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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 5, 1968
Fall Fair Advances With Times
•
With less than two weeks remaining
until Sedforth's 123rd annual fall fair,
agricultural society officials are hard
at work completing final, details,
-- -Few, except those who have been in-
volved directly through the years, rea-
lize the mass of detail that devolves on
those responsible for the two-day event.
Nor, for that matter, does, the public '
fully realize and appreciate the contri-
bution which the fair makes to the com-
munity.
True, as farming procedures change,
so also must the fair change -so that it
'reflects the conditions of today.. So it
is that each year sees an increasing
empha,sts placed on farm machinery
and on developments of 'a mechanical
• nature designed to facilitate farm op-
erations.
Improved physical facilities and ac-
commodation at agricultual park
which have been introduced in recent
years add to the benefits gained by
• the exhibitors as well as the Spectators.
1Vtost recent addition — that of the
_ new entrance to the arena: — now
makes the community centre an inte-
gral part of the fair set up. It now can
provide long needed accommodation for
4-H displays so _that this exhibition, rep-
-resenting as it does 4-11 activity from
across the County, can be given the
emphasis that it deserves. No longer
will it be necessary for the exhibits to
be crowded into a portion of the arena.
At the same time of course by creating
a special 4-1! cbisplay in the community
centre, accommodation is made avail-
able for added industrial and educa-
tional displays in the arena .which in
the past have been turned away
through lack of space.
As the only Class B fair in Huron
County Seaforth has a particular res-
ponsibility to design its program in
such a fashion that it continues to mir-
ror the best in argricultural procedures.
In so doing the fair contributes to a
more efficient ,agricultural industry
and at the same time provides an op-
portunity for those of the urban com-
munity not directly engaged in agricul-
ture, but concerned as residents of an
agricultural service centre, to see Some-
thing of .the accomplishments and
problems of their rural neighbors.
Sugar and Spice
— By Bill Smiley —
•SEPTEMBER AFFAIR °
• Every year about this time, I
have an affair,' whether my
wife likes it or not. I ,fall in
love Kai let the chips fall
•where they May. I have my
.
September Affair.
In movies and novels, that
title means a man, or woman,
falls in love in the fall of his
Or ter life It has a sweet, nos-
talgic note, with a touch of
sadness in it.
But I've had A September Af-
fair sinee-/ was a sprout. Every
year, I fill in love with the
month of September. And it is
sweet and nostalgic and a little
sad. And achingly beautiful.
As a tyke, it meant coming
home from two Months of wild,
free running about at the cot-
• tage, one _of a big family. We
Were sun -burned and bramble -
scratched and just 'a ' couple of
• junips ahead of the gopher -or
• the ground-hogitocially.
What a thrill to be home!
Flip a light -switch, flush a toi-
let, in -the big, old house with
the 'high" ceilings and cool
roonis„ after eight weeks of
gzubbing it.
And then, the magic of mod-
ern living re -discovered, it was
out Into the streets to find the
"kids" and race around in the
• glorious 'September evenings.
playing Run, Sheep Bun, and
Redlight and, Hide and Seek.
Mothers called, but nobody
came. It was the first fascina-'
tion with the September Affair.
Our mothers seemed to sense
It and let us have a last fling
before life- became serious and
autumn dimmed. the lamps.
As. a teenager, 'working five
hundred miles from home in
September, I had ray Affair.
There was a churning yearning
to get back to school, friends,
• football and the interrupted,
romance with tlfe brown -eyed
girl. It almost hurt physically.
As a youth, there was the
headiness and tension of going
off to College; a- big word, in
September. A strange and frigh-
tening, place. A smalltown boy
in a big puddle. New people.
'New manners. New everything.
A September Affair.
And at college, first year,
there was the wrenching affair
with a South ,American wench.
Sylvia. We met by chance and
it was wrenching because she
had to go back to Rio in four
weeks, and I' was really gone,
and I knew I'd -.never see her
again, and we wandeted in' the
soft, September dusk; hands
clutched, and my heart turned
over in its grave.
Then came the war years
and there were a few memora-
ble Septembers. One on the
Niagara Peninsula, with the
grapes and peaches lush; and
the thrill of knowing I had pas-
sed elementary flying. school
and could put the white "flash"
of a pilot in my cap.
One in England, hot and' hazy
and langciurous after a cold
wet summer. And the weekend
leave in London, twenty years
old and a pretty girl on your
arm and death lurking in the
in the Years Agone
From Ths.HOrou. 'Expositnr, for the Navy t.14.44A
Sept 10,.,1943 Cluff of Om Xi -Pu of N.
-Clad and Sous received word
on Wednesday stating that iS
son, Lieut. Frank 4C1uff- ;had
been killed in action in France
on August 28th. He went over-
seas in 1916.
Mr. S. Dilling of Kipped' re-
ceived word on Friday last that
his son, Pte. Cecil E. Dialing had
died of wounds in France on
August 20th. For two years he
was a machine operator at the
Expositor office.
The news from the seat of
war since the AllieS •took the
offensive in July ha 's all been
good, but nothing. in the four
long years haegrven cause for
rejoicing as the work of the
Allied soldiers and especially
the Canadians during the past
week. •
Mr .and Mrs. .TOSel311 100113WS
celebrated their 40t11 wedding
anniversary. They weremar-
ried at Dublin by Rev. Fr. Mirth -
graves. •
The Seaforth Lions Club Park
closeda most successful season,
despite war restrictions on ice
cream, soft drinks and other
foods, when over 3,000 people
made use of the park.
. Bruce Campbell Wright, son
of Mr., and Mrs. W. A., Wright,
was granted a commission. He
has been posted to Penfield
Ridge, New Brunswick.
LAC Donald Scott, RCAF, who
has been overseas for seven
months, has returned, to take
a pilot's course.
Word has been received by
Mr; and Mrs. Peter Taylor of
Hullett that their son, Wm. Tay-
lor had been wounded while on
active service in Sicily.
Mr. Percy i Little has purch-
ased the residence of Mr. 'John
Bullard of Winthrop.
There passed away at her
home in Brucefield, Charlotte
Marks, widow of the late W. H.
Rattenbury. She had lived all
• her life in the village.
At his residence in Tucker -
smith Twp., after a lengthy ill-
ness, Robert Doig passed avGay
in. his 65th year.
At the recent departmental
examinations, 'Miss Winnifred
Russell, a student at 'the Rea -
forth Collegiate Institute was
successful in winning the Uni-
versity College Scholarship, Tor-
onto, It carries a cash prize of
$300 and $150 tuition.
wings, and caring not. Too fast
it went.
One in Normandy and jtunp
to Lille, and jump to Antwerp
and rtfe ever day on a ten-
uous, white-hot, wire, and the
beautiful weather and the ter-
rible daily disappearance' of
Paddy and Mac and Taffy and
Dingle Bell and Nick and Fred-
dy. •
And that long; hot Septem-
ber of 1945: Home. Alive.- Un-
real. Really unreal:- the family,
the -places, the peaep, the bore-
dom, and then the silly young
people back at the university.
But the September Affair with
the trees and the cool blue sky
and the long dark hair and yet
another pair of brown eyes,
browner than ever.
And the 'next September.
Marriagejo the brown -eyes and
a wonderful week at the old cot-
tage in Ouebec, with this strange
wornazi. Carioeing and swim-
ming. and me teaching her how
to cook. And she's just as
strange today, twenty-two years
later. And just as brown -eyed.
And a lot ,Of Septembers
since, golden and bide, With the
last breath of summer in the
green trees'and the first kiss of
fall in the cool nights, and the
magic that makes me fall for
the ripe charms Of, that ripe
lady 'of the year, -September,
oozing with plenitiide, gorged
with the fruits of summer, yet
awakening with a sigh to the
brisk business ahead.
I have a bad crush on
lady.
the
From. The Huron Expositor
Sept. 6, 1918
sweater donated by Miss Lukes
The Keep Watch celebration
held Monday under the ausp-
ices of the Navy League, was by
far the best of the 'many good
days celebrated in the past. Mr.
James Robb's living Union Jack
formed by girls dresed in red,
white and blue, pipers, dancers,
calithumpians and 32 floats
made up the parade. Henry Mar-
tin of Egmondville was the old-
est mart and Mrs. A. Gillespie,
the oldest woman. Mr. Adam
MacKay,. won a Chevrolet car.
The trig of war was won by
Hullett Twp. Following the pro-
gram a dance was held in Car-
dno's Hall.
Farmers at Kippen are now
busy getting in the fall Wheat.
Robert Elgie who is noted as
a gond farnier, has sowed 22
acres.
Miss Harriet Murray won the
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From The Heron Expositor
Sept. 8, 180
A daring burglary was com-
mitted in the store of W. Neal •
at Walton. Thieves entered
through a cellar window. It is
estimated that $50 was stolen.
A team -of four men, consist.'
ing of J. W. Livingston, W. D.
McLean, Percy Little and Fred
Cardno were in Clinton for a
team race against Clinton in
biefcling. Seaforth won by 18
points.
•
MH. Jackson of Eginoild-
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ville is having a stone founda-
tion built under his residence'
and otherwise improving it. •
During the .heavy thunder
storm, which passed o4er oi
Thursday, lightning struck Mr.
R. Wilson's large, stable and
came near killing a young man
named John (night who attends
his horses.
Mr. John Cardno, who spent
the most Of the summer in Bos-
• ton has returned and now oc-
- cupies his old position i,n his
father's store.
Mr. T. 0, Kemp of Ogilvies
mill, has a gang of men laying
pipes from Silver Creek to the
mill with the view of placing
in the engine room a new' steam
condenser. The -work is under
the direction of Wm. MacKay.
Mrs.‘ Hugh Grieve has the
neatest and nobbiest turnout in
town including •an" Icelandic
pony and cart.
Mr. Sydney Jacobs has' bought
the vacant lot next to the Ex-
positor office from Mr. Thomas
Downey and will erect a brick
block store.
The • congregation of St.
James' Roman -Catholic Chumh
have purchased a plot from Mr. 4
• Ed. Devereaux on the east side
of the town which they intend
converting into a cemetery.
This Week and Next
— by Ray Argyle —
SUMMER OF SADNESS
,For all that the outcome of
Czechoslovakia's "summer • of
sadness" has been tragically ob-
vious, some small signs of hope
emerged from events th'ere the •
past two months.
11 anything„ the obstinate and ,
virtually unanimous 'defiance of
the Czech people against their
Russian masters proved that it
is becoming increasingly diffi-
cult for the big powers to im-
pose their will on their 'smaller
neighbors.
'The Czech crisis of 1968 and
the Hungarian tragedy of 1956,
'Springing out Of nearly .identi-
cal backgrounds, have develop-
ed in quite different directions.
The Hungarian revolution was
set off when groups within that
satellite state attempted to ov-
erthrow their Communist re-
gime and set up a new, pro-
Western government. Violent in
origin, it ended violently. Rus-
sian tanks put down the revo-
lution. '
Czechoslovakia came by, its
Political upheaval through evo-
lution, not revolution. The duly
•constituted Communist govern-
ment was reorganized by its
own executive, under new. lead-
ership which -then set ' out to
moderate and liberalize the re-
gime and its control ,of the
people's lives.
hi western eagerness to em-
brace with open arms almost
anyone who " defies Moscow
(short of the Chinese Reds),
many people in this country
have forgotten that Czech lead-
er Alexander Dubcek was and
presumably reving a loyal
Communist.
The swelled liberal 'regime
in Prague, aside from, permit-
ting greater freedom of com-
ment in the party press- and
seeking tkhde contacts vvith the
It, 'did not fundamentally
• change the party -state structure.
• It b possible that, had the
Czech 'etperitnent been allowed
to Drafted', it vvoiild have readi-
ed the paint feared by Moscow.
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That point would be to allow
opposition political parties on
the ballot. It is this crucial dif,
ference between democratic
an,d non -democratic states (nOt
necessarily Communist -- wit-
ness Spain and Formosa) that
should be kept in mind.
the Czechs, at any rate,
were not to be allowed to go
that far down the road to deca-
dent capitalism._ The storm sig-
nals went up when the Dubcek
regime let it be known that it
would turn to Western Europe
and perhaps .even that citadel
of hated capitalism, the World
Bank in Washington, for credits
and loans to lubricate its squea-
ky economy.
The prospect of a satellite
state becoming an economic ,
outpost for the capitalists was
more than MOSCOW COtIld stom-
ach. The order went out for
the tanks to roll across the'
Czech frontier — where they
remain to this day.
It was naive for any of us to
expect that the Czechs wotild
be allowed the freedom which
their evolutionary form of Com-
munism appeared to be bring-
ing. But While Moscow -could
quickly and efficiently put
down a Hungarian revolution in
the 1950s, it faces a much more
comPlex task in dealing with
the Czech evolution of the
1960s, to say nothing of the
other satellite states.
The Greato,Powers have tra-
ditionally operated with a free
hand in their respective spheres
of influence. They still have a
free hand as far as outside in-
tervention is concerned — Rus-
sia pulled back from the Cuban
confrontation and has stayed out
of Vietnam, just as the Ameri-
eans looked the Other way when
' the Communists built the Ber-
lin 3,47all and have now marched'
into CZechoslovakia. Resistance
from the little nations- has pro-
ven 'more` effective in moderat;
ing the polieift of the big pow -
era, Czechoslovakia has proVen
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Improved performance increased safety and comfort, fresh styling and a wider,
• than -ever range of model choices highlight the Dodge Coronet for 1969.
This year, Coronet offers 26 different hardtop, convertible, sedan, coupe and
station wagon models. An exciting new addition to the line is a two -door hardtop Sup-
er Bee model' featuring a revolutionary 160 -position bucket seat and a' perfermance-
oriented air Scoop in the hood. The various other Coronet series, with a -broad choice
of models in each, includes Coronet Deluxe, Coronet 440, Coronet 500 and Coronet R/T.
The 1969 Coronet has new styling front and •rear. Replacing the striaght line,
horizontal grille configuration, the 1969 Coronet grille design is straight and narrow
across the middle and wider and wedge shaped in the head lamp area.
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Exciting new performance features and'fashionable new -10 iiii interiors highlight
the Dodge Charger and Charger JUT from Chrysler Canada Ltd. for 1969.
Both Charger and Charger R/T models retain the 'imieue body shape introduced
last year. However, an exclusive "Special Edition" option provides a '!dress -up" pack-
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minded performance -ear enthiisiasts, plus racy deep-dish wheel covers and a host of
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New aerodynamic styling, a host of engiheering refinements, advanced perfor-
mance features and roomier, more richly appointed interiors highlight the popular
appeal of Dodge Polara and Monaco passenger cars from Chrysler Canada Ltd. for 1969.
Twelve models are offered in the Polara series, and fifteen models in the Monaco
series, including a full range of •two and four -door hardtops, four -door sedans, conver-
tibles and six and nine -passenger station wagons.
New this year in the Monaco series are four -door hardtop and sedan models of
the luxurious Monaco Brougham.
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• /969 DODGE/FARGO "ADVENTURER" PICKUP -
The 1969 Dodge/Fargo D.100 "Adventurer" swePtline pickup is a luxury v,ehicle
with a dual personality.
It hag been designed to combine the toughness, durability and rugged perfor-
-niance characteristics of a truck, with all the comfort, luxury and eye appeal 'of a
Chrysler passenger car.
Transmissions are available in the heavy-duty three and four speeds, or the
three -speed automatic.
The Adventurer's full depth, heavy-duty wall steel box is a big load carrier and
features a one -hand opening tailgate.
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