The Huron Expositor, 1970-01-22, Page 2Sir;
FRIDAY
Commencing at 7:00 p.m.
• TORCHLIGHT PARADE
• MONSTER BONFIRE AT FAIR
GROUNDS
• MOCCASIN DANCE ON THE ICE
AT THE SEAFORTH ARENA,
MUSIC BY THE PARISIENNE
TRIO
• CROWNING . OF 1970 SNOW
Q • PRESENTATIONUEEN OF PRIZES FOR
SNOW SCULPTURE CONTEST
• LUNCH INCLUDING WIENERS,
BEANS, ROLLS A COFFEE
• ADMISSION.., INCLUDES LUNCH,
PROGRAM AND DANCE
CHILDREN 2Sc ADULTS $1.00
SATURDAY '
Commencing' at 1:00 p.m.
• FREE SKATING & RIDES -
• LOG SAWING CONTEST
• CUTTER RACES
• LADIES' TUG OF WAR
• SNOWMOBILE NOVELTY RACES
INCLUDING OBSTACLE RACES,
WESTERN PICKUP
• EGG RELAY RACES
'• -CROSS COUNTRY RACES
• HAY PACKING CONTEST
BRING YOUR SKI-BOOSE
TRAIL PRIZES,
• CLOWN ACT IN ATTENDANCE
• SNOWMOBILE SPEED TIMING
EVENT, TIMED BY RADAR
• WINTER CARNIVAL DANCE
Pion to Attend- the
SEAFORTH OPTINIST CL
3RD ANNUAL
04.
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CARNIVA
HIS WEEKEND
AT THE SEAFORTH FAIR GROUNDS
SUNDAY- IS- RACE DAY!
• CHILDREN'S SNOWMOBILE RIDES • FREE SKATING
a STOCK AND MODIFIED SNOWMOBILE RACES; STOCK CLASSES A, B,
D, E; MODIFIED B, C,'D, E; LADIES' STOCK, A & B; JUNIOR STOCK
A & 'B — HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PRIZES •
• MAYORS AND REEVES SNOWMOBILE RACE
• M-IF RED NIGHT_D_ARE DEVIL_RACING___TEM&PERFORMS
Register For Races 11:30 - 12:30 — Races Begin 1:00 Sharp
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SNOWMOBILE OWNERS
The Seaforth Council seeks'the cooperation of
all owners of snowmobiles so that they may con-
tinue to enjoy to the full the sport and at the
same time protect the interests of other citizens
Please cooperate by:
1. Operating maehipes'as
and at such times as ,not
citizens. This means the
at.night operation.
quietly as pdssible
to inconvenience
curtailment of., ' late
2. Avoiding areas:Where sickness exists such
the hospital grounds -and streets adjacent
to nursing homes.
- 3. Following 'all highway, traffic regulations
and regulatiOns co.ntain.ed in th-e Motorized
Snow vehicle Act. °
4. Respecting the rigiits of property owners
and avoiding taking short cuts ovt7r private
property.
5, Giving precedence to pedestrian traffic
remembering' that snowmobiles beT -69 so low
sometimes can be ,difficult -to see.
The cooperation,of all' Operators is urged.It
would be unfortunate if' the actions o-f- a few
wenators „made necessary restrictive controls
that would curtail the pleasure 'of othe'r owners.
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In recent years there haS been in-
creasing activity' in Ontario commun-
ities by citizens 'anxious to take advan-
tage of our winter wonderland. There
are more people skating, riding snow-
mobiles and generally enjoying the
snow and cold weather. There are
more. organized winter events.
Here in Seaforth it is the Optimist
Club which has assumed responsibility
for an area winter carnival. The third
annual carnival gets underway Friday
with a parade. .
The two previous. carnivals were
complete successes. With the additional
events planned for this year, the 1970
project should be an even greater suc-
cess.
Success, of course, comes as the re-
sult of participation. Members of the
Optimists have' been participating for
several months planning each detail to
A couple of weeks ago ,a group of
people met at the home of Mason Rob-
inson in E'a'st Wawanosh to conclude
for all time the operation of a "Mutual
aid" program jwhich has been going on
for more. than 60 years. It was the
windup session for the St. Augustine
Beef Ring.
Many- -3rounger people -don't- even-
know what • a beef ring is — or • was.
When the early settlers needed meat
they slaughtered one of their own ani-
mals --- a' steer or p, pig"— and during
the cold weather one carcass Would sup-
ply the needs of a family for quite a
spell. Warmer, weather necessitated
more rapid consumption and no doubt
led to the practice of neighbors taking
turns at the slaughtering and then
sharing the meat. 'It was only 'a step
'froni that arrangement to the organiz-
ed beef ring, where slaughtering was
on a systematic basis and the sharing
was recorde&as was the supply of stick-
for slaughter.
The beef ring was only one of many
ways in which farm people worked , to-
gether. Their co-operative efforts '
sprang from the needs of a pioneer so-
ciety iii which- survival without neigh-
'Thinking back over the year-end
reports of „the 1960s, 'I realize that all
' the experts„ .painted a picture of a de-'
cade of violence and change probably
unequalled in history. What is especially
embarrassing is the thought that I did
the same thing, though I'm ho expert.
On second thought, it was all pure
, poppycock. It's true that The Sixties
included these things, but the 1940s, in
4 retrospeCt, make the 1960s look like a
children's birthday party: Noisy, dis-
organized, Messy, but essentially kids'
' stuff in comparison.
Surely it was in The' Forties that
today's violence, revolt, drug addiction,
sekual freedoni, disgust with the Estab-
lishment, and all the other goodies of
The Sixties, had their roots.
' In the 1930s, thoSe lucky enough to
have a job were working for han it
costs. today for a night on the tolin.
Toronto newspaper columnist, Richard
Needham pointed out, theiGreat Depreision
was not brought to an end by our economists.
or politicians, but ktdrilolphilitler. War
created jobs, wages went up, prosperity
began. Sickening thought, but true.
In The Sixties, we waxed indignance
over Chicago cops for beating dis-
sidents Over the head. And so we should,
But. in The Potties, six million non-
dissidents of all ages and, both sexes
were beaten, gassed. or starved to death.
And million's Of Others were obliterated
without even waving a placard. How's that
for Vielence?,, ' - '
ReVtilt?:/t was everywhere, in par-
tisan ,roups and new nationalist organiz-
ations. And the rebels were, just as long-
haired: eh& ,the and, a lot'
today's rebels . 'they, too,
were Of both Saes, as today. But they
Were lighting for "Somethingt not a.gamst
everythifig.,.And they were laying on the
line het just a dicatt.Oii the head,' a trip
hi the ,fiaday,wagoft, Slid a fine, hilt their'
-11VeSi •
-tatablielthient1 in 1945 the
-British WOW it out, in that heroic •
ensure a smooth rtuwing program. For
the rest of us, our turn to participate
comes on Friday.
" The Optimist, in sponsoring the car-
nival, not only prOvide a worth whilt
community activity which brings credit
to Seaforth, but also create added funds
with which the club isible to continue
its several community projects.
Passing years or lack of capacity pre-
vent some of us frOm participating aS
fully as we might wish. We can't entet
the snowmobile races nor seek honors
on the ice or as a carnival Queen. But
there are none of us who can't take
part and participate by being present
at each of the events by wearing a car-
nival button.
By doing this we recognize the con-
tribution the Optimists are making
through their winter carnival program.
We do our part in making their third
annual carnival the best in the area.
bors was impossible.
How those times have changed!
There is little need today to share any- .
thing, Combings, tractors and automatic
devices have eliminated the -need -to de-
pend on the neighbors for' help to get
the big jobs done. The :operation today
is much more efficient. The hay comes
off-before it gets-wet Grain is-harvest-
ed at the correct moment The cattle
and' hogs are sold 'on the open market
and the farmer's wife buys her meat'
from ithe butcher just likeT*e towns-
folk do.
Efficiency ht4 been achieved, but
something a great -dear iffore valuable
has been lost in the process — for it
takes more 'than a weekly card party
to bind the residents Of a .community
into a true neighborhood. The real ce- -
ment, was interdependence — an actual
reliance upon the loyalty of good neigh-
bors in times of need. The change is in-
evitable. It was bound to come,' but old-
er country people look back with nostal-
gia to the fillies when the work was
hard, the neighbors were friends and
the fun was made — not bought. (The
Wingham Advance-Tinies).
but unmistakable member of it, Sir Win-
ston Churchill. That was a far, far
greater thing than rioting on a campus..
Atrocities? we had one, apparently,
in Vietnam recently, with the Yanks as
villains for a change. Vile? CertaInly.
But it was a mere trifle compared to the
atrocities of The Forties. On all sides.
Tell yOur kids, about Lidice, the bombing
of Hamburg and Dresden, and what the
Russians did at Warsaw.
And then there was the biggest
one of all,'committed by the Good Guys -•
the atom boinbs dropped ofintroshima and
Nagasaki. Today's atrocities are peanuts,
however indigestible.
Drug addiction? There wasn't any
"pot" around. But 'I Wonder how many
alcoholics are wandering around today
who got their start when they were 18, and
in uniform? I could list you a „dozen,
from personal knowledge:"Just multiply.
Sexual freedom? Perhaps it wasn't
as blatant • -and "self-conscious and
publicity-conscious as it is ay, but 'it
Was there lady, it was there. N , I don't
for one minute mean yo sband. But
those other guys. Wowt
Change? Whole countries dis-
appeared. Millions of people wandered,
homeless. 'New countries sprang into
being.
However, just as The' Sixties
weren't all rotten, neither were The
FOfties. They produced courage and sac-
rifice and a great sense of sharing and
loving, amidst all the hatred.
„They produced a generation ,that
sincerely 'believed that a better world
was not only needed, but could be built.
They produced entire new concepts of
world peace.. They set 'the seeds for the
end of the old imperialism.' Never mind
that these have beep frustrated and warped
since.
, And, as a sideline, 'they produced
the millions of kids whoare now a mystery .
and terror , and bewilderment to these
relics of the frightful Portiesi Huff said?, •-
In the
Years Agone
JANUARY 25th ,1895.
William Willis of Dashwood, drew a
load of logs, mounting up to 2300.feet to
the saw mill..
George Baird has been engaged in
teaching at Baird's school house, 2nd.
concession of Stanley, for 34 consecutive
years. During that time he has kept the
school fully abreast of the time, and many
of his pupils are now filling important and
'responsible positions.
There is considerable sickness in
the CromartyAstrict. Malcolm McKellar
is suffering from inflammatory , rheumatism. '
For several years there has not
been anything done in the way,of-pipping
square timber; this year hOwever a good
deal is being taken out.. An immense stick
was seen passing down Main Street W.
taken from one of the farms of Sam Dick-
son, post master. It was 32 feet long and
measured 2 feed and 8 inches square. It
was soft elm and grown in McKillop.
Messrs. Hudson, Anderson, Logan
and Hill were in town on Saturday, pur-
chasing chairs, lamps and other articles
for the new church at Hillsgreen.
An account of the' severe storm
and the drifted roads the Brussels stage
and Neilson's Harlock express were unable
to reach Seaforth.
• Ross Baker and Co. of Blake were
again successful .in capturing another wild
cat. It was a very formidable looking
animal. It measured 4 feet 2 inches in
length and weighed 22 pounds.
A grain separator belonging to
Henry Wesenberg of McKillop was burned.
-The handsome new Presbyterian
Church at Hillsgreen is nearly completed.
We understand that despite dull
times, the Coleman foundry in this town
under the efficient management of James
Irvine, has its resources taxed 'to the
utmost to supply th demand for root
pulpers, grain.crush rs and other imple-
ments turned out a this establishment.
JANUA' 23rd, 1 20.
atrick Jordan of Hibbert, has
purchased the hundred acre farm of John
Brennan.
The snow. stems of. the past week
haVe"blocked the roads in many places and
also affected the train service very much.
in fact a few trains were cancelled.
A veterinary, Dr. Catt is locating .
at Dashwood. • He is 'a returned soldier
and came highly,recommended.
Messrs. Gott. Oestricker and T.
Kluropp of Dashwood Thave therhoirses
5' 'about ready to move in. They are to be
heated' by hot water system.
What proved to...be a very interest-
ing and • hard fought game of hockey was
played 11 the Palace Rink betWeen Mitchell
,
and the local boys. The boys from town put,
them -down to defeat 1Dy, a score of 5 - 0.
The following was the Seaforth line up:
Goal .McGeoch; Defence D. Reid 'and 0.
Dick;- Right wing - J. Sills; Left wing -
Reg. Reid; Centre 'Dave Reid; Referee
"Toad" Edmunds, Stratford.
J .P.(ble of Kippen has purchased
the farm Of the late Edward Ireitrer-
land on the Kippen Road, south of town. .
There is not, a, vacant houSe in
Dublin and several-could be disposed of
if' some enterprising man or' woman would
erect a few small houses.
Ch en Aid Says Thavalt You
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, January 22, 1970
It's Winter Carnival Time
The Passing of the Beef Ring
Sugar and Spice
' by Bill Smiley
JANUARY 26th, 1945..
Word has been received by•
John J. Flannery of Guelph, that her two
sons Sgt. Cyril Flannery, who has been
overseas for 18 months and -Sgt. John
Flannery, who went overseas last October,
met Christmas Day in"Holland.
A highly esteemed and pioneer re-
sident of Harpriihey, Mrs. David
Grummett, will celebrate her 95th birth-
day.
' At the inaugural meeting of St.
James Separate School Board, C.P.'Sills
was elected chairman, P.J.Dorsey, treas-
urer, J.J.Cleary, secretary. Other
members' of the board -are 'John Nigh,
Arthur Devereaux and. Gordon Reynolds.
Editor and -manager of the Picton
Times from 1912 'to 1943, Wm. Steet, 81,
died at his home. He was born in Egmond-
Ville, and learned hiS trade at the Expositor
office.
"' -Rudolph Fisher of McKillop, met
with a painful accident when his hand
became entangled with the wheel of a
gasoline engine. ,
' Jain Bennett, North "Main St.
celebrated his 88 th birthday on Thursday
when he was visited by his daughter, Mrs.
Orville Habkirk of Wingham, Mr. and'
Mrs. Wm. Bennett and Mrs. Stevlart
Hurriphries of Walton.
' Harry H. Eyre, a former student
at the Seaforth Collegiate Institute was
recently elected chairman of the Sarnia
Board Hof Education for the second -con-
secuil e term.
Messrs. C.M.Smith, J,E.Keating,
W.J,Duncan and C. Al Barber were in
London competing in the London curling
.3-day bonspiel.
Members of the Seaforth LiOns
Club' celebrated Burns night in royal
style at their Semi-monthly Meeting in
the Parish Hall of St. Thomas Church.
The meeting was in -charge of G.D.Fer-
guson and J.C.Crich, Lion John Beattie
proposed the toast to the great Scottish
bard and Harold Jackson and Frank Kling
carried in haggis, while the address was
made in maaterful form by D.L.Reid,
The guest speaker was Rev. J.e
The guest speaker was Rev. J.E.Hogg of
Clinton. James T, 'Scott, accompanied
by James M. Scott, sang two Scottiih
songs: 4
To date this district 1•;a6.
experienced' the coldest Of many cold
winters, as well as the stormiest,the
thermometer registered 10..beloW tern on
one day.
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The Board • of Directors of , the
Children's Aid Society of Huron Count/f.'"
wish Ito express their gratitude for the
many contrihutiens of clothing, financial
support, and any form of service -which
has assisted in forwarding the work of
our Board in 1969.
••Xs, .0XPrei‘Sint oprec- ----
14tion, Special thanks gqeS to ,
of 'Huron' County who have given their
support to the Children's Aid Society..
throughout the year.
publicity Conimittela;
Board' of Directors,
Children's Aid Society
.of Huron County.
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