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The Huron Expositor, 1971-07-08, Page 2urn expositor Publishers Ltd. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY 8, 1971 Since 1860. Serving the Community. First bli3hed at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., ANDREW Y. ,Me4EAN., Editor Member Canadian Weekly NewSpaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation Newspapers Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $6.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $8.90 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 15 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephone 527-02.10 In the Years Agone 4.1•4 :••15M4Met .Maekn.Ve giii=MWV:HMMONIIMURR' Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley . , MAINOMMINIRM.MIMMAIMERM ' • Seaforth Highlanders of 1922 Are Proud of Nev' Kilts It is just 50 years ago since the members of, the Seaforth Highlanders Band received• their new uniforms from Scotland and the fallowing year, in August 1922, the band proudly wore the new kilts when they accompanied the Seaforth Fire Brigade to it firemen's tournament IF -Oshawa. The Oshawa trip provided an opportunity for this picture which has been made available by Glen Smith, Ed Box, Fra, Sills and Cliff Trott. Members of the Band • are: (Standing, left) E.L. }fox; Dot Reid; PerCy Hoag; Tiny Park; Melvin McPhee; Sandy McMillan; Mac McLeod; Rues Bolton; Wm. Freeman (band- Master); T. G. Scott, Lou Bolton; N. Smith; Harvey Bris- tow; ,Hiram Shannon; Dawson Reid; Herb Box; Charles Ross; Murray Tyndall; E. J. Ralph Reid; Pete •Simpson; Art Deem; George Reeves; Jake Min; Oswald Snowdon; child in front, R. Wilson. Box (Seated) Dave Geminell; Bill Kerr; Walter Robinson; Harry Pearce; F. Johnstone; C. C. Trott; Garnet Sillery; vre • t The Iteward Sometimes we'are amazed that small communities ' such as ours continue to provide the men and,women for public office. The rewards of service are bitter, to say the least. If you happen to be the type of person who feels some obligation, as a re- sponsible citizen, to take your turn on town council, the public utilities com- mission or the hospital board, you can rest 'assured that your unselfishness will bring you plenty of criti- cism and very, very few comolimen,ts. Even service club mem- bers are continually sub- jetted to such unending criticism. often wan_de_red We're• in a terrible dilemma arbund our house these days. My wife is going off her nut worrying about the satiation, my daughter is having bad cl?eams about it, and I, as usual, am being ground between the millstones of two hysterical women who expect, me to come up smiling and with the right answers. -- In this summer when there 19 so little employment for 'students, mY daugh- ter has two,jobs available. One, as I've mentioned, is at a hotel, waiting, table in the-dining-room. It's a pleasant place, ever-liokIng the water. She likes' the job and the people,, chef, boss' and the other waitresses. ' The salary is well below the minimum wage, but the tips are good. But there's the inevitable fly in the soup. There is no accommodation for the hired help, and the darn thing is ten miles out of town, in a small village. As I have reported, this means that she must have transportation to and from the job, or get a room in the village . She doesn't have a car or driver's license. A taxi would be $2.50 each way and there goeS a day's tips. So I 've been driving her to .work in the mornings and her mother picking•her up in the afternoons. Even the kid realizes that this is somewhat of an imposition, if we expect to have any holidays this summer. An alternative would be to get a room in the village. As She puts it, "'this would be like going into a nunnery". Which, at age twenty, unless your ten- dencies are nunnish, and hers are not, is not too appealing. However, like, most teapot tempests, Something could probably be worked out. Now comes the dilemma. She has been offered another job as a waitress right here in town, five minutes, walk from. home. The wages are..better, the tips poor- er. The work is just about as hard. it's right on the main street, and -hot- ter than hades in surnmer. She doesn't Is Criticism what would happen if all the men and womeA who dogged- ,1y continue to fight for a better town or township were to. suddenly decide that it was. the critics' turn to run the show. How many men or women, for example, 'are willing to take over the seats an any of our public bodies right now?' Criticism, of the right sort, is vital to, a demo- cratic community--but the sort of snarling which is so frequently heard is cancerous and obscene. People who have a lot to say should be able to back their words with ability -and willingness' to do the job they believe is • so mishandled by the victims of their malice (Wingham 'Advance Times) know whether she likes the boss. Up to now she',s been working only part time at the sliotel, usually week ends, but can be 'o n full •time during July and August. She has already worked two. shifts at the . restaurant, on a trial basis, and they've ' offered a full time job. ., Isn't this a sad' story? The poor kid doesn't know what to do. She likes the first one better, but the second has no transportation problem. And of course a waitress hasn't much security these 'days; or ever. She could be fired from either job if business fell off or she got blisters and couldn't Walk r o she had a run-in with the chef or dropped a tray of food on the customers (tvhich I did one time, though it wasn't ' food, it was beer.) . , The whole thing is complicated by the fact that her mother was a waitress for a couple of summers at the same age, and thinks she knows all about everything and keeps poking her nose in. - The irony of the situation° is that if she didles around and doesn't make up her mind, she could wind up without any job, and knowing my daughter for twenty . years,. I have 'a feeling this is exactly what will happen. This would give her a perfect excuse to go Off hitch- hiking to Vantouver or Charlottetown, which she'd much rather. be doing than ,working, as who wouldn't. . As you can see, the whole thing is a tragedy in a teaspoon, but you've no idea how we burn the midnight oil, the three of us, turning over new leaves and unturned stones, building up onejob and then knocking it down with the ether, doing sums, calculating tips, consideiing • the personalities of cashiers and Cooks. If something isn't settled soon, I'm afraid I'm going to .•ciecide that the great world of free enterprise is too baf- ,.,fling, and take off on a solitary holiday, leaving the two women to sort it out Mt themselves. JULY 12', 1946 E. B. Goudie met wit4 f.ri unfortunate and painful accident on his farm. While engaged in haying operations he was driving the horse on the hay fork when something went wrong with the carriage and the fbrk failed to trip. The whiffle- tree flew back and struck Mr. Goudie on the knuckles, driving them back into his hand. What is probably the oldest brick building in town underwent alterations this week when the ovens in the bake- shop at the rear of the Cardno block were removed. The building erected a number of years before the Cardno block, was operated as a bakeshop by the Cardno faintly until the war. Mr., and Mrs. Wm. Mason of town celebrated their • 40th wedding anniver- sary when their immediate family and relatives gathered at their home here. Murray Twitchell, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Twitchell of Hensel, 18 suffering a badly sprained foot. Murray with another little boy was sitting, on the back of Bennett's milk truck with their feet hanging. The driver backed up too close to the wall and his foot was jammed between the truck and the wall. The tender of Joseph .Hgfil in the sum of $1,365 has been accepted by the public Utility Commission for work in connection with the new well sunk by the Comni!ssion east of Victoria Park. About thirty-two guests were enter- tained at the home of Mrs. Robert Goven- lock; Sr., a town, when Miss Margaret Drover was honored" prior to her ap- proaching marriage. The trustees and ratepayers of S.S No. 6 McKillop,- • are giving un- stinted praise to their new teacher, Foster ' T. Fowler for his record in -the----recent—entrance--exankinations— Out of eight pupils writing), seven were successful in passing the examination. There were 75 present at 'the Exeter and Seaforth Eastern Star picnic at the Seaforth Lions Park. Conveners of the social committee were Mrs. G, .A Whit• ney and Mrs. C. Reith. 'JULY 15, 1921. A Chevrolet car owned by Mrs. Wm. Glenn, of the south boundary of Ilibbert, which had been left overnight in the yard was stolen and an old car left in its stead. Mrs. Glenn got in touch with Constable Whitesides of Hensall and he located the car at Springbank,. but no trace of the thief was found. ' Balmy, breezy Bayfield"gave a right royal reception to the Loyal Orange Lodges, which to the number of '20, were assembled to celebrate the 231st anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. Lightnirig struck thedresidence, of Mr. Joseph Nagle, aubliti ,a4dernolished one .of his chimneys. A large,hible was torn in the roof and the gabld moved about four inches. Many good ladies of Kippen district, are turning out of their comfortable beds at 4 o'clock in the morning to go berry picking., The raspberry crop is a.bumper one this year and many pails are being brought honrie. Miss Greta Lammie, of Hensall, has very successfully passed her examinat- ion at the„ Toronto, University in piano. Geo. A: Sills & Sons `have moved To the Editor: Seals Aid I The Ontario Thoracic Society, the medicararm of the Ontario Tuberculosis and Respiratory. .Disease Association has released the names ,and amounts Of research awards in Respiratory Dis- ease for 1971 - 1972. Your readers are probably aware that our local Associations are assessed 3% of our gross Christmas seal elm- Paign for this• research, plus 4 per capita. With this in mind, the Edu- cation Committee of the Huron - Perth Tuberculosis & Respiratory Disease As- sociation believes the contributors to the Christmas Seal Campaign would be their hardware stock into the block op- posite the Town Hall which they pur- chased from the Kidd Estate, It is one of the largest, best equipped and finest appearing hardware stores in Western Ontario. Thos. McMillan, well known farmer and stock man of Hullett, left Seaforth for the Old country, taking with him 82 head of export cattle for the British market. The shipment consisted of his own and some belonging to W. J. Dever- eaux of Tuckersmtth. A presentation was given to Miss A. M. Knechtel of Egmondville, who resigned her school at Sheppardton where she has been teacher "far the past two years. The weather is still up in the nineties despite the torrential rains of Saturday and Sunday. , J. Q. Greig of town has moved into the 'C,.00per block • to the store recently vacated by G. A. Sills. During the progress of the electric storm which visited Tuckersmith about noon on Saturday, the barns 'of James Dallas on the -2nd, concession were struck by lightning and burned. JULY 10, 1896 The Christian Endeavor convention of the World was held in Washington, D.C. One of the .leading features Was the. Junior Rally and the programme consisted of poetry and prose. Miss Hannah Isabella Graham, of Egmond- ville, was selected 'by the directress to prepare .the s-election 'for Canada. J. P. Brine of Harpurhey, had served op,„ 'his table by July 1st the follOyving vegetables and , fruits of this season's growth: - potatoes, beets, onions, beans, peas, radishes, currants, goo,seberries, raspberries, cherries and apples, all Mr. Landsborough, teacher inSproat's School, Tuckersmith, eft orr'a trip to the Old Cbuntry where he intends spend, ing his holidays. - Wm.. .Cameron, of the Mill Road, Tuckersmtth, cut a field of barley. This is Oaf; earliest 'barley 'harvest we have heard of and Mr. Thos. Ward comes in a good second. John Walker of Roxboro has the neatest, cleanest and best kept garden we have seen in this part of the country. The Electrid Light Company are preparing to extend their wires to Har- purhey" so as, to light the residence of F. Holmstead. 'W. G. Hess, of Zurich, started oft on his wheel on Monday for South Bend; A team from the Seaforth Gun Club went to Hayfield on Dominion. Day to shoot for the 'Swartz cup against the Clinton Club and were defeated by two hinds. The Seaforth teams were A. J. Jatitg E. H ht,Je.rStctetriehyeris, J. Dodds, J. Turner, Mr. McGee of Egmondville; has se- cured a patent--for his new washing machine. • 'The 'promoters of the Saturday early closing movement are to be congratul- ated 'to some extent on the success of the first attempt. The members of the Mission Band of First Presbyterian Church picnicked in James Beatties grove when a most' enjoyable time was spent by the young people. Research pleased to know where and how this Money is being used. This amounts in total to $138,387 and is directed by way of grants to research projects underway in univer- sities and hospitals across Ontario. • Lung • Disease is increasin g at a most alarming rate and those gasping for breath 'will definitely gain from the research programmes of our Associatidn, as well as the preventive anetreatment programmes. Mrs. Beryl Davidson, Reg. N., Program Director. • I - Like everybody else, I'm sweltering in the heat these days. It is 90 degrees and hotter mast of the time lately except for the midnight hours'and I'm getting edgy because of It. I met one chap on the street who was mopping the perspiration from his brow and looking as though he'd just step ed out of a steam tent. "I'm not going to complain," he told me, "I promised myself last January that if It ever got, warm again, I was not going to complain about the heat. And I'm going to keep my word. I will pot complain." Well, I like my weather a little more moderate and since no one really suffers if I complain about the conditions outdoors, I intend to keep beefing. It is the only consolation an old 'woman gets these days. I'm amazed at the way different people react.to heat, 'aren't you Take my five-year old, for instance. He thrives in heat. He never seems to notice it, He plays out in the boiling sun as vigorously as if it was a balmy 75 degrees and though there are little beads of sweat on his forehead; he is content in the sunlight with only the occasional iced drink to carry him through. Last night, it was so humid and sticky- hot that no one - except our youngest - could get to sleep. But it was no trick for the little guy to get off to Slumberland. He climbed into his flannelette -pyraniaS and pulled all the covers up around him and went fast asleep in no time flat. My husband urged him 'to at least remove his Pi top. He refused. He even balked at the suggestion that the covers on the bed be folded down to the foOt end for the night. - "I'm cold," he told us stubbornly. And then there are the folks like my t door neighbor who never give any ication by their appearance that they a e warm. There is no moisture on the b ow, no stringy hairs, no clammy hands. I fact, 'on the hottest day in summer, y neighbor looks as though she just e erged from a cooling bath. ,•How do you stay looking so crisp d I asked her the other day. I'm so blessed hot I think I'll faint nd you'd think you had your own inner ir-cooling system." ','Oh, I feel the heat terribly," she said. "But I just keep running cool water over my wrists and I manage to keep relatively comfortable. You should try that, Shirley. It works wonders." Somewhere from the resources-of my mind, I recall that little trick. It was in the same article where it was' advocated to keep your cologne in the refrigerator during the hot weather, 'to put on fresh underwear morning, atterilon • 'and even- - and -to drink plenty' o •-k.ed •-tea and rest in a shady spot. I remember reading that item during a lunch break on a blistering hot summer day 15 years ago when I was hoeing white beans for 'a living. And I remember telling my husband that a lady of leisure could keep cool and lovely while those of us who, were less fortimate had to suffocate in the sunshine. He was helpful as I recall. "Hoe early in the morning and late at night," was his suggestion. And I just cannot for the life of me understand those fellows and gals (mostly galS) 'who 'prostrate themselves in the sun on a beach' for hours on end during, a hot .day. There they recline, scantily,,, clad with the sun's rays beating and burning onto and into every inch of, skin. Sun-worshippers, I think they used to call them, claim they enjoy wilting on the sand. They say they become gOlden brown and somewhat immune to the heat. - I'd find it pure torture. Somehow I think I'd rather sweat it out in the sh'atle some- where. At least when it cooled down, your body still wouldn't be afire. And last but not least, really dig those air-conditioned offices and stores where the employees run around shivering and sweatered even though the temperature soars to the high 80's and low 90's outside. "It is too cold in here to be hex thy," they say. "I'd rather put up w h the heat than be comfortable in ,here. I think I'm getting the. sniffles':„ • a. -1 • • f arr • 0