The Huron Expositor, 1978-09-14, Page 26Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
Our trip
• There's probably orly one thing more
boring than being forced to watch slides of
someone else's holiday jaunt, .and that' is
having 'to listen to them tell about it. But if
you think that you arc going to get, away
With only two 'columns about "OUR TRIP",
you might as well turn . over to: the real
estate ads right now. gentle reader. •
• Not after I spent all that money. I've had '
two long diStatiCe "CallS'ind a letter in the
paSt 10 days ' froM the Chargex ..people..
.Seems we went over oar limit by about
double, and the bills ark still coming in.
Oh, well, that's inflation.
On a trip likb, ours. it's probably a good.
idea to take notes. or keep a diary. I never
do this; too interested in people and places
to try to put them down.Tried to--keep it all.,,,
in my head„in pictures. Result: fer110 days -
after we got home I couldn'tosleeP with' all .
those pictures, hopelessly mixed, flashing
through my mind.,
When you hit eight countries in 4 days,
it's more like low-flying than an 'in-depth
study of the treasures of • Europe. But it's
amazing what you can and do see and
experience.
For the average traveller who is not an
art expert, there is serious danger of
picking up a couple of diseases, cathedral-
itis and basilieatis. The symptoms are
similar. It' you sec a, person with • head •
cricked right back, and mouth open, he's
probably, just back from Europe.
While the cathedrals are awesome in
their structure and art work. they—tend to
make you feel like aver y small minnow in a
very large ocean. And probably that's what'
they're supposed to do. We were in the
largest and third-largest in the world, in
Rome and Florence, both designed by
-Michela n gelo: and -- -
see another. They make you humble in the
face of the patience, the reverence, and the
genius that went into 'their creation.
And we saw a lot of famous works of -art: -•
the Venus de Milo, a stocky /broad with no
arms; the Mond Lisa. looking anything but
enigmatic behind six layers of bullet-proof.,
glass. It was no more thrill than looking at
a good color photo -of them in an art book.
But that's not the sort of thing you
remember from a trip. You remember the
highlights and the human relatiOns, the
bad uroments and the exalted ones.
Like going through the Dolomites, -a
range tof mountains so forbidding they
make the Rockies look genial, in' a
rainstorm, - the driver inching around
hairpin turns.
Or a magnificent summer evening with
good, wine,. good food, good music, good
friend on a balcony overlooking the
beautiful Tivoli gardens,,, outside Roth.e,
Or wandering around te Mont Maitre
in Paris, haunt of fainous writers and
artists over the years, watching the
painters at work, haggling over;a picture,
maybe haVing your portrait done in id
minutes,
Or being Melted off the grass in Monte
Carlo by •a surly Monacan cop. Or hustling
through the rain in Heidelberg, -trying to
buy steppesitories with your scanty German,
.• Or sitting on your balcony in Lucerne,
wondering what the -poor folks were doing,'
as you looked over, the lake to -the
mountains.• ,
• Or admiring the lady of the streets,. who-
• saw us gawking at her as she • leaned
against a building, turned her back, flipped
up her skirt, no Vants on. some 'of the,
' bolder spirits told me.• i, of course, r had
Covered' my hand with my , eyes, or,
'something like that.
Or -discovering in your room ,a small
bar-refrigerator, stocked with. everything
from Coke to champagne. All you had to do
was help yourself, mark down what you'd
used, and pay for it in the morning. Can't
see a North American hotel trusting
an'yone that much.
Or watching your wife, the insomniac at
home, sleeping: 'on the bus, on the fcrrry,
in the boat in the 'canals of AmSterdam
a boat down the Rhine, on the Seine, on the
train. The only place she didn't sleep was
in the hotel rooms, worrying about getting
up at 0 a.m., ,and on the Hovercraft film
France England: which took only 35
minutes.
Perhaps the best part of a group tour, as
mentioned, is the relationships you form.,
We had Canadians from as far apart as
Dawson City, ;the Yukon. and Nova Scotia.
the- whole breadth of the country.
We had. Americans from California.
Texas, Illinois. Oregon. and Iowa. And we
had five Australians. Have you ever heard
a lady from Texas trying to talk to a
middle-aged Prench'Canadian or a 'young'
Australian? It's a
• At first we were all a bid-stand-offish,
tending to-huddle with our own. But after a
few days we were helping each other,with
' language, funny money and lost luggage.
The ladies were -exchanging travel irons.
hair dryers. recipes. and anecdotes- about
toilets.
Ironically, from this land of separatism
and stuff, perhaps the 'best friends we
made on the tour were Quebecois. And I
think I know why. I dusted off my rusty
French -and made an effort, and they did
the same With their English.
An Australian lad and his sister became
almost like a son and daughter to us. A
young Canadian school teacher from
Calgary wept and hugged and kissed when
we bumped into her after the tour, in
London.
We drank dinner with two handsome
young couples from Illinois several times.
The Ladies Texas invited us down for
Christmas. Donald,- from Quebec, wants
me to find a school where his -daughter can
learn English. And I was like to be kissed
and hugged to 'death Eby 18,year-old Cathy.
froth Oregon. My Shirt was all wet with
tears after our farewell patty.
Very nice work, if you can get -it.
• • SEPTEMBER 270878
..The heavy rains last week have naturally
interfered- with farming operations.
The Messrs. Whitley of Goderich have
opened' a. new grocery store in Cardno's
block.
Rev. Wm. Graham of Eg.mondville with
his family returned to the village where they
will hereafter reside, He has had erected for
him a comfortable residence,
The barn's on the farm -of C.Tate, Heron
' Rd. Tuckers mith occupied by Thos. Hodgins
were discovered to be on fire. , •
At a meeting of the Tuckersmith School
Board in the school house in Egmondville
the followingteachers were re-engaged for
the year 18 : Samuel, Hicks, Richard Hicks,
Tom Lawrence, Henry Cameron, Miss
Broadfoot.' Miss Reid, and Miss Houston.'
The 'Huron Battalion of Volunteers are
performing their drill at Goderich. They are
under canvas. The Seaforth Company, under
the command of Major Wilson, accompanied
by the board, presented a very neat ,and
respectable appearance.
SEPTEM8E1118,"1903'
Lancelot Tasker of Harpurhey has sold his
' farm on the 13th concession of HO-nett (6
Samuel Plumtree of McKillop for the sum of
$10,067.
The congregations of Duffs Church
McKillop and Cavan churches Winthrop
held a union congregational meeting for the
purpose of extending a Call to a minister,
Rev. Neil Shaw presided and this meeting
unanimously chose Re \ Mr. Carswell,
A syndicate compo,d of about 21 of the
farmers near Chiselhurst have 'purchased a
threshing .• machine.. They, got it as an
experiment and for use on their own farms.
This machine was got up by the McDonald
Threshing Co. of Stratford.
The weather in the early part of the week
was intensely warm and a good-many were
wishing for some of Manitoba's snow.
A number from here went to Stratford to resembles a hand.
hear the land of the Coldstream Guards'. „ •Seaforth's new $275,000 Public School will
Daniel Campbell. ,a foremer resident of he opened October 18 with a distinctive
McKillop was in Seaforth and made a call at program.
the Huron expositor. Donald Parsons. aged 10, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Parsons, Kipp-en is recovering
after an accident on his father's farm. He
was riding on the seed drill, when a bolt
broke in the tongue of the dill" and Donald
fell, string hisloreheao On a eieee of iron.
being put in shape. fora large business this
season:
While at the Toronto Exposition Mr.
Baldwin purchased a number of pianos..He
also purchased a monster gramaphone.
SEPTEMBER 28, 1928
The pea crop at Chisellitirst which showed
earlier prospects of a good yi0d is not
turning out so well, the majority running
about 12 bushels to the acre. While many
,silo owners have substituted sweet clover to
escape the ravages of the, corn war there are
still some good patches of corn and otie of
the best niay be seen on the farm of W.
Slavin, which is free of the borer.
The potato blight at Manley is causing
extensive damage to the crop which is
rotting fast.
Louis Dillon of Dublin has two thorough-
h'red Jersey cows anyone Would be proud to
own, On J, ie 24 one of these had two heifer,
calves and on Sept. 17 the other also gave
birth to twin calves.
John Henry, the well known Herford
breeder of Dublin recently purchased from
William Eurke a very fine Herferd bull which
he intends keeping in his already fine herd.
A number from the village of Dublin took
in "The Dumbells" in Stratford.
Charles Riley of Lonsbciurough has hired
with Louis Aberhart to help with the
thrashing for the rest of the season.
Mrs. William Morrison of Winthrop had
the misfortune to,g,1 her hand in an electric
wringer and have it hacqy'"torn requiring
seven stitches to close me wound.
SEPTEMBER 28, 1953
At the monster bingo held in Hensall
arena
Legion and Ladies. Auxiliary, $2500 was
gi ven
vpia attendedna‘aoy Ff.e d
Cook
by 1185 and sponsored by o
of town has on display three
large potatoes of the second generation
variety. Also in the same window Mrs. Chas.
Cunningham, of town, has a carrot which
The following dispatch from Goderich
appeared in the Toronto World: "The long
talked:of Canadian, Pacific Railway from
Guelph to Goderich is to be built at last.
The Seaforth apple evaporator plant is
• * Natures art
Get out to the fair!
Our fall fair hag been entertaining people for more than 100 years.
'It's a much welcomed break in the dull old, back to school, back to
work and routine doldrums that hit, most of us this time of year,
Many small towns have given up the idea of holding a fall fair. But
SOaforth Agricltural Sodiety has a hard working group of members who
wouldn't dream of giving up.
• Ingtead they keep the fair progressive and mov ing with the times.
But 'in Seaforth this is done without losing the flavour of older, slower
days. Good lboking home cooking and carefully done school childrens'.
displays are. in the roundhouse, as they have been for many many
years. ,
In a day and age when many farm children don't even see farm
animals exce pt when they're out for -a drive, there are probably more
animals displayed at the fair now than there .ever were.
oommercial exhibits inside the arena have been spruced up
considerably in,the last few years. Once again the fair is recognized as
a good place to show the public what you've got to-':offer,
One fair brings, town and country together. It gives us all an excuse
to take an afternoon, or at least an hour , off ; and wander around to see
friends and exhibits. -
We think.it's important for the survival of the sense of communityin
the Seaforth area forour fair to flourish. Even if you haven't been for'
years, even if you hate candyNoss, stir yourself. Get up and get out to
the, fair. It supports a way of life that most of us want to keep'.
In the years agone
Heavy rains in 1878
Can a man who describes
himself as a puritan, oc-
casionally hitch-hikes, •and is
unlikely to make headlines,
offer strong •leadership for
the United Church Of .
Canada's 2 million Members '
and adherents?
The 450 delegates from all
parts of Canada who made
up the church's General
Coucil thought so. They
elected as Moderator Dr.
George Tuttle, principal of
St. Stephen's College in. Edmonton, •
Since- that time, George
Tuttle has shown that though
he may not grab many
headlines, he can talk com-
mon sense for ordinary
people. More than thirty
years of working with
• students and young people
taught him to be practical'
and to avoid complicated
theology.
Soon after his election,
George Tuttle made it clear
that he had no intention of
posing as an authority figure.
When he doesn't know a
subject, he says so. But when
it is something he has
studied -- and coming from
Edmonton, he has,particular
Amen
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The middleast peaceSeitlement may be
, the big news on the front pages of the
newspaper Monday morning, but the thing ,
that makes a good. part of the population
either "happy or depressed on Monday
morning is the score of the weekend football
games. •
Notball, of course, has become some-
thing of a mania.in North America in the last
few years, Not only do people cheer for their
teams these days, they also bet on them.
Even if your team wins the game it often
ist4t enough for some people. Did they beat
the points spread is often as important as the
final score. -
Everybody who gambles no matter wh.at
the particular game they're playing, -likes to
think there is some magic secret formula
that will guarantee success. I Have one when
it comes to sports events Any one' whp
wants to win big has only to lay a few bucks '
on me.
Now some people have complicated
systems worked o'ut on computer to beat the
odds. My solution is simple by comparison.
You don't need to be a mathmatical genius
, or study physics or the laws of probability.
Allvou have to do is pay me a few bob to cheer
for •the other team. That guarantees that
your team will-win big.
Now there's nothing' new about this
system. I can show you years of proof to
•vi show that it works. After all, I've cheered for
the Toronto Argonauts since I was old
enough to know what a football looked like.
The Argonauts, with my support, have been
able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
for more than 25 years. They're proving my
theory all over again this year. I mean when
a team can be on the other guys' one yard
line and not only fumble the ball, but have
..the opposition recover the fumble on the 40
y and line, that's exceptional.
Just to test my theory, I switched
allegiance one night to the Montreal team.
They were playing ,Qttawa and had a
Canadian quarterback playing so I was
hoping the Canadian kid could come
' through. It looked like he might as he
marched his team wertly down the field
with.a few seconds remaining and was on the
15 yard line. He went back to pass for the
gatne-winning touch down and . . . he
fumbled. Game over, Ottawa wins.
.My expertise doesn't just extend to
Ontario Street United Church, Clinton,
.Ontario, is celebrating its 100th Annivert
sary on Sunday, September 24th. —
Theee will be two services - 11 a.m. and 8
p.ni. •
' Right Reverend George M. Tuttle, B.A.
' B.D,., Th.D., D.D., Moderator of the
United Church of Canada, will be the
Preacher at both services,
A Rally of Huron-Perth Presbytery has
been arranged and will be in attendance at
the 8 p.m. service. This' Presbytery
comprises' 46. Pastoral Chdrges with 74,
' .Congregations situated within the bound-
aries of the two counties.
I know that standing in a line-up in
Toronto- last week at the theater showing
In Praise of Older Women wasn't the best
plade in the world to be found out.
There were my kids. My wife. And all
those good church members I've preached to
lately. I tigured 1 didn't need a TV camera
showing me a) part of the masses who
flocked to this' publicity ridden opening
night--this film that made the censor.board
cut out 38 seconds—this film that competes
with Swedish dirty movies and that makes
they righteous cringe.
tint I had to take the chance. i had to find
myself milling, around that first night crowd,
Because honest, I was working. Working
real hard with my tape recorder in tow, It's
tough. Standing in line for hours. It's rough.
Watching seen explicit • love making
scenes. And taking the jibes that I was
making a porno tape, now that I'd seen a
Porno movie . But that's all part of a night's
work.
I came to the theatre with two questions in
mind. I was asking them for CBC's
Morningside Program. What is it about
older women that attracts avoung man? And
why is the older wOman/youager man set up
beconiing more common in our day?
Don't let anyone kid you. These questions
had a point-of-view and a direction of
thought that should make for easy
agreement. But you "-]snow, you just can't
rook that over most people. They ,challenge
the question. They criticize the assumptions.
I think that's wortif,retnembeting,cenSor
thi
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Football fiends
football by any means, 'I've cheered for
Montreal Expos since the beginning, This •
year it looked like they were in a position to
go for the top. They -had good yoUnglielders
and hitters and seong pitching. But the:
hitters went cold when- the pitspers were
good and the pitching was off when hitters
started hitting. The 'Expos would put on ,a
sprintwd they'd look like they were ready to
make their move, then they'd lose six
straight and drop right back. -
And of course There are my other team in
the other league, the good old Blue Jays.
The Jays almost looked respectable there for
a while this season as they won more games
than they 'lost in July and August. It looked
like an exciting 'wind-up to a poor season. Ah.
but then September started and the Jay's
looked like they'd headed_south for the
winter already..
Hockey: well I'vecheered for the Leafs for
years, which shouldtell you something about
their chances to win the Stanley Cup this
season. '
It's one of my personality flaws that I
choose to cheer for the underdog. I dislike
the New York Yankees with a vengeance (I
cheered, instead for Boston Red Sox to beat
them and look what happened to them). I
dream of the day somebody will beat the
Canadians. Give'me a choice between a good
team that's on top and a poor one and I'll
inevitably choose the poor one. •
So it would seem that I get what I deserve
except that you'd think over the years the
poor by sheer luck would have to get better
somewhere along the way. They don't have
to though. The Argos prove that year after
year.
And even when I pick a frontrunner, my
record is atrocious, When I started hoping
the Yankees were going to get demolished it
..looked like they would, with Boston. 14
games- ahead,
There are times I wish I was a betting man
so I could make use of this black cloud "I put
over teams. Then I could cheer forthe Argos
and know that I was going to win because. I'd
bet for the opposition. The problem is that it
likely wouldn't work. Somehow this would
be judgecnat I was really cheering for both
teams We'd probably end up with a tie every
time and I wouldn't win my bet anyway,
But I'm sure it would work if other people
wanted to take advantage of my situation so
get your money ready. Now let's see,'who do
,l-want to lose next 'week?
We enclose a short profile of Dr. Geerge
• M. Tuttle for, publication and/or exerptS
therefrom,
As the Editor of your publication you will
be vitally interested in all or part(s) or the
two 'counties as many readers of your
" newspaper will consider this news release
of importance to them.
The Moderator's full schedule of visit-
ations across Canada will only allow him to
make limited individual visits to
Congregations.
' K.G. Flett, Chairman,
. Centennial Commitee
concerns for conservation,
native rights in relation to
pipelines, and the effects of
technology on people -- he
usually hasthe facts straight.
And lie follows through by
his own life-style; ,so the
MOderator -still -rides a
bicycle around Edmonton,
and in other cities prefers
public transportation to cabs.
On holidays, he camps and
canoes. "And yet" he says,
"I'm not na ive enough to
think that we can all live an
entirely simple life. That's
not, a solution; it's more a
reminder.
boards, school boards, whoever. People
have enough mind to make their own
decisions. They have enough common sense
and right judgement to come to their own
conclusions. They can look and see for
themselves and answer for themselves.
What amazed me that night at the theatre
was that most people felt the same way
about the film and the two questions.
Most of them—with only a few exceptions
said the one bedroom scene after the other
got boring. There was no story line. No plot.
No development of characters. No maturing.
Mostly a selfish young man grabbing and
getting. One man said if they'd sho* this
film ..to. every high school student in the
country it would stop promiscuity
immediately. The film is dull, dull, dull, he
said And my older woman question . Almost
.eveiy person said it wasn't the age that
matters. It's the individual and his
personality that count. N -
Sure, some would admit. The older
woman--or man—might have more
experience, charm, warmth, sensitivity and
caring qualities, yet in the end, it was not the
age that attracted, but the person. Age was
secondary, t concomitant to the personality.
Firm, tight bodies may appeal to the older
woman. The vitality and spirit of a younger
woman to an older man. The security and
settledness of an older man to a younger
woman. But in the long run, the person
attracts, not his age.
And my second question. Why is it thatthe
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Seaforth town council shouldn't waste any time in establishing some
firm personnel policy guidelines.
As last week's 'council meeting demonstrated, private cOmplaints,
against employees\of the town of Seaforth 'should not be aired initially
at public council meetings.
In the future, private citizens with complaints against town
emplOyees should be asked to file their charges in writing with the
town clerk. These charges can then be discussed and investigated by
the committee of council which deals with questions raised in the
written complaint.
After the committee has discuss the matter, a decision can be
made whether charges should be ai in the council meeting or
whether they should be dealt with in camera.
Many councils handle most personnel matters in committee sessions
to protect the personal reputations of their employees. " -
The danger in a situation like the one which occurred at the recent
council meeting is that -townemployees could feel they are being,,
harassed without a chance to answer or respond to the charges against
them.
In' the future, Seaforth council should re-establish its policy of
asking. delegations who will be appearing ..at a council meeting to
contact the town clerk beforehand. This way, council members are
prepared to deal with matters raised by the citizens.
Since council is now reviewing its' procedural bylaws, it shouldn't be
difficult to establish firmer policies for both personnel matters and for
deleg ations appearing' before council. a.
To the editor:
Moderator to speak in Clinton
Working at the movies