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The Huron Expositor, 1966-05-05, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the, Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscriptionates; /. Canada (in advance)" a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $5.60 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 5, 1966 ""-- County Is Problem For Goderich If John Galt and the Canada Com- pany had been able to look ahead a hundred ..years and see the problems they would create for Goderich town council by making the lake port the county town, they undoubtedly would have had second thoughts. And if this had happened, we have little doubt that other centres, such as Seaforth or Clinton or Exeter or Wing - ham, would have been happy to have put up with the increased assessment, the county -supported institutions, the added payroll which comes with being Huron's headquarters. Unfortunately at this late date there is a physical difficulty in moving the court house, the jail, the health unit and related facilities to a more hospit- able clime. Goderich, it seems, is stuck with being the county town. The current ,problem has to do with parking, and the details are set out in a recent editorial in the Goderich Sig- nal -Star in these words: "Huron County 'has once, again .call- ed upon Goderich town council to dis- criminate against local residents in its parking policy. "The county feels the town is obli- gated to turn over the inside ' of The Square as a private parking facility for its employees. "Although no one has come out in the open to state this publicly, it is rumored that a subtle form of intimida- tion may be used to force the. issue. "It has been suggested that the town reneged on its original agreement with -Huron when it drew up the controver- sial two-hour parking by-law. "If this is the case, then county coun- cil coUlcl withdraw from its part of the agreement which included providing courthouse toilet pr'''ileges for daytime shoppers. "Courthouse employees are hoping to join the select few — County Council members — who are already exempt from parking fines. "The parking stickers issued to members of county council are in them selves an affront to the taxpayers of Goderich. "It is grossly unfair that ahandful of elected officials should be privileged to ignore a community statute. "In fact, .as elected representatives, they should not expect to receive favors from any source. "The county courthouse is a valuable asset to the town of Goderich, yet coun- cil, to be honest to itself, must legislate in favor of the majority. "As long as the by-law remains on the town's books it should be enforced against everyone. "Mayor Frank Walkom expressed the feelings of most residents when he announced his ' surprise 'that the county ' staff cannot manage to walk half a block.' "Not only should Goderich council refuse the county's request, but . it should also give consideration to re- scinding the discriminatory parking stickers. "The county officials must be notified that although their `boots are made for walking;' they are not made for walk- ing right over town council." Surely in all these years, county and town should have learned to live with each. Surely these periodic and peevish outbursts can be avoided and the matters in dispute discussed in a reasonable manner: In the: Years Agone From The Huron. Expositor provements at the cemetery dur- May 9, 1941 ing the coming season. The fol- lowing, committee was appoint- ed for its upkeep: James Mc- Quaid, John Moylan, Vincent Lane and Thomas Purcell. Harold Jackson, of Tucker - smith, has moved to the James Devereaux farm on No. 8 High- way East, which • he recently purchased from the Anderson Flax Co. Mr. Louis Lane, Galt, son of Mr.. Thos. Lane, Tuckersmith, has secured his pilot's license, and Harold Nicholson was his first passenger. Otto Walker, Cromarty, has commenced building .operations on his new home. Mrs. James Finlayson, Kippen, won a spring mattress and Miss Edith Forrest, the 28 -piece set of dishes drawn at Bonthron & Drysdale's store, Hensall. Workmen have completed the planting of 6,000 trees at the -Seaforth Golf & Ceuntry Club. More than 18,0.00 have been planted on waste land at the rear of the property. From The Huron EXpositor May 5, -1916 Robt. Johnston, former coun• ty and surrogate court clerk andd sheriff- for the County of Huron, passed away In Goderich after an illness of over a year, in his 60th year. Scott Memorial. Hospital has achieved some kind of a record during the past month when ' three sets .of twin boys were born there. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. John Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Davidson and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Murphy. -James R. Scott, son of Mrs. H. R. Scott, Seaforth, has been appointed Professor of English at the University of Saskatche- wan. Chief Constable of Seaforth since 1933, Helmer Snell was named by the County Police Committee to fill the office of county constable made vacant by the resignation of .Constable A. A. Jennings. His district will include the Townships of Tuck- ersmith, McKillop, Hullett and the south, half of Grey, with headquarters in Seaforth. Mrs. W. F. McMillan, Egmond- ville, was the winner in a con- test conducted by Stewart Bros., The Village of Brucefield and Seaforth. vicinity turned out to see Pte. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lowery, Stuart Knox honored by his old who this weeJ removed to their friends. Mr. Horton occupied new home m Seaforth,were the chair and Rev. H. L Woods honored by their neighbors and read an address to Mr. Knox, friends • in Egmondville. A re- after which two- . of his school- ception was held for them at mates, Miss Margaret Ross and the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Miss Alice Dayidson, presented Miller. They were presented him with a gold watch and chain with a solid walnut end -table and a purse of money by his by Albert Baker. old friends. Mrs. tonstant Van Egmond The annual meeting of the had the misfortune to fall in Seaforth. Rink Co: was held in her home in Egniondville and the Dick House. break het' hip. • . Lieut. D. Reid has completed Satui'day was an unusually ex- his military course in London citing -day in Dublin. Trucks and now has charge of the Bat - of cattle were arriving from all talion here. directions. Not a single boy was Miss Mae McGeoch has taken available for the usual delivery" ii-Yiosition in the office of the of parcels from the various mer- Canada Furniture Co. chants. One of the largest and Ming Irene Carbert has taken finest commitments of high a position in H. R. Scott's store. grade cattle was negotiated Nfr. Lorne Hutchison, Staffa, when Sainea Shea, popular drov- who has been attending the Uni- er, purchased 100 head of cat- versity of Toronto, is • spending tle to place on pasture. the summer• vacation at his ' Mr. Lorne Dlder, llensall, who has been attending the Univers- ity at. Kingston and who, has been 'visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Elder, has left for Galt, Where he has seeured a splendid position for the emit. mer Months. A meeting of the men of St. Colttmban. Suresh was 'tad in the parish hall toarrange ins home. The Ladies' Aid of the Metho- dist Chtirch held their meeting' when officers for this year were elected:. President, Mrs. W.' D. Bright; vice-president, Mrs. Wm. Bristow; treasurer, • Mrs. F. J. Burrows; assistant treasurer, Mrs. S. B. Thompson; secretary,. Mrs. Charles Layton; assistant secretary, Mrs. Walter G. Willis, Mr. JohnDoig, the veteran at the saw mill, near' Kippen, has again his hand on the lever guiding the saw, With the men in hand sawing up his season's stock of logs.: -The onion men at Kippen, who are in the village picking and sorting the sets for ship- ment, are having their own time battling with the wet weather. From The Huron Expositor May 8, 1891 Mrs. George Baird, of Stanley, is the proud possessor of a large specimen of Calla Lily. The 'stalk from the base to the tip of the flower is four feet. The flower, measures six inches across the top, and 10 inches from the base to the tip. A span of spirited young hors- es belonging to D. D. Wilson, made quite a commotion in town. Mr. Wilson had just re- turned from a funeral and drove. up to his office door. ile laid down the lines and• alighted from the buggy, when some- thing frightened them and they made a sudden start. He man- aged to get hold of the lines but they jerked him off his feet and then the lines broke and they got free and started down street at a lively rate. Mr. Wil- son received a few scratches, but was not much injured: Sohn Killoran, of town, hav- ing given up the wholesale liq- uor business,' intends starting a grocery store in the premises he formerly occupied. Mr. J. C. Smith has removed to his ,new .residence on Gode- rich St. He is having it fitted up `very nicely, and Will have a neat and comfortable home. Messrs. David Donovan and D. J. Downey returned from Iowa and Nebraska and other Western States, where they had been with a carload of horses. • Mr. James Reid has purchas- ed the Dewar residence for $750. Mr. Reid• will have a comfort- able and pleasant home. As the junior and senior foot- ball clubs were practicing, Mil- ler McKenzie, a young son of John McKenzie, of the Mill Road, had the misfortune to get his leg broken, at the ankle. A basket social, under the auspices of the Epworth League, was held in the basement of the Methodist Church. Rev. W. Casson was the capable chair- man. After the program had been disposed' of, each of the gentlemen were able to buy bas- kets ;of refreshments. 4111 PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR AGRKKO FERTILIZER • FREE SOIL -TESTING' SERVICE • BAG AND BULK DELIVERY SERVICE ANHYDROUS AMMONIA Contact your local dealer or BRUCEFIELD SERVICE DEPOT A. J. Mustard, RR 1, Varna - Phone 482.7435 ROBERT TAYLOR, Sales Representative RR 3, Clinton — Phone 482.9144 Anhydrous Ammonia Representative HAUGH BROS., Brucefield Phone 527-0927 -• YOU'D THINK THEY WERE RUNNING THE 5liQW«.• Sugar and Spice • It's Been A Tough Week We've been a' pretty lucky crew around. our place this year. All ' winter; friends, neighbors and relatives have been coming down with everything from the ordinary stuff—pregnancy and insanity—to 'exotic items like oriental hepatitis and Whooping mumps. ' We haven't had so much as a sniffle. It was too good to last, and we get the whole bundle 'this week. Nothing serious, physi- cally, but mentally and emotion- ally, a shattering period. • First it was the dentist. ,Kim's was her regular six-month. check-up. It's, a breeze. She waltzes in blithely, has her gums ' frozen, and the dentist pumps a little concrete into a pin-hole you couldn't see with a telescope: It's a little different for father. I also go regularly to the dentist. Every hree or four years. When I have a broken tooth ' or two, and have wild, stabbing pains from several of the other old stumps, and have postponed m y appointment about six times, I go down for my regular check-up. Sweating, trembling and con- demning all dentists and their inane questions_ to the murkiest depths, I sit there trying to tear the arms off the chair. Too gutless about needles to have, the freezing, I go through the' agonies of Prometheus as the poor man prods about among the snaggles of porcelain, look- ing for a piece of genuine, hu- man tooth he can drill.. And then there's always that excruciating moment when he steps back, with some kind of chisel .cocked in his hand, shakes his head more in pity than in sympathy, and says, "Hmmm!" • Visions'of the blood, the pain, the ignominy swirl through my head, Well, that's the way the week began, Worse was to come. I've been suffering,- from a bad • — By Bill Smiley — shoulder for years. I- know. Ev- erybody has one. Or a bad back or a bad hip. One week, the doctor says it's an inflamma- tion. On the next visit, he says it's an old injury aggravated by tension. Next trip, it's bursitis. Next, after X-rays,. it's a cal- cium deposit. If I had half the calcium in my teeth that I have in my shoulder, I could be one of those grinning -ape models in the toothpaste ads. Anyway, I finally decided to do something about • it: Or my wife did. She' didn't -mind my groaning in my sleep. It was the •cursing, every .time I rolled onto that -side, -that upset her. She was worried about my soul. I wasn't. But when it go to the point where I couldn't pour a bottle of beer 'any more, with- out weeping, I realized that man cannot exist on pain pills. alone. I've mentioned. what a yellow streak I have about needles. The doc said, as he took out his elephant -size syringe, load- ed with cortizone, "You'll feel a slight pinprick as the needle enters.'",, The cold sweat stop- ped flowing. Nothing to it! Then he started to lean on the needle. Have you ever_had a'p n-prick..with a crow -bar? The only comparable experi- ence I've had was one time in a veterans' hospital. I was wheeled into this room for "tests." Flat on my back. Two nurses held a hand each, one on each side of the bed. Decent of them, I thought. Comforters. As I was smiling at them, in turn the dos rammed this huge hypodermic in my chest and shoved clown. Then he started to suck (marrow out of my breastbone, as it turned out). In the next three seconds, those nurses wound up on opposite sides of the bed, without touch- ing the floor. I was told later that I had been a volunteer for a research project. • ' Well, I won't bore you with a lot more sick details.'Sul to it to say that my wife and"daugh- ter went to the eye doctor. Kim, who wants glasses " like she wants a hair Hp, got them,- My wife was sore as hell because she paid 10 dollars for the ex- amination, and didn't -get any glasses. Just to cheer us up,' we phoned Hugh on Sunday. We knew he was starting to write his final university exams on the Monday. Wanted to wish him luck. A croaking wreck who sounded more like Edgar Allen Poe's raven than our jol- ly boy, informed us • that he'd been sick as a dog with the 'flu for three weeks. SEAFORTH' MONUMENT WORKS OPEN . DAILY T. Pryde 8t -Son ALL TYPES OF' CEMETERY MEMORIALS Inquiries are . invited. ` ` • Telephone Numbers: EXETER 235-0620 'CLINTON 482-9421 SEAFORTH: • Contact Willis Dundas NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER YOUR SEED ' SANALAC ' SEAWAY .• MICHELITE 62 BEAN CONTRACTS AVAILABLE .141ERTILIZER SUPPLIED, EPTA M Proven Weed Control. For White Beans SEED GRAIN; — OATS and BARLEY FULL LINE OF CLOVER and GRASS SEEDS At Popular Prices W. G. Thompon Si. S n LIMITED G HENSALL -- 22.2527 ININT Y?'>.'..3,::s.. 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