Con-
ference in 1945 in San Fran-
cisco. Bowman had an interna-
tional reputation as a geogra-
pher and was the author of
several books on geographical
and sociological subjects. He
died in Baltimore in 1950.
They were looking at a sign
n the country store window
vhich read: "Ladies Ready to
JVear Clothes."
"Well, it's darn near time."
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
A TIME FOR BRINKMANSHIP
OTTAWA --One of the politi-
cal 'arts is the ability to appear
to say something without actual-
ly saying it.
Canadian political leaders
have practised it to a fine de-
gree.
Mackenzie King is famous' for
his wartime stand as Prime
Minister on the conscription is-
sue—"conscription if necessary,
but not necessarily conscrip-
tion."
His Conservative successors
are assiduously following his
lead on the loaded question of
nuclear weapons.
The Liberals and the New
Democrats have at least made
their positions clear. They're
against them.
The Conservative Govern-
ment, as this is written, is not
for them and not' against them.
It's considering them.
It has been considering them
almost from the day it assum-
ed office in 1957.
It has stipulated, on a num-
ber of occasions, the condition
on which it would not accept
them for Canadian forces. And
it has indicated the grounds on
which it might. But it has fear-
lessly avoided making up its
mind.
It has explained repeatedly
that no decision is necessary so
long as there is hope of world
disarmament. And to its credit
it has worked tirelessly to bring
about that happy state of af-
fairs.
Unfortunately for Canada and
for the world, the effort has
been a failure. The Govern-
ment has not given up all hope,
but it is ready to admit consid-
erable discouragement.
Tensions remain high over
Berlin, a n d over renewed
nuclear testing. The West-
ern nations -are scrambling to
strengthen their defences
against the awful possibility of
nuclear war.
Which puts Canada, and its
Government, on the spot.
If war should come, will
Canadian troops meet the en-
emy on even terms? Or will
they fight with less -effective
weapons, upholding the laud-
able moral principle that nu-
clear weapons, like poison gas,
are an evil, unpleasant method
of solving international dis-
putes?
On this difficult question, the
Government's position is crys-
stal-clear—on paper.
"Our forces must be equip-
ped," says Defence Minister
Douglas Harkness, "to give
them the maximum amount of
mobility and flexibility pos-
sible. It requires that they be
equipped with comparable, if
hot better, weapons than a po-
tential adversary. It is the pol-
icy of the Government that our
forces should not be required
to face a potentialenemy with
inferior weapons."
Since the Russians have nu-
clear weapons, that would seem
to make it clear enough that
Canadian policy is to acquire
the same weapons for our side.
But here the Government
pulls up short,
It is providing Canadian forc-
es with the weapons carriers—
the Bomarc missile, the CF -104
jet aircraft and the Honest
John artillery rocket. All of
these are fully effective, and
worthwhile in terms of cost,
only with nuclear tips.
"It is only prudent," says
Mr. Harkness by way of ex-
planation, "to obtain the wea-
pons systems now so that they
will be available and our forc-
es trained to use them."
He likens the situation to
that of a man living in a lone
cabin in the woods, fearful of
attack by a bear. He doesn't
wait for the bear to attack be-
fore he buys a rifle.
So Canada will have the rifle.
But what ' of the bullets to kill
the bear?
That, of course, is another
question. T h e Government
seems prepared to go to the
brink, in the best John Foster
Dulles tradition, but not to
make the final decision.
Unless, of course, war should
break out. And then it would
be of no more than academic
interest, perhaps, to the sur-
vivors.
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CapjtaL.Hill Capsules
The United States Govern-
ment in a formal written sub-
mission to the Canadian Gov-
ernment has protested against
the recommendations of the
O'Leary Royal Commission on
publications on the grounds
that their implementation
would contravene GATT. In
oral submissions accompanying
the written submission the U.S.
ambassador set forth other
grounds for criticizing the Roy-
al Commission. It now appears
that the Royal Commission
spent a year working on its
report to no avail. Indications
are that the present Govern-
ment intends taking no action
to implement its recommenda-
tions.
* *
Tom Kent, 39 -year-old Eng-
lish wonder -boy, who at the
early age of 34 was appointed
editor in chief of the Winnipeg
Free Press by the late Victor
Sifton, has now been named
special consultant to Liberal
Leader L. B. Pearson and the
National Liberal Federation.
Mr. Kent left the Free Press
in 1959 to take a job in private
industry as a Vice -President of
Canadian Chemcell Limited in
Montreal, But politics has long
been a favorite occupation of
this young man and he has giv-
en up his well -paying job in
Montreal to move to Ottawa to
work with Mr. Pearson. He
took a leading role vocally and
behind the scenes at the King-
ston Liberal conference. But in
his new job according to the
Liberal Leader, Mr. Kent will
be "anonymous and inarticu-
late."
A SMILE OR TWO
False friends are like our
shadow, keeping close to us
while we walk in the sun, leav-
ing us when we move into the
shade.
Some workers have lots of
"get-up-and-go" when it's time
to get up and go home. Yes,
sir, they're, the ones who get
"fired with enthusiasm".
Farmer Hill: "What did you
take the bell off the cow for?"
Farmer Furrow: "Because ev-
ery time she moved the hired
man heard the bell and would
knock off for dinner."
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50 and
75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
September 18, 1936
Prior to leaving for their new
some in Toronto, about fifty
riends and neighbors surpris-
d Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sproat
it their home, Huron Street,
Ind presented them with a
Beautiful walnut chest.
Some time during the week-
nd entrance w a s effected
hrough a window in the .Sea-
orth Collegiate, and fountain
ens, pencils and geometry sets,
o the value of some $50, were
tolen.
Miss Evelyn Golding, Reg.N.,
f the Sick Children's Hospital,
oronto, spent the weekend
vith her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
V. IL Golding.
The harvest of beans has
ommenced and with a few
ays of good weather, good pro-
ress will be made. The crop
romises to be very good.
Mr. James McClinchey has
old his 50 -acre farm in Stan-
sy to his neighbor, Mr. Lorne
Armstrong.
Dr. F. J. Burrows left on
hursday to spend a few holi-
ays at the home of his daugh-
sr, Mrs. Bambury, in Winni-
eg.
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From The Huron Expositor
September 22, 1911
Mrs. McKay, of Kippen, has
ented and moved into one of
Ir. Petty's dwellings on Queen
treet in Hensall, a little east
f the King George Hotel.
Mr. Arthur Mason, of Saska-
on, Sask., has leased the resi-
ence of Mr.n
A drew Stewart
n James Street.
Mr. James Reid was in Lon -
on last week taking part in
he international quoiting tourn-
ment. He was only defeated
ti the heavyweight class.
During the end of last week
a large quantity of dressed
stone was received here for
'the new Post Office to be erect-
ed.
Mr. A. M. Campbell has mov-
ed his implement warerooms to
the store in the back of the
Dominion Bank block.
Mr. Percy Clark, of Bruce -
field, has gone to Hensall,
where he has secured a posi-
tion with Mr. Colin Hudson.
.1. H. O'Neil, of Brucefield,
has secured a position on the
staff of the Daily Times, Moose
Jaw, Sask., • and left for that
city Tuesday.
Mr. Thomas E. Hays met with
a painful accident on Thurday,
when he turned too short on
the road when the horse backed
up, upsetting the buggy and
throwing him out. He bruised
his head and injured his eye.
One day recently Mr. R. Rob-
inson, of Leadbury, found a
hen egg which measured 7 x 9
inches, and when broken the
egg was found to contain an-
other egg of original size, fully
formed.
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From The Huron Expositor
September 24, 1886
The severest windstorm ex-
perienced here for many years
occurred on Thursday evening
about 5 o'clock. The gust of
wind sprang up very suddenly
and the rain came down in tor-
rents. One of Mr. Hannah's
creamery wagons was coming
into town from the north, when
opposite Mr. Lapslie's t h e
wind caught it and carried
wagon, horse, driver and all
off the road and turned them
upside down into the ditch.
Mr. D. Watson has disposed
of his new residence, now in
course of erection, to Mr. W.
D. Bright.
Mr. Roberts has improved
the appearance of the town -
hydrants by giving them a coat
of. .fresh green paint.
Mr. John Hannah is attend-
ing the Provincial Exhibition
at Guelph this week. He has
been selected by the exhibition
authorities to superintend the
milk test being made there, in
place of Professor Robertson,
of the Agricultural College.
A number of ripe strawber-
ries were picked in Mr. Wm.
Logan's garden last week.
Strawberries in the middle of
September are a luxury in this
climate.
The races held on Beirne's
race course Friday last in Wal-
ton were not so well attended
as was expected on account of
the wet weather.
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