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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, January 25, 1973
Looking ahead to 2001
jail complex
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Sir:
After reading January 18th issue of
the Goderich Star I'm sure the people
of Huron County and our American visi-
tors are asking the same question which
is now going through my mind. What is
wrong with the thinking and planning
qualities of the persons voted In and
paid to handle our, interests.
We apparently have Members on the
Hurons'County Council who I believ"% are '
taking a very dictatorial view of the
situation by saying that the structure
holds no memories .worth hanging onto.
Our neighbour's to the south of us
have -numerous tourist attractions namely
(forts) Indian villages which if you read
your history books represents a great deal
of blOod shed and sorrow, but do they
tear them down; no they have enough fore-
sight to restore for the coming generat-
ions, no wonder we're still in the back
woods and until we have solid council's
to protect-our heritage and not be carried
away by prestige builders, you can expect
more of this. We seem to be living in a
time when it's not safe to turn our backs.
, I don't really think our teenagers are
so far out as some people believe.
I can't understand why this Was not
foreseen, as the present assessment build-
ing should never have peen erected in that
area in the first place.
They should have recognized it as only
' the beginning of the destruction of the only
structure of Its kind in North America.
Let's hope that the County Council
sits down and handles it in the proper
manner as this historical building doe%
not belong to a few but the whole area 'as
a very valuable tourist attraction.
I surely hope all citizens far and wide
will stand up and be counted, and send a
letter to the Huron County Council.
A very concerned citizen,
S. J. Lawson,
Goderich, Ont.
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VP. rOrrr
To the Editor
Save
us is going to result in
a little more than .a
quarter century? It seems
to us that more and more
,people are looking for.a
secluded place in the
country; outside the city,
than has ever been known
before: Can you imagine
Toronto covering three
times the area it does
today?-:'Can't yOu just
picture London, Ontario,
with its built-up area
extending out to Bryans-
ton and Thorndale!
And, what happens to St.-
Marys in -this '25-year
cycle of, urban expansion?
No. doubt our population
will grow several th6us-
and, but surely we hope
that we will not become
so "urbanified". that our
town will lose all the
charm it has today.Natur-
ally this could easily.
happen - and many of us
who could be hying in
the year 2001 may just
feel like that - moving
to those nice.woodsy, re-
mote areas of'northern
Saskatchewan, or
perhaps even :Newfoundland. .
(St.Marys Journal -Argus)
own right. The engagement
of your daughter is as
important to yau.and to
'God' as the'engagemebt'of
the president's daughter
- and, though the metro-
politan daily may find
little or no room for
his supreme event the
local paper can and will
ell your world'of her
happineSs.
There are other func-
tions for the slim some .
times u.npolished, little
sheet to perform - it.can
trumpet the merits of
your home town, tell you
where you can buy that
dress without going miles
away, warn .against com-
munity 'blight and tell
you that Aunt Millie is
back from Florida and
your fourth grade teacher
is in the hOspital - maybe
you should send her a
card?
(The Tilbury News)
The weekly means, people -
Sounds like it 'will
soon be time to move out
to SaskatChewan, or some
place away from this
overly crowded'sOuthern
Ontario.
With. the population of
Metro Toronto scheduled
to rise to 6 1/2 million
by the year 2001; and
even "London in the bush"
promised to reach -the
673,000 mark, where is a
man going to find some
peace and solitude any-
where in these parts?
A forMer resident of
the Toronto area, who
moved to a more remote
area of Canada, eagerly
made a return visit.to
his old metropolitan
stamping ground..It was
not long, however, until
he was longing to get
back to "the sticks"; he
found the city life just,
too congested and decided
he couldn't stand it at
all. 'Congested" was the
word he used, and he, ap-
plied it to housing,traf-
fic and people.
Are all' —of-us going to
submit to this metropoli-
tan existence which the
prognosticators promise
The mass media are,
and pride, themselves on
being the voice of 'The
People.
But I am not a people.
You are not .a people.:We
are pers(ins, you and I,
and we need to know what
is happening that affects
us, as persons, awd what
the persons we liveamOng
are doing that will 'touch
our daily, private lives.
We want to know, alSo,
how larger events touch
us.
The local newspaper,
also can act as a lever
to raise Standards in
local government, to im-
prove local facilities,
to acquaint the represen-
tative, with the principal
subjects of concern to
the local community.
The locaFweekly can
help "preserve. the impor-
tance of each man in his
JANUARY 28; 1898.
The Hulled registration returns fur
tk
year ending December 31st were
1 births, 23 marriages and 2.8 deaths. 58
A . McFarlane of HOlmesville has
been. engaged as cheesernaker in the
Brucekeld factory for next season.
Geoege Dale of Tuckersmith sold' to
Ephriam Butt, a fine heavy draft colt'
for which he received $110.00.
Many of our readers will 'be pleased
to learn that George McEwan of Hen-
sel!, has been eleCted warder] of Huron.
Allan George has sold the Walton
brick yard to John Govenlock, son of
Robert Govenlock of McKillop.
It is nut often that a bicycle is of
use in this northern climate in the month
of January, but Miss Alice Sage of Wal-
ton broke the record by wheeling from
Walton to Brussels and back.
Wm. Pollard has leased his 100
acre farm near Walton to S.Barrows
of McKillop for a term of years.
On Tuesday evening a large number
of the members of KnoX Church, Lon-
desboro, gathered at the home of Alex
Barr and presented Miss Sarah C.Barr
with a gold watch -oh her retiring from
the position of organist in the church.
James Smith of McKillop brought to
Seaforth, a distance of 10 miles, a load
of green wood which weighed on the 'town
scales, 8 tons, 600 pounds. It was hauled
_up hill and down by one team in three
hours.
D. D. Wilson, Seaforth, PeterDouglas,
Stanley; Henry Doyle, Stephen, have been
appointed license commiasioners for South
Huron by the Ontario Government.
Major Anderson is making Oreparat-
-ions for a gralid-fancy dress and racing
carnival to be held in the rink next week.
James Gardner of Iowa shipped two
carloads of young cattle from Seaforth to
his home on Monday. This makes 160 '
head that he has purchased in this vicinity
during the pasttwo weeks.
The three lower rooms in the public
school have been closed oh account of some
cases of diptheria in town. The sickness
is in the families of W. R. Smith, John
Dodds and A. Hammett.
Joseph Ward has sold his farm in
Tuckersmith to Wm: Dolde of Egm' ondville
The price paid was $5000.00;
JaMes 'R,obb treated his club swinging
class to a sleigh drive ,to Clinton where
the girls spent a short time disporting._
themselves at the skating rink.
Wm. L. McLaren of Cromarty has'
purchased Thomas Bell's farm in Hibbert.
This farm contains 50 acres.
The Canadian Order of Foresters at
Varna held an oyster supper and enter-
tainment in the Temperance Hall. John
Torrance occupied the chair.
At a meeting by the Presbyterian
Church congregation at Brucefield, it was
decided to canvass the congregation and
raise the necessary funds for the' erect-
ion of a Sunday School room,
• Miss Bella Ellis,. of Hensall, having
.resigned the poSitiop' of organist in the
Methodist Church and MiSs Amy Murdock
,has been appointed in beg place.
John O'Loughlin of Leadbuty purpOses
erecting a dwelling house and barn during
the•coming season.
A large number of the Lady Nairn.
camp, sons of Scotland, with their ladies,
met to celeboate Burn's birthday. Chief
Stobie was in the chair. The sons were
• rendered by Mrs. Laidlaw. Miss Euphernia
C ommon and Miss 'McIntosh of McKillOp.
David Moore, Egmondville gave a read-
ing. Will McLeod pleased all with his
comic -songs and Mabel Merdith presided
.s• at the organ. John Hannah spoke of Burns
and the Scottish peoplre.
Do you know anyone with a completely
practical nature? Someone who is unable
to throw caution to the winds and do some-
thing out of the ordinary simply for the
pura hell of it?
I do. I know several people like that
and I envy them - though envy is a sin - for
their ability to Jive while they are still able
to enjoy life.
I've tried to be flighty and frivolous.
It is always-Th disaster for me for I
always end up by being purely miserable,.
And what's m?re. I make othezuncom-
fortable too.
Unfortunately or fortunately, I haven't
decided which - I'm wed to a fellow who is
every hit as practical by nature as I am.
While we rarely do anything exciting, we
seldom have a difference of opinion and I
guesS thaUs something for which to be
happy these days.
Early in February, my husband and I
have a three week holiday coming up.
We've known about it since last September
and that's when I made a trip to the local
travel office to pick up a few books on
holidays in the south - you know, sun and
relaxation beneath tropical skies. I had
made up my mind not to be practical all
my life but to get away from it all on
a wingding vacation to end all vacations.
I'd earned it, I thought. •
By November, though, my enthusiasm
was beginning to wane. After, all, I was
talking about a great deal of money
. . . . and what if the furnace blew a
gasket and required a full overhaul?, I
was talking about leaving my kooky family
for a full 21 days . . .• and what if one
of them needed me while I was 2,000
miles away.
By Deeember ) my husband and I had
talked ourselves nto a "domestic" holi-
day . . . . that is, a three-week jaunt
within a radius of about 500 - 600 miles
from home with no reservations to be
broken just in case we had to get bolne_in
hurry. we planned 'to call on some
relatives and friends, to ',live it up" for
a couple of days 'here and there in some
posh hotel, to just letthe spirit move us • for
a full three weeks. Heavenly, we agreed.
But alas, we made the fatal mistake
Of thinking about it and so now, at mid-
January just two weeks awa y from
JANUARY 30, 1948.
Seaforth and district are experiencing'
its first sub-zero weather when the ther-
mometer fell'to 22 degrees below zero'.
The cold :weather was accompanied by
winds and snow.
• Many friends join the' `Expositor in
extending congratulations and best wishes
to Mr. and'Mr'S. James Rivers who'cele-
brated their 62nd wedding anniversary.
The residence on West William St.
owned by Wes. Hoggart, of Clinton, has
been sold to Mrs. Margaret Horne, Win-
throp,
Hon. Farquhar Oliver, m.p,p. Ontario
Liberal leader, who is addressing meet-
ing throughout the riding of Huron spoke
in the interests of Benson W. Turkey,
Liberal candidate in the February 16th
by-election.
A supply, car, part of a C.N,R,freight
train, • was damaged to the extent of
$50.00, when a fire caused by an over-
heated stove in the car, broke and while
_the 'train was standing in the Seaforth
yards.
Despite a very cold night, twenty-
three tables of euchre were enjoyed when
the Eastern Star sponsored a pleasant
evening. ',The prize winners were as
follows; Ladies 1st, Mrs. Geo. Kruse;
lone hands. Mrs. Ray Holmes; consolation,
Mrs. R.G.Parke ; Men's first, Percy
Little; lone hands, Andrew Crozier;
Consolation, Frank Kling.
Members of the Seaford] Lions Club
held their annual Burn's night dinner
in the St. Thomas Anglican Church Hall.
Chairman Was Lion John Beattie. The
program featured Scotch selections piped
'• by a piper from Clinton, and solos and
quartettes by the Close Harmony boys -
D. L, Ried, M.R.Rennie, Janees P.Scott
and F,E.WHlis. President James T.
Scott was pianist, while J. A. Stewart led
in the singing.
Roland B. Stewart, electriCal engineer
with Bell Telephone' 'Co. at ,Toronto, has.
been transferredio peterborough.
• Jerry Meir of town had the misfor-
tune to break his wrist last week.
JANUARY 26, 1923.
Aii old time dance was held in the
Strand Theatre, in aid of the Institute for
the blind. The following musicians took
part: - Billie Chesney, Edith Hunt, Belle
Forsyth, 'Elsie Dolds, Mrs. J.D.O'Connell,
P, M, Chesney, Hugh Chesney Jr., Earl
Van Egmond, Abe Forsythe; Henry For-
sythe, 'Jas. A. Chesney, Herb Fowler,'
Gerald -Holland, Thomas Baird and Frank
Rau. The floor managers were Harry
Charters, Crawford Simpson, Win, Mc-
Donald and Ed.''Rowland.
13,W.F.Beavers of Exeter was elected
warden Of Huron for 1923. Mr. Beavers
has been Reeve of Exeter for a number of.
years.
The people of S.S,•No. 10, Stanley,
celebrated the opening of , their grand
new, school, Rev. W. 'D. McIntosh of
Brucefield was in the chair. .
The, contractors for 'this building were
Wm. BristOW; Cement and 'brick work;
E.J:Dinnen, carpenter work and painting,
and Henry B:Edg.erfor heating arid plumb-
ing, all of Seaforth. •
' 'The most important event by far in
the village of Dublin is to know that three
new babies, two girls and a boy are doing,
nicely and have been presented with many
articles of new warm clothing. Frank
Dunseith, father of the children was pre-
sented with a purse by the surrounding
'Township of Logan, McKill4 andHibbert.
Dr. A. Newton Brady has opened an
',Tee in Hayfield.
vacation time, we've succumbed to our
practical natures and will not be Stray-
ing too far from our own four walls for
much of the time.
You guessed it. We took a look through •
the house and decided that' if we spent
some of our vacation money and time
papering and painting, renovating, and
repairing, we'd be making the 'smartest
move.
we thought about the kids and decided
that while they were at home, our first
duty is to them. If God lets us live until
the children are raised, then we'll have
time for ourselves.
What is a vacation anyway, vie asked
ourselves? And' the answer came back
the same this year as it has for all the
years we've been married - a vacation
is, a change of page, not necessarily a
change of scenery or a change of bank
balance.
So, you guessed it. Our glorious
winter vacation in the southlands has been
put off once more. We've exchanged the
white sands for a paint brush and the
moderate climate for a sweat shirt. We've
turned in a hotel suite on the beach for
a freshly scrubbed basement and a newly
redecorated bedroom. we've swapped '
exotic gourmet meals for macaroni and
cheese and instant coffee.
And believe it or not, we're not the
least bit upset about it. In fact, we're
looking forward to this three-week vacat-
ion with as much excitement as some folks
would anticipate a trip abroad. It has
been a long, long time since we've gotten
out of bed when we cared to, saw the
children off to school together, had a
leisurely breakfast with the newspaper,
worked together on"some project of mutual
interest, planned and prepared a great
dinner, sat with our feet -up to watch
television or played a few hands of crib-
bage, drove into the city to see a show
and' have dinner, took off for a couple
of days to visit some friends, or simply
did nothing at all Put get 'reacquainted
after a year or more of steady on-the-
go-confusion.
you bet. For us practiCal natured
folks, this vacation coming up is going
to be just great. I'll tell you about it
sometime.
Is there anything new under the sun,
despite the old adage'? Not much.
I've just been reading a 124-year. old
essay by Henry David Thoreau4 and it could
have been written last week by anybody,
'who dislikes, nay, despis4s government
and what it stands for.
The author says that that govern-
ment is best which governs least. Many
Canadians, who are sick to death of
government and its agents poking their
inquisitive snouts into every aspect of
the individual's life, would agree heartily.
Most' businessmen would not only con-
cur, but would raise a cheer for the
`Sentiments expressed. )61< any man who
runs a small business, if you want to get
a bliStered ear, what he thinks of govern-
ment.
Thoreau suggests that the first purpose
of any government is not to seek out and
abolish injustice, but to,perpethate itself.
Ask any realistic politician, and he'll
agree.
We should not 'necessarily cultivate a
respect for the law, but for what is right,
says'Thoreau. He uses the illustration of
an undue respect for the-law, of soldiers
marching .to war against their common
sense and consciehces. This has been
happening for 'years in Viet Nam.
There are three types 'of men, he
says. First are those who unquestion-
ingly serve the state with their bodies,
such as soldiers. Next are those who Serve
the state with their minds - politicians,
lawyers, office-holders - but not with
their consciences. Finally there are the
very few - martyrs, reformers, patriotS
in the real sense - who serve it with
their consciences also, and are commonly
treated as enemies by it.
The triggers for Thoreau's essay was,
his strong disapproval of the American
government of-his day on two-issees, the
Mexican War and slavery. The Mexi-
can War was one of flagrant aggres-
sion
,
in which the Americans moved in
,and conquered vast. territories in the
southwest. •
at has always bee,n a source of pleasure
to rne, when Americans decry British
Colonialism" to remind them of Cuba,
Puerto Rico, . Hawaii, the Philippines,
Panama and Texas.' They have con-
veniently forgotten, in most cases, that
many of these "acquisitions" were
a result of direct and violent conquest.)
Thoreau spoke openly of revolution.
"Whe n a sixth of 'the population of a
nation which has undertaken •to be the
refuge of 'liberty are staves, and a whole,
country (Texas) is unjUsfly overrun and
conquered by a foreign army (U.S.) I
tlriirk it is not too soon for honest 'men
to rebel a,nd'revolutionize."
Isn't the situation almost exactly the
same today? Blacks are not legal slaves,
but they are. economic ones. North
Viet Nam was not exactly overrun, but
not for want of trying.
And what would happen to Thoreau
if he expressed such sentiments today?
Progably not
Probably not much, because there is a
growing, swelling anger against the stupid
war among Arnericans of all walks of
'life.
But if he'd said it ten years•age? Or ,
in the era of Joe McCarthy? He'd likely
have lost his, job, been harassed by the
CIA and/or F14, attatked by some seg-
ments of the and generally driven
like a fox before hounds. '
It speaks much for the growing lack
of freedom in the U.S. (and elsewhere)
that nothing serious happened to Thoreau at
all, when he uttered these inflammatory
remarks.
He did spend one night in jail,,'when
he refused to pay his poll tax, on the
basis that his dollar might -buy either a,
man or a musket to shoot one with. But .
somebody paid , his fine,. and he was
'released.
Today we have the prospect of men
spending years in jail because they re-
fuse to go against their consciences. we
have thousands of U.S. .draft-dodgers .in
Canada, forsaking their home and native
land for the reasons of common sense (who
' Wantg to be killed?) or conscience.
. Joan Baez, the folk-'singer and anti-
war individual, ti ied to take a similar
„stand by refusing to pay her income tax.
The government merely, deducted it at
source, frbm the record companies who •
paid her royalties.
Thoreau advocated that, if there were
an unust law, we should break it. What
dd you think?
What would happen to an ordinary
Canadian whomsaid, will pay to have
my garbage collected and the streets
repaired. But I will not pay one penny
for "national defence". I don't want
welfare, unemployment insurance,
medicare so I won't pay a nickel to-
Ward them."?
The answer is obvious. That bold
Canadian would Spent the rest of his
life in the law courts, being punished
by "his" government, instead of being
allowed the simple, sensible alternative
of opting out. .
Life is too -short: But are we being
governed to death? Oh; for a few
Thoreaus in these timid days!
"What do you mean 'rotten luck'! Isn't that a repair
shop right across the street?"
11,
In the Years Agone
Sugar and Spice
By Bill Smiley
110
From My Window
By Shirley J. Keller