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The Huron Expositor, 1974-08-08, Page 1No. SSS2 I�l�ci�1l0►p ow�i says • v ` 1 • Y4 4 �y A ' - t l'P, rel'TOW e Mclfipop. Council authorized its of lit h interest cats atir jottt's(tccessful , completion . of Ills,, William Van lteenen. "coed superintendent; William now o� will make payme (Tu the" three-day course of instruction for Seaforth, implement shed; 'Campbell to ' re -cop struct N, "•farther after the townshl ?road superintendents given by Clifford Eedy, R.R°4, Walton, N . • , mites of sideroad •1'p, bt;tween receives the ntoneg fraM .tb "the Ontario tjo`6d ^Roads pole barn and silo; Orville Storey,. �! concessions 2 and $ at the council provincial government. >'Association at the T.J.Mahotty R,R,1, Seaforth, porch; -and' meeting Tuesday. The work iso ` Passed for payment were xaadx-"Road School , held at the, Donald Kelly, R.R:S, 'Seaforth. estimated to cost $11,000 and will accounts amo nting �o $9,386,4.$, University of Guelph May. addition to house,rZ be'started'when the'"constr`uetian and ,gener4ll accounts of,: Requests• for building permits • Council made a grant of work on Sideroad 15 is completed. $40,123.94. were grant ed to: Mervin Agar, $500.00 tp Seaforth Community z' Requests for six tile drain loans Several members of council" - R. R.2, Seaforth, silo; William Hospital. s twere granted, amounting to indicated they would attend the` Hodge, R•R,4, Walton,,extegsion The. County of .Huron notified $28,600. Tuckersmith Township Council" .to barn; James C. Kerr. R.R.I. council of a new by-law regulating' M 1 In the past the township has meeting ofAugilst 21' when the .Seaforth, implement shed;' tree cutting or removal in the r y=5 t =X r. loaned the money immediately to. revised Dill Drain report will 6e. Edward Taylor, R•1R,1. Seaforth, county the farmer requesting the tile considered... Several • McKillop 'addition to. house; ' James Council recommended foriia drain loan as soon as it was residents ar a affected by the ;McClure, R.R.4, Walton, approval by Huron l.and.divisIon a r�rd approved, without waiting for the drain: granary; Ken Campbell Farms Lt committee of a request for land AL s be received from the d.: R.R.I. Dublin. granary and severance of approximately 2'hmons,Y to Clerk Marion McClure , T Cnx M�IN-" ,tv� provincial government. Council presented- road supidrintendent replacing siding on a' house; Ian , acres on.part' lot 25, concession 7. g ry p�t decided this must change becausg Campbell with his certificate- for' Wilbee. R.N. I • Walton, `granary; to Francis Hunt of R.R.4, Walton.t I Tuckersmith' hears 0 Y ' •' ENJOYING THE PARTY'.` 'Mr. and �8 T000ss o . ,. owners can expectfines � # who have lived ip the new senior citizens apartments 4 A lot 'of do 'owners in those who have aid for,onl one for a year now, .joined in the celebrations at the party, t g p Y Drysdale, Hensall, swimgring Council will meet on August 20 ' ` , ° P dog when they have two or. more. • pool 'enclosure: Brian Smillie': to considerthe en ineer's revised residents held -last we0k to mark a year since -the , ,ry . tuckersmithr Township who y , < haven't secured a 1974 license for P Vanastra homeowners may be , g yr„,��; Y R. Hensall, horse barn: Hugo report on the Dill Drain costing building Opened. Staff Photo.} =w . their dog or dogs may be paying paying higher water rates in thaw Menheere. R,R.4 Seaforth. $1'14,000. fines within the next few weeks. future. The Town of Clin(on implemei:n shed: 'McIntosh The Ministry-. of Transportation /y j ClerkJames McIntosh informed which supplies water to Vanastra Poultry Farms,, R.R.4-'Seafoi•th, and Communications has o�� apartments' year �d RT members of council at a meeting has informed Tuckersmith that itstorage shed: and Gordon approved payment of additional. ' ;:> �• , Wednesday that only $825. has requires. 50 cents per 1,000', DeJong, Brucefield, implement $1.5,900 interim subsidyfor .Instead of waiting for an official Eighteen . of the 2 ents opting of the, senior citizens -were present -.at the pa y along been collected to date while about gallons• which is an increase of 10 shed. Tuckersmith and -notified council $1, 100 was paid year. Mr• cents per.1,000 gallons. apartment building on Market with eight. guests. Using the P Y P c g Council amended its zoning of seven new staff appointments Street,- the residents went ahead iano donated b Dick Box andMcIntosh said, that with the Wilfred Schneider of . the= P Y e � •r•T. �J ., �R,; � t, � ,;`' ,� �� � ,,� bylaw removing north half Lot 2.6, at the Stratford District Office. increase ih fees this year it 'Vanasira Recreation - Committee Concession . 1, •• Huron Road Council ad ourned meetin at and had a party last Thursday to the, record _player–supplied by indicated man do owners have attended the council session, to J celebrate their first anniversary Y g Survey, property' from 11:30 p.m. there. (Continued on 'Page '13) 1 rv- ✓c "� `r. �t f ', ,- no lice -nae. The license this year report on 'the committe. He said' agriculture. This is the proposed p � � .t° err ..is $5.00 or a male or spayed that the swimming pool should be site .. of arain elevator which f le' $10 fo o f male and I d g emu r e comp ere tis wee , the mont Maple Leaf Millin Com an $20, for two dogs, delay was due -to the difficult)` in plans to erect. g P Y v Richard Eisler of Goderich,, getting some- !gine the � Remembetin ... � Passed for payment are the animal control officer for pool.which is being built at a cost following accounts totalling •tr Tucks, smith will be making spot of $15,.000: $95;026.44: general government, cheeks for licenses and charges Council appointed E.H. ” $4,809,17: public utilities; Harvesting the,-,,old'way will be,laid for.tard owners, or Uderstadt, en 'ineer. to b'rin in a y R K $1,930,37'; roads, $15,808.49: r ° t.report on the Nott Drain. Vanastra Recreation Parks and scythe of his cradle with the well-worn T• • W. G. Strong Y L Requests for building. permits ;' Community Centre Board; � whet -stone carried in his tattered hit I pocket, ' t µ• F { , - r- i Thieves .r►i% were granted to: Wilfred Ross- '$32,734.80 and municipal drains. In most art of Ontario, harvesting the he frequently saw the binder with his w . . Brucefield, garage: - John $39,743.61. a g q r` grain is the order of the day and progresses long -handled, broad, wooden rake mopping • .. Canadian Tfr@ �;'rz&.:;"�,,<�, a»<�ry' more rapidly and with less effort than half a his brow and trying desperately.to catch up, ,, ry • ^' ..r» ,.,, r ,., r � `? Y .± A GeV'' 3rok,' i'.drY?,�`' 3 t.crit ' h.aYVESt-tint k " Y e �•.'� ;*?� century ago. No longer, the. sound of the "Che" cradle' lie mad ,' f investigating, twa reaper heard in the t nd rarely the clackin of swung _low, break- ins that occurred at the 1: ° Canadian Tire Store and „ e binder but from all quarters comes the To his patch of grain, �- a• � .' •'° '�� hu' of the mobile, self-propelled mechanical He knotted with stalks the -shining sheaf ' warehouse over the weekend., The 'burglar alarm went off at a mon the combine. No one will deny the and a' i, fact that ha vesting is as old as human history Stacked it to stand the rain." 140 a.m. Saturday morning at v •fi to the Main Street store. When the a {r s though the instruments used in early .days Big Sheaves • , . . �. 3-• � � '� ' •I� � t� differ greatly ,from those now employed..ln " Often those who followed the cradle were ` officers arrived the thieves were - 1 retrospect one. conjured a changes in the apt to make big sheaves where the crop was N w» rt no longer on the premises. Police' P , l P g P g P .;, harvesting process wrought by the hand of heavy,and little sheaves where'the grain yield f: say the rent) okin- '`� y Y �� y-br Time, was light and the, swath would have to -be through a skylight. in the roof. s � ,g�" In this new .land where the fields were too raked for -some distance to get a proper bundle receivedf �� a wtrel%rtay Ilia f the rs unevew,:• irregular or stumpy for successful to b e bound by . hand. n reaper appeared Page may till be cradle, sickles were used. Some g ed in (Continued on Pae 13)' + i + rk' found in implement sheds. This Canada d'u'ring the last half of the nineteenth w P HOW FARMING' HAS' CHANGED It took a 120 t primitive tool consisted of a steel blade curved century and made her vest -time less foot .crane to install -a new 80 foot elevator leg•on•-the Firemen L i ' ' in the form of a hook and on one end was a 'wearisome but the stalks, I understand, Bruce Coleman farm in TUckersrfiith Tuesday mel hbOUI'S . � handle fitted on a tang. In some sickles the still.had to be bound,by hand into sheaves, morning. The 'new elevator wild lift about 50,000 g blade was serrated on the concave side for Often the* toilers had to halt tb mop their.' .... - cutting but usually the blade had a smooth; drippng' brows. bushels of grain and corn to be stored in Mr. fight," hey fire keen cutting edge. The sickle was held in one With drowsy cadence half a summer's day Coleman's grain' elevators this summer. (Staff Photo) Seaforth firemen answered a hand while the other was, used to grasp a The clatter . of the reaper comes and , call to the farm of Willard., quantity of st anding grain,whieb was held' ' goes." pb �` firmly as the sickle was applied to..cut the Self -binder Bem:eweis� of R.R.1, Dublin,3, • in •••„, stem. As the farmer cut the grain he was able With the,advent of the self -binder ,drawn by PUC hrke Ind two years Shortly before .hay clock Monday v morning when,hay was found to y x to lay every straw in its place and produce' three horses and later by the farm tractor, the be overheated in the mow, t sheaves that for square butts, evenness and sheaves were mare or lessbf uniform size tied Hydro rates are certain! going Ontario Hydro has increased With the het of neighbours °-, compactness equalled that of the self -binder. with binder -twine bought in balls measuring Y 8 g Y P g g g up 10% in September as reported, their price to Seaforth for power and the firemen the smouldering ~ . Despite the'fact that this was arduous and some 650 -feet. At first thes-0 sheaves were in the, Expositor recently. by 15.1% from last year, Mr.' hay was removed .from the barn. time-consuming for any male, the women -folk kicked out intermittently and irregularly h h tells us that came upon a the standing But the increase is not the first Scott said. While assisting in forkingwere not averse to lending a hand. depending P g u Pon the density and evenness of in two .years as ;the story Different municipalities pay the hay, Gary Nash, 20, of R.R.S; Wordsworth g grain• With the coming of the indicated. There was an increase different prices to Ontario Hydro Seaforth, received a jab 'from a 50 YEARS WED -- Mr, and Mrs. Daniel Costello of, solitary Highland lass reaping and singing by sheaf -carrier operated by foot levers, the in hydro rates in August, 1973 for-" power ,Mr. Scott said, fork which, deeply penetrated his Dublin celebrated their 50th anniversarySunda herself• sheaves could be dropped off in windrows Y "Alone she cuts and binds the grain makin 'shockin less arduous. Stookin lik� just a year ago, when the PUC "depending on how much power .,arm. He was treated at Seaforth g g g with a family dinner in Brodhagen. Please See story And sing$ a melancholy st'a'in.'; . other farm occupations has undergone a hiked rate's up an average of 8%, you' buy and how long you've Community Hospital for his injury p 1; PUC manager Waiter Scott said. been on'the system"• anctr released. n the Dublin page. i "I saw' her singing at her work change, The original shocks were,works of art.1 11 0 121 YEARS OF SERVICE —t Retiring' •members, of the -Board and Staff of Seaforth Community Hospital Were honoured at.a dirinee ai the Golf and Country Club last week The group represents a total of 121 years of service- to the hospital. All were presented -with plaques: Left, back Cliff Dunbar (board) 11 years; Jack Eisler (board) 6 years; Lloyd Hoggarth (staff) 20 �dars, and Hospital board chairman Clarence Looby. Centre row, Mrs. Joseph McConhe(!, , retiring president; Mrs. W.D.Ste.phensoh, who accepted a plaque for her late e ` Y 'husband, a board 'member for 8 years; Mrs. George Anderson (staff) 13 years;- Mrs: ' John Hllleb'rebht (board) 6 years. Front, Mrs. Michael Malaniuk (staff).,8 years; Mrs.Earl Dick, representing her -late husband, a board member for 23 years and Mrs. .Norman Knight (staff) 8 years.(absent) Mrs. John McCowan. (staff)18 years. During the evening Board Chairman Clayton Looby presented Mrs. McConnell �wlth an Inscribed silver tray marking the completion - of her two year term as president. (Staff Photo) Cable. TV approved f 6r -seaforth anc area Area television viewers will be pleased to hear (and see) that cable service will be available -here soon. John C. Ward, a Listowel charteredaccountant was granted a license by The Canadian Radio -Television Commission (CRTC) 'last week to set up a company to service Seaforth, Egmondvilte, H'arpurhey, Dublin, Mitchell and St. Columban. Viewers will be able to pick up six Canadian, three non -Canadian, one local and one educational TV' station. Earlier this year in Ottawa, installation fees were set at $15 and additional outlets for extra TV *sets or FM radio would cost $2,50 a month, Regular monthly fees will be $5.50. The applications for FM radio broadcast distribution in this area have been deferred by the CRTC. And o er the sickle bending. „ Sickle used The sickle was employed by the ancient Jews and Egyptians and continued in use by the civilized nations dowAo the latter part of the nineteenth century, Probably few regretted it's passing and"was supplanted, by the scythe. The scythe was used for mowing as well as reaping. it consisted of a long, curved blade attached to a handle and was swung from right to left by the workman holding it by two short handles attached to the "principal one: Scythes are still in use but less frequently than formerly. Lampman tells us about a familiar scene of yesterday% "Long hours ago, while yet the morn was blithe Nor sharp athirst had drunk the beaded de*, A mower came and swun g his gleaming scythe Aound this stump,'and, shearing slowly, - drew Fari'ound among the clover, ripe for'ha. ,. A circle clean and gray." The scythe is used mostly -for cutting grass and Weeds on small farms, fence carriers or vacant town lots. Later a'framework of wooden bars was fastened to the handle Above the blade thus forming a cradle which was used for cutting grain before the era of the McCormick reaper invented in the United States in 1834. Cradling was work for giant arms and shoulders. With his old turkey -wing, cradle many a pioneer vouched fort e fact that few bi"tiders could keep up with him as e went swinging down the field. As he paused at the end of the swath prepared to sharpen the The work was doYie manually, each sheaf having to be picked up, one ander each arm and placed in position. A stook usually consisted of some ten or twelve sheaves built in a straight line•in which the first two sheaves ° were braced against each. other and gently tapped into place with the alternate foot. With the introduction of the sheaf -carrier the round stook consisting of about the same number of sheaves came into prominence and could be set up more hurriedly with the aid of the universal pitch -fork, r . After a lapse of a week or so depending upon weather conditions, the sheaves bad to be drawn to the barn for storage to await the threshing machine. There was no'machine in' the East for loading the sheaves nor, in many instances, for unloading them. They had to be handled with a fork and to puff in a full day at this was to know what labour meant. In Western Canada a loader was 'used • to lift a stook and drop it mechanically into the wagon with Sides and ends encased. In the barn while one pitched the `sheaves individually,- another placed them in position with the heads, directed in one way. This careful snowing meant easier work at threshing time. With the intrbd'iuction of slings, each Wild could be despatched in four bundles, and mowing became a more or less hurried performance leading to certain 'crude expletives by 'those - workmen in the mow on threshing day. Few binders are in evidence on farms to -day. The invention of modern maehihery has made harvesting a much le's phys'ieal exertion than formerly, - Whiie we hail progress we tip out hat to those of other days who garnered their- crops' using the tools at bane. • ' 777 A 1 '� •A^ ( 7 1 7{ k Y No. SSS2 I�l�ci�1l0►p ow�i says • v ` 1 • Y4 4 �y A ' - t l'P, rel'TOW e Mclfipop. Council authorized its of lit h interest cats atir jottt's(tccessful , completion . of Ills,, William Van lteenen. "coed superintendent; William now o� will make payme (Tu the" three-day course of instruction for Seaforth, implement shed; 'Campbell to ' re -cop struct N, "•farther after the townshl ?road superintendents given by Clifford Eedy, R.R°4, Walton, N . • , mites of sideroad •1'p, bt;tween receives the ntoneg fraM .tb "the Ontario tjo`6d ^Roads pole barn and silo; Orville Storey,. �! concessions 2 and $ at the council provincial government. >'Association at the T.J.Mahotty R,R,1, Seaforth, porch; -and' meeting Tuesday. The work iso ` Passed for payment were xaadx-"Road School , held at the, Donald Kelly, R.R:S, 'Seaforth. estimated to cost $11,000 and will accounts amo nting �o $9,386,4.$, University of Guelph May. addition to house,rZ be'started'when the'"constr`uetian and ,gener4ll accounts of,: Requests• for building permits • Council made a grant of work on Sideroad 15 is completed. $40,123.94. were grant ed to: Mervin Agar, $500.00 tp Seaforth Community z' Requests for six tile drain loans Several members of council" - R. R.2, Seaforth, silo; William Hospital. s twere granted, amounting to indicated they would attend the` Hodge, R•R,4, Walton,,extegsion The. County of .Huron notified $28,600. Tuckersmith Township Council" .to barn; James C. Kerr. R.R.I. council of a new by-law regulating' M 1 In the past the township has meeting ofAugilst 21' when the .Seaforth, implement shed;' tree cutting or removal in the r y=5 t =X r. loaned the money immediately to. revised Dill Drain report will 6e. Edward Taylor, R•1R,1. Seaforth, county the farmer requesting the tile considered... Several • McKillop 'addition to. house; ' James Council recommended foriia drain loan as soon as it was residents ar a affected by the ;McClure, R.R.4, Walton, approval by Huron l.and.divisIon a r�rd approved, without waiting for the drain: granary; Ken Campbell Farms Lt committee of a request for land AL s be received from the d.: R.R.I. Dublin. granary and severance of approximately 2'hmons,Y to Clerk Marion McClure , T Cnx M�IN-" ,tv� provincial government. Council presented- road supidrintendent replacing siding on a' house; Ian , acres on.part' lot 25, concession 7. g ry p�t decided this must change becausg Campbell with his certificate- for' Wilbee. R.N. I • Walton, `granary; to Francis Hunt of R.R.4, Walton.t I Tuckersmith' hears 0 Y ' •' ENJOYING THE PARTY'.` 'Mr. and �8 T000ss o . ,. owners can expectfines � # who have lived ip the new senior citizens apartments 4 A lot 'of do 'owners in those who have aid for,onl one for a year now, .joined in the celebrations at the party, t g p Y Drysdale, Hensall, swimgring Council will meet on August 20 ' ` , ° P dog when they have two or. more. • pool 'enclosure: Brian Smillie': to considerthe en ineer's revised residents held -last we0k to mark a year since -the , ,ry . tuckersmithr Township who y , < haven't secured a 1974 license for P Vanastra homeowners may be , g yr„,��; Y R. Hensall, horse barn: Hugo report on the Dill Drain costing building Opened. Staff Photo.} =w . their dog or dogs may be paying paying higher water rates in thaw Menheere. R,R.4 Seaforth. $1'14,000. fines within the next few weeks. future. The Town of Clin(on implemei:n shed: 'McIntosh The Ministry-. of Transportation /y j ClerkJames McIntosh informed which supplies water to Vanastra Poultry Farms,, R.R.4-'Seafoi•th, and Communications has o�� apartments' year �d RT members of council at a meeting has informed Tuckersmith that itstorage shed: and Gordon approved payment of additional. ' ;:> �• , Wednesday that only $825. has requires. 50 cents per 1,000', DeJong, Brucefield, implement $1.5,900 interim subsidyfor .Instead of waiting for an official Eighteen . of the 2 ents opting of the, senior citizens -were present -.at the pa y along been collected to date while about gallons• which is an increase of 10 shed. Tuckersmith and -notified council $1, 100 was paid year. Mr• cents per.1,000 gallons. apartment building on Market with eight. guests. Using the P Y P c g Council amended its zoning of seven new staff appointments Street,- the residents went ahead iano donated b Dick Box andMcIntosh said, that with the Wilfred Schneider of . the= P Y e � •r•T. �J ., �R,; � t, � ,;`' ,� �� � ,,� bylaw removing north half Lot 2.6, at the Stratford District Office. increase ih fees this year it 'Vanasira Recreation - Committee Concession . 1, •• Huron Road Council ad ourned meetin at and had a party last Thursday to the, record _player–supplied by indicated man do owners have attended the council session, to J celebrate their first anniversary Y g Survey, property' from 11:30 p.m. there. (Continued on 'Page '13) 1 rv- ✓c "� `r. �t f ', ,- no lice -nae. The license this year report on 'the committe. He said' agriculture. This is the proposed p � � .t° err ..is $5.00 or a male or spayed that the swimming pool should be site .. of arain elevator which f le' $10 fo o f male and I d g emu r e comp ere tis wee , the mont Maple Leaf Millin Com an $20, for two dogs, delay was due -to the difficult)` in plans to erect. g P Y v Richard Eisler of Goderich,, getting some- !gine the � Remembetin ... � Passed for payment are the animal control officer for pool.which is being built at a cost following accounts totalling •tr Tucks, smith will be making spot of $15,.000: $95;026.44: general government, cheeks for licenses and charges Council appointed E.H. ” $4,809,17: public utilities; Harvesting the,-,,old'way will be,laid for.tard owners, or Uderstadt, en 'ineer. to b'rin in a y R K $1,930,37'; roads, $15,808.49: r ° t.report on the Nott Drain. Vanastra Recreation Parks and scythe of his cradle with the well-worn T• • W. G. Strong Y L Requests for building. permits ;' Community Centre Board; � whet -stone carried in his tattered hit I pocket, ' t µ• F { , - r- i Thieves .r►i% were granted to: Wilfred Ross- '$32,734.80 and municipal drains. In most art of Ontario, harvesting the he frequently saw the binder with his w . . Brucefield, garage: - John $39,743.61. a g q r` grain is the order of the day and progresses long -handled, broad, wooden rake mopping • .. Canadian Tfr@ �;'rz&.:;"�,,<�, a»<�ry' more rapidly and with less effort than half a his brow and trying desperately.to catch up, ,, ry • ^' ..r» ,.,, r ,., r � `? Y .± A GeV'' 3rok,' i'.drY?,�`' 3 t.crit ' h.aYVESt-tint k " Y e �•.'� ;*?� century ago. No longer, the. sound of the "Che" cradle' lie mad ,' f investigating, twa reaper heard in the t nd rarely the clackin of swung _low, break- ins that occurred at the 1: ° Canadian Tire Store and „ e binder but from all quarters comes the To his patch of grain, �- a• � .' •'° '�� hu' of the mobile, self-propelled mechanical He knotted with stalks the -shining sheaf ' warehouse over the weekend., The 'burglar alarm went off at a mon the combine. No one will deny the and a' i, fact that ha vesting is as old as human history Stacked it to stand the rain." 140 a.m. Saturday morning at v •fi to the Main Street store. When the a {r s though the instruments used in early .days Big Sheaves • , . . �. 3-• � � '� ' •I� � t� differ greatly ,from those now employed..ln " Often those who followed the cradle were ` officers arrived the thieves were - 1 retrospect one. conjured a changes in the apt to make big sheaves where the crop was N w» rt no longer on the premises. Police' P , l P g P g P .;, harvesting process wrought by the hand of heavy,and little sheaves where'the grain yield f: say the rent) okin- '`� y Y �� y-br Time, was light and the, swath would have to -be through a skylight. in the roof. s � ,g�" In this new .land where the fields were too raked for -some distance to get a proper bundle receivedf �� a wtrel%rtay Ilia f the rs unevew,:• irregular or stumpy for successful to b e bound by . hand. n reaper appeared Page may till be cradle, sickles were used. Some g ed in (Continued on Pae 13)' + i + rk' found in implement sheds. This Canada d'u'ring the last half of the nineteenth w P HOW FARMING' HAS' CHANGED It took a 120 t primitive tool consisted of a steel blade curved century and made her vest -time less foot .crane to install -a new 80 foot elevator leg•on•-the Firemen L i ' ' in the form of a hook and on one end was a 'wearisome but the stalks, I understand, Bruce Coleman farm in TUckersrfiith Tuesday mel hbOUI'S . � handle fitted on a tang. In some sickles the still.had to be bound,by hand into sheaves, morning. The 'new elevator wild lift about 50,000 g blade was serrated on the concave side for Often the* toilers had to halt tb mop their.' .... - cutting but usually the blade had a smooth; drippng' brows. bushels of grain and corn to be stored in Mr. fight," hey fire keen cutting edge. The sickle was held in one With drowsy cadence half a summer's day Coleman's grain' elevators this summer. (Staff Photo) Seaforth firemen answered a hand while the other was, used to grasp a The clatter . of the reaper comes and , call to the farm of Willard., quantity of st anding grain,whieb was held' ' goes." pb �` firmly as the sickle was applied to..cut the Self -binder Bem:eweis� of R.R.1, Dublin,3, • in •••„, stem. As the farmer cut the grain he was able With the,advent of the self -binder ,drawn by PUC hrke Ind two years Shortly before .hay clock Monday v morning when,hay was found to y x to lay every straw in its place and produce' three horses and later by the farm tractor, the be overheated in the mow, t sheaves that for square butts, evenness and sheaves were mare or lessbf uniform size tied Hydro rates are certain! going Ontario Hydro has increased With the het of neighbours °-, compactness equalled that of the self -binder. with binder -twine bought in balls measuring Y 8 g Y P g g g up 10% in September as reported, their price to Seaforth for power and the firemen the smouldering ~ . Despite the'fact that this was arduous and some 650 -feet. At first thes-0 sheaves were in the, Expositor recently. by 15.1% from last year, Mr.' hay was removed .from the barn. time-consuming for any male, the women -folk kicked out intermittently and irregularly h h tells us that came upon a the standing But the increase is not the first Scott said. While assisting in forkingwere not averse to lending a hand. depending P g u Pon the density and evenness of in two .years as ;the story Different municipalities pay the hay, Gary Nash, 20, of R.R.S; Wordsworth g grain• With the coming of the indicated. There was an increase different prices to Ontario Hydro Seaforth, received a jab 'from a 50 YEARS WED -- Mr, and Mrs. Daniel Costello of, solitary Highland lass reaping and singing by sheaf -carrier operated by foot levers, the in hydro rates in August, 1973 for-" power ,Mr. Scott said, fork which, deeply penetrated his Dublin celebrated their 50th anniversarySunda herself• sheaves could be dropped off in windrows Y "Alone she cuts and binds the grain makin 'shockin less arduous. Stookin lik� just a year ago, when the PUC "depending on how much power .,arm. He was treated at Seaforth g g g with a family dinner in Brodhagen. Please See story And sing$ a melancholy st'a'in.'; . other farm occupations has undergone a hiked rate's up an average of 8%, you' buy and how long you've Community Hospital for his injury p 1; PUC manager Waiter Scott said. been on'the system"• anctr released. n the Dublin page. i "I saw' her singing at her work change, The original shocks were,works of art.1 11 0 121 YEARS OF SERVICE —t Retiring' •members, of the -Board and Staff of Seaforth Community Hospital Were honoured at.a dirinee ai the Golf and Country Club last week The group represents a total of 121 years of service- to the hospital. All were presented -with plaques: Left, back Cliff Dunbar (board) 11 years; Jack Eisler (board) 6 years; Lloyd Hoggarth (staff) 20 �dars, and Hospital board chairman Clarence Looby. Centre row, Mrs. Joseph McConhe(!, , retiring president; Mrs. W.D.Ste.phensoh, who accepted a plaque for her late e ` Y 'husband, a board 'member for 8 years; Mrs. George Anderson (staff) 13 years;- Mrs: ' John Hllleb'rebht (board) 6 years. Front, Mrs. Michael Malaniuk (staff).,8 years; Mrs.Earl Dick, representing her -late husband, a board member for 23 years and Mrs. .Norman Knight (staff) 8 years.(absent) Mrs. John McCowan. (staff)18 years. During the evening Board Chairman Clayton Looby presented Mrs. McConnell �wlth an Inscribed silver tray marking the completion - of her two year term as president. (Staff Photo) Cable. TV approved f 6r -seaforth anc area Area television viewers will be pleased to hear (and see) that cable service will be available -here soon. John C. Ward, a Listowel charteredaccountant was granted a license by The Canadian Radio -Television Commission (CRTC) 'last week to set up a company to service Seaforth, Egmondvilte, H'arpurhey, Dublin, Mitchell and St. Columban. Viewers will be able to pick up six Canadian, three non -Canadian, one local and one educational TV' station. Earlier this year in Ottawa, installation fees were set at $15 and additional outlets for extra TV *sets or FM radio would cost $2,50 a month, Regular monthly fees will be $5.50. The applications for FM radio broadcast distribution in this area have been deferred by the CRTC. And o er the sickle bending. „ Sickle used The sickle was employed by the ancient Jews and Egyptians and continued in use by the civilized nations dowAo the latter part of the nineteenth century, Probably few regretted it's passing and"was supplanted, by the scythe. The scythe was used for mowing as well as reaping. it consisted of a long, curved blade attached to a handle and was swung from right to left by the workman holding it by two short handles attached to the "principal one: Scythes are still in use but less frequently than formerly. Lampman tells us about a familiar scene of yesterday% "Long hours ago, while yet the morn was blithe Nor sharp athirst had drunk the beaded de*, A mower came and swun g his gleaming scythe Aound this stump,'and, shearing slowly, - drew Fari'ound among the clover, ripe for'ha. ,. A circle clean and gray." The scythe is used mostly -for cutting grass and Weeds on small farms, fence carriers or vacant town lots. Later a'framework of wooden bars was fastened to the handle Above the blade thus forming a cradle which was used for cutting grain before the era of the McCormick reaper invented in the United States in 1834. Cradling was work for giant arms and shoulders. With his old turkey -wing, cradle many a pioneer vouched fort e fact that few bi"tiders could keep up with him as e went swinging down the field. As he paused at the end of the swath prepared to sharpen the The work was doYie manually, each sheaf having to be picked up, one ander each arm and placed in position. A stook usually consisted of some ten or twelve sheaves built in a straight line•in which the first two sheaves ° were braced against each. other and gently tapped into place with the alternate foot. With the introduction of the sheaf -carrier the round stook consisting of about the same number of sheaves came into prominence and could be set up more hurriedly with the aid of the universal pitch -fork, r . After a lapse of a week or so depending upon weather conditions, the sheaves bad to be drawn to the barn for storage to await the threshing machine. There was no'machine in' the East for loading the sheaves nor, in many instances, for unloading them. They had to be handled with a fork and to puff in a full day at this was to know what labour meant. In Western Canada a loader was 'used • to lift a stook and drop it mechanically into the wagon with Sides and ends encased. In the barn while one pitched the `sheaves individually,- another placed them in position with the heads, directed in one way. This careful snowing meant easier work at threshing time. With the intrbd'iuction of slings, each Wild could be despatched in four bundles, and mowing became a more or less hurried performance leading to certain 'crude expletives by 'those - workmen in the mow on threshing day. Few binders are in evidence on farms to -day. The invention of modern maehihery has made harvesting a much le's phys'ieal exertion than formerly, - Whiie we hail progress we tip out hat to those of other days who garnered their- crops' using the tools at bane. • '