The Huron Expositor, 1973-08-23, Page 24. •
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Froin My ,Window
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By Shirley. J. Keller'
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Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
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• : ee eDr. el„, G. Scott,' Seaforth, wars killed . •
in a motor accident on the NOrth Road,- '
south, of BrOsels. In ecompany with
• ' ' ,e" R. - F. 'Jones, they had" motored • . to,
t„ blueva ‘ e and were 'returning ,home when '
," -"' • , Dr. Sc tt's hat blew off and down into
the back- of the -car:
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: Tile handle of, the •
' ' car caught, the= Dr's arm, threring him: ,..
• off his -feet - with such force that his . 1
skull *as fractured. e '' ' . ' , , --
A. Messrs. lehn Hagler, P. Cameron, _
.e.-J. W. Stack house, 'Ted Faleemer,„,e••
Wine' Beattie a,nd mr, pt, wart' lave gone e •
ee. ee ei eee 'i e,-, tL ttee - • • -'
west. 61hafwierirs e or .;
,E . lie Wal agaged .
' with J. Buchanan for the threshing seasofi.•
Mr. and Mrs. ErnesteAdams of core; !
stance entertained, it number of young ,
'people to a corn roast. - . • ' •
Thos. Murdock of Hensall hajseptit.'.a
_line flitree on leelleg;,;,vhich enables Mr.
. Farquhar' to ship . Around the route 'gin,
' record time. '
'Owen Geiger - nas a large staff . of.
Men, wemeh and children apktering' him
- in securing his fine, yield of flax. • ' ee , .
' Congratulations are extended ' to ,
. Arnold R. Turnbull on his having won
the 2nd. Edward ,Blake scholarship in
Harlor Matriculation. " ' .
The Separate -and Public School's' and
the Collegiate Institute are, opened. The,
stale o± the Collegiate will be:, W. T. -
Spence, N. 11.„Eilssonnett , Se-WPoreman,
Miss Asman, Miss Odell, MissHartryand. -
- Miss Grieve, ' 4
•• • Messrs. J. M. Govenlock, ThoseDodds e
Mr. and Jere. Melvin Blarich,ard of
Nicleillope left' on a trip, to the West.
miss Mabe,1 Turnbull of town- sang ae•
**solo In .Firet Presbyteria n Church on
Sunday morning, • '
Jack Hinchely of town has returned
froth Kingiton where' be attended e the
summer course. at 'Queen's• University. •
Miss Kathleeh,"13Krows leaves for ,;'‘ '
' • Fort William to )gin the staff of the e
' Collegiate 'there- as teacher of Household,
' Economy.
As we e go • to press • we learn of the
death of A.w?..Stotie, who. was' one Jape
oldest residents of, the town,t,
SEPTEMB•LR' 2 , 1.948..
' Joseph Laudenbach, son of Mr,.
"and Mrs. Louis Laudenbach, has received
word that he hag been accepted as acandi-
date for Canada's, Joint Services Cadet
" College H.M.C.e.Royar Roads, B.C. •etee.
' Announcement was made this week 'of
the award of a University of Western On-
tario scholarship to Miss', Jean Mills,
daughter -Of Mr. , and Mrs. Earl Mills,
• McKillop. '
, With a score of 95, leeward Wright,
Cromarty, was top competitor in •a field
crest/ competition sponsored by the
'Mitchell Agricultural Society.
A contract let byeehe Department of
Highways was awarded Looby & Looby
of Dublirr for the construction of a rein-
-forced concrete bridge 'and arch culvert
on Highway 86, east of Amberley.
Je B. Turnbull, 15th concession of.
Stephen hai disposed of his fine farm to
'Geo. Link for $10',090.
. Death came to one of the oldest and
most widelyeknown and loved residents of
this digtriet when Miss Mary Jane Brine
paSsed away. She was the daughter of tile
late Jos. P. Brine , one of • the first
families in liarptirhey.
Souvenirs of road blinding techniques
of a hundred years ago, nearly 500 logs,
have been removed from a half mile
section, north of Walton. ,,-„Removal of
the logs, in remarkably good condition
despite the years they were buribd in
the ground, was Carried out by erreoyee's
of the County Department, aided by power-
ful road machinery.
'Messrs, Jitnmy Docking and Robert
Laing of Cromarty, and Jimmy Norris
apd, Phillip Jithes left by motor for the
Western provinces Where they eepec,tIto
Work on the harvest,
urn ositor
,AUGUST 26 , 1898.
We understand that -a cOnliiaPi'labeing
formed. for the purpoeee, of operating a
telephobe7p.mten:".:Ie BeefOrth, the rate to
be 60 cente• a month and the hours from
8a.m.to
John Bell, of the $eaforth Laundry,'
has been•making eXteneeVe improvements
during the past two *edits. ' • if •
The Presbyterian and Methodist Sab-
bath schools had a union exQprsion
Godericle. There ogre 334 tickets sold.
The long-de:ye spell has been broken
anwdnweurotrai. receivedn.• copious and refreshing po
The formon 'Tuesday night wakeone
of the 'severest we hal(e had •for some
years. The barn of Alexander , vines
in s,tanleys4va.s cohstinned; the;:ibsae4Kof
W
ck
a, nomd w.humGr.rnahe Gda.rTai.
atter of Hullett had three
o of Stanley w
calves killed by lightning daring' the
storm on Tuesday night.'
A tarn belonging to John S. brown of
emxeckapteeldeeseerwioeues:struck
In jury.
lightning but
Mrs. C: Clarkson and Mrs. M. Y.
McLean, are delegates at the W.C.T.0
County convention' being held, at Goder-"
While driving' through iliVer Cre9k r •
t'Pt,et: Sullivan and . his daughter met with
an a'ceident. lie turned too short, . the .
buggy upset throwing the occupants out.
Chas. Reid of Brucefield- is making
weekly Shipmehts of beef cattle frotn the '
station here. • • .
W. F. McMillan of lerucefield said a
driver to John Beattie of Brussels and
'Beatt
ieFairs.
intends, . showing, vii,ng. tb,e ranitital
-Matr. eFall
th
'- Thos. MeiCay of. Kippen,_ has been
nursing e sprained leg, the effects
a straw stack ',failing over while: he was
threshing.at A. Monteith's:.
'eleiessrs: Greig and•Maciaenald of Sea-.
forth, have purchasedthelnerchant tailor
stock and business of F.R:Beattle in Hen-
AUGUST '31."; 1923.
' SEAF
• The, wedding season i-s
• upon us.. Every week• we
ge't •severaaLwedding stor-
ies and. pictures . .And -we
are glad to get them,, for
we believe our, wedd-ikng
ports are widely read.
Daily‘ newspapers 'wi 11 no
longer.pu,b1 ish these de,
tailed accounts.' They will
however print the bare
bone's ```of 'a nuptial Story
for. a Handsome fee. We _
While we have _nothing,
parti cu'Lar'Cagai nst
act d tt-hosse• who- live i n
them, we do think govei-n-'
—ment` is ,too much influenced
by- ur 1laYs'artid v e s
con der, a tiprit f 7_, •
problems and , neglects
thoe of people Vying in
s'ma'l l communities -and
-rural aireas.
-The •smal 1 'community is
4iti--ecatened. Political
6oundary redistribu„tionS
are, :lessening sm•al 1. -town • '
influente in, ti cs :The
. -
if are blessed with good neighbours
• as Were blessed with good neighbours
your will appreciate the 'line which this
cohmirewfll follow this week. ' '
M y philosophy about neighboring was.
.developed on the advice of my husband
and long years of experiehce. I've found
that neighbours should not become too
• chummy. I've dieeovered it is best not
, to have an ton-the-doorstep-all-the-time'
type relationship. It wears thin very fast
and 'often leads, to, unnecessary problems.
For my money, good neighboring con-
. sisting of coffee .occasionalle; ' Special
Avoes sometimes and Christian concern
always. That's been my way of doing
things for a while now, and I believe it
to be the -best way.
So,,-this is the kind of neighborly.
attitude 'that, has passed between our next
doo'r Neighbor and us; And this Week,
,it Wag ptit to the test ih ene.of the most
.-4diarnatic, series of events you're ever
likely to see. if neighbors can survive
,'thus, they tannorvive anything.
Tt W1 Watt tins Saturday afternoon
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.SMal 1- tommunitk. -Thepe is-
alsb a threat to. the• small
town-from those ,pebple who-
move there' to' escape the
"ci ty the want the -town •
'to instal 1 -'the con-.
•veni•ences of the city with,
the ensuing problems.,
However, we 'believe ,
the small corrinunity
becau.st it &an
offer Values not found in
the Larger areas. The
persona] relationship end
• neighborliness can exist
only Where. people .are
aware f one another and
recogiiizt ,their. personal
t-able .Jones
officer and
be re.- •
ing. • itige
rse for
column of
ns a gro-
in.§,treet )
Pafr'on of •
columns.'.
,nt of 'b a
t h, s .week.
My wife cannot understand why ,any-
one wants, to travel, . when he can, sit.
• in his oWn backyard and commune with_
the., gode. I'm beginning' to agree with •
• her.
Getting re is kind of a pain in
the :arm, especia ly If' you' must have a
vaccination.,
Obtaining a' passport- sounds easy.
Heck, it's more trouble 'than' 'getting
married or dying,. . •
All you Shave to 'dO ise•fill., in a form.
The form' is slightly more complicated
than your income tax ferule. .'-
Then, you mast, find -someone who
will swear that. you are who you say you -
are:'This person-is called a guarantor' •
end can , be practically #anyeeeeeeacept
your neighbour. ' • 4
Then you must obtain a b eertie.
• ficate, This is fairly simile if you
know where you were born. If you don't
or you. hapee,ned to be born' in. Zilch,.
Yugoslavia, it can be complex.
., You must have passportphotos taken;
. You can't just use an . old snapshbt en
Which you look your' best. „ Passport
photos are an old jokee They usually •
make you look like a- zombie., Strangely;
ours turned out well. • We didn't pose
for them, because we •knewerthey'd be
gruesome,: sp they came out. relaxed.
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Besidess passports and birth certifi-
cates, there is a, myriad of other pother
to look after. , and you could use; full-
time clerk for a week or' two. Air
tickets, money arrangements, hotel re- .•
servations, and whb's, going to feed the ,'
cat,•
- A travel agent 'is -almost, a, must in
these ' days, when half the world seems
to be on the °ye: He or she can smooth
a lot - of ewr rikles and give valuable tips
on how t. win at least the occasional"
round in
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he game. ••
people goe to big agencies, in ,
he city. My. travel agent; a per-
ionable young, local chap,• Couldn't have
been More helpful and 'efficient. (Aside
to. Bill Manly; everything, by golly, had
better' be right, after that.) :'404, •
He told me sortiething also& air fareS
at is almost unbelievable. A releirn
ticket . to the U.K„ can run all the way'
from a Christmas charter at $187 to a
regular flight at $626 (under two weeks). .
I shudder to ,think what a first-class
ticket -would cost in the latter category.,
Of Course,. a business man c'an write
off the $626 as expenses, and to the little
Lunch time Help!,
(
old lady', going ack for a,visit after fifty
years, that $187 special might represent ,
• Months of scrimping. Even so, something
smelle, in the discrepancy:,
Travelling is' dot cheap, unless you.
want , to 'swim, across, which I've . con- •
templated a couple of times as" the' bills
mount.. • Only reason I haven't developed
the idea ie that my Wife is a good sWim-
mer,. ,but :only "for about thirty yards.
I'd hae to 'see her, go , clown thirty yards
off the Halifax dockt e and have to 'do ,
all the rest on my own, with nobody tp
'tell me I was "teeringethe wrong course; .
Not oheapl GOPci gravy. Just lepked •
' over the items before . We even left the .
houseo Air ticket' - $332; passport photoe
.e "-$~3; 'passport - $-10; "birth certificate,
•e•
,
$3; limousine to aireprt - $8; Breereil ••
pass- $70.• Those .ate just 'the liasicse
Multiply by'two if you're a couple.
Then there are the ever-present
. extras; .new clethes; expenses to. get to.
• •city to get passports, and the inevitable
•
sundries , too • numerous • to mentione,
as the auction sale ads put it, ' '
That's before you get on the plane. . .
You still have to eat and sleeplor three .'
weeks After • you get' ther'e. Hoerever,
I've cut the whole thing. down -quite ',a.: •
,bit. by cancelling our;"" two daily paper
deliVeries for 'three Weeks. Saved about,
$'6.50 right theree
Our Britrall -pass allows us to' go •
anywhere in theteele. It may come in handy. , , '
,We may be riding 'trains all night,- every ' •
night, to 'save hotel. bills, , And we're
'taking along anight-pound sartamt. and •,
slx loaves Of' hied, so we mfg. come
through.
. I • have a vague-eidea that this column
will not go down ee one of the greatest
pieces, of exotic travel ltteratureeeyer
written. • e , • • . • .,
. But it is a little hectic around here.
Six hours to' takeoff, my wife is , just
starting to pack, I hive to go down
anti Sell my soul to the bank manager,
• . get up to the school and look &flee some
• ' items for September, see young Wilson
next doer about feeding the cat, call the.
boy about mowing the lawn, pick up the
dry-cleaning, get the ledoks back to the
library, and, somehow in there, try 'to
have, a shower and shave,. We might
Make it, -but p wouldn't bet higher than
even money.
I'll try 'to do 'better next week, when
you'll have a ' degpatch from The Nag's
Need, Middle ;gallop, England._ " •
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A ,
late - when tny husband discovered the p
sewers' were not acting properly. We'
- were getting, see/we water in our basement ,.
and there was sewage water standing in-the
yard. A plumber was summohed and he
promised to drop by during the weekend
to check out the situation and to advise
of the prriper procedure. -
By Sunday' evening, it was evident
the sewer was' blocked and would have to be
dug up to find the problem.
Also on Sunday evening, our youngest
son dealt the first blOw on the neighbors.
"it was a beautiful hit," he tried to
• explain, en was the first time this year
I've really hit the ball like that. It
went high and far right through. 'the
neighbor's upstairs window".
My husband went immediately to the
neighbors to offer to make restitution for
the damage. They were most Under-
standing and there was no ,real concern
over this enfortunate accident,
' The next morning, the plumber arrived
'with his work crew. The digging began.
Other tihan cutting off our newlYeinstalled
televisibn cable,. the job went smoothly-.
until the problem was plain.
Our sewer pipe, which by the way
goes Milt through the neighbor's base-
-• ment about eight', inches off the floof,
was plugged at a trap within the neigh-
' bor'e• basement. The trap would have
to be opened .and drained, we were told.
• My nose began to crinkle as it was
• explained that a large hole would have
• to be •rhopped in the neighbor's base-
ment flcior and the sewage from the trap
dum_oed loto it for pumping outside. The oastertily deed didn't take toile
,,..but the memories lingered on 'and 'on
and on.
once the trap had been cleared, things
began to work normally but it took my
husband and .me' several pails of hot
water with disinfectant and a good deal of
hosing end mopping to return fragrant air
to-that household.
But tile problem had net ended. Tbls
is now the third day since the 'dumpfng
operation and the seal on the sewer pipe
which passes through our neighbor's base- .
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The 'bore bones
think .readers want to know • All summer-,- he has ,paid two
more than the, bare 'bones. ` cents more for butter than
are '`'•to pu,bltsh . 'any Other store in town.
the,'Ico let ,'„versio,n-,gratis. -
';Mot pe'op f'•warit to
know all ,the details
about what •the bridar•party
wore, a d who a,ttended, and th
..:from where,. HoweVer, the, ni
''cleta I -with ,which weddings He
are now-written up, 'our so
pages is nothing 'cOmpared es
With the fol ac6ount,:wr
which .actual ly 'appeared in 7 'sa
a, weekly newt paper many re
years ;ago:
nuMl‘ss Jennie Jones -and . 10
Bob Henrywere' married at..
the So-iies Martsi on last
,night. The bride• is a
"They were marrie
v. Josiah Butterworth,
6 last week called at
is office and gave us' a
ce order for hand.bi
is also gbing to, 'give
me time to the real
fate business and will
ite 'fire'insurance'. So
y the' business cards we
c,-ently printed- f o m
•=, • _ Jennie and Bob • le-ft on the
-o '-cl ock train to visit
the .bri de rs uncle-, who, me
underst,and has' lots of
. money and a' cancer.
daugl'iter of.:Con's
who made a'good.
will • undoubtedly
elected,,this 'spr
offers ; a. fine ho
• ,sale in. another
• this'. issue.
;'The groom ru
,.Cery store on Ma
am:I-is a steady
our ,advertis,,,ing
He h a.s. a gtvd i
gains, in his ad
responsibilities to' each
t h er • " ' • •
This is what we have
-to offer, and this is -
„What., We should stress.;;:,,,,
t*ighbori.Y::60-Pc„-ern;. con-
cern for -ol ,der'citizens`
who can't get• downtoWii to
shop; concern for the
• • young mother 'who likes to
get • away from •the fami •,j!l •
turthoi 1 for an, hour or
two;-concern for people
1 i vi ng,, alone who would
like to know that someone
checked t at they were concentration of industry ' still- about; _concern ,for and educational. facilities those wham we. know ,Have • in larger areas' force , worries; „rconcern for those
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youn.g 'peoPle to leaVe the Who' are ill.
In defense of the small town- Afr
Many people, living', in
foneliness -amid the press
of ther't , envy -Lis in -
Our c.pmm ity living. We •
should ' phasize the posi-
tive. I.nstea-d of compar-
ing -o rsel yes unfavorably
'with larger centres we
sho 1 d c,o-opef'ate 'with
ea h. other; merchants,
ustRmers ; town dwe 1 1 ers ,
farmers of whate'ver ark- \•
ce.stry, pr. de-
:nomination, • THis is oar
'town and/we, all have 'a
stake in it.,
(St. Marys JOurnal -Argus
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N k
ment is still nolef rpTeleeo ly set. The '
neighbor's floor- is conStantlyewet - and
smelly. They can't use their plumbing.
We can't use oue plumbing. The plumber '
ls beet,' and growing short-tempered
I suppose.
' To make matters worse i our neighbors •
are planning to leave oh vacation th t s Week-
end. . providing things have.' dried up:
In the rneatime; the neighbor's wife can't
do her laundry in preparation for the
trip e .- and I'm .going honkers over the
inconvenience of it aft.
The plumber is returning today. With
any lirck-• at the problem -will be.
licked this morning. I've just spoken
with my 'neighbor and she tells me the
family's surviving nicely, pur friendship's
still as solid as it was last week and
once they get badk from vacation we'll
have a night out .together, juSt to prove
it, •
As F,D,Roosevelt once said: In 'the
field of world policy j would dedicate this ,
nation to the pone 1 of agood neighbor.
' aim! e 1860; Seri)ing tlie ammunitv Firit - .
444b.ed SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, Thursday morning by *LEAN BROS., radbeiShers Ltd.
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