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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, December 18, 1969
Industrial Growth Begins at Rome
Don't know how things are' around
your way, but there's little doubt that
we're going to have a white Christmas
around here. Winter came in like a
polar bear with a toothache, and I went
off to work on December 1st as though it . was mid-January. Prayerfully.
That is, wade through six inches
of fresh snow, pray fervently as I try to
start the car, breathe another little one
of thanks when it goes, close my eyes
and bomb backward down the driveway,
muttering another supplication that I'll
make the road, and then send up another
Mw words of gratitude because I'd got
my snout tires on the day before.
One creature who despises the
whole business as mach as I is our cat.lt
was bad enough for her before the
stioW cable, Ruge tomcats, black, white
and piebald, littered the yard, and she'd
sit on the pictile table, spitting and snarl-
ing at them with an air of chastity and
virtue that fs seldom seen these days.
She Was in command of that attuat-
' 1011Y• tilt When X chucked her out Into half
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"I don't know how she figures it, but my teacher 'says it's
better to give than to receive," ,
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"You're going on a trip:'
I've always heard that rock and
roll festivals are exciting and highly
emotional events for the people who Ire-
quegt such places but a recent jolk Ms-
tival in California was the absolute limit.
It has been estimated that 300,000
Youngsters attended the free spectacular.
During the day-long extravaganza four
persons died, many persons were treated
for drug overdose, some experienced bad
LSD trips and, It took 19 doctors and six
psychiatrists hired by one British rock
group to keep the crowd under contr?l -
physically and mentally.
All this seemed routine to me.
I've seen what a rock and roll session'
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can do for my teenaged son and two
or three of his cohorts.
They sit around in a fairly orderly
fashion and can get' absolutely and
thoroughly exhausted Just listening. Their
shoulders are slouched way over and
their heads are bobbing rythmically to
the beat or their feet are planted squarely
in the middle of the floor while the
entire remainder of their body is wri-
thing and jerking to the sounds pouring
out of the record player. 1-
They don't make mudh noise. The
whole trick seems to be to stay totally
silent le tangthe pounding ear-shattering
beats of the masic (?) out into the room
So I am not neatly surprised by
reports that these 300,000 young men
and women were in a state of shock for
the duration of that rock festival. 'The
size of the crowd would magnify the in-
tensity of the Moment out of all proportion.
As for the garbage that gathered
on the site, I can understand that too.
After one record session in our living
room I can pick up enough wrappers
and bottles and cans to fill one waste
basket to full and overflowing. The debris
from 300,000 swingers must have been
overwhelming.
What I find .particularly hard to
believe is the report that four babies
were born during the concert. The in-
fants and their mothers were cared for
in an emergency medical tent set up
on the grounds, said the -story.
Any young woman who has such
devotion to rock and roll music though
in the hour of travail must be considered
something of a marvel. Perhaps the
younger generation considers it a mark
of 'distinction to give birth to the inces-
sant whine of a rock guitar. I consider
it disgusting.: ....
It is one thing for these young
people to marry at an early age and
to raise their families in a rather un-
conventional environment, or perhaps not
to marry at all but rather to express
themselves by a systerifk of free love.
It is quite another thing, to, think,.
so lightly of the unborn 4114 risk
its permanent damage through poor pre-
natal and postnatal care. Surely these
young mothers cannot have such little
concern for the children they have
carried within them for so many months.
I.doubt there are many teenagers
who read this column but if there happens
to be one or two youngsters browsing
through this heap of rubble please hear
these words from an old lady who has
been over some of life's rough roads.
Be individuals if You 'like. wear
your hair long and your dresses short.
Live under the symbol of peace. But for
heaven's sake, take care of your bodies
and more important, the olives of any
unborn children you may be fortunate -
or unfortunate enough - to have conceived.
They deserve the very best you can muster
for them.
FROM
WINDOW
By Shirley Kellar
Every town wants more industry and
for very good reasons.
An assessment nicely blended be-
tween residential and commercial can
result in-a lessened tax load on the wage
earner and home owner. Such an assess-
ment provides a broader tax base _and
permits provision of sewers and roads
and other services at a cost which does
not place an undue burden on the aver-
age taxpayer.
Even More important is the oppor-
tunity whiC'h a local industry provides
in making available job opportunities
for the youth of a community.
Too often, particularly in towns in
Huron, those who are born here, grow
up here and are educated here, have no
alternative but to leave for some other
centre as soon as they graduate.
But getting industry isn't just a mat-
ter of somebody on council or in the
chamber of commerce giving birth to a
pious hope that it will arrive.
Attracting industry means long
hours of work directed at analyzing in-
dustrial requirements in relation to the
facilities which a tovv.i has to offer. It
means preparation of •reasoned presp-
tations.
It means, too, provision of defined
industrial areas protected by zoning
and with services available. Preferab-
ly, too, it means potential industrial
sites within the defined areas, in the
hands of some public body such as an
industrial commission so that they
may be offered for a known amount.
Fortunately Seaforth has taken cer-
tain of these prime steps. There are
protected industrial areas and the
planning board and its consultants dur-
ing the past two' years have studied
the relation of-these areas to available
and potential roads and services so that
additional development could be brought
about in short order.
This consideration of industrial de-
velopment has been prompted by " re-
cent comment in the Wingham Times
including a suggehtion that private
capital should be involved.
We often hear the comment that
there is nothing for girls to. do in the
town and district; that all the recrea-
tion is geared for the boys.
This may be partially true especially
when it comes to contact sports Which
stress physical endurance or athletics
which require muscles, but people 1.0o
make rash statements should- qualify
them. There are activities for women
and girls such as skating, badminton,
bowling,' gymnastics, sewing, cards,
bingo, dancing and chasing boys here
and in the district.
Perhaps some girl's are not interest-
ed in any of these activities. Maybe they
would prefer more sophisticated purv:
suits like debutante parties, ballroom
dancing, tennis, a goad game of post
office or spin the bottle.
It all started, the Wingham paper
said, when a letter was read at council.
Written by the industrial development
committee of an Eastern Ontario town
and addressed to Western Foundry in
Wingham, the letter enumerated the
main reasons why industry should sel-
ect Hawkesbury as a- site for a new
plant.
Not only was the letter written con-
vincingly and with imagination, but the
advantages which • it pointed out were
so attractive that any business owner
with thoughts of a move or an expan-
Sion program in mind, would certainly
be made at least curious enough to vis-
it the town before making a final de-
cision.
The great advantage offered by
Hawkesbury is an industrial park, in
which serviced lots are available for
new plants. The water, sewage and el-
ectrical services are all there, waiting
to be used the Advanced Times said and
went on:
. . However, towns don't stand
still. They either progress or d6cline
. . and 'we certainly aren't getting
ahead very fast as far as employment
is concerned."
Here is the problem — and the solu-
tion too — as Wingham sees it and
which equally could apply to Seaforth.
"Mare than any other reason why in-
dustries don't become seriously interest-
-.Jed in Wingham is the fact that we don't
have any serviced industrial sites.
There is land ,available, but lack of ser-
vices is a clear indication that we just
aren't on our toes.
"The solution? It costs money — and
not the kind of money_ that-can be rais-
ed by the town council. If a,nd when we
find a group of interested investors in
our own community who will put up
some of their dollars for the purChase
and servicing of an industrial park, we
may have some hope of attracting new
industries. Until that day comes we
will be able to enjoy the pastime of
watching the industries go somewhere
else."
V.
We must admit there does seem to
be a dearth of places to participate in
this type of recreation. And the future
doesn't look too bright, either.
Used to be that all a girl wanted was
to stay home and help her mother. The
odd tear-jerking movie was thrown in
for recreation. There was always plen-
ty to do at home and the lady of the
house always appreciated help.
Now with the modern labor saving
appliances, a gal isn't needed nearly as
uch. If she wants to see a sad movie
has to go out of town. There are
no movie houses here.
It is ironic, however, that even in the
large cities where recreation and amuse-
ment is available for every taste, they
still complain there is nothing to do.
(Acton Free Press).
a foot of snow, her Brat experience of it,
she almost went out of her head. ,
Skiers e delighted, of course, and
that other in ious new breed, the snow-
-mobilers, are ing all over their big,
fat, red faces.
It's not enough that we should have
our summers ruined by half-wits in motor
boats and on motor cycles, tearing around
polluting the water and the air, destroying
the peace and endangering ,not only their
own lives (who cares?), but those of
everybody else. within ramming distance.
Now we have their winter counter-
parts. I can tolerate the snow-mobile as
a handy tool for work, or for getting
from one place to another under difficult
conditions. But I haven't much time for
those idiots who merely revel in the
noise, the sense of power, and the stink,
half-trained and often half-stoned, a men-
ace to everything in or out of sight.
I'll bet poet Robert Prost is glad
he's dead. Imagine trying to write a
beautiful, haunting thing like Stopping tiy
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December 22nd, 1944:
Thirty friends met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Habkirk to honor
Mr. and Mrs. John Pullman on the oc-
casion of their 20th wedding anniversary.
The lady's prize was won by Mrs.
Harold' Dale and the men's prize to
Barney Hfldebrand,
Reeve Arthur Nicholson of Tucker-
smith entertained .the council and em -
ployees at a banquet at the Queen's Hotel
LIE. McGregor, clerk of tfte township
for the past 34 years was unable to
attend. The entire party however ad-
journed to his home and presented him
with suitable gifts. The presentation
was made try Harold Jackson and Harry
Chesney.
Rev. T. P. Hussey,' popular pastgr
of St. James Church, Seaforth, celebrated
• the 40th anniversary of his ordination
to the priesthood.
Mrs. Hugh Chesney of Tuckersailth
entertained about 20 girl griends of Miss
Alice Wright, whose marriare to- Robert
Tyndall took place recently. iT
A pleasant ceremony- took place
at the Flax Mill when Ross Smale, who
has joined the army, was made the re-
cipient of a souvenir by his fellow work-
ers.
Wm Consitt, prominent and widely
Known Hensall resident, died at his home
following an illness of a few weeks from
a heart condition in his 85th year.
Francis Phillips was in Montreal
last week attending a reunion dinner given
by a number of boys he had beenoverseas
with. He also went on a skating party in
the Laurentian Mountains.
G. Elgie Patterson of Wiseton,Sask.
and W, Claude Patterson of Fargo, N.Dak.
are visiting their mother, Mrs. J. Pat-
terson and sister Mrs. W.C.Bennett of
Walton.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel' Burns of
Hibbert have received official word that
their son -Kenneth James Burns has been
wounded in action in Holland, a second
-time during the past two months,
During the evening at the Christ-
mas party at the Badminton Club, Mr.
and Mrs. J.J.Slattery were pleasantly
surprised when they presented them with
a lovely glass dish.
December 19th, 1919.
There was a gathering of neighbors
and friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Drover, to spend a social evening
before they moved to their new home
which they purchased north of Seaforth.
Michael O'Laughlin and James Shea
of Dublin were busy ,men having loaded
five car loads of livestock for the Toronto
and Buffalo markets.
Henry Dayman of Kippen is be-
coming a noted water witcher. He has
witched many spots which have proien
a success every time.
Thompson Scott of town has pur-
by Bill Smiley
Woods on a Snowy Evening, today.Some
'moron would come charging out of the
woods on a snow-mobile, frighten the'
horse, and the poet would wind ,up in
a snow-drift.
I suppose I /mustn't get churlish,
With Christmas approaching. But if any
snowmobile manufacturer thinks Ale can
bribe me into reversing my stand by
sending me one of these infernal Machines
for Christmas, he's mistaken. I'd send
it right back. In April.
Hope you're in better shape with
your Christmas preparation' than we
are. Every year, at our place, the last
week or so is about as organised as an
Irish cattle sale,
But I'll bet you despise, as much
as I do, those aseptic souls 'who buy
their presents in September, have their
Colored lights Out in November, and mail
their cards on the first Of December.
There's something about people like
that that irks me. They're of the same
species as those who work with a clean
desk, never lose their rubbersrand smirk.
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chased the stationery and school supply
stock of Elton Umbach and, s
into his father's store is the Beattie
block.
Wm. Drover of Cromarty has pur-
chased C. Eckert's farm, north of town.
S.T.Holmes will move .his under-
taking establishment to the second store
in the Beattie Block, opposite The
Expositor, and has comsnenced extensive
improvements to his new premises.
The Oddfellows block at present oc-
cupied by Mr. Holmes and James Martin,
has been leased to the G.W..V.A. for a
club house.
Reid Bros. have moved their stock
of electric fixtures and supplies to the
vacant s tatre adjoining Sproat and Sproat's
Grocery.
Geo. Lowery of the 3rd. concession
of McKillop last week sold to the well
known dealer, P.O'Sullivan, eight bead
of baby beef of his own raising that
brought record prices.
Messrs. C. Regele, C. Eggert,
and, W. Manley of Manley are busy skid-
ding out timber to cut into wood. Mr..
Bowers has the contract of cutting it with
his drag saw machine. He says he can
cut 40 cords per. day and will soon clean
up the wood.
We are having a real western
winter; the past week having been except-
ionally cold and stormy, the thermometer
registering 11 below zero at 8 o'clock,
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December 21, 1894,
Daniel Manley has just completed
-one of the finest houses in McKillop Town-
ship.
The trustees of Turner's Church,
Tuckersmtth, are having the interior of
the building painted throughout and have
given the contract to J. G.Crich of Seaforth.
John Mills of Hullett has purchased
from Andrew Young his fine farm of
100' acres for which he paid $5,300.
James Canning of Kippen shipped
a ton of turkeys to Toronto.
Patrick Keating of town has been
new barns foi'..Mathew Scott of Tucker-
smith, which were burned by lightning
some time ago.
Mr. Keating also has the contract
for a very large barn for Robert Ross
of Brucefield and one for Geo. McClure
of McKillop.
A. D. Sutherland, who has been
assistant postmaster at Thedford has
taken a similar position in the Seaforth
Post office.
1.1.T.MePhillips
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a former employee
of the Huron Expositor has commenced
the publication of a weekly paper at St.
Paul, called the Canadian Budget.
John Dorsey's horse, attached to
his bread delivery wagon, ran away
breaking the whiffletree and upsetting the
cart.
"No thanks, I don't smoke," when you '
offer them a fag.
Perhaps the reason I can't stand
tem is that I hate myself. My desk
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s like a bargain counter after a sale.
I ose gloves, rubbers, hats, and im-
per nt papers. I forget important things
and r member trivialities.
One of these is buying clothes.
I'd rather go into the jungle than a
clothing shop. I have one suit, for all
occasions, one two-year-old jacket, one
pair of flannels with a hole in them. I
have an old trench-coat about as warm
as a silk nightie, somebody else's rubber
boots, a pair of gloves Witil•-,holes in
both thumbs, and a golf cap for winter
headgear.
So I shall leave this column lying
about' Ostentatiously until Christmas. May-
be my family will rehabilitate me, at least
outwardly.
However, I'll have abOut the nicest
Christmas present I can' think of, and
it Won't be wrapped. I'll hare thy dearly
loved daughter home for the holidays.
There's Nothing for the Girls
Sugar and Spice
In the Years Agone
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(Courtesy Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food)