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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 12, 1968
Where Should The—y LAW•e?
• For n long time a contentious. ques- St.. Marys District Collegiate live out -
tion facing• municipal councils and side the community. We have a few
school boards has been whether or not reasons for thinking this is not desir-
those on the municipal payroll — able. 'Perhaps there are valid reasons
whether it be as a teacher or town em- on the other side of the fence? Let's
ployee — 'should live within the mun- find out.
icipaiity that provides the employment.
There, was a time, of course, • when
. such a problem }lever arose. That was
when transportation was.. such that
there was no alternative to living next
-door-to-one's-employment. There were
obvious problems of time and distance
to overcome when therkerse and buggy
was the accepted means of travel.
With the advent of the commuting
age, ten or fiftY" miles means little in
ternisq)f where one works, with the re-
sult that many employees within the
community in which they work have
little interest in it apart from the fact
that its name appears on the salary
cheque they receive every week or
month.
With the introduction of county
boards of education teachers, at least,
will „enjoy wider municipal areas in •
which to 'travel without bringing down'
on themselves the concern of the tax-
payers..
All of 'which makes a query posed
recently by the St. Marys Journal -Ar-
gus "Should school teachers live in St.
Marys?" rather academic. On the other
hand .there is much merit in what the
St. Marys .paper 4ayS. Good citizenship
is more than just • Obtaining one's liv-
. ing. It does include 'participation. -
This is what the Journal -Argus says:
"We knoW what the reaction of sec-
ondary school teachers will be to the
• question posed, but it would be inter-
esting to hear the views of some of our
readers on the desirability of :teachers
• 'who work in St. Marys either living in
town or in the school area.
"We believe that over fifty percent
,Of the teachers presently on the staff of
"To begin with, a secondary school
teacher today is usually interested in
moving up to bigger and better things.
We cannot blame them for this. If they
settle here, they possibly feel they.are
"stuck". Most of us do not mind being
"stuck" in St. Marys, particularly if we
happen to be making a good, ft living.
here: For those city bred, the matter 'is
regarded somewhat in a different ligtt.
"It is possibly old-fashioned, wishful
thinking. but at one time a teacher was
expected to be a leader in the commun-
ity. After all, secondary teachers have
a university education and therefore
- have skills and brain -power that twould
be used in the community from whicch
they derive their pay cheque.
"The present "floating" trend among
such teachers is far from desirable in
our view. Do they really take a full'in- •
terest in their students under these cir-
cumstances? What part do they play in
extra -curricular activities? Ilow—many„
days do they miss because of bad driv-
ing conditions?
"The new County Board •could well
take a leng,.. hard look at this question
as one of its first tasks in office. • •
"It also raises a feeble grin in St.
Marys when our rtiral friends cou;A.ter
the fact that urban taxes help with the
transportation cost of rural students by
saying, "Oh, yes, but you get all those
teachers building houses, spending
money and helping out in churches, so-
cial clubs and so forth."
"Certainly, those teachers who do
live locally do a tremendous job in the
community. We could use a lot more
such as they. In plain fact, about twice
as many."
In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
Dec. 17, 1943 • -
Following the storm which
blew out of nowhere Friday af-
ternoon, this district has exper-
ienced unusually cold weather
for so early in the season. The
thermometer registered 8. de-
grees below and each • morning
• since it has hovered around the
zero mark.
• Seaforth town council com-
bined the regular and statutory
meetings. Mayor J J. Cleft' pre-
-sided and Councillers J. C. Mc-
Kenzie, J E. Keating. II. E
Smith, R. G. Parke andF. S.
Sills were in attendance
• A. F. Hess, clerk of Hay
Township was honored at a ban-
quet at the Do 'Ilion Hotel,
Zurich; by the II Township
Council, -village fru es and
other officials ahd their wives,
numbering 40. He served for 25
years as clerk, treasurer for 22
yeara
A life king resident j)fyDub-
lin, Mrs. Alex Darling Aimed
away in her 87th year,
Ow , Dorrance of ••111cKillop
•Was most unfortunate to suffer
a broken wrist while cranking
a tractor engine. The big bone
!WAS broken. at the wrist.
1 Mrs, John Knight had the,
Misfortune to fall and break her
right arm while walking near
'First Presbyterian Church.
. The local fishermen `at hay-
field have lost many nets owing
to the late storm which had the
Waves on Lake Huron running
Oct
f:1ie Yotjng Pep1e of First
Pteshyteriin church held their
a
rMem for 1944 are: onorary
h
' nal -Christmas party at the
Ole of 5irs. D. H. Wilson. Of -
resident, Re.' EL Jack; past
iresident, R. McMillan; presi-
tent Mrs. K. M. Campbell; vice..
reSident, Mrs. C. Iteith; seere-
ikty, Mrs. R. Beaton; press sec.,
!heltna Scott; devotional. Mrs. n
11; I, stlionwson; 'Sonrite con- f
Chet* It Medinart: Spelati, M. P.
*ft:0*mA
*Wog tovmsbiti mot ot di
lit *Aeration, of Agriculture . n
were hosts. to 200 guests at a
.banquet in St. Coliunban
Church. The special speaker was
Kenneth Betzner of Kitchener.
James M. Scott of Scott's Poul-
try Farms was elected president
and Stephen Murraf was elect-
ed vice-president.
Sister M. Clothilde La Porte.
a native of Zurich, is among 53
Maryknoll sisters who are still
alive and well in a Japanese
internment camp in Manilla.
The sisters were engaged in mis-
sionar work in the Phillipiees
at. the outbreak of the war.
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• From The Huron Expositor
Dec. 13, 1918 ,
Wm. Collins of Stanley
brought in a load of fowl which
netted him some $600.00.
Nursing sister Maude Stirling
of Hayfield, who has spent the
past three and one-half years at
Salonika, returned home on a
short furlough. She expects to
return to England shortly.
James Smillie of the London
Road, near Reiman, purchased
the Crawford farm, across from
his own farm
Miss Dora Sherritt of Hensall,
who has been in training in Li.
don for overseas military ser-
vice duties, took passage recent-
ly for the old country where
she will be engaged in active
service.
D. Reynolds of Clinton, has
purchased P. McGrath's resi-
dence in Egrnondville and has
moved his family there.
The first two soldiers. to ar-
rive home since the signing of
the armistice were Ptes. J.
Stewart and J. Dorsey, who
went to France with a railway
battalion but have been conval-
escing in a hospital in England.
Miss Minnie Merrier has ac-
cepted a position as organist in
St Thomas' Church.
V. Dale of Constance had a
asty fail from a seaffold,, suf-
ering a sprained ankld and it
sore arm.
The sleighing has he.arly all
SipPealeed and eats are run-
ing again in Walton.
• James Scott, second son of
John. Scott of Roxboro, who has
been a hospital for several
= months, has ,sufficiently recov-
ered to resume farming in Can-
ada and goes to Grand Pra,irie,
.Peace River, where he enlisted.
Arthur Colwell of Stanley.
shipped a car load of turnips to
the United States, which were
of very fine quality and he rea-
lized a good price for them,
The choir of Brucefielcl
Church met recently at the hom
• of James Thompson and pre
sented the young married
couple with a dozen silver teas
poons.
Pte. Thos. Reeves of Staffa.
arrived home from England
where he has been serving for
nearly four years,
The Red Cross workers of
Brucefield have shipped to Hy-
man Hall, London, 1,701 pairs
of socks, 175 sujkof pyjamas.
191 ambulance caps, 9 pillows
and txvo slips. 1 knee cap, and 1
quilt,
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Can't They Get' Together?
Sugar and Spice
— By Bill 'Smiley — •
MY CHRISTMAS CAROLS e: es of your big girl. Let nothing you dismay
1 love o sing. Just as some .And, that's why I decided our You'll have your Christmaa
crows do. Have you ever stop- carols and Christmas ditties had hills all Paid
d and f
that crow who was trying to words that relate to the 1960s
ang
01 pity for to be brought up to date, with By the 24th of May.
get a little vibratto into his Thus, \yell remeruber the words *
"Caw-aw-aw"? I have, know beter, and won't have to fill Good old Stanislsus looked out
At the Czechs all beefin'
exactly how he feels, in ‘vith stuff like, "Di Do Dee
And the Russ itood all about
There are strong, rugged Dah Dee Deee Dum." Deep and Crisp and even a
men throughout the British These songs are both sacred little ashamed of themselves.
, Commonwealth today who turn and secular. But enter into the
pale and shudder every, time spirit and you'll see how im-
they remember my trying to portant the • up -dating is. Now Hark, the Herald's ads all sing,
get through' such intricate mel- haven't the_time, energy or Big, fat gifts are all the thing.
odie,s- as •_Knees_ Up,. Mother talent to write complete ver- Dontt.be scared to ask for lots,
,Brown, or There Was An 'Old siaa hi just give you the first Che
aper -junk will p ease the
Monk of Great Renown. verse Then vou to.
your
There are tenors and altos o,wn, and the whole famlly can * * *
and sopranos and contralos, and join in the game. Oh come, all ye faithless,
all sorts of other singers. I sing All together now. The firkt Hopeless and on acid,
bassis to the tune of Jingle Bells. .0h core.ye to Yorkville
As a lover of singing, and From . thereonj won't give you And worship the grass id.
the possessor-tif'1,deasS ''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''' mind the oild
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• arty obnoxious at •spot where the stanza has a Deck the dolls with poison ivy;:•...
'pre -Christmas parties where few extra words. •That's half Then you won't be tem t d
everyone, after a few belts of the fun
orange juice or something, start
warbling beautiful descants to
the carols.
I just caw away at theni, an
they all come out soundin
much the -same. Good a Kin
Wenceslaus comes roaring ou
on' a Sil "N
Herald Angels with Bows of
Holly and goes back in for an-
other bash at the ,wassail bowl.
After a lot of thought, I've
decided that it's the words that
are wrong, not my voice,
know the first line of all the
• On a mad December day.
t • God rest ye merry, gentlemen,
Jungle war, jungle war,
Jungle all the way.
Oh, whatfun it is to shop
ent ight, decks the •
great carols and Christmas
songs, but after that, I just
sing, "Ho Ho Ho and Yah Yah
Yah and Something Nice and
Something Else." • •
1%w words: that's what we
need. We must remember that
these lovely carols were writ-
ten. for the most part, by peo-
ple who didn't realizethat
Christmas was going to turn
into the biggest cash -register -
ringing season of the veer.
They were monks and priests
and reverends and musicians
who thought that Christmas was
e a time of joy. They weren't
_ with it. They didn't even know
that the turkey was a sacred
bird. The.' didn't know that an
atom -bomb toy was just the.
thing to make sparkle the eyes
of your little boy. Or that a
necklace of real pearl was just
the thing to make sparkle the '
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From The Huron Expositor
Dec. 15, 1893
J. McLean of Kippen, who
fell through the hatchway in his
barn and injured his spine, is
recovering.
As an evidence of the exten-
ded reputation of Seaforth's
businessmen, we may state
that R. Mercer, jeweller,eWceiv-
ed an order this week from Cal-
gary and also from Chatham,
New Brunswick. ,
The Clinton' New 1r
, as
moved into a comfortable and
elegant new home. Mr. Holmes,
the proprietor, !has just com-
pleted the erection of a new
h1,5 office near where the old
one stood.
A -neat granite monument, er-
ected to the' memory of the late
pastor of Egmondville Church,
Rev. George Needham, was
placed in position. It is from
the marble works of John C.
Neville,
J. W. Livingstone of town,
left for Toronto, where be will
remain until spring, studying
14-Ais Week a ext
• by Walt t.• MeDayter
VISIONS OF OREATIVSS
, Premier W. A.. C. Bennet
will appear at the three.da
federal -provincial constitutiona
conference, beginning Monda
in Ottawa, toting a vision,
dream of a new province tha
would be Canada's 'largest
stretching from the 49th par
allel to the Arctic.
His timing was perfect. Un
suspecting reporters were gath
ered in his office, quietly scrib
bling notes about Governor
General Roland Michener's visit
to British Columbia, when mas-
ter politician Bennett casually
dropped his disclosure.
British 'Columbia would pre-
sent a brief to the conference,
Bennett announced, pressing
for a northward extension of
the province's border to include
the Yukon and part of the
Northwest Territories.
Despite the hoopla of head-
lines that followed, Bennett's
"dream for the north" is not
new, but a recurring one. In
Whitehorse, .1964, .Bennett in-
vited the Yukon and the North-
west Territories to unite with
British Columbia. The response
was more chilling than the cli-
mate. Gamely, in 1967, Bennett
made a pitch 'for part of the
Northwest Territories, but
again received the cold should-
er.
How will the residents of the
north react to Bennett's pres-
ent proposal? N.W.T. Commis-
sioner Stuart Hodgson politely
shrugged it off, saying they
take Bennett's plans for the
north "With a grain.ofsalt". But
seasoned veteran Bennett seems
undismayed.
It is irony that Bennett is
Rushing for •union with the
northwest just as northern On-
tario is threatening separation
from its province. List month
northern municipal politicians
met at Cochrane, and blasted
Ontario Government polity for
destroying the northland's lum-
ber industry and exploiting the
mines. A committee was forrn-
ed to study the advantages of
ntaking northern Ontario a se -
rate province, province, and a brief will
e presented at a special meet-
ing in January.
Meantirhile, a. separate study
is being made by members of
chambers of commerce in north-
western, Quebec and northern
ntario. They'd like an Ilth
prov.ince, straddiing the roof of
t Ontario and Quebec.
At Cochrane, Thnmins vokin-
cillor Pon McKitmon rapped "a
Provincial Government that is
a
so far away that it does not
t care for our problems." If the
450 miles separating Timmins
from the provincial capital of
Toronto represents too great a
distance for effective govern-
- ment, wiKt does this do to
- Bennett's proposal? It's 1,755
- miles from Victoria to White-
horse.
Premier -John Roberts is well
au.re of the grumbling and
grievances in northern Ontario.
He and his Cabinet heard them
firsthand during a tour of that
area last September. However,
Roberts has given little indica-
,tion that he fakes the separatist
threat seriously. He's going to
the Ottawa conference next
week less concerned about the
physical shape and size of his
province that its stature in re-
lation to ° the Federal Govern-
ment.
The Ontario P'render has
made it clear that he is attach-
ing great importance to the
federal -provincial tax-shr ring
conference, which follows the
constitution talks. Roberts has
warned that provinces must be
treated as equals with Ottawa
in the dis,tribution of taxation
powers. With the political jar-
gon removed, this means On-
tario wants a bigger bite of the
personal income tax collected
by the Federal Government.
Bennett naturally wants more
money, too. He would like to
bolster his provincial coffers
with ..the treasure chest of re-
sources in the two northern
territories. But if he did ex-
tend the B.C. border, hovr long
would it be before Yukoners
would be echoing the cries of
residents of northern Ontario;
that 'their •resourdes are 'exploit-
ed to enrich the large cities of'
the south?
Northern Ontarians feel their
province is too large. Bennett's
new British Columbia would be
even larger. ' The time seems
ripe for a comprehensive stiely
to decide whether provinces
are too large -or too small,
whether there are too man or
too few. Perhaps Canada does
need sorne new borders, based'
on considerations of economics,
politieal 'representation, lan-
guage and culture.
Get all warm and sort of liVe-y a
And end up in a cold, domestic b
stew.
See what can be done? We
Three Kings of Orient ar& . . .
What rhymes with "are"?
That's right. "Car." not "camel."
GO- to i*.
From My Window
— By Shirley J. Kellar —
I don't know quite how
take the newest of all emba
ing tricks — the one which
mends a recently expired Corp
and freezes it and stores
away in a vault •freezer wh
the toted ones hold a -mem
ial service in a warm chapel.
Apparently some life-lovi
scientists in the world have di
covered that deterioration of
dead body does not begin un
several hours after death, Th
propf se to sharp -freeze the mo
tal remains and file the bod
until a later day When a cur
has teen found for fhe diseas
which killed it . In fact, th
boast is that they will find
cure for old age and even fo
death ,
Thzt's quite an order to fill,
even for the best of medical
men. .
The process is expensive. too•
t coats about 813.000 to be
moulded into ice shortly after
eath. To offset the price, fans
or the brigid...burial plot ad -
se a life insurance policy suf-
cient to meet it.
Even if I didn't doubt the
ueeess of the venture, I'm cer-
tain I would never be a candi-
ate for the freeze plan. In the
rst place, once my trek
Iii‘
rough life ended Pm not
kely to wantv) ore. Where's
e fun in coming batk in two
undred years or two thousand
ears to take up where I left
ff. gurely there must be some-
ing better in that other world
hristians believe in.
bad dose of flu and some
vere chilblains just to be
und in 2.000 years when hu-
anity could be nothing more
an a race of robots timed and
erated by computers. There
y be no more cooking to do
d . only push-button home -
ening but who wants to come
ck to the. miseries of dieting
d paying bills and filling out ,
vernznent forms and answer;
the telephone and curling--
✓ and getting along with the
ghbors.4 • .
have worries now when 1
halt *bout the kids 'taking the
out on the b•ighway where
to the speed limit is 60 miles an
1m- hour. *Think of the sleepless
de- night I'd have if they were out
se with the missile in the galaxy
it where it was a crime to travel
ile less than a couple of hundred
or- times faster than sound.
And, it would b4 just my luck
ng if I couldn't find a jet suit in
s- just my size and color!
So, thanks just .the same but
til
I choose to be buried by the
ey •
conventional methods.. Maybe
r -
I won't ever know ‘vhat it is
3'
like to spend a holiday along
• the Milky Way but at leastarll
have no paihs or unhappiness
a • where I hope to spend eternity,
medicine in Trinity Aledical f
College.
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The Kippen flouring and saw fi
milli; 'under the 'efficient man-
agement of John 14teNevin„, are s
working full blast.
Robert Charters of the d
Road has purchased another
very fine young bull from David th
Milne of Ethel.
A number of young men, th
armed with axes and Saws, »h
seiged George Wilson's bush at y
Cromarty and after a few busy 0
hours, succeeded in piling uhol th
enough wood to keep him
fuel for a year.
of .the new firm which will oc- a
cupy the dolden Lion Store, se
Seaforth, the members being aro
Messrs. J. L. Smith and John ra
Steet. th
The plebiscite meeting here OP
was probably the smallest tem: ma
,perance mass' meeting ever held an
in Seaforth. This' was a pity as ke
Rev. Colin Fletcher 'was the • ba
Speaker and gave an excellent an
go
The audio]] sale, held by John ing
Hannah of Farquhar, was well frit
attended and those who- came nei
intended to buy. Thos. earner- I
an was the gallant& and 22 tit
cows were sold. ear
Smith and Steet is the name
I'd have to be crazy to risk
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"I'm here to give myself up!"
SEE Ott COMPWISEITCSIONOP
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. . AS WARM, AS SINCERE. AND
• AS FRIENDLY AS A ItANDSRAKI
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