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SPECIAL
hotographic
Contest
For Display at the
Seaforth :Fall Fair
Thursday - Friday, Septe mber 17 -18
Rest black and white photographs, suitable for publication, with credit, on the editorial
page of the Huron Expositor.
Picture Subject — may include an area scene, children, animals, building, flowers end
other subjects of general interest, taken within 20 smiles of Seaforth.
Entry to indicate where picture was taken: and produce identification and technical in- '
efontnation,(type of camera• and film). Negative must be included.
Not mare than three entries per person permitted (Children's entries welcome.)
First prize $S, three honorable mentions at $3,00 each, up to 10 awards tot $1 each.
See the prize winning entries in the Round House on Fair Days. Enlargements of *he"
first four winners will be on display In the Huron Expositor .booth In the arena.
Drive Extra Carefully around schools and
playgrounds! Be on: the lookout for children
when they walk to and from-school! Your vaca-
tion from schOol children is over now !
Be On the Alert when you are near a school
bus. Of course, they have to obey all traffic
• rules! .But give school buses a. break anyway
. they carry a priceless cargo.
Parents! Never Stop Telling Children about
the many traffic dangers! Only then can we
hope to help reduce traffic fatalities ! One out
of seven fatalities involves a school child! One
out of ten fatal accidents is caused by a teenage
driver!
Drivers! Don't ,Hurry When You Drive! We
may as well face it. We cannot reduce traffie
casualtiei unless' we slow down! The lives of
others are in the hands holding your steering
wheel. The minute you may save isn't worth
the life of a school child
SAFETY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
This message has been made possible by the co-operation of these Seaforth Finns,
Canadian Tire
Gerald's Supertest
Donald G. Eaton .
Smith's Superior
- Keating's Pharmacy
John A. Cardno
Hildebrand Paint &
Paper
Trapnell's Pastry Shop
Miller 'Motors
Seaforth Jewellers
_ Bill O'Shea
Wilkinson's IGA .
Stewart Bros.
Rowcliffe Motors
Walden & Broadfoot
Ball - Macaulay Ltd.
Gingerich's
Habkirk Transit .
Stedman Dealer
Read's Shoes &
Luggage
Russ' Recreation
The Huron Expositor
Seaforth Coin Laundry
Whitney Furniture
Frank Kling Ltd.,
Anstett Jewellers
Vincent's Form
Equipment
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Bad Luck continioed Engagement
Mr. and Mrs Harry W. Nesbitt, 336 Britannia Street,
Stratford, Ontario, announce the engagement of their daughter,
' Rochelle Anne Nesbitt to Mr. David Herbert Clayton, 45 Pearl -
Street East, Brockville, Ontario, formerly of Verdun, Quebec.
The marriage will take place September 12th, 1970 at 4:00
o'clock at Central United Church, Avondale Avenue, Stratford,
Ontario.
News !!BRODHAGEN
Correspondent
Mrs. Ken Elligsen
Miss Mary Goodanetz or
Toronto, spent the week end with
Miss Cheryl Bennewies.
Mr. Bradley Dittmer, Kitch-
ener and Mr. Dennis Grey,
Moosenee, called on Mr. and
Mrs. Wilfred Ahrens and Mrs.
Mary Dittmar Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wolfe,
Steven and Jamie, London, visi-
Scott Young
I'm not a superstitiousperson
at all, but froM time to time I
am forced to admit that some
coincidences are more coin-
cidental than others. And 1 hope
you will pardOn me for refer-
ring just this once again to the
filly foal I wrote about recently.
We have in the family a
camera that cost us $100 four
years ago. It is thus not the
world's greatest camera, but it
is the most expensive one we
have ever *Wiled, by fat.
We bought it one summer when
we needed a lot of excellent
photographs of a project we were
working on. It takes 35 m!.111-
metre' film and produces, either
slides or prints. As an old
Brownie box cameraman from
away back, l always felt very well
dressed when I was wearing that
"camera around my. neck. With it,
I've taken good pictures in icy-
cold weather 500 miles from the
,North Pole and in steaming heat
35 miles from Cape Kennedy.
When the foal was born, we
'had family considerations that
made the camera vital.. Her
mother, ' a • four-year-old bay
standardbred (unregistered) cal-
led Tinker, belongs body and
soul to our 19-year-old daughter.
She saved the purchase money
by working after school and on
weekends at a chainstore. But
last winter when she started to
university she didn't have the
$125 she need.to put Tinker,
Win in foal, into 'a WS 6411 at
a good Km farm for the winter, 'fr
' as she wanted. '
I was driving her the 50 or
60 miles to university after a
weekend at home last auttirna
when, an answer occurred to me.
I don't like givingavople money•
for nothing.
I said, "Look, you don't have
to do this. But if yoU avant to let
us own the foal, when she's born,
I'll pay for the mare's care
this winter. Don't make up your
mind right away, but •let ' ine
know."
She thought it over for a
couple of minutes and then
seemed quite relieved. "That's
a good idea," she said. Of
course, she knew that the foal
would be kept in the family, ani
she'd really have almost as much
to do with it as if it were her own.
This summer, to help with
her next year at university, she's
working as a waitress at a resort
far from home. The only draw-
back was that she was going to
miss the early weeks 011ie foal.
We knew that if she'd been home
she would have spent hours every
day around the corral, so I thought
the next thing was to take a lot
of pictures. There was a film in
the camera when little Star was
born. We took three or four when
she was only a few hours old.
That finished one roll. We put in
another and in the course of a
few days finished it, too. '
ted with Mr. and Mrs. Lavern
Wolfe and Marcel Wolfe on Sat-
urday.
Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Rose
R.R.# 4, Mitchell accompanied
by Mrs. Gordon Eckert, Mitchell
have recently returned from a
tour of New Mexico, Arizona
and other states.
Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Wolfe
visited with Mrs. Joe Taorliton
on Sunday.
SEPTEMBER 8th
Driving Habits Are Factor
In Labour Day Accidents
On the night when we found
Star with her neck broken and
the vet had to put her away for-
ever, an d as we" buried her
deep in the corral, I kept thinking:
Well, at least we have the plc-
tares. When qur daugater comes
home she still will have that much
to see.
I took the two rolls of film
In one Friday, and called for them
at the villag e drugstore the fol-
lowing week. When I did so, the
druggist (a friend of mine), said:
"Say, I'm afraid you had some bad
luck with those films:"
I opened the envelope. Every
film' was' blank. Not over-
exposed, or blurry, or anything.
Just blank.
For the first 'thrill in four
years, and for these irreplace- '
able pictures, the camera had
failed totally. ,
'With the foal gone , and the
film blank, it is as if that pretty
little .chestnut with the star on
her forehead had never been on
this earth at all.
It was an eerie coincidence.
As I said, I am not superstitious.
But at a time like that I am
tempted to be, just a little.
The rapid approach of the
0
Labour Day Weekend means the
heightened use of Canadian and
American freeways, as millions
of citizens snatch at the last long
summer weekend of 1970.
"Increase in the amount of
traffic, speeds travelled and the
incidence of night driving, com-
bined with the special demands
made on the motorist by freeway
drivihg, sets the stage for Labour
Day Driving Disaster," stated R.
W. Trollope, President of
Dominion Automobile Associa,
tion.
"Time-wise, freeways are
0 extremely efficient, but the
advantages of freeway driving can
become dangerous if the proper
precautions are notobserved, for
this type of driving makes special
demands on the 'motorist."
Long, uninterrupted stretches
of straight road, engine drone and
the general, fatigue that comes
withdatiadlong d! lane c'
dull thVgtintbk- HoW 'er, f ac
ions must be especially quick at
freeway speeds.
The Dominion Automobile
Association recommends that all
motorists"must ensure that they
are in good phyrical condition
and that their motor vehicles are
in maximum operating condition -
brakes, lights, tires, and wind-
shield wipers are especially im-
portant. It is wise to enter a
freeway with a full gas tank and
high oil level.
Common sense and alertness,
coupled with a knowledge of
safety rules reduces the' pos-
sibility of serious, high7 speed
freeway accidents. For this
reason, the motorist alnauld try
to remember the following aids
to safe freeway driving.
li 1. When entering a freeway:
Stay to the right and increase
speed in this lane to the speed'
of the vehicles already on the
freeway.
2. Obey posted speed limits:
Beyond these maximum speed
limits, It is not possible to react
and stop quickly enough in an
emergency.
3. Maintain steady speed con,
sistent with the other traffic.
Sudden bursts 'of speed can con-
fuse other drivers. Slow-pokes
cause impatiepce and risky driv-
ing.
4. Keep your distance. To
avoid serious "chain reaction"
collisions allow one car length
for 'each ten miles of speed be-
tween two.vehicles.
5. Signal lane changes - with
lights or• hand signals and by
flickering high beams at .night.
6. Avoid lane-hopping: Stay
in the right hand lane unless
passing another vehicle. Do
not impede traffic by driving
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Add to this situation, the fact
that the ability to see at night,
which is not •good to begin with,
decreases with age. After an
' individual reaches age 20, the
amount of light he will need to
see objects at night doubles every
13 years. Thus, at age '60, he
will require 8 times as much
light as he would have at age 20
to see the same object clearly.
To begin with, light, hour of the
day and age factors combined
with a number of other variables
such as the condition of the
driver, and of the motor vehicle
make night driving hazardous.
However many motorists fail
to realize that the following six
factors could reduce vision to.,.
the point of extreme danger:
1. Heavy smoking, which can
temporarily cost a driver .10%
,pf his vision.
2. Leaks of carbon monoxide from
_the muffler or exhaust pipe which
effeCts vision to the same extent
as does alcohol.
3. Dirty windshield and dirty
spectacles.
4. Worn windshield wipers which
leave streaks of dirt and water
on glass, setting up a glare which
could blind the driver.
5. Dirty headlights which cut
down road lighting and' render
the car less visible to on-com-
ing traffic.
6. Sunglasses, which when worn
at night darken shadowed areas
to the danger point.
The Labour Day Holiday is
the last long weekend of Summer
1910. Don't let It become the
last weekend of your lifetime!
. Use a little _caution and live to
enjoy many'more Holiday Week-
ends.
Seaforth Women's Institute
will meet September .8 at 7:15
p.m. at Victoria Park, to travel
by bus to tour the Goderich
Psychiatric Hospital. Following
the tour; the regular meeting will
take place, roll call to be "How
we could help someone mentally
Ill in -.our own home". Lunch
committee, will be Mrs. Lorne
Carter,Mrs. Harold Hugill, Mrs.
Leonar Strong' and Mrs. Frank
Walters.
Seaforth
W.I. Notes
SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT . .
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.in the passing lane or by strad-
dling two lanes.
7. pass on the right with'
care: The responsibility for this
tests wi the driver who is
actu oing the passing.,
. Guard against highway
fatigue: Steady speed, less ac-
tivity, engine drone, and fixed
staring reduce alertness. If the
motorist tires, he should im-
mediately pull into a rest area
or' leave the freeway entirely.
9. Responsibility to other
motorists entering the freeway:
Each driver should adjust his
speed in order to allow new
traffid to merge safely and
smoothly with existing traffic.
10. In an •emergency get as
far off the road as possible. A
car parked on the road shoulder
can easily become involved in ,
an accident.
ll. Leave the freeway with/
care: Choose the correct exit
and amove Oto the right hand
fan fa alabeariMavailow down in the
driving lane - signal to turn,
slow down in the speed change .
lane, and reduce speed to a
safe ramp speed.
12. Check ramp speed: Even
40 m.p.h. will feel like a crawl
after freeway speeds.
Statistics show that the hour
of day, and the light conditions
also affect the number of ac-
cidents that, occur.
"With the headlights on low
beam" said Mr. Trollope, "the
driver •first sights an unlighted
object at a maximum of only
150 feet. Travelling at 50 m.p.h., ,
it takes the driver ..a minimum
of 250 feet to stop bn dry pave-
ment after he first notices a
road hazard."
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