The Huron Expositor, 1972-09-21, Page 2The dam at Bluevale
From My Window
— By Shirley J. Keller --
Have you a teenager in your family?
If so, this column is for you. Have you
been shopping for clothes with your teen-
ager recently? Then read on, friends,
and identify with me.
As most of you know, I am the'mother
of 'two teenagers - a boy and a girl. They
are bothall right kids as far as I'm con-
cerned.... and although I beef a good deal,
I wouldn't want to be without either of
them.
I learned quite a while ago that it is
best not to force my clothes sense upon
my kids. I may be able to convince them
while shopping that such and suchen fit em
of clothing is the best style and the most
economical, but nine times out of ten I'll
find that article occnpying space at the
far back of the closet where it is out-of-
sight and maybe even out-of-mind. That
piece of clothing then, .becomes much
more expensive than the $24.98 item
which is worn day in and day out, , for
everything from School to basketball
games and dances. Maybe others of you
have had the same experience.
So, .when my teenagers and I go shop-
ping for clothes,I am usually nothing
more than the chaperone to the big city...
and the financier for the spending., I'm
often called upon to, pass an opinion and to
check for fit, but other 'than that I have
little to say....even thouglirrn ofterceager
to pass judgement.
If any of you parents have, been shop-
ping for teenagers' clothes this fall, you
will know that a great change has come
over the teenage fashion world and it
is taking • me (and even my teenagers )
some time to get used to it.
In fact, my teenaged son" carne home
from our recent jaunt feeling very blue,.
Said. he, "Mom, I'm old-fashioned already.
I can't find anything I like."
It was true. For three of my son's
teenaged years , he's worn the tight jeans ,
or maybe the ones with the flared bottoms.
But this fall, all the "in"-places are
showing something called "haggles" for
girls and for boys. Believe me, these
creations are a sudden departure from
what the kids have been wearing and the
older kids are a little rebellious.
Haggles are• everything the tried and
proven jeans were not. Although some of
them are shown in permanent-press den-
im, the waist bands are wide and are
tucked under the arm-pits rather than on
the hips as previously. The portion, that
fits over the buttocks is cut to fit easily.
not skin tight as before. And the legs?
The legs are full-blown and as the name
implies - baggy. The bottoms are cuffed ,
and possibly 24 inches around. And they
are long, long, long. They .must cover
the shoes entirely.
But the shoes to be worn with "haggles"
must be of a certain type even thodgh you
don't see them. They must be heavy for
boys and chunky for girls. If they don't
look like army surplus boots, fdrget it.
Our daughter iSIntrigued by the "lay-
ered" look. we've been shopping for
blouses to go under sweaters'and sweaters
to go over sweaters and blazers to top
everything. The one .thing nice about it
is that there's infinite variety. It doesn't
seem to matter which goes on top of
what. Everything's really. groovey.
. And the dresses. I tell you honestly.
Our daughter bought a dress for school
which is exactly thesarne style to one she ,
wore when she was twci'years old. iCh'as
the same puffed sleeves, the same smock-
ing, the same peter pan collar, the same
shapelessness. And what's more, it is
the same "length short enough to show
the panties if the wearer Carelessly bends
down.
After our last outing, the children mod-
. elled their new wardrobes for their father.
He watched silently as they paraded back
and forth.
''What do you think?" asked the kids.
"It is damn ridiculous," he exclaimed
after considerable thought. "If they
would take some of the material out of
the pant legs and tack it onto the skirts,
they'd be doing something."
He went back to his paper, another
disheartened dad.
Sir:
I returned to Florida' from a trip to
Ireland and Scotland to find several Huron
ExpositOrs waiting for me.
I also noticed my subscription to your
paper must be renewed. Enclosed find'
..check for Ten Dollars to cover this
item.
On my trip I especially enjoyed the
scenery in the "Trossack Mountain dis-
tricts" North of Edinburgh as well as
the city itself.
And again I enjoyed Ireland, the home
of my ancestors. The people we met
were friendly and seerned glad to have us
visit their country. The children have a
special charm of their own, all were
happy, well dressed, looked healthy and
were well mannered. Who could ask for
more? .
I expect tio visit my niece, Mrs. Harry
Greb of Kitchener in October and if I
am lucky, I may get to see my birth-
placeagain,,--as I- was born in Seaforth,
February 21st, 1887.
Kindly continue to send my paper to
ie same address. . .
Cornelius W. Spain
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, September 21, 1972
Since 1860, Serving the Community First •
It's Fall Fair time
To the Editor
This is the time of
year when town people and
rural people share a com-
mon meeting place which
'provides an opportunity
for each to'learn 'a bit
more Of the activities of
the other. It's fall fair
time.
Of course there is a
continuing intermingling
and exchange of ideas be-
tween town and country
throughout the year. At
the same time the oppor-
tunities which the fall
fair provides do permit
of a readier exchange of
ideas than otherwise would
be possible.
This week Seaforth holds
Its 127th annual fair
thank's to the continuing
-efforts .of a'relatAvely
small number of dedicated
people, To the public.who
in increasing nambers'at-
tend the fair it is a two
day effOrt. But to those
responsible, the actual
fair days are but, the cul-
Mination of an.effort that
goes onall year around.
'. It is this that has re-
sulted in Seaforth Fair.
being, one of the few in
the district and the only
fair in Huron County to
enjoy.a Class 'B' rating.
This rating, coupled with
the consistent program of
4,
I" am reluctantly coming to the con-
., clusipe that Canadians are turning into a
nation of crybabies. It hurts, .because I
love this country and want to respect
and admire my fellow-citizens.
But the feeling has been growing for
• some time and neared full flower after
the first hockey game against the Rus-
sians.
What an edifying spectacle that was!
There were our finest, giving-up every-
thing - except salaries, insurance, ex-
penses and other fringe benefits -
to defand our national honour against those
dastardly Russians; who'd had the nerve
to think. they belonged on the same' ice.
And there was a huge and happy
,crowd of hockey• fans, almost slavering
over the anticipated slaughter.
And there were the poor old Rus-
sians;- walking into the lion's den, some of
them so pint-sized compared to our hulking
menaces that they looked as though they
were fairly large Peewee players.
Whack! went the puck into the net
and the roof nearly went off the Penni.
Whack! again, and across the nation people
winked at each other and settled back
to speculate cm- whether the Russians-could
score a goal before our heroes got into
two figures. ,
But then something began to happen
that turned strong men across the country a
pale gray. Those dumb Russians didn't
know enough to quit and go 'home' and
forget the whole thing as a bad dream.
They lust kept skating and passing and
shooting, and every so often, one of their
shots would go into the Canadian net.
The happy crowd in the Forum grew
glummer and glummer. Team Canada,
the greatest, and most expensive col-
lection of hockey talent ever gathered
under one roof, .looked more and more
like the Hayfork Centre Midgets. But just
wait until the third period.' After all,
these guys are pro's. They'll get organ-
ized and come back to *in the game with
a bang.
Unfortunately, the game ended, not
with,.. a bang, but a whimper. Toward
the end. the visitors wer e toying with
the Canadians, as a toreador plpys a
bull. And toward the end, our boys
began to resemble bulls rushing wildly
at anything that moved, only to find it
wasn't there.
Not content with looking like the
Ladies' Aid on skates, some Canadian
players showed anything but profession-
align and began swinging sticks, throwing
40°04 and Such. Crybaby stud.
What "about the fans?' Did they give
the '.•
a standing ovation, or
a. hearty Mind' of applause for
toppling the, giants?
Not they.,They flied sullenly out 'of , the arejla, muttering, grasping' for
improvement wqich direct-
ors insist on, has resulted
in an agricultural exhibit-
ion second-to none in this
part of the province.
It is true that fairs
don't change greatly from
year to year. The basic
interest lies in the exhi-
bition of agricultural pro-
ducts and in the competit-
ion between high quality
stock. But while these
ingredien ts are present at'
every fai r, the difference
between a good fair and a
PPPr one frequently lies
in the de gree to which the
program i s planned and
carried o ut.
show wind
Not on
ow for agricUlture,
ly is the fair a
but it al so reflects the
activitie s of the town-, as
well as o f the rural dis-
tricts. Commercial and
1 exhibits will industria
orowd the arena to capacity.
This bala nce between the
f the farm and product' o
'the pro'du ct the, store
and facto rY make possible
a rounded exhibition 'that
people of every, attracts
occupatio n.
Fairs, such as the
Seaforthe
Fair, well' run,
with a ba lanced program
reflectin g the changing
interests of the community,
deserve c ontinued support.
excuses, dazed. They hadn't had their
blood. The toreador had not been tossed
by the bull, and the bull had not even
been neatly dispatched, just sort of stun- •
ned. Crybabies.
In the nest morning's papers, it was
rather fun to watch the experts and the
sports writers tearing at their own en- ti
trails like wounded hyenas, a species
which sports writers resemble in some
respects. Crybabies.
To be fair, the players and coaches
were honest. They'd been well and
thoroughly whipped, and admitted it.
Since then, of course, things' have
changed and our businessmen on skates
are showing why they are so well paid.
But the fact is that if it had been a one-
game shot, the Russians would be truly
world champs.' And 'if it had been a two-
game series, total goals to count, ' the
Russians would be winners, 8 - 7.
Somehow, the whole thing Was a little
saddening. I know a number of people
who felt that their personal honour had
been smirched. There were. aggravated
ulcers,.. endless alibis, and probably some
heart attacks across this fair land. Over
a garnet
I chose this single incident to
illustrate this sinking feeling I have that
many Canadians have their values all
turned around.
We whine endlessly about the
' Americans taking over Canada, and do
nothing about it. Except warn stridently
that something must be done about it.
And then run to Washington, hat in hand,
when the yanks suggest any form of
tariff that might cost us dollars. Cry-
babies.
We virtually ignore our writers, ac-
tors, artists, musicians, until they have
made it big somewhere else. Then we
„can't understand why they don't come
home and work in their own vineyard,
at labourers' wages.
Same with our athletes. We sneer
' at their Olympic efforts. "Yeah, we
finished twenty-third again." Smart y
sportscasters find all kinds of excuses
for the athletes. Admirably, most of
the latter are much more honest. The
best of them 'bluntly say they did the
best they could, but it wasn't good enough.
Oh, we're great at spending billions
on.,building: highways, dates, high-rises;
and on Welfafe, medicare, second-rate
education. But When it comes to spend-
ing. something on the development of
the human being, in this 'Case •a strong
national team of athletes, we 'pinch .the
purse until it hurtfi. '
This is written more in sorrow than'
in anger. Let's wipe away the tears
and stand up in 'the true north, strong
and free. Come on, Canadians. Let's
not be crybabies.
In tli4 Years
Agone
SEPTEMBER 24,1897.
Thos.. Dbusdale of Kippen says he does
not remember when fall wheat aversged
any better than it does this year.
Geo. T. McKay of the 2ncl. conces-
sion of Tuckersmith, L. R, S. brought
into town several stalks of corn, one
of which measured 16 feet, 8" in length.
It had on it several well filled and matured "
ears of corn.
John B. McLean has sold the RosS
farm in Tuckersinith to Leonard Shol;
dice.
Messrs. Greig & MacDonald have
purchased the Merchant' tailor and gents
furnishing stock of Harry Speare.
The Grand Trunk now has a number
of men employed enlarging the channel
of Silver Creek at the water works, where
it crosses the track.
Wm. Sillery of TuCkersmith had a
narrow escape from death while driving
into town. He came to the railway track
just as the morning 'train was coming in
and apparently thinking he had time to
cross in front of the train, started across
the track. The engine grazed the back,
of his wagon and when the horsed jumped
at the , sound of 'the train's whistle, he
was thrown off the wagon and under the
wheels. He was cut about the face and
badly bruised. '4,
James Cooper of Kippen, shipped from
that station two car-loads of sheep and
he goes with them to the "state of Iowa.
MacGregor's bridge in Hullett is now
finished and the contractor Mr. Mains of
Londesboro has made a good job of it.
The centre part of Robert Love's barn
at Hillsgreen was struck and splintered
by light ning. Had it been any other part
It would have ignited it, as both sides
of the barn contained hay. As it was,
there was, a very perceptible odor of
sulphur around for a time.,
The almost continoous , rain of the
past two weeks is most discouraging to
the farmers: at liensall ewho have• large
quantities of hay lying cut in the fields,
as well as grain long past ripe that they
are unable to cut.
Thomas Luker of Herman, has pur-
chased from Frederick Bengough his
interest in his threshing machine outfit
and intends eneaeing them this fall.
SEPTEMBER 22, 1922.
A fatal accident happened at Dublin
G.T. •ft. station when F. E. Kane, Strat-
ford lost his life. He was breakeman
on the' way freight from Stratford to
Goderich and when coupling cars on the
siding it is thought that his foot caught
in the sidewalk between the tracks.
P. B. Gardiner of Walton is loading
hay at McNaught Station these days.
Norman Park of Cromarty 18. in
Stratford as a juror at the fall assizes.
The finest and best kept flock of young
' ducks we have seen this year is at the
home of Mrs. Munn on the Leadbury Line.
Miss Mary, Habkirk, who has taught,
the third room in the public school in
Seaforth, has resignedto accept a position
on the staff of the Woodstock School. Her
room will be taken by Miss G. Ross which
is now under Miss Jean Hays and the
Primary room Will be taught by Miss
Dorothy Wilson.
Reid Edmunds and. Fred Archibald are
attending the Toronto Normal School.
A. A. Cuthill of Winthrop has purchased
five acres of land from Melvin Blanchard
and is busy, erecting a new house which
will be an improvement to the village.
H. B. Edge of Seaforth is putting •up
new cement steps at S.S.No. 10 McKillop.
Sol..Shannon of Winthrop. is busy erec-
ting a new residence, west of the village.
The cold rains have damaged the •
millet and buckwheat harvest to a great
extent at Manley.
•
SEPTEMBER 26, 1947
The machine repair and wood working
business in Egmondville which has been
conducted for 20 years by Alex Lillico,
has been sold to James Racho, who is'now
in possession.
Brick 'laying commenced on the new
wing at Scott Memorial Hospital.
Installation of a telephone 'in the Pro-
vincial Police Office in the Town Hall
has been completed, according to Provin-
cial Constable W. Hodgson.
Mr, and Mrs. Albert McGavin, well
known IvIcKillop residents celebrated their
50th-wedding anniversary at their home.
The dinner was held at the home of their
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dennis.
A very pleasant evening was spent at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Koehler
'at a shower for Miss Betti Moore of
Egmondville whose marriage to Elmer Koehler took place this week. Wm.Hoegy read an address and MiS. Louis Benne-
wies assisted in opening the parcels.
Norman Long, of Kippen, is a very
lucky man . While tripping a hay fork
loaded With beans up at the track in his barn, he lost his balance and fell 25 feet
with the bundle, of beans in the mow
buried up to his head in beans. He suf-
fered a fractured ankle.
G. A. Whitney was in Niagara Falls,
attending the Ontario Funeral Directors
Association convention.
A driving rain, accompanied by wind of gale proportions struck the district. A
large tree on John St. was bloWn down
at the height of the gotta and struck hydro
wires and caused a short disruption of
service.
S. W. Archibald, of London, Sertforth
enkineer i was in town making a prelim-
Mail - study of the Silver Creek drain.
His visit was, a result of complaints
received by council some months ago con-
cerning floddmin the southeast corner of
town.
Messrs. Geo. Pethick and RoY Elliott
of Winthrop left for the Canadian West.
Miss Alice Daly, Mrs. J. M. Mc-
Millan and Mrsr. John A. Murphy of
town were delegates to the C.W L.Dio-
cesan Convention in London.
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Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley