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gRAT'ORTII, ONTARIO, J.ITLY 18, 1968
Years of Service in McKilkip
The death last week of John. Michael
Eckert, Clerk -treasurer of McKillop
Township; brings to an end an associ-
ation with township, affairs that has
spanned nearly half a century•,
.During that period Mr. Eckert by
conf3cientous devotion tto the series of
offices which he held made himself an
authority on the affaira of the town-
ship to a degree that few others in that
or any other municipalitysould equal.
He served his township well and that
service was recognized by the offices
,to which he was elected. His first asso-
ciation was with the municpal telephone
-system and later he served the tOwn-
ship and county as reeve and warden.
On several occasions he was president
of provincial associations concerned
with municipal .matters.
Possessed of a keen intelligence and
a retentive Memory there were few mat-
ters involving the township about
which he was not able to provide pre-
cise information from memory: It made,
little difference if the query had to do
with locating a farm by lot and con-
cession, the cost of a bridge or a muni-
cipal drain or the assessment and tax
rate for any year.,
Mr. Eckert had a curiosity about
things and an interest in people that
never left him and it was this combin-
ation that gave him his unique ca/Iac-
ity. His search for information—for an
explanation of what was involved in the
many projects with which he was as-
sociated—was pressed in a manner that
left no doubt as to where he stood. He
had no hesitation in indicating the dif-
ferences 'he may have held but did so
in a manner that gained for him added
respect from those with whom he dif-
fered.
That this was the case was, indicated
by the hundreds who called to pay their
• last respects and who crowded St James'
Roman Catholic Church for funeral
• services on Saturday.
Need for Safety on the Farm.
While many of us think of farming
as an occupation that moves along with
little excitement and risk, the fact is
that it ranks third as the most hazard-
ous activity in Canada.
Only two induStries—mining and
construction work—offer greater dan-
gers.
If the present trend continues, one
member out of every fourth farm fam-
ily will be involved in an accident in'the
next 12 months. Of the more than
100,000 accidents yearly, approximately
30,000 will result in jnjury and 2,200
in deaths.
As an encouragement an increas-
ed awareness of the danger, farm safe-
ty Week is being observed across Can-
ada this week as a time to focus atten-
tion on the many accident hazards
found on the farm and in the rural com-
munity.
The safety campaign suggests posttive steps to be taken during safety
week as a start towards safer living
every week during the year, on the
farm and in the rural 'community.
Necessity for farm safety extends
beyond the areas such as farm macli-;
inery where the need for care is so ap-
parent.
Farm safety is equally important in
the farm home, in the use of farm
chemicals and farm transportation and
recreation. Each contributes to the -un-
enviable safety record.
Accidents cost time,, money, suffering
and sometimes, life, but they need not
happen and can be prevented. The in-
dividual has a responsibility to act safe-
ly to avoid harm to himsejf and others,
In the Years AgOne
Froin the Huron Expositor
„
July 30, 1943
While picking berries on the
vacant lot vetween the residente
of R. J. sproat and G. D. r er-
guson _On Godetieh St. Welt,
Edna Fraiser, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Grant F,Vaiser, met
with a very unpleasant exper-
ience. On the property there is
an old and forgotten well that
had been grown over and cov-
TO THE EDITOR
Seek Data or
Styles Family
For History
809 West Cedar,
Rawlins, Wye.,
82301.
ered with brush. When she,
stepped on it, the earth gave
way and. she dropped down a
distance of several feet. Wm.
Montgomery and his son helped
her out of her perilous position
without suffering any injuries.
Three political parties will
contest the Huron riding in the
.coming provincial elections. The
Liberal Party will be represent-
ed by Benson Tuckey, while the
Conservative party nominee is
Dr. Hobbs Taylor of Dashwood.
' The CCF candidate will bd"' W.
C. F. Oestricher of Crediton.
Miss Mary Margaret Cleary
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.` J.
Cleary, has received word from
the Western Ontario Conserve"
ory of Music that her standing
of 98 marks in introductory
theory placed her in line for a
medal. '
Ross Savauge purchased
through E.C. Chamberlain, the
residence of the late Thomas
Dickson, on Goderich St. West.
• Mayor John J. Cluff and
Messrs. Harry Stewart, B. F.
Christie, W. 'I. Duncan, .M. A.
Reid, C. M. Smith, R. J. Winter,
and R. J. Sproat were in Gode-
rich attending a bowling tour-
nament '
Dear Sri:
,1 am trying to trace the fam-
ily history of my Stylesances-
tors and have gotten as far as
• Ontario and there. I stay. I Un-.
d'erstand there are lots of Styles'
familieS in your area and some
may ' be descendants of the
• same line as mine. I'd like to
hear frord them.
My great -great-grandfather
'Was William Styles, his wife had
the last _note of Saunders or
Sanders. They may have been
born in Ireland. WiRiam and
his 'Wife )1a4- eight :children
believe. Three of , them. *were
, Mize, who was born in 1830. She
• married Mathew %kWh.
•
Mary Ann was bort in 1852
Mid Married Antes Srnith and
. `datheilne, who married William
• Ctriy, <-
MO Anti was my great.
• grandnaother. '
It taw ot sat tetidets ktow
.ot
fIi1 atafly, I'd like to hear
AMU the*.
Atatet'el.v. .Y004,
wingied titotir,
(ftirs.:0-M11e itlayed
Dublin War Services Assoc-
iation met at the club' rooms.
A satisfactory amo,unt of sew-
ing and quilting wks completed.
James Brock, a well known
farmer of the Elimville"-district,
was so seriously burned when
the Car in which he—was- driving
caught fire that he died the fol-
lowing day.Besides being a
good fanner, he was the butch-
er for, one or more of the beef
rings in the distriet.
Fall wheat and barley 'are be-
ing 'harvested, while smile are
still.haying, etc the weather has
been very catchy, ,
• * *
From The Huron Exposifor
' July OA, 1918
The send battle of the
Marne. k tij1 lit proiress, laut
tho tables havfet entirely
changed. the ciermans were on
•
the offensive but now it is the
Allies.
Hugh McEwen of Hensall, one
of the 'enterprising farmers, rec-
ently sold twelve cattle to A.
McMurtrie of Hensall, that net-
ted him a nice sum of money.
James W. Johnson of Hensall
is gradually completing and
furnishing his fine new briek
dwelling on Nelson St.
Ptes. Walkei, Moffatt, Diehl
and McGregor of Brucefield, left
for overseas. ,
The season for honey this
, year was a good one and price's
were high. John Murdock of
Stanley Twp., who has over a•
hundred hives, expects to have
five, tons of honey.
„ Considerable damage and loss
has been sustained to cattle in
the district surrounding Liman.
and London by a pest called the
Heal and Kissing fly. On Satur-
day 'morning, Mr. John Beige of
McKillop brought one into the
Expositor office. It Is not .unlike
the common grasshopper. He
states that one fly will stampede
a whole herd of cattle, as it
makes a buzzing sound.
. • • • '
From.The Huron Mrpoattor
July 29, 1893
Smituel• Badour of Blake, one
of Stanley's prosperous farmers,
was in town and informed us
that he assisted in the erection
of the first shanty that was
built in Harpurhey.
The Canadian Pacific Railway
telegraph . office and ticket
agenty, has been transferred to
Charlie Stewart, whci will hare
full charge.
,A social on the grounds of
J. 0. Rose, Egmondville, Was
very successful in spite ePthe
lowering clouds. The grounds
were illuminated with Chinese
lanterns, the Seaforth band play-
ed fine musie tik did Mr. and
Mrs. W. 3. Chesney on the organ
and violin.
• A, stick of timber tell upon
Matt Maines foot,a0 as 5re-
stilt he IS a cripple.
Sugar and Spice
— By Bill Smiley --
A MEMORABLE DAY
This is being written from a
little place that most of you
know. I visit it quite often,
especially in the summer. It's
called Wit's End. And that's
where I'm at.
Just recovering from a three-
day wedding. The , ceremony
took only about 15 minutes.
But there were the preliminar-
ies. They were bad enough: the
terrifying ordeal of buying my
first new suit in eight years;
getting lost on the way to the
church, in a strange city:
However, its not, the prelim-
inaries of a wedding that make
you arrive at Wits End. It's
the post:liminiries.
One of them is kneeling on a
stool beside me, watching as I
peck away with those two worn-
down old fingers. He's six years
old, precocious as they come,
and somebody else's grandson.
He's not watching because
I'm a dazzling typist. He's watch-
ing to make sure that I get this
done, so that I can fulfill my
obligations to him: ,
In a burst of Post -wedding
euphoria, I promised Mark I'd
take him to the park, to the
beach, to the Indian village, to
the old fort and a few other ,
local . hotspots. •
• Like all kids, he has the mem-
ory of an elephant and the per-
sistence of a penguin, whatever
that means, He arrived about
his usual bed -time, So I thought
I could stall him until tomor-
row ahd then maybe get him to
watch television.
No dice. He demanded to see
the park, (11 the very leaist. So I
took him off to see the park,
driving his Grammy's converti-
ble. Yes, grandmothers drive
convertibles thes4 days.
Just as we arrived at the
park, a hell of. a thunderstorm
bust loose: lightning; great rol-
ling cracks of terror; and rain
like Noah's arc.
Mark' was a little scared, in a
delighted sort of way. I was
frightened to death. I couldn't
find the windshield wipers and
was flying blind.
Mark said, "Hey, Bill, we bet-
ter scram outa here." I couldn't
have agreed more. I kept twist-
ing .knobs and pushing buttons,
trying t� get the wipers work-
ing.
I pushed what seemed to be
the last button. Nothing hap-
pened. Mark said, "Boy, you're
lucky that's 1ocked4 That's the
one that puts the top down." I
nearly fainted, The back seat
was 'loaded with Grammy's
clothes, wedding gifts and as-
sorted perishables.
Well, we get home safely, as
you have surmised, and it'S now
tomodirow. And it's pouring'
rain. And Mark has asked me
'744 questions. Will the Indians
let us into theft* Lvillage? Do
they have rugs on the floor?
Can. we take away some bows
'and- arrows? When are we go-
ing? The last one came about
every fourth time
You know, I've (secretly been
looking forward to my grand-
children for a fehs years, even
though my own kids aren't mar-
ried yet. Now, I'm beginning to
• wonder, Can I cope?
They're's° blase. I took Mark
, into the Wild Place. That's the
corner of our garden where
there's a big, hairy bush of
some kind. You can alined get
lost in there. I forced our way
through the jungle into the
secret heart of the Wild Place.
Mark said, "I don't see what's
se wild abut this. When are
. we geing to the Milan village'
Well, Put going to 'fix that
kta, As soon as 1 fink& this
column, We're going to the rud-
dy Indian village and the blast-
ed old fort in the Pouring- rain,
and were going ' to tromp
arohnd until he'll never want
to bear the phrase „Indian vil
Inc' again in his entire life.
It'll iprobably be the end of
me. But no six-year-old punk is
going to push me around. We're
going to see all the sights. We're
going to climb and walk and
stare until he's goggle-eyed. I
don't care if he gets exhausted.
I'm exhausted and we haven't
even started yet. ,
And if he starts to cry and
wants to go home, I'll . . .
probably buy him an ice cream
cone. Any kid who knows what
the wore "scram" means in
this day and age can't be all
bad.
This WeekN
and ,
by Ray
AN AMERICAN SPEAKS OUT.,
No recen,t column of mine
has evoked so much response
— both critical and favorable
— as my article describing the
United States as a "sick socie-
ty."
This appeared following the
death of Sen. Robert .Kennedy.
I wrote at that time that while
his murder was of course the
act of a demented individual
it was further evidence of the
morally polluted environment
which has spread,, over that
country.
• Many people have accused
me of being anti-American for
saying this. This is not true,
because if I were anti-American
I would be pleased with any-
thing which would adversely
affect the well-being or repu-
tation of the United States. It
is because I am horrified at
the direction in which Ameri-
can society is moving that I am
so alarmed.
Others have, commented that
Canadians cannot afford to be
smug in that most of the un-
healthy aspects of American
life permeate life in this coun-
try. This is certainly true. It is
benause I recognize this that I
call on Canadians to avoid the
excesses which have unhappily
marked recent American histo-
ry. ,
One of my United States
friends, Irwin • Breslauer of
New York, has asked for space
to answer My charges. The fol-
lowing remarks are his:
"Perhaps the greatest injus-
tice to an individual, group or
ecitire hation is to be judged
tried and sentenced by world
public opinion, based solely on
one or several isolated inci-
dents in a lifetime.
"The idea of spreading the
guilt for any one crime com-
mitted in the U.S. to the shoul-
ders of each and every than in
that nation may seem right to
seine Canadians watching Im-
passioned TV coMmentaries and
reading excited newspaper com.
mentaries on the Kennedy assas-
sination, 4pp1ying this bit , of
warped reasoning to modern
societies, national and interna-
tional, could be disasterous.
Why Share guilt in" regard to
lust the recent assassinations?
You could, if this were correct
reasoning, apply this same
thinking to the tens of thou-
sands of other crimes committ-
ed in the U.S. and in every
nation on the face of the globe.
And don't forget that you Ca-
nadians do not live in a crime -
proof society or an assassina-
tion -proof society either. Who
in the world wohld not be
guilty of some wrongdoing by
this kind of reasoning?
"It is gratifying to Idow that
not all Canadians believe that,
the U.S. is "collapsing" 99 their
Prime Minister supposedly
dated. Yet& window on the VS. •
eceastonally fogged by your
per patriots, 'they "Would make
you believe that "'America is a
A
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Argyle —
sick society" because of a few
unfortunate crimes blown far
°et of proportion in their im-
portance by incessant reports in
the press about injustices to
minorities when injustices are
done to minorities throughout
the world and in Canada, too.
(I refer to your Doulthobors,
French, • Indians, Negroes, Es:
kimos and so forth.)
"Sure, we have our faults.
We have our problems in abun-
dance. You have a great num-
ber of the very same sockal and
political dilemmas to face in
Canada. DO you want to be
judged forever by world opin-
ion on any one incident in
your nation right now? Will
you settle on being terned a
"sick 'society" and a "c�1ips-
ing Canada" now and forever
more because of what a few of
us might see from here? When
the shoe is on the other foot
and We look across the border
to judge you by a few pieces of
your dirty laundry in sight,
you'd certaihly not want us to
apply the same reasoning 'used
on ns, would you?
"I suggest that the few Cana-
dians among you who beat the
drum of anti -Americanism
might do well to declare their
full motives to the millionsof
other peopleJ in their nation
and. in the U.S. who will un-
doubtedly be injured by a false
'Pine Curtain' that could fall
along our historically peaceful
U.S.-Canada border."
The, above is an American
reaction. •
Prob.' no one outside the
U.S. k ows America as well as
Guh Myrdal, the famous
Swe h sociologist. Asked
whether America is a sick soci-
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