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The Huron Expositor, 1972-03-16, Page 2txpositor Since 1860, Serving the Community First 4krbt1dabed SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every TlittrdaY Morning by lVfoLEAN BRO&, Publishers Ltd. • , ANDREW Y. MCLE.AN , Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation Newspapers Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $8.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $10.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES'-- 20 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephone 527-0240 - UAVORT11,- ONTARIO, March 16, 194-2- Providing Opportunities for Youth Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley March Ice in Seaforth In the Years Ago1ie March Winds Are BLOWI NG DOWN PRICES 1350 895 1750 1600 1895 '2595 895 895 1969 RAMBLER REBEL sedan, 6 auto- matic, radio, K33619 1966 FORD GALAXIE 500 2-door hard- top, 390 V-8, bower brakes, power steering, radio, rebuilt engine, K41638 1970 MAVERICK 2-door, 200 cubic inch,,6 cylinder, automatic, deluxe interior, radio, L50876 1969 TOYOTA CORONA 4-door, 4 cylinder, 4-speed, radio, J24334. 1969 FORD COUNTRY SEDAN STATIONWAGON, y„-s, automatic, power steering, X17285 1969 CAMARO RALLY SPORT 2-door hardtop, 327 V-8, automatic, power brakes, radio, J16033 1967 REBEL 2-door, 6 cylinder, standard transmission, K39780 1966 DODGE CORONET 440 sedan, 6 cylinder, automatic, radio, K55646 TOP ALLOWANCE Given On Trade-fns On '1972 Ford Products Remember ," Sense To See Snider's Huron County's Largest Ford Dealer Larry Snider Motors . LIMITED EXETER 235.1640 LONDON 227-4101 • Open weekdays Until 9:00 Saturdays Until 6:00 SEAFORTH FARMERS Phone 527-0770 Lean Smoked Picnic . HAMS Seaforth MILKER CLINIC Wed., March 22 ALL DAY Annual .Meeting and Banquet 7 Pm. Thurs., March 23 • EGMONDVILLE UNITED CHURCH Tickets available from office or Directors SEAFORTH MEAT - MARKET Oven-Ready — 10-14lbs. ThYle They . R KLastEY 1 lb Lean Store-Sliced Cooked Ham v2-ib.. . • Try Our Home-Made Pure—Plain or Garlic PORK SAUSAGES • • Skinless WIEINERS,2 lb- 89c Prom My Window — By Shirley J. Keller — been done. The make-work projects of both the federal and .provincial -governments have benefited the country' not only by creating'jobs 'b-ut by accomplishing tasks which needed to be done. The' S.W.E.E:P. program-of the. province which used students tohelp improve the environment last year got a l'ot of roadside gar,,, bage cleared up. The elm tree removal program helped eliminate some,of the millions of dead and, dying trees across the province. /. The OppCitunities for Youth.program is much larger and more diverse and s-o it is hard to show just what has been .accom- l?lished, especially since -no programs, were carried,, on locally. But the idea. be- hind the program itself is of benefit in that it stimulates youth. to go out 'and create ,their own jobs'. (The Clinton News Record Twenty-nine dog-tired railway men fought their way to London down the Huron- and Bruce line of, the C.N.R. from a 20 foot drift north of Hensall which had marooned their plow since 'last week. Mr. and Mrs.. James Mustard .of Kippen fed -at least nine men at every meal: - About noon Wednesday the train was freed and reached Hensall. Bakers, butchers and confectioners opened their shops normally closed Wednesdays. , Last ,week's storm was bad, 'but in Bayfield it could have been worse. All roads were passede and that without the aid of a snow plow.' Mrs. Herb Traviss „pf Walton, enter- tained 35 guests in. honor of Miss Mary Humphries, bride' elect. Mrs. Holman and Mrs.trW. C. Bennett-conducted several contests; following this a mock wedding was held with Miss Annie Gordon as groom, Mrs. R. Pringle as bride, Mrs. W. C. -Bennett as the minister and Isabel McCall. as ring. bearer. During the recent severe storm, Miss Anne Tate was spending the week end, at her home in London; but was unable to return to Hensall for some days. However, she arrived in Exeter by car and came, on to Hensall by foot through the deep snow drifts, a distance of six miles. Dr. Everatt Rivers of Detroit, Son'of Mr. and Mrs. James Rivers of town, who has been in Masse. Arizona for some months , flew to Detroit on his way to visit his parents here. He likes .the south, but'. plans to retire in the north.. Mr. Chas. Cunningham Of Seaforth has rented,. a store in Mitchell and takes possession the middle of March. / Members of the Seaforth, Lions Club heard Miss Winnifred Savauge, daughter of Lion President, F. S. Savauge des- cribe the development of hand weaving. Miss Mabel Turnbull contributed two solop. She' was accompanied by Miss Savauge. Salary increases ranging from $200. to $400. for members of the staff of the.Seaforth High School were approved. The board accepted with regret the resignation of. T. S. Smith, The appli- ,, cation of 1'red Scarlett, for the position of caretaker, was accepted at a salary of 4f100000 a month. The district is recovering from the storm of ten days ago which completely isolated the town for four days. one weighing 830 pounds sold for 8 cents .per pound and one weighing 970 pounds sold for 8 J,/2 cents per pound. 'Quite a number of farmers are making syrup and report a good season atChisel- riurst. The motor hearse, recently purchased by S. T. Holmes has been delivered. It is one of the finest in Western Ontario. Miss McNairn, teacher' in No. 14 schoOl, Tuckersmith, was this week taken to London to be operated for appendicitis. MARCH 14, 1947. a) The Opportunities for Youth program is now accepting applications for projects for, the- coming year and hopefully some local youngsters will take advantage of the program this year to provide them- sel-ves-with jobs and bene- fit the community. For :a while‘ last year, the cries from.the opposit ion .parties 'about the mis- use of funds in the Oppor- tunities for -Youth program were loud but toward the end of the summer the corn-. plaints became fewer and. fewer and when the:enlarged program ...Was announced this winter, political obser- vers in Ottawa observed that there wasn't a murmur of'dissent from, the oppo- siii6n. The reason is obvious. Despite some misuses, the program dtd -much laSt sum- mer to help provide jobs 'for youth and to get things done in fhe country which would not ordinarily have MARCH 17% 1922 Master Geo. Hoggarth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hoggarth, of Constance, was kicked on the forehead by a horse. He was rushed to the doctor where he had to ,have 16 stitches put in td close the wound. , Mrs. Angus Brown And Mrs. Frank Upshall and little daughter, were in • the village of Kippen, and met with an un- fortunate accident. The horse became unmanageable and, upset the buggy, throw- ing them out on the, hard road. The ladies 'pluckily held on to the hbfse. Officials of the Grand Trunk Railway met with the Director of the Seaforth Hortidultural Society, regarding the fixing' up and beautifying the grounds about the depot. Chas. Regele of Manley has treated himee1f to a touring car. Messrs. Eckert and Scott, the U.F.Q. -shippers. from Dublin, shipped a choice load of cattle. Two steers, fed by Thos. Scott. Cromarty. topped the market. , ..., • Watching our high school hockey team in action the other • day,' .1 - could not refrain from brooding about how the game was changed. If what I was watching was sport", and "schoolboy" sport at that, I guess It's time I was put out to pasture., Oh, it was exciting, all right. That is, if you like to watch teenage boys trying to tear each others' arms off with deliberate hooks, remove each others' teeth with high sticks, and smash each other's' brains out against the boards. Throw in some delibcrate 'slashing, tripping, kneeing, butt-ending and a couple of fights, and you have the picture of young Canada playing its national dame. Admittedly, the game is faster and more furious than ever. But furious is a word that does not belong, in sport, unless you think professional boxing is a sport, which it is not, in my opinion. In vain do the coaches' Of high school teams tell the'ir charges to play hard but clean. The kids have watched-too much pro hockey, where most of the fans, like spectators in a Roman arena, *ant blood, and the pros oblige. - The only thing that redeems the spec- tacle - and it is a spectacle, not a game Is the fact that there are usually one or two players on-each team who still believe in skill rather than violence, and who use their heads for something besides butting. These are the players who emerge as the team leaders, even .though some of the "wild men!' :nay have more natural ability. These are the players who almost never get a penalty, who walk away from a stupid fight rather than look for one, who put some spark into the team when it.is behind. A pleasure to watch..'. • And then there are the 'bthers. Kids who are pleasant and well-mannered off the ice, but go berserk the minute the first (part Two) Have you ever sat, fully clothed, in a hospital room with two empty beds, the doors shut tight not, knowing why? Have you ever felt helplessly trapped _and horribly forgotten? That's how my husband and I felt that afternoon he was admitted to hospital for 'some minor surgery.. There we were not knowing what the future would hold for us and were shut in a ream while _the whole staff went wild outside the door. After what seemed like eons, the same young man opened. the door, letting in a blessed draught of fresh air and civilizat- ion. "Just a little fire in a garbage can up on the seventh floor," .he beamed, obviously pleased, that he' could offer that information. More waiting. Next came a pretty white-coated gal with a set of scales and a blood-pressure machine. Quietly and efficiently she went about her business. She ordered my husband to step onto the scales. He obeyed. She asked him to get off and sit down. She pushed a thermometer into his- mouth and told him to role up his, sleeve. She wound the big arm band onto his - arm and ^began pumping. When , she was satisfied that blood--was indeed flowing through his veins, she released' the band, removed the thermometer and 'left the room as 'swiftly as she'd come. More waiting, still fully clothed. The rattle of the juice wagon could be heard down the hall. The lady in charge4Stopped outside the door and peered in. She took in the scene. Two fully clothed, healthy specimens sitting beside two empty hospital beds. "Where's the patient?" she asked, facial muscles in stiff motion. • "I guess that's rne," smiled my husband, rather weakly. You coming ot going?" the Jule() lady asked briskly. it I'm trying to Check in right, now," replied my husband, making an effort VV. whistle blows. One. of them expressed his philosophy to me: "Yah. Yer sposeta drop yer stick when a fight starts, but yuh don't drop it till the other guy drops his." And, of course, if, the other guy is following the same principle, . there could be stick- swinging match. Put four feet of hardwood in the hands of two young huskies, let them start swing- ing their clubs, and you have a situation more deadly than many of the duels of history, fought with lethal weapons. It's about as quick a way as any to wind up with a smashed nose, apermanent scar, a concussion, a skull fracture, or one eye. In my opinion, a great deal of the blame for the situation lies with the referees. • They seem to be brain-washed into letting anything go, short of chopping a head off with a stick. The game is faster and more "Colourful" that way. ,And the colour is that of blood. • The goalie used to be protected by a sort of mutual consent. He was slower and pore vulnerable because of his heavy, padding. You took your shot, and if he stopped it, skated around him. Now, he comes out to stop a shot and is spite likely , to get' a mouthful of high stick. Result? The -goalie' starts playing dirty, to protect himself. Maybe `I'm, just old-fashioned. But When I played team sports - football, hockey, baseball - there were one or two "dirty" players on each team. 'Caught in the act, they 'were penalized and ostracised. Nowadays, you have to look hard to, find one Or two "clean" players "oneach team. And it's the "dirty" players whoa get the roars from the crowd. This is fact, and it's fact that is sobering, sad- dening and Sickening. to be nice. "What do you want, juice or ginger- -ale?" she inquired, setting down a glass of, ice, water. .. , "Nothing, thank you," teased my husband, "I'm too weak to enjoy it." The juice 3wagon clattered on gown the hall. More waiting. "Mr. Keller?" came the bright little voice. "we have to have your co-oper- ation for a while how." There was another little nurse, Orie we'd never seenbefore. She toted scales and a" blood-pressure machine . She plopped the scales down onto the floor. "Now we're golf% to see how much you weigh, Mr. Keller," " she stated, mot- ioning for my husband to get up onto the scales. He obeyed. She announced his weight. "I'm going to have to go easy on that ice water," said my weary spouse. "I've gained a pound in. a little leSs than half an hourl" The nurse was puizled. My husband told her he'd been weighed and measured , and gauged previously. At first the nurse's face fell. Then she brightened. "Did the others get a urine sample?" she asked excitedly. "No," said my husband, hear the point of exasperation. . "The men's washroom is just down the hall," she -smiled, pushing the custom— ary glass jug into his hand. More waiting. Next came the allergy nurse, the one specifically dispatched to discover patient's 'allergies. We were both sorry we couldn't brighten her obviously sad life with news of a rare allergy. She left, downhearted. The Supper trays began arriving. my husband Was On regular diet according to the tag on his tray. "But you must be in bed to get served," chOrtled the-tray-bearer. Without com- plaint, hubby got out of his clothes, into his pyjamas and up onto the bed. At last he knew he was admitted, an in- cterral part of the hospital. Hooray!. -MARCH 19 , ‘18.97 Since the storm' on Sunday last there has been a degree of sleighing around town; but in the country the roads ale bad, there being neither sleighing or wheeling and consequently business in town has been rather dull. While crossing. th.e street Abe Mc- Murray, slipped on some ice and struck his shoulder against a post, nearly dis- locating it. Chas. Betts of Harpurhey is nursing a very sore -atm. He was working at Cams' Park Packing House when he 4, cut a gash in -his left thumb. It was apparently healing when blood poisoning set in and it has affected his arm as high as his elbow. Geo. Sills, o f town, who has for years been employed in Johnson Bros. Hardware Store, has decided, to start out for himself and in company with Wm. Murdie, will open a hardware and tin ware store in the premises lately occupied by Fred Davis; Wm, Sleeth of town 'has the contract 'for putting In the plate glass and, making other innpr6vements in M, -Williams tvro. stores on the east-..Side of Main Street. . Messrs. T. R. F. Case & Co. are going In the pork packing business... They have purchased the entire - stock of Beattie Bros. Michael Williams' sale in Hibbert ' surplus stock was the best held here for, many years. The hammer was wielded by Tubs. Brown of Seaforth who sold the lot in 2 1/2 hours. The'council at Hensall received ten- ders for portable and ground tanks.. Messrs. Brown and Clark , were each awarded 'a contract for a portable tank. G. Holtzman, Zurich, has been busy drawing ice for a few days. There is some talk of getting a 'bank in Zurich.