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The Huron Expositor, 1976-07-29, Page 2Since ISO, Serving the Community First t'SgAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MeLEAN BROS. PUBLISHERS LTD ANDREW Y. IvKEAN, Publisher SUSAN WHITE Editor - DAVE ROBS, Advertising Manager Member Canadian Community Newspaper 4ssociation Ontario Weekly Nespaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $10.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $20.00 a Year -SING LE COPIES —25 CENTS EACH Second Clasg- Mail Registration Number 0690 Telephone 527-0240 SEAiORTH., ONTARIO, JULY 29, 1976 A 100 per cent increase ••• iO n/ the Years *Pone 0 Abandoned truck • Mx 1876 The Good, Templara of Seaforth joined in a picnic to Bayfield. - The PArtitnOlt up some 14 or 15 carriages, The soiree held in the Temperance Hall, Kinburn was well attended. The net proceeds 44 the entertainment amounted to $40. The Presbytery of Huron met in Knox Church, Cranbrook and inducted Rev. D.C.B. McRae into the pastorate. Rev, LB. Scott of Egmentiville preached a suitable discourse, A post office has been established at flensall, Hay Township, with James Sutherland as Postmaster. A Mr. Johnston, a licensed hotel keeper at flayfield, was fined a few days ago, fer keeping his bar room open on the Sabbath, Day. We understand that Mr. Whitelaw of the new foundry, with his family, arrived in 'town a few days ago and have taken up' residence here. For some weeks, strong suspicions existed in town that Monsieur Frank had again embarked In the business of manufacturing pure scotch within the limits of the town. Inspector Caven at Goderich came to town to search out the illicit manufactory. He did not succeed. The printers in the Expositor offiee have received and accepted a challenge from a nine of baseball players composed of salemen to play a matched game. - JULY 261 1901 The Roman Catholic friend's have determined to establish a separate school in Seaforth. They have already broken ground, are laying down 'material and are making active preparations for the erectioinfiTiew school building. It is to be erected on the north side of St. James Church. James Hudson of Tuckersmith has the honour of being the first to deliver wheat of this year's growth. It weighs 60 pounds to the bushel and will average 30 bushels to the acre. , Stephen Lamb, lumber merchant of this town, has paid over \ $1500. for freight on material brought into his yard since the first of the year. Seymour Watson left Seaforth to push his fortune in .13ritish Columbia. Owen beiger of the Hensall Flax Mill was in Seaforth looking for hands to pull flax. Mr. Gould of Boston shipped from Seaforth station a fine lot of steers. There were 151 in the lot. The scholarships offered by the Trustees of the Collegiate Institute to the pupils who made the highest number of marks at the entrance examinations, have been awarded to 'Randall Rose and Miss Mary Johns. J. W. Ortwein has removed his family from town to Hensall and will close up business here this week. The big mill is now shut down for repairs and Messr. Stewart are bound to have one of the very best equipped mills in the province, John Pepper of Tuckers mith has engaged with McConnell and Cameron for the threshing season. <- , ••• A lot of Seaforth people could be excused for Wondering what is going on at the local Public Utilities Commission. In an attemptto cut down on Costs, the PUC decided at theitlast -meeting to raise the deposrt any new Seaforth customer who Wants water andhYdro hookups from $45 to $100, an increase of more than 100 per cent. Now., no business can, last for long ifsit runs continually in the red and the PUC sees the increased deposit as the only way of making sure that they don't get stuck with a lot of unpaid utility bills when people leave town. • ,-They are presently billing landlords • for any unpaid puc accounts when tenants default. They hope that any money that is owing the PUC can come out of this whopping deposit, thus giving the landlords a break. The PUG has had. a collection record V in " the past that would turn rhost Seaforth - businesses green with envy. In the laaWew years they've only Written Off art '&0rage' of, from $50 to $70 'a ; :year as • une011ectable. That's in a -business whicti currently bills $350,000 a year. But the' utility has had a rash of unpaid lately. , 'Landlords reacted angrily when these costa were ;passed on to them and in an attempt to make the culprits pay, the PLAO• upped the deposit to an amount that would realistioally Cover an unpaid ,month or two's hydro, water and sewer charges. , PUC bills for water, hydro and Sewers used to cost the average ' household $40 to $45 every 'two months. Higher rates mean that now the average billing could be $70 for .the same period. The PUC feels there A small boy stood before a candy counter. His eyes were wide, the goodies so tempting. He had to have one. A quick look around and into his pocket went a -handful. A story so old that it hardly bears repeating. What kid hasn't been tempted and given into the temptation, only to suffer the pangs of conscience all night long to the point where the candy becalm tasteless. .But there's more, as we were told one Sunday recently by a pastor who was witness to the whole th ing. Mom was standing with her back to the kid. She turned just as the dreadful deed was done. Her reaction? "For heaven's sake, Johnny, don't do that, a policeman might see you." Perhaps more than anything/ that illustrates the morality or lack of it -- that threatens the very fibre of our society. Don't do anything dishonest unless you're sure you can get away with it. ' r\,? \ /Dear Editor: By , means of your newspaper we would publicly like to thank those responsible for arranging the Heritage Home Tour held July 17 and 18. Our deepest appreciation must also be expressed to the kind people of Sealant, Egretondville4Iarpurhey area who so graciously Opened their honies for the tour. It was Indeed such a 'treat to meet people who so 'Milli*" -shared- with us their Is more likelihood of arrears with the higher bills and that it stands to lose a lot More Money than before. We think however that the Pyc has an obligation to consider whaf,could be the results of a deposit which Is much higher than that required by utilities in other towns in the area. Who's going to move to Seaforth and shell out $100 before electricity and water will be turned on when they,,, can get the same services in Clinton for a $30 deposit or in Exeter for no deposit at alL The Mitchell PUC charges new accounts a deposit of $15. only. Some municipalities figure -that renters are more likely to leave town without paying their utility bills and they charge them a higher deposit than they do home owners. Our PUC is going to hit every new customer with a request for $100. Are the-losses in unpaid bills so bad this year that the PUC can Justify a - deposit that is more than three times what neighbouring towns charge? We "doubt it. Do we stand to losektkew residents because of the bigger deposit? Maybe. Our public utility would be well advised to check with neighbouring towns and see how .they handle defaulters and still manage to run in the black. It's true the' new deposit price won't affect a whole lot of people. The PUC may have 300 or 400 moves in a year but only a fraction of those would be new hookups. Still the utility stands to collect quite a pile at $100 from each new customer. Anyone who is affected by the $100 deposit-can bring up Itheir concern at • the next PUC meeting, Wednesday, August hat 3 p.m.1 The disease comes in many names -- new morality, situational ethics, passivity, tolerance -- but its face is the same. Dishonesty is okay as long as you don't get caught. So how does Johnny learn? He only learns to watch for police more.,, closely and his conscience will cease to prick him. After all Dad pads the expense account, Mom brings home towels from the hotel, the other kids ,cheat at school and every one Oinks, . they're so smart; Politicians condone everything bu,t an open revelation of their actions. Athletes place winning ahead of all else. Anyone who disagrees is dismissed as an old-fashioned square, a common scold. Expediency is the order of the day. The moral fibre of a nation depends on honesty, integrity and the ability to -distinguish between right and wrong whether we get caught or not. And integrity begins in the home." (Unchurched Editorials) intriguing knowledge of our forefathers. We can be justly proud of the skills of men and women who toiled 'in Huron. ' Thanks also to our host, hostess and bus driver who guided us along the route as well as those who were responsible for the afternoon tea. Sincerely, • Huron native; Mrs. Marion(Mann) Robert's, Listowel; Mrs. Mary Beth Mann, Monctieff. melt by Karl Schuessler Don't drop your wife off! Take a lesson. Don't drop your wife off at < church and then drive away. You're far better off to park and go inside. ' Now preachers have been telling us that for years. With the assumption, of course, you need the Good Word as much as she does. But this wasn't Sunday. This was Saturday. No collection plate passing there. But that didn't mean I wasn't going to part with some money.. — Because you can never cou. nt on what your wife's going to do at one of those church auctions'. About the only thing you can depend on is you're going to count out jour money. I suspected this, but not all that much. Because what's left in an old and sold church? But scratched chairs, pews, outdated Sunday Schoolleaflets and worn-through hymn books? And we've got plenty of these hanging around in our place. When I left her off at the church, there was not a soul in sight at those country crossroads - only this red brick church that made up practically everything of the village called Moncrieff. How can a woman go wrong among the relics and left-overs of a church past prime? When not enough_ money or members can make a go. of it? , , I should have known. My wife seemed extra willing to wait the two hours before the sale began. Why she 'even packed a lunch and brought along her sewing. What bptter way to wait in the basement and put a few stitches in her quilt top she was making? The good United Church ladies had probably put many a needle to quilts there in the basement. But she did more than cat and sew in those two hours. She had time "to roam among the pews.' Sit on them. Try them' out., To run her hands over the turned posts on the pine pulpit and 'decide they don't' make those kind any more. To feel the smooth finish on the Like most grandparents, if they are honest, we are delighted to see our grandchildren arrive, and overjoyed to see them depart. Started off this year's summer vacation with a visit from our two grandbabies and their mum. When they left, my wife and I went straight into a rest home for a few days, to recuperate. • It's not that they are bad little boys. It's just that they are little boys, with voracious appetities for everything from mother's milk to peanut butter and jam sandwiches dipped. in fruit yoghtirt to rides to the car wash to going to the beach to' picking strawberries to being told stories to crawling around in 'the_ grass being bitten by ants. None of those ',divides creates any real problem, but this time, the Lord, moving in His usual mysterious ways, decreed that it should rain hard, day and night, for the first' three days of their visit. Well, that eliminated the beach, crawling in the grass, picking strawberries and going for picnics in the park: all the things that little city boys, who live in a square box on the einth floor, Should do when they go to visit their grandparents in a small town. And with all that rain, there wasn't a lot of point in going to the car wash, an experience full of joy and terrpr, the sumpteme moment of his visits for young Pokey: , It also meant that, instead of tiding his - -brand new tricycle around he yard and d down the sidewalk under the pi .Poke Was forded to ride it around in a screaming circle inside the Muse, through the kitchen, into the hall, into the livingroOnt and back to the kitchen, shouting a shrill, "Here I cony!" by Bill Smiley scattering various bric-a-brac and adults, and frequently running over one hand or other of his baby brother, who was creeping about on the livingroom floor, shrieking with „anger when he'd get his feet tangled up and couldn't move, or yelling for someone to pick him up, or spewing up his latest nursing in great, viscous globs. It sounds terrible, but it wasn't really. It was merely bedlam. I enjoyed every minute of it - when they were both having their afternoon nap, which almost never happened simultaneously. Pokey and i are still the best of buddies, which is great but can be a little trying. It's wonderful to feel the trust as the tiny, toligh hand clutches yours, or you get a big hug and kiss for nothing. But the other side of the coin is when he won't let anybody but "My Gran-dat" put on his socks and shoes or pull up his pants after a "big pee" or get him second, third and fourth helpings when he wants "rnOre beans." We did get away from the women and children for one idyllic hour when it was merely drizzling, and drove through the park, down the main drag to the dock, and there got out and looked at the big boats and the little boats, and saw a real train and some real railroad tracks. Pretty heady stuff for a little city kid, But three and a half days of solid rain, with two lively, vociferous kids, 2% years and five months, is about as restful as trying to relax in a boiler factory. I'm just getting to knew my Second , grandson, who labors, or delights, as his mother would say, under the name of Balingt It's a madeup name that sounds nice, so his mother says. I call him Young Bill. In a craft stroke with inheritance in mind, no doubt, he was given the plebean second name of William. As it turns out, and as my daughter didn't know, it's right in the family, on both sides. He's named not only for me, but for his great-great- grandfather, William Thomson? on my side, and for his great-great-great-great-grand father, William Bull, on my wife's side. Both were good men, and pioneers. William Thomson, was slide-master at Calumet Island, . in the Ottawa River, in the lumbering days. William Bull was the first settler at Colpoys Bay on the Bruce Peninsula, a "fine man, well educated" who was the first Indian Agent in that area. So, Young Bill it's going to be for me, just as Nikov Chen is Pokey, for me. Young Bill began life as a bawler, a fat little g4 who. looked like Winston Churchill and screamed like the Witch of Endor, In five months, he has improved tretnen- doitsly. He has lost three chins and now has only one extra one. He has an endearing, lop.sided grin, huge, bright 'eyes, and a delightful chortle. I think we'll keep him, after all. We-11,16'Si le add "to, the- .eicitetifent, the kide great-grandfather made the trip across country to see his second great-grandson. He got royal welcome from Pokey, who pointed at him, yelled "flat's my great-grandat," gave him an unsolicited hug and kiss, and from Young Bill, who gave him ,a drooling grin. A momentous few days, the like of which - One in a lifetime is enough. Smart or dishonest? To the editor - Readers enjoyed the tour Advertising N accepted orilhe cohdOn that, in the evOnt.of typographical errdr„'the adveitising spice ocetipIed by the ertiintoUS itetn,tigt,thb'ti with reasonable allowance for signature, will hot be thoigeti ritt yeaobaltifIct of the advertisement wilt be OW for at the applicable rate. In the event of typOgraptileateirdt adverdshtg geoia or settiltes tit a wrong price, goods or service may not he sold. • AdOcrtiSIntigniefely anoffer tell, add filay`be withdrawn at any time. The Huron ,ExpOsitor is not .teptsosible tei the legS or dAmogd of utisofieved manureripts or photos. communion table and notice the trefoil's etched in the wood and the words spelled out "In remembrance of me." She had ttime enough to fall promptly in love with every piece of furniture in the place. • I figure those two hours of waiecost me. at least $115. each. • She told me it could have been worse. She was all gung-ho on the pulpit. She teftered back and forth with another bidder way up to $160.00. For a pulpit? To put in our house? This woman's got a fever. And I wasn't there to cool her down. I'm sure glad the other fellow's fever was worse. , And just to show how bad the. fever was, the auctioneer told the crowd a story. Not, of course, until he sold the pulpit for $165. He said-at the last church auction sale, the pulpit sold for a dollar. Actually it was $1.50, but the lucky new owner insisted he only bid a dollar. He said the auction clerk recorded it wrong. So the auctioneer pulled fifty cents out of his pocket to make for pulpit peace. If we missed out on that pulpit, we scored with one cotntriuniOn - table .and one clergy chair. My wife insists it's a clergy, chair. But actually it's a short pew - room enough for two. A love seat, if you will. And another love seat is just what we need. Same with a pew. We own four love seats already. And three pews. But these are Baptist pews. I'm sure they could use a little United fellowship. Besides, clergy pews are special. This one took its place for years right next to the' pulpit on the altar front. It housed the lapS and seats of many a preacher. That makes this one very special : and so does the price." JULY 23, 1926 During the electrical storm recently, Joseph Krauskopf had his barn struck by lightning. Of a large batch of pigs, four were The fifth annual reunion of the descendants of James Brown of Fullarton was held at the ancestral home, of the Browns. James Alfred Carter, one year ,old child of Mr. and Mrs. 4 Carter; Detroit, was killed instantly in a motor accident. Messr. J. Ferguson, .1,14,Carter, -J. Medd. ,and F. Armstrong were in Kitchener attending a protest by Stratford. Kinburn won the protest. Miss Alice Daly of town was successful in passing the recent examination at Toronto Conservatory and has obtained the degree of A.T.C.M. A very pleasant gathering of Rebekahs was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. McKellar, in honour of Mrs. Gertrude Henderson, who leaves for Buffalo, where she will be married to James Keener. Miss Evelyn Cardno made the presentation of a tray and the address was read by Miss Belle Campbell, , JULY 27, 1951 . Another Seaforth District High School graduate,' who will begin her teaching term this year at S.S. No..2 McKillop is Miss Mabel Campbell, R.R. 1., Seaforth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell. The dtiver of a gravel truck had a harrow escape from serious injury ;Aft the Dickson bridge, Con. 6 and 7 McKillop, collapsed after the truck passed over it. Work has begun on the 18 x 28 addition to the Ton Hall in Seaforth, which is being built to accommodate the new fire truck. Work is under the direction of the chairman of the property committee, R.F. Christie and construction is being done by town workmen and Frank Lamont and Joseph Bums, Dublin. Dr. Johe W. Shaw, who for over 60 years has practiced medicine in Clinton, celebrated his 90th birthday. He was born in Hullett Twp. and later taught school in Brussels. Enos Boshart of town was in Ottawa attending a meeting of the Canadian Standards Association, which is in connection with establishing a safety code for the wood working industry. EliarNfOusseau has purchased the Moore home in Kippen. The many friends of' Grazyna Chomicki of Winthrop are pleased to-know she is making progress in the War Memorial Hospital, London, Samuel Hohner of Clinton met with an accident which might have resulted more seriously. He was moving a chickenhouse at his home On the Bluewater Highway, Stanley .Township. A jack slipped and the eave of the building caught him on the top of his head and cut a deep gash. ' ' ' Sugar and Spice