The Huron Expositor, 1973-08-02, Page 2Sugar and Spice
By Bill Smiley
Idle notes for a hot summer day.
'columnist Richard Needham, a modern
Casandra who is never happier than when
he IS crying disaster, prophesies with
some glee the wiping out of the American
dollar, and with it the Canadian-, owing to
inflation. He says to put your money in a
Swiss bank, in Swiss francs.
Question; what money? Because of
that same inflation he's talking about,
ninety per cent of Canadians are lucky to
make ends meet, let alone have anything
to invest.
Needham also says he doesn't believe
in stocks and bonds. Nor do I. When I
was young and foolish, just out of the
service, and had a couple Of thousand
dollars in back pay, I was twice bitten.
Now I'm thrice shy.
• Both "investments" were based on
red hot tipta One thousand shares of a
real ddg called Ansley, a "gold mine"
which turned out to be moose pastime. It
rose three cents in a week, and I *as
Ice-tinting my paper money and congratulat-
ing myself on my Shrewdness. Seriously
considered becoming a speculator and get-
ting rich fast.
two vieeks Ansley was down to
twelVe dents: In two Months it was off
the board, as we wheeler-dealers
But the second tip was too good to
pass up. It came from a friend who was
not only an ex-P.O.W. and therefore to be
trusted, but a stockbroker and therefore
on the inside. He was sinking every
nickel he could raise into Eldridge,
another gold stock.
There really was a mine this time. So
I went for 1,000 shares at 33 cents. Like
I Went for 1,000 shares at 33 cents. Like
the other, this stock immediately went
up a few cents, no doubt due to heavy
plungers like me. Then it began to slide,
slowly and gracefully.
When it was close to bottom, there
was an announcement to shareholders of
a reorganization of the company. It would
now be called Elder and we would get
one share of Elder for each eight shares
of Eldridge we possessed.
This was a little disappointing, but
it was better than a goose egg. Each
year came glowing company reports of the
great future for the stock. The reports
were all we got.
Then came mailer announcement.
Elder was going to amalgathate with
Peel and the outlook was roses all the
WAY. Again there was a juggling of
&urea. I Wound up with twelve shares.
Not bad when I started out with a mere
1,000.
But hold. Peel-Elder actually did
stagger through and is now a respect-
able stock, if the term is not auto-
matically contradictory. My twelve
shares are now worth almost as much
as the original 1,000., In 25 years I
am down only about $40. Except for
that 1,000 shares of Ansley, which I've
written off to experience. That's a pretty
dang ept financial career, i f you ask
me. You thought this story was going
to have a sad ending, didn't you?
This all seems •to have very little
bearing on anything, but it does. When
the Smileys finally decide to go to Eng-
land, the dollar is steadily -slipping, and
prices in Europe are rapidly increas-
ing. Result, the trip costs a lot more
than we figured on. Somehow, Cher e is
a parallel there to my career in the
stock market.
"Why does anybody want to travel
anyway", groaned my wife, as she con-
templated the horrors of getting ready.
"I'd much-rather stay at home."
Her trouble is that she's a Woman«
I could throw a sweater, shirts, goat,
and tinderWear in a bag and be off,
without a backward look. She 'says,
"But the house is filthy," and goes into
an orgy of vacuuming and scrubbing.
The place looked all right to me. -
"What am I going to wear? what
shall we do with the cat? How can • I
be ready in time? What if it rains all
the time? Who's going to mow the lawn7"
And on and on.
I answer; "Just wear 'your swim'
suit. Then, if it rains, you'll be all
set. You wouldn't be ready in time
for your own funeral, and you wouldn't
know what to wear. we'll put the eat
on the back laSm and she can graze
it, like a sheep." Like any wife, she
truly appreciates understanding and help
like this.
However, all these things can be ironed
out. It's the financial aspect that's bad.
Alter spending a small, fortune getting
ready to go, I think we have enough left
for, a one-way ticket.
We'll get home somehow. I have a
rich niece in England. if she • doesn't
kick through with the home fares (and I
think she would, with alacrity, after •We'd
visited her for a few weeks) we might have
to swim.
I should have stayed in the stock market
and bled to death slowly; with dignity.
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, August 2 , 1973
Our -weather
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CHICKEN
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Try tome today'
YOur Dollar ilogs. Fare
Summer fun a Behmiller
In the Years Agone
c.
The. weather, like our
elatives, does not come
y choice. However, it
S eems that even if we had
ordered it, we could-not
'have arranged for better
weather this summer.
We have had lots of
warm sunny days, but no
gasping-for-relief heat
waves. And just when the
long dry spell Wes begin-
)
ning to threats crops and
gardens, we hed;rain. In
fact we've had ots of
good drenching rain-s• in
the last week for which
farmers and gardeners are
grateful. ,-
The only people who
aren't grateful are those
who are.on holidays this
week (but they-Len always
stay in bed with a good
book) and perhaps those
What happened to the lazy sum-
mer days? What happened to those quiet
peaceful hours when life seemed warm and
wonderful and living was just pure
pleasure?
This has been the absolutely busiest
summer of my entire lifetime. Here it is
the first of August and I've had tiltie to
thq.A4.0;11,,,me • • •,,g4,,ng,,I0‘
t. one-halt ;Itnnr. *IOW! Whit
"diimn.er is, of course, the most hectic
• season of the year for my lumberman
husband.• These days he's on the go from
sun-up to sun-down . .. and later. He's
up and gone before the rest of the house
Is awake, he's • home at noon only long
enough to grab a sandwich and a cup of
tea; he's home at dinner time for only
sufficient time to eat and to hear the
day's family problems.
'
and he's gone
;,,until long after the most of the household
has settled croWn for. the night. So that's
one spouse out of the way!
For our eldest son, the work-a-day
world has claimed him. He has a six-
day a week position this summer which
keeps him occupied during the daytime
hours. And in the evenings, when you're
young and eager like most young men his
age, you're out and going at anything
that seems exciting for the moment. So
that's one offspring out of my hair!
Our daughter is helping me out this
summer. She's looking after the house
and her little brother ... in the daytime.
And in the evenings she's really active
with ballgames, aaci,re_galar babysitting
commitments and rollerskating and what-
ever else young fry her age do on those
languid summer nights . . until curfew
time. So that's 'another offspring I don't
have to entertain.
Our youngest son has a crazy schedule,
too. He's involved in our town's marvel-
lous playground program this summer;
he's taking swimming lessons; he's always
got a game of ball or hide-and-seek going
somewhere .in the neighborhood; he's got
his regular television programs to catch;
end he's got the usual skullduggery of a
farmers who were, planning'
to get in their wheat. We
d6 offer condolences to
the campers though - it's
nit much fun spending even
one'day of holidays in a,
wet tent.
Those who are fortunate
enough to have weekends
00 have really been bles-
sed, - - it's hard to
remembera weekend this
summer when it wasn't pos-
sible to swim or work in
the garden. Even lest
Saturday night's heavy
rains adjourned in time to
leave us a lovely balmy
Sunday.
There has been a pretty
good balance in the weather
we've received this summer
and it's the best good news
we've seen in some time.
seven-year-old to do. So that's the third
and final offspring engaged fulltime.
Which leaves only me ...and what a
wonderful, wonderful summer I'm having..
I'm working a full shift at the office,
of course; but a good many evenings I'm
completely on my own for several hours
to indulge myself in any of my most
that',,e,,ew„Sts,
a was,
ThOedOm.-
munitY around"me-and many of my good
,
friends has been keeping me.absolutely in
a tizzy from Monday through Sunday.
Two nights • a week, for instance, I
have a theatre engagement. On Tuesay
evenings, I drop in on a local youth
theatrical group in my town to see what
goodies they've got lined up for the public.
On 'Wednesday evenings, it's off to the
country for another evening of theatre -
summer stock in a tent which I'm finding
most enjoyable.
One night a week I reserve for shop-
ping . . . grocery shopping, meetly, the
bane of my life.
I work one night a week (sometimes
two) and when I can, I like to attend -my
daughter's baseball game providing it
doesn't' clash with my regular theatre
calls.
And then there's been weddings - to
fill my weekends - and showers - to fill
my empty evenings. There's been
barbecue outings and boating invitations
and community affairs and business-social
events ... welly you must get the picture.
When I've got nothing else to do,. I visit
my wonderful relatives and friends near
and far.
I'll tell you, when you've got five-
people as busy as the five of us, it takes
one tremendous co-ordinator to keep
things moving smoothly so that each one
can pursue his or her own interests. Is
it any wonder, then, that for me the summer
of '73 has just flown by so far and
there's no let up in sight.
You bet. We're out of our minds ...
but then so is about anyone else you care
to mention these days.
AUGUST 10th, 1923.
The -annual Ford picnic at Grand Bend
in which Ford dealers and their friends
from all parts of Western Ontario was an
unqualified success from every angle.
Miss Agnes Eckert of Manley has been
engaged to teach in the Ragin school In
Logan.
Mr. Johns of Londesboro has taken five
different houses to paint, which will make
quite an imprOvement to the village.
Congratulations are due Jack
Campbell, of Dublin, who has been awarded
a silver medal from the Toronto Conser-
vatory for the highest standing through-
out the Dominion for elementary school
violin examination. •
A pleasant social evening was held at
the. home of Mr. and Mrs. Russel, Cole-
man when a number of neighbors and
friends gathered to wish them every
success. They were made the recipients
of a handsome library table, the presen-
tation being made by Edgar Allen and the
address read by Mr. Tibbett.
Civic holiday passed over very quietly
in town.,, The bowling grass and golf
course claimed many. 'In the evening
a good majority went to Mitchell which
ses1-0 04.g4,-A17%-c4:d .*•PM- :Leek cele,a's ss's;/- • dale P.Iire alarm brought1M Ihe Fire
Brigade V.then fire was disdkiered in a
barn on the property of P. McIver, in
.Egmondville. It was a considerable dis-
, Lance outside the town and a hose could
not be run.
Kerr who has been principal
of the Hensall School has resigned to
accept a position in the Avenue Rd.
School, Toronto.
AUGUST 13, 1948.
Sale of the Seaforth Creamery to James
Besse of Stayner, was announced.
Jarrott Bros. of Kippen, are erecting a
new modern milk house, on their main
- farm, which will be equipped with a new
electric cooling unit.
Thrown to the ground when• a limb of
a tree which he was pruning broke off,
Samuel Hanna, 84 year old Seaforth resi-
dent, suffered a fractured hip, a fractured
leg and a bruised shoulder. Dr. J. A.
Gorwill is attending him. "
Dominic Murray, McKillop Township;
suffered a serious accident when he jumped
off a load of grain and struck the handle
of a fork which had been stuck in the
ground.
Wm. Thames, of Walton, suffered a
broken ankle when he fell from the top
of a load while loading sheaves in a grain
field.
Knocked down and trampled by a bull,
Drew .Swan of Hrucefield was admitted to
Scott Memorial Hospital suffering from
severe bruises and shock.
Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent, Minister
of External Affairs in the King Cabinet,
was chosen leader of the Liberal Party
at the Dominion Convention of Liberals
held in ottawa.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred., Hyermann cele-
brated their 25th- wedding anniversary.
They were presented with a table
and chair set, smoker and table lamp.
McQuaide Orchestra, furnished the music
for dancing.
Miss Marian McGavin, who has corn-
pleted her nurses training is spending a
week at Grand BeraL
Death claimed another highly respected
resident of Var,na, in the person of
Margaret Glenn, wife of the late John
Beatty.
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For nearly 50 years she was a
valued correspondent..of the Huron Ex-
positor.
Hullett Township officials honored Wm.
Carter, the Road Superintendent. Reeve
John Armstrong expressed_ appreciation
of his work. Owing to ill health, he 'has
retired after 27 years service.
peter Dill has leased the residence
of Mrs. Sproat on Goderich St.
while in Hayfield, W. D. Bright caught
a pike which weighed about ten pounds
and measured 33 inches.
John EViati Of Brucefield, finished
cutting all his grain on the 29th of July.
This is almost unprecedented in the his-
tory of this locality.
Cromarty has this week become pos-
sessed of a new blacksmith who is said
to eclipse all competitors,
Joseph Speare of Cromarty had a good
plowing bee on his farm. .
Miss Mary Hagan of Hensel' left here
for Detroit, where she intends spending a
few weeks with h'r brother Peter Hagan..
From My •Window
By Shirley J. Keller
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AUGUST 9, 1898.
A new book store opened by Alex
Winters is situated next door to J. S.
Roberts, drug store.
While leading a cow, Dan Campbell of
"Mr"?'"W ' OnrSfeti and Croke his rights.artwk4
4 Vatting 4 bicycle, Master Lloyd
'Da ZiAnsali had one of his .fingers— •
badly crushed, the top being nearly taken
off.
Alex McKinnon of Tuckersmith, met
with a very painful accident at the station.
He was loading some cattle, and while
tying a bull, in the car the animal became
infuriated and gored him severely.
The harvest in the Seaforth vicinity is
now getting pretty well through and a good
many farmers have threshed their fall
wheat.
_Geo. Cardno of town has completed
a new verandah on his comfortable home
on Goderich St. West.
Andrew Calder is having his home on
James Street and Church St. raised and a
foundation placed under it.
Messrs. Sills and Murdie of town
have the contract of putting a bathroom in
the Commercial Hotel.
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