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Announcement
Mr. and Mrs.' Ross 'Love, Hen.
..n!a11„ announce the engagement of
their only daughter, Helen Marion,
-.to Mr. ,Kenneth Rosswel 'McKay,
;eon of Mr. and Mrs. Edward, Mo.
Kay, kippen, the marriage to take
place October 25 a,t 3 p.m., in St,
Ahdrew'•s United Church, Kippen.
Posted To Summeeside
LAC. John Atkinson, Hensall, ata-
tioned at the R.C.A.F., Clinton Sta-
tion, for the .past 'three years, has
been posted to Summerside, P.E.I.
LAC. Atkinson signed up with the
R.C.A.F. in Halifax four years ago -
He expects to leave within the next
two weeks.
VisP4 in Detroit
Mrs. Lon Simpson, who leas been
recuperating, att .her home after
fracturinga collarbone and wrist,
left for Detroit last 'Saturday. She
will tar with members of her tams
_ ily for a month. ee
Pupils Tour Museum
Twenty-two pupils from Grades 7
endi 8 of Hensall Public School,
with their imiacipal, J. F. Black-
well, enjoyedt a ,bus trip and tour
e .through the Huron County Muts-
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George Johnson, Varna, was the
lucky winner of a radio lamp, in
the shape of a castle, in a draw
atflee Dalrymple booth. at Seaforth
Fall Fair.
Hensall Bowlers End
Season With Tourney
Last jitney tournament of the
season was held Thursday, Sept.
25, on the local greens with four
riaks of 24 members playing. Rink
winners were: lst, W. O. Goodwin,
skip, Mrs�G. Thompson, George
Walker; 2nd, J. Henderson, skip,
Mrs. L. Luker, Wes. •Veneer; 3rd,
H: Love, skip, Mrs. A. L. Case, T.
Butt; 4th, A. L. Case, skip, Miss
M. lteid, L. Luker. Prizes were k®
pounds of sugar for first and 'sec-
ond•; coffee and salmon for third
and fourth.
After the earctes were over the
merdbers gatlired in the clubhouse
for. a business meeting to end up
the season. President A. L. Case
was chairman and in his remarks
gave great praise to all members
for their support to the club of 31
members during the season. The
1353 season will start with a cash
balance, he said. After the meet-
ing the ladies served lunch and
cards were played for the balance
of the evening. W. U. Goodwin
acted as secretary -treasurer in the
absence of E. R. Shaddick, who was
Chiselhurst W.A. Has
Successful Baking Sale
The Women's Association of
Chiselhurst United Church were
pleased; .with the success of their
home baking sale in the United
Church schoolroom last Saturday.
According to members, proceeds
were most gratifying. in charge of
the sale were Mrs. Roy McDonald,
Mrs. T. BrintneIl, Mrs. R. Taylor.
Jr., Mrs. J. Brintnell, Mrs. W. Brint-
nell and Mrs. Percy Wright. Mrs.
Mae McLellland was cashier.
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This trio of Seaforth lawn bowlers took top prize in the
trebles tournament at the Stratford Ladles' Lawn Bowling Club
on Friday, Sept. 19,, Taking the first prize honors with a. final
score of three' wins plus 27, the winning rink is, left tie right,
Mrs. W. M. Hart, Mrs. E. H. Close and Miss Alice Reid, all of
Seaforth. Skipped by Mrs. Close, the local rink was the only
entry from here.
Hensall Native Writes On
Changes Since 1917
J. F. W. Paterson, Toronto, who
recently enjoyed a two weeks' va-
cation in Hensall, has written an
interesting letter on .his reaction
to the many changes in the village
since he left in 1917. When the
local correspondent suggested that
the letter be published, Mr. Pater-
son consented, and the following is
the text:
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868 Manning Ave.,
Toronto, Sept. 17, 1952.
Having Left Hensel] in 1917, Mrs.
Paterson and I met with, your cor-
respondent, and I ,promised her
when I arrived back hone 1 would,,
at her request, let her know if I
had seen many changes in the vil-
lage where I was born 79 years
ago.- •e
One great change I noted was the
beautiful residences that are there
now, especially where our planing
mill and old home was. It was
hard to believe. One thing that
etruck me very forcibly was the
business places. None of the old
storekeepers were there now, and
another thing which impressed •me
very much was the great change in
the markets. I was told thee the
farmers. come from far and near
with their grain, etc., and I was
amazed to see that where the salt
well, flax mill and cooper shop us, -
ed to be was the fine equipment of
Thompson's, storage grain eleva-
tors, also the Cooperative Farmers
Supply Co.
Another great change I observed,
tinged with sadness, was that so
few of the people areliving that I
used to know; many having ]passed
on to the great beyond. Those 11
had the pleasure of meeting were
John Zuele, Mrs. H. Arnold and
her sister, Miss S. Robson, Mrs. A.
Walker and her .brotbers, Miss Con-
sist, William Bell, Fred Smalla-
combe, Miss M. Ellis, 'Mrs. A.
Blatchford, Misr,' H. Sutherland,
Mrs. John Fisher (my cousin), Mrs.
J. Stewart and Mrs. Manns. We
had some fine social gatherings
during Our visit with Mr. and Mrs.
R. J. Paterson, Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Bengough and Billy, Mr. Jas. Mus-
tard, with my niece, Miss Cassie
Dougalln,and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
McGregor.
At Seaforth Mrs. McGregor and
Mrs. $utt invited us in to meet
Miss Mary Hagan and Mrs. Archie
McGregor. Our nephews, nieces
and friends enjoyed a reunion. at
Seaforth Lions Park, and with 80
of us present we more than enjoy-
ed ourselves and did ample justice
to the good food provided, the
tables sagging with the bountiful
provisions. To my knowledge, no
other community can beat old Hur-
on County.
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Mrs. Paterson spent most of her
time with her sister, Mrs. Work-
man, and we both enjoyed the love-
ly fresh country air. In closing
these few rambling remarks, we
wish to thank most heartily all our
relatives and- friends who helped
to make our holiday a pleasant and
happy one.
Yours respectfu:Iy,'
J. F. W. PATERSON
lhe Country Fair
"The Country Fair" was the
title of a program heard across
Canada on the CBC on the eve-
ning of Sept. 21. While the pro-
gram's producer, Harry Boyle,
intended it as an example of a
typical country fall fair, the
commentary is printed here be-
cause Seaforth, its people and
its fair, were used to provide
material for "The Country
Fair."
It's• pickling time on the farms
of Western Ontario, Flies cluster
on the screen doors and there's a
nose -tingling smell of vinegar and
spices from the kitchens. The early
morning air has, a touch of ice
about it and the Maples and beech-
es have started to color. Ontario is
standing on the threshold of the
most beautiful season of all, aut-
umn. The stubble fields are being
plowed under, apples are being
picked, the pumpkins, are like great
blobs. of orange amongst tete green
vines that ramble along beside the
cornfield,.
Everybody is waiting for the first
morning when the horse, trough in
the barnyard will have a rim of
frost whiskers_ eround the edge of
it. In the meantime the late har-
vest goes on, and the countryside
echoes to the rumble of tractors,
but there's none too busy to knock
off and leave the work for a day.
It's the season of that well-
known institution—the country fall
fair—an event marking the close of
summer and the official start of
fall.
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This is Harry Boyle. Last weekI
went back to the county where I
was born, Huron County in Ontario.
Tom Benson and Roly Anderson of
the CBC actuality department went
along with me as we attempted to
see what a fall fair meant in the
lives of. a farm family, particularly
what it meant to the children, since
a large part of the activities of fall
fairs now concern themselves with
the work of young farm boys and
girls.
The sound you just heard, was
that of the ISeaforth Kiltie Bhnd
leading the parade of scbool chil-
dren from Seaforth and the sur-
rounding township schools from
Victoria Park down* Main Street
and into the fair grounds.
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if. you notice, a bulldozer gets
into the act part way through the
number. That's ,because it rained
on Thursday and although Friday
was a perfect fall day, the commit-
tee
ommittee had to do a little cleaning up
around the grounds, graced now by
a handsome Community Centre and
Memorial. Hall. That band was
made up of a hotelkeeper and a
barber and a clerk in a. local store,
and the usual e'rowd that makes• tin
a small town band., They like mit-
lc and they like Seaforth. I'is{ get-,
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ting ahead, of my story though.
Why did we pick Seaforth?
Well, it's fairly typical of West-
ern Ontario. There's about 2;050
people in the town. That includes
the adjoining villages 'of Egmon.d-
ville and Harpurhey, although they
often describe 'themselves as being
independent municipalities. It's
about midway between the City of
Stratford and the Lake Huron port
of Godericll, which is the county
town. Most of -the business places
are on tee Main Street, and it de-
pends largely on the Harm trade
from the' adjoining townships of
Tuckersmith, McKillop, Hullett and
Hibbert, all by the way named af-
ter directors of the Canada Land
Company which was responsible for
settling the Huron Tract back in
the early eighteen hundreds. Sea -
forth has a shoe factory, a furni-
ture factory, a threshing machine
factory, the normal run of modern
stores and business places, two
newspapers, a floerishing co-opera-
tive, three hotels, and a great many
service stations.
It's located; in Huron County,
known as a "dry" county because
of the Canada Temperance Act.
However, the ingenuity of the pio-
neers who settled here a 150 years
ago still flourisbes.
It's located in beef cattle, hog
and chicken country—Caples which
have been in big demand since
1939, and the farmers are prosper-
ous and hence Seaforth is prosper-
ous.
Thursday was the first day of
the fair, mostly concerned, howev-
er, with getting the exhibits in
place .in the exhibition hall—mer-
chants setting up displays, and: the
directors seeing that the proper
tags for classes and exhibits were
available, Russell Bolton is presi-
dent this year, and Fred Snow is
secretary -treasurer — the two jobs
carry a fair load of headaches.
When we arrived at the grounds
Thursday it was a scene of great
noise and a certain confusion,
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'Bbe High School exhibits were in
a room that overlooked the com-
munity arena. Mary Wlhyte, a stu-
dent from Seaforth High School,
and a very active participant at
15, in exhibiting products of her
garden and handiwork, was being
given. assistance by her brother
eohne who Is 17, in setting up her
ilistpilty.
On Thursday afternoon the judg-
es exai*ined the junior and senior
students' exhibits., the roots, vege-
tables and grain, domestic science,
needlecraft—all practical products
of everyday life on the farm.
We Chad already met Joint and
Mary Whyte, so we decided to go
out to the Whyte farm on, the 5th
concession of Hullett, to see what
the rest re the family were doing.
Wilfred Whyte erpeclalizes in chicle
Mass hogs anl beef cattle, and 30,00
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cbiekens puts him out of the aver-
age class and makes ,him a special,
ist in farming. It doesn't affect the
family, however, because they are
very conscious of the fair, Mrs.
Whyte believes that every boy and
girl should participate in fall fair
activities, John and Mary, Tommy
who is 13, Nickey who is nine, and
when Margaret, two, and Billy, one,
are big enough th,ey'LU take the
place of the older ones.
That's the secret of how a fall
fair is kept on going in a commun-
ity such as Seaforth 'Phis year
they changed the program so that
on the first night, folks would have
a chance to go and see the exhibits
and watch a special program. The
program for this year was divided
in to o parts, one was a concert by
the junior Farmers, mostlyy music,
and the other part was to be an
old-time fiddlers' contest. When
You're 17 like John Whyte and 15
like Mary, there's a great attrac-
tion in an event such as this, •par-
ticularly since some of your friends
and schoolmates will be participat-
ing. And, anyhow, it's part of the
fair.
For Mr.
stay on th
and Mrs. Whyte it's the
problem of
+bow long they should
e Thursday night when
the strenuous
part of the fair lies
gheed on Friday—all day—and in
the evening. Here 1 must confess
we did. a bit of eavesdropping on
Thursday evening at supper, and
remember, it's a comfortable, big
farm kitchen, that gives you a feel-
ing of being at home the moment
you step into it. There was the
normal tall_ of affairs and events in
the community, and then the sub-
ject of going into town came up—
and,so we listened in.
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There was. a good crowds Thurs-
day night at the fair—over 700 peo-
ple, and' the exhibits were up high-
er than they have been for a num-
ber, of years.
Mrs. James Carter walked off
with a -lot of •the prizes for -cakes,
and there seemed to be general
conferences of 'women around the
display of her angel cake. Mrs. E.
Dennis took first for a white loaf of
bread and Mrs. T. W. McMillan
took fir: t for a ,brown loaf. There
was entertainment as well, a con-
cert put on by the Junior Farmers,
and an old-time fiddlers' concert.
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Morn•ng comes early on the farm,
c.srecially fair morning. There's a
note of expectancy in the air, an
eagerness to get going that's hard
to control, all of which is evident
as we listen in on the breakfast
conversation at the Whyte home
last Friday morning.
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There was a parade of the school
children headed by the Kiltie band
down Main Street to the Fair
grounds, and the district sehool
students marched, many In cos-
tume and all a trifle self-conscious
in front of( friends, relatives and
strangers. -,0
S.S. No. 2, McKillop Township,
decorated a jeep and a wee boy
drove his classmates along the
route of march, to victory as win-
ners of the parade competition.
The Pipers Band had much the
same effect, os the Pied Piper be-
cause practically every store in
town closed up as owners and help-
ers went to the fair. The ones that
stayed open might as well have
gone to the faire, because there
was only a sprinkling 03 customers.
Andy McLean, M.P. and publish-
er of The Huron Expositor, opened
the fair. Tom Pryde, of Exeter, lo-
cal member for the Ontario Legis-
lature, was preeen.t. Country, peo-
ple expect their representatives to
share in community activities such
as the Seaforth Fall Fair, ane can-
didates with an eye on future polit-
ical developments make certain
that they're evident as well.
The best baby, according to the
decision of the judges, was a win-
some lass -Connie Cronin, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Cronin;
R.R. 4, Seaforbb.
The livestock exhibits were plac-
ed on Friday morning. While the
program of harness races, running
races, pony races, the chicken -catch
contest, and a square dance cone
petition was going on in front of
the grandstand, the judging of the
livestock was. proceeding in the cir-
cle afforded by the running race
track. Mary Whyte was interested
in Herefords because she is a farm
girl, and because the Whyte farm
has always specialized in beef cat-
tle.
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For a number of years In Ontario
the carnival and midway people
threatened to take over the enter-
tainment aspects of fall fairs,
Gradually, however, fall fair board
directo Such as Russ Bolton, Jim
Scoff, ~hur Nicholson, and oth-
ers, h ve been insisting that home-
grown, entertainment, along with
the exhibits of livestock, is the
primary purpose of a fall fair. They
want the junior farmers to take
more responsibility, and they find
that the Seaforth 4-11 Farm Club,
directed by Club Leader Bob Camp-
bell, and the Ontario Hereford Re-
gion'al Show, with a prize list of
$645, is of paramount interest.
The midway is now confined to a
junior interest, penw rifles; fish Peed,
a >mefry-go.routnd, but of cotarse a
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Dublin.Altar° oci
FetesFormer'res deflt
Tee newle,elected Otleene of 1=1 e
Altar Society .of St, •Fable s.
church, recently met an, the home
of Mrs. tFergus Hunan, to honor Oe .
retiring president, Mrse Stella:Pare
Lire
Iain. An address was..read by Mee;,
Joseph, .McLaughlin, epee the prear
entation of a rug was made by leve
Horan. Progres lye 'eUe'bi<,'e Was
played, prizes' n by Mrs, .kllizae
both Cronin a i'Mrs, Joseph Mc-
Laughlin. Lun was served by
the hostess.
The new officers are: President,
Mrs. Fergus Horan; +vice-presideetts',
Mrs. Jack McCarthy, Mrs. ''Cather-
ine Feeney and Mrs. Joseph Shea;
secretaryereasurer, Mss. Elizabeth
Cronin.
spieler tried hisbeet to convince
one and all of the merits of a vege-
table shredder, a:potato peeler and
a juicer.
Just the same, with a warm stir,
a touch of fall in the air, the smell
of hot dogs and frying onions, the
Polka got a kick out of the square
dance competition, staged• on a
platform beside the judes' stand
and directly in front of the grand-
stand.
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The square •dance! It set every-
body's toes tingling, a pleasant
teaser for the dance art's1 enged for
Friday night. Square da$tcing ,has
been staging a great revival in the
country, and it's now a regular fea-
ture
esture of practically, every fall fair
in Ontario. They come from Crom-
arty, and Winthrop, and all over
the province, with some of them
making annual bids at the Cana,
dian National Exhibition in Toron-
to each year. The Winthrop group
took first prize of $25, and right off
the bat they had invitations to oth-
er towns and fairs in the district.
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Fair day, like every other day,
passe& too quickly for most of the
folks. Yet as the day wears on and
the events come off in the right
order, well, there was a little mix-
up over some of the entries, and
they had to find Harold Jackson,
who was busy with traffic in an-
oth r part of the grounds, to come
along and start the races. The
anxiety of President Russell Bol-
ton passes.
There's a bigger crowd than ev-
er. The livestock shed that was
built -100 feet by 24, with eight
dollars' worth of material and a
thousland dollars' worth of com-
munity effort—has been a success.
Folks seemed to like the grand-
stand show, and the livestock' par-
ade came off perfectly.
By 5 p.m. rn ny of the people
were getting tired. Some were find-
ing that their shoes pinched and
their girdles itched. They had seen
the biggest part of the fair, and it
was a good, one with the report go-
ing around the grounds that there
was over 5,000 people present.
Well, somebody said last year at
the meeting that' they'd have a big-
ger and better one this year.
* * *
The spieler is putting a bit more
heart-throb into his voice; the man
with, the tasseledcanes and the
surprise packages is willing to give
two for the price of one as "he tries'
to lure .the reluctant children clos-
er to his booth. Father and mother
have different ideas—chores have
to be done, chickens fed, cows
milked, eggs gathered,—well, just
the normal run of everyday work
that not even the Seaforth Fall
Fair can hold up.
The exhibits are taken down, tak-
en home; some are sold. The trucks
pull up for the livestock and the
youngsters, full of hot dogs, soda
pop and cotton candy, try bravely
to pretend that they're not really
tired. Everybody had a good time,
an'd they agreed that the fair was
a success. Well, .almost everybody,
except Dad Whyte who was baby
sitting. "
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The babies were a bit fussy out
at the Whyte farm ,bait dad, said he
didn't mind. After all, with the ac-
cent shifting, to junior interests, it
was good for John and Mary and
Nicky and Tommy to share in the
Seaforth Fall Fair and with the
care of two small children on her
shoulders it was time for Margaret
(Mrs. Whyte) to hays an outing
and see her friends.
As the cars went home the ;Sea -
forth Main Streetcame baclto
life; the stores opened up and
farmers and their wives had their
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prizes.
The Sea2ortie FFli eedim 1Paa. S1vei; ,
Well, not smite; teeny 0'140 folks
were Melleg their !eleares. a hit e,
get 'back to the .deeteeseeeleeteee,
shelled ray; ice the vas one up.
teem ''and one at slid.: e t r ,2'ountl
Jothn Wgzyte was .there wit2t. his
girl, as was his. tTister leery; scr wag
the most of the cosnununiby.
* * .
As w,, left Seafort7it the festip
ties were in fuelelewing. Finale to
fall fair, a summer, anaiher farm
year in egect.
,Next year they're pleenille a
floor. in the Community Arena. Jim
Scott and some other direetors are•
going to propose it to the Junior
Farmers, and a service club
town ;plans on getting behind the,
effort to help raise the money,
Next year? We make a. prohece:.
The preface to the Seaforth Fall
Fair list for 1953 will read as fol-
lows: To our etxhibitors and pat-
rons: The officers and directors of
tth.e Seaforth Agricultural Society
are pleased to present their 1.953
prize list for their annual Fall
Fair. Our 1952 Fair was an out-
standing sucees with many new
classes added, and a splendid per-
formance before the grandstand
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