The Huron Expositor, 1969-12-11, Page 14A Problem of Remembering
In some occupations a good memory
is merely helpful, in others it's indis-
pensable. There can be few in which it
is not an important aid to efficiency.
Memory, of course, is ever capricious
and apt to play- tricks. We are remind-
ed by a piece in Industry. And we are, all
apt to suffer the occasional lapse. As
with nearly everything else, practice
and application can make all the dif-
ference. It's a much more important
factor than age (some individuals of
middle age have&much better memories
than people 20 years their junior).
A U.S. management publication lists
these 'ten basic rules for keeping the
human memory in good shape:
(1) Intend to remember. Remember-
ing is largely a matter •of motivation;
you have to want to remember.
(2) Understand what you are trying
to remember. Naturally, vague or illo-
gical things are hard to recall._
(3) Organize what you know into
meaningful patterns. It's easier to find
what you want in a well kept filing sys-
tem.
(4)' Become genuinely interested in
what you want to remember. An avid
hockey fan has no trouble remember-
ing when and, where what goals were
scored by whom.
(5) USe as many senses as possible.
Repeating a name aloud, for example,
when you are introduced to someone
involves sight, speech and hearing.
(6) Associate what you want to re-
member with what -you know. Every
fact you possess is a hook on which to
hang new facts. a
(7) If you can't find a logical asso-
ciation for a new fact, invent your own,
and the wilder the better.
(8) If you have a great deal to re-
member,\ spread it over a few days if
at all possible. The more the memory
is "crammed" the more quickly it for-
gets.
(9) Review what you want to re-
member. Repetition is essential to an
effective memory.
(10) The best time to memorize is
before bedtime and immediately after
rising. In this way your mind and sub-
conscious mind will have had undisturb-
ed time to mull it over.
The Election
Hensall, Ontario.
December 8; 1969.
I should like to convey my belated
thanks to the people in Hensall who voted
for me in the recent election and who had
enough confidence in my intelligence to
support me. I promise you, I shall
try again.
have learned that my defeat can-
not be entirely attributed to anything per-
&Oita' against .me but is largely a clear
case of discrimination against women. It
seems that a cross section of ' the
Sir:
BUt there's a moral question'
involved with the 'flu. Should one go to
church, school or business,,,,,and, -hack,
sneeke, cough and spit all over the con-
gregation, the,eassreom or colleagues?
' The answer, I think, is an un-
equivocal "yes", proVided we have the
strength. That's the „only .way in which
we can maintain one of our few great
old Canadian traditions; spreading the
'flu. We have spread two things in this
country since pioneer days, 'flu and fer-
tilizer. and we mustn't stop now.
, Spreading the 'flu is not without
its merits, provided it is done with tact
and timing. As witness.
On 'Friday night we' were supposed to go
to the annual ball of the year. You know
the sort of thing. Every town has one,
piE4,•ent, of the men want to go, and
• 100„ percent of die women. It's' a chance
for them to wear their wigs, make the
old man spring for a. smashing new
dress, and discuss for the next week what
ridiculous things the other women were
Pt;
Aft whee ing .nd sneezing for
about three • as looking forward
to it as one might look forward to his
own funeral. So sick was I that even
the thought of having to shine my shoes
made me feel faint.
PROCLAMATION !
TOWN OF SEAFORTH,
By resolution of the Council, I hereby
proclainl
A PUBLIC HOLIDAY
Friday, Dec. 26th
— BOXING DAY ,
and respectfully request the Citizens
and Businessmen to observe the same
F. C. J. SILLS
Mayor
"GOD SAVE THE QUEEN"
Seaforth council in the dying mom-
ents of its Monday night meeting took
a look into the future which augers well
for the town.
The meeting — an unusually short
one — was almost over and councillors
had exhausted the agenda when some-
• one asked about drains.
And this touched off a wide ranging
discussion of the things that required
to be done next year but which prob-
ably wouldn't get done unless some de-
cisions were taken now. Engineers
can't make plans and work can't be
put in hand over night.
The discussion emphasized the need
of taking a broad look at the communi-
ty as a whole, determining what has to
be done and settling when each require-
ment can best be met.
-In council's talk several matters
were raised involving storm and sani-
tary' sewers, municipal drains and
roads as well as reference to the need
of land for potential industry. The
talks resulted in an agreement to ap-
point an engineer to complete stage one
of the Silver Creek Drain. This hope-
fully woulthmean that actual work on
the drain — which is designed to ease
flooding conditions in the` north-east
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. December 11, 1969
portion of town and which is part of
the project carried out in the Silver
Creek outlet a year ago, — could get
underway next year. Discussion also
centred on ways of pressing the Ontar-
io Water Resources Commission into re-
vealing its plans for Seaforth as far as
sanitary sewage disposal and trunk
• lines are concerned.
In addition there are other areas
such as roads in which decisions must
be made if work is to move ahead in
progressive stages and in a fashion that
can mean reductions in maintenance
costs.
Since Mayor Sills and members of
council are in office for another year
Seaforth has a particularly good oppor-
tunity to continue next year a program
of permanent improvements. Planning
can start now since council knows it
will continue to be responsible and
there will be no waste'of time in organ-
ization for a new year as happens when
a new council comes into office.
The. discussion which council held
this week suggests an awareness of the
need of looking ahead if Seaforth rate-
payers are to have the benefits and
economy which only proper;,, planning
can bring.
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FEDERAL- PONONCIAl. CONFERENCE
and
SPICE
by Bill Smiley
it
t
in Hensall
public has been badly misinformed about
County Council and I quote the reason
"County Council is no place for a wom-
an because all that goes on up there
is' drinking and telling dirty stories,"
end quote. Such a fallacy is beyond com-
prehension? Anyone who has served on
County Council will tell you that the
sessions are conducted with dignity and
respect for the position of the represent-
atives-. I was at all times treated with
more respect at the County level than at
the municipal level. More important, I was
regarded as an equal by the rest of
the members. Pitchers of water and
drinking glasses are placed fOr the mem-
bers' convenience at the back of the
Council chambers. At times some of
the members indulge in bits of humour
and wit which helps to make the business
at hand less boring.
What each member does in his own
free time, I, would not know nor is it
my business to know. I only know that
County Council to me is a wonderful
opportunity to serve the people and In
the ,process, to better educate oneself
in a higher form of government. It is
high time many people abandoned their
,,back woods" way of thinking and realize
that in many places, women are equal to
and often better than men. My prime ob-
jective has been and will be to serve the
community to the best of my ability with
no thought of personal glory whatever. If
people do not stop discriminating against
women mid begin accepting our ideas for
better communities municipal, county
and at all levels of government, we will
regress instead of progress. I will con-
Witte to fight for the rights of women
td be equal.
Respectfully,
Minnie Noakes.
December 15, 1944.
John A. Stewart, Seaforth's oldest
established business man has disposed of
his blacksmith business and brick pro-
perty to Johh Gallop. In turn Mr.Gallop
has sold his large cement block building
to Ken. Campbell, who will move his
electric welding and machine shop from
his present location on John Street. For
over '50 years Mr. Stewart has been one
of Seaforth's most widely known men.
men.
„ Mrs. Walter McCully, well known
Hensall resident, died suddenly. It is
presumed that, she fell when she was
fixing the stove. She was In her 77th
year.
Although the wind whirled the snow
and howled around, S.S.No. 2 Tucker-
smith, the parents and children forgot
the storm during an excellent Christmas
program.-
The members of St. Patrick's
Church, Dublin, held a special celebration
in the parish hall and had a mortgage
burning ceremony. Thirty tables of euchre
were arranged. The prize winners were
Mrs. Wilfred O'Rourke and Fergus Horan.
December 12, 1919.
There has been pretty good
sleighing in the Hensall locality and the
farmers- have been making good use of
it. Carpenters and farmers have been'
in great demand owing to the recent
great wind storm unroofing so many
barns.
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A disastrous fire occurred on the
farm of Ed. Sherbert, east of Manley
when his barn and contents were com-
pletely. destroyed. A blanket thrown over
a gasoline engined to keep it from freez-
ing after it was shut down is supposed
to have caught fire.
Messrs. T. Mackay and Peter Eck-
ert of Manley, shipped a car of cattle
to Toronto and on their return took in
the Fat Stock Show at Guelph and 'pro-
nounced it an excellent one:
Mr. Peter McIver of Hibbert had ,
his two barns, unroofed and the straw '
shed of Geo. Bennewies of McKillop,
was also unroofed.
We understand that Wm.Somerville
of towh has sold his telegraph and ticket
by Shirley J. Keller
Once in a long while my hairdresser
comes up with a real bit of wisdom.
Take this morning for instance. She told
me she recalled a day a few winters ago
when the weather was absolutely beautiful
in February. She had remarked to her
customer about the gorgeous sunshine
and her customer replied, "I just can't
enjoy it for fear of what's still to come."
Boy there's a ring Of truth in
that, especially for me. If I didn't have
a doctor who .was tolerant and under-
standing I doubt if I'd get through some
days for fear of what's still to come.
My hairdresser went on.
"I don't think we had one bad
storm all that•"winter," she told me,
"and that poor lady spent the whole
time worrying about something that never
actually did happen. What an attitude."
What an attitude indeed, but I know
just how that peSsimistic soul felt.Nine
days out of ten I feel as though some-
thing dreadful Is about to take place and
I feel I must be soberly prepared to
meet my fate.
It wasn't long ago that I had a
heart to heart with my friendly doctor.
He listened long and well and then he
sugkeSted I should perhaps have some
pills to ,,calm" me down a little.
Tranquillizers? For Shirley
Keller? No thank you. That's just for
• neurotic types but certainly not me.I'd
rather go on a diet to lose weight.That
seems to be a magical cure-all for
most ailments these days.
"Fine idea," stated my doctor
friend. "See the again early in January
but trim off '10 lbs. before MOO'
I had known it all along. I could
feel in my bones that something awful
was looming on the horizon and here it
is, three weeks before Christmas and
agency to M.McKellar, who will occupy
the office in the Commercial Hotel,used
• by Mr. Somerville for a number of years.
Mr. Labeau of Brucefield has sold
his farm oh the London Road to Mr.
Allen, who recently sold his farm at Blake.
The farm consists of over 100 acres
with good barn and house, the price being
$10,000. -
Mrs. Robert Murdock of Brucefield
had the misfortune to fall last week and
break a bone in her wrist.
Fire Chief Frank Sills has re-
ceived the annual warning from the Fire
Underwriters Associations against , the
dangerous practise of using greens and
-)ther inflammable material such as drap-
_ries, scenery and cotton in Christmas
decorations.
The fifty-second anniversary ser-
vices of First Presbyterian Church was
held on Sunday when Prof. Richard Dav-
idson of Knox College preached.
December 14th, 1894.
Mrs. John Taylor of Clinton has
,disposed of her farm on,the 13th con-
cession of Bullet, to James' Ebsley, for
a figure in the neighborhood .of $5000.
The farm contains. 100 acres of splendid
land With a good frame dwelling.
C. Clarkson, Head Master of the
Seaforth Collegiate Institute,, has been in
Clinton this -week attending the Model
School exanfInations. 3t7- There are two old Stanley boys
in the 'vicinity of Cavalier, N. Dakota,
who have done well and distinguished
themselves. Mr. Flack was elected tc
the Legislature and Geo. Weir was re-
elected ,for a second term as a „county
commissioner.
Geo. Heart of Brucefield has pur-
chased the livery business -and stock
from Mr. Ashton, and has removed it
to his own stables from where the busin-
ess will be run.
Wm. Archibald of Tuckersmith
leaves for Manitoba where he takeS charge
of a load of horses for James Archibald
of Seaforth. •
John Mills, near Harlock. has
purchased from Andrew Young, the home-
stead of the late James Young for $5,300. •
It is known as one of the best farms in
Hullett.
I'm'on a diet to lose weight.
Whar s worse I have three
Christmas parties to attend this week.
All of them feature dinner, and drinks.
How can I possibly behave myself and
lose weight under those tempting con-
ditions? It just isn't fair.
That's where my hairdresser -
bless her heart - came into the picture
again. We' discussed ever so slightly
my problem concerning the diet but a
lady in the next chair was grumbling
about the -fact that no diet she hag ever
tried had worked for her.
"I don't think you' have to
out any particular foods," interjecte
my hairdresser. "Just eat less of every-
thing. It is much more feminine and
dainty to have the appetite of a bird,
especially when you are out in polite
company. -It is the aiiepted thing these
days. Everybody is on a diet."
I hadn't really thought of it that
way. Somehow I 'felt entirely alone in -
this battle of the bulge. There was some
consolation in the knowledge that there are
some others who are spendingChristnias
-with a calorie chart in one hand and a
stalk of celery in the other.
I really don't know why I bore you
with all the details of my hardships ex-
cept this is Christmas and goodwill should
prevail between all men. I'm trusting
that you will have some sympathy for me
and perhaps offer a silent prayer that
I'll stem the tide of temptation wrought
by Christmas cookies and Christmas cake
and Christmas pudding and the wassail
bowl and eggnog and chocolates and...I
just can't make myself go' on.
If you are interested I'll keep you
posted on my slimming project. I'll give
myself one month of starvation before I
make my initial report to you and the
doctor. Wish me luck, will von'
In the Years Agone
Why does a man stagger Out to
work when he't unable to do it properly,
is a threat to „everyone around him, and
is probably' shortening , his own' life by
three or four years?
This is the sort of rationalizing
I was doing this week when I took not
one, but' -two days sick leave. That,
makes six days in ten years.
I'd been coughing like a kangaroo
with consumption. BlOwing my nose was
like trying to stop Niagara Falls with
Kleenex. I was dizzier than a bat at
high noon. I ached from stem to gudgeon,
and I couldn't decide which was aching
more.
It's boring, I know. But the 'flu
is always boring. Except when you have
it yourself. Then it's fascinating.
When you have it, you know that
nobody has ever been as ill as you.
Especially those phonies 'on TV who stay
in, bed, drink plenty of fluids, and stuff
themselves with aspirin. '
My wife is a great comfort at
such times. She invariably says,,,You're
going to die, with that chest cold!" And.'
then she sits back and starts counting on
her fingers. The term insurance, the life
Insurance.
When she begins to look a bit
nasty, I realize I haven't enough insur,
ance to keep her in affluence. That's
about when she calls the doctor,. so I'll
get better, so I can take out more in-
surance.
The doctor, of course, always set-
tle everything. He says, "Hmmm. Got
the 'flu. eh?" Naturally I've got the
'flu or my wife wouldn't have. called him.
If had merely a broken leg, she'd
pr' ably set it herself. But you can
die with the 'flu.
And the doctor says, "Take plenty
of bed, stay in aspirin,' and drink lots."
This always brightens me up, and I pull
out of the' slump within a week, provided
I don't drink too much.
To. The Editor
From My Window
— By Shirley J. Keller
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That was'bad enough. But somehow
we'd been finessed into having an after-
the-ball party with 30 people guzzling food.
and drink. I didn't see how I could get
through it r-ative.
Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus.
To my delight and her horror my wife
woke up Friday morning hacking and
gasping and as feverish as I. I'd spread
her the 'flu. She hung on till afternoon
hoping for a miracle recovery but then
had to throw in the towel and cancel
everything.
That' probably saved my life and
about $100 so the 'flu can't be all bad.
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