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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1974-01-03, Page 2^ 11 011 ihrsitor-. Since 1864, Serving the Community First ?ltigiAbed at $EAFORTH, ONTARIO; eery Thursday morning by MCLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd. AND.REW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario- Weekly Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Ctculation , Newspapers Subscription Rates: Cahada-..(kl advance) $9.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $1 1.00 a •Year 'SINGLE COPIES — 20 CENTS EACH Second Class Ma'i'l' Registration Number 0696 J Telephone 527-0240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, January 3, 1974 r The luckiest in the world •Stigat and Spice Icy trees ti; a w of 197e,aon CBC over the everal correspondents were discussing the prospects for 1974 in various parts of the world. Around the fable they went, concluding -that England faced a very bleak new year "a lot of people will have only three days pay", that Furope was in for more insecurity, that the middle east and the far east would 'continue to have serious problems and that the* US could forward td 'more Watergate scandal in '74. With only gloom and doom in on • the international- scene, a newsman who is stationed in England said he couldn't help but .conclude that Canadians, as they headed into 1974, wer*',about the luckiest people on earth., There is a certaitf-uht-asiness that comes when yotiddmit that you are favoured - - - a feeling that your luck will change and the rug may be pulled out from under you. And on the other hand are not saying, that Canadi ns 'should become smug and view the more hard-hit parts of the world with comfortable distain. But it is true that Canadians have been lucky, so far and face a Gomparatively 'bright 1974. We have enough energy to keep---ourselves To the Editor Sir: • Last week ,c,T,:V's "Weekend .'',' 5 presented pictures filmed in -Ethiopia.' Tragic and heart breaking', it showed st arvation and death in all its stark reality: C.T.V. management verified that the „filrn had. actually, .been made 'in Ethiopia and that. it was a true- Picture of :What is happening 'there at' this very moment. Yet. calls to the •Ethiopian Embassy have, met with emphatic denials that there is' any' crisis in" Ethiopia. For what reason their government is refusing to acknowledge the „crisisin Ethiopia is, beyond my compre- *hen sion but surely there must be some way we can help.,"Oxfam" is attempting to get lid to the Ethiopian people and any offers of help may be directed to them. in Ottawa. ' How easy it is for us. Who have the good life, to forget that others elsewhere are not so lueky. Those pictures .shown on Remembrance Day brought home tp me. just how lucky I am and I give,thanks for my own beautiful' and bealthy children. I remember ho ,A), with smug complacency I woke that day and went about the business of the day. I did my duty, then as quick forgot . . .the Soldiers of,the War . . .(Lest ye forgot. . .) I said a prayer'and wore my poppy red and at th ' Cenotaph I bowed my head . . .(and thought that I was, oh,'so pure and good, to lay a'wreath of sorrow as I should. And say a prayer of 'sadness, soft and low,' for all 'those soldiers dead so•long agp. And then my business done, I went away, (for that was long ago and far away . . and this is here and.now'. . another day. Besides,' that dying could not happen' anymore . .(Oh hypocrite . . .to think Death comes from War . .) Then.safe and sound at home I took my ease and turned the TN. On .and" watched to see, what great:, good programmes they had filmed for Me. When suddenly on Week-End 5 1 saw a Sight that stabbed and hurt and grasped and clawed! And all the smugness I had 'had, soon went, as scene on dreadful scene flashed across my set. Then coward .that I am; I reached to turn- those terrifying scenes that made me yearn . . "o shut away from heart and mind and eye . . .that film . that made me watch as children die: Yet somehow., somethinkmade me stay my hand, and shocked, I watched Death in a foreign land . . . as starving stumbling bodies crossed my set, (those living, brEathing,' walking men of death.) Then reaching out to me vith silent cry, my brothers in God's Love lay down to die. And all around me babies struck by. strife, lay breathing forth- the, last great gift„ of Life.. 0 God! My heart is broken to the core. To see these babies dead . . .(tind not from war. ..) But dead and dying . . .iying there se still . . .(because I didn't care . . . and- never willl . . .1 Again I see the death camps Tong ago. 'S'et •'tiS net 'Hitler here *ho 'spreads such Woe. Ettehnitiation though' is yet assured - ..(bedaUge nokeire and never Would,. .04 •S bloated, breathinglittle beings! Nit* file-fora World that breeds such 'st' ifet #orgive tile that I Carry on while you warm .and reasonably well lit. We don't face' gasoline rationing in the near future and most of us are still working and getting paid for a fiVe week,' We haven't be shaken, by evidence of disho sty on the part of our political le ers and we can still retain our faith •about. democracy being representative. Although we haven't seen the massive , laybffs that the American auto industry faces, the employment picture in Canada in some areas is far from good. In,, Huron County 450 people are out of work in the past few weeks with the shut' dOwns of Hall Lamp in Huron Park and Glendale Homes in Vanastra. But at least we have unemployment insurance and, the economy as a 'whole is not in danger of in'iminerit collapse - -- there are other joAs arYotind. What we -are saying.is - - - things might not be perfect here, 'but they are a quite a lot better than in,. most - other countries we can think of. Let's not get complacent about' our apparent favour; with the gods', but let's keep -it in mind. May we give thanks for what was good, 'personally, and nationally in 1973; and go into 1974 with optimism. . . . breathe forth the last, faint flickering of Life. : . • Julia Eckert MacLean Sudbury, Ontario. ol On behalf of CARE Canada, we would "like to thank all those who sent in donations to-CARE during, the year just concluded. Their Support during 1973 has enabled us s' to continue assisting ,the needy and to help those , in some- 34 countries of the • developing world help themselves, CARE's on-going food, self-help develOpment 'and medical-aid-and-training progranis assist over 30 million people in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, both •savitig lives and building better, more* self-sufficient futures, . While expressing our. appreciation to all CARE, contributors, we would also encourage them to continue their generosity toward , CARE's on-going programs in the future. Thomas Kines. National Director, CARE, Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Sir: Permit me to use your columns to thank. the 'people of Huron County for their 'understanding shown over the teacher y protest on Tuesday, December 18th, regarding Bill 274. The legislation , Proposed in this Measure would: 1. Force indiyiduals who had exercised what was a legal right to resign, to continue working beyond the effective date of their resignation. 2. Modify, retroactively,' the terms of a contract without consultation or ectosent of the two parties concerned.' - 3: Impose compulsory arbitratior - the limits of, settlement set beforehand. -„„ '`IyIatjy besides teachers• were ravely concerned that human, rights woo be infringed upbn, -that legal contracts wo Jcl be tatttpered with, and• that free an a..„ collectiye bargaining would be stifled by \ the measures proposed by Bill 274. As a result, numerous civil rights, labour, and ' professional organizations, in addition to many members of the provincial legislature, voiced opposition to the bill. It appears that the demobstration of concern and protest haS had positive resulti.-Thet government haS agreed not to proceed, at the present, with the bill,' allowing more time for the parties involved to work towards mutually acceptable solutions. It was not easy for us to leave - our classrooms on Tuesday. However, in view of the circumstances, we remain convinced thp„,this was a necessity. Hopefully our action will be seen as an exercise of civic resphnsibility in protesting such measures. Yours sincerely, Jack Kopas, Communications Officer, • Reading ne spapers-is an addiction with some people. If the palter-boy is late, they start to frd and grow owty. If, for some reason, h doesn't show up at all, they are like a 1)er with a sore tooth. Th' 'ipplies to readers of weekliet; as well is dailies. Weekly newspaper readers art 'a mild and gentle lot,,on the surface. But when their paper doesn't arrive on time, they turn into roaring -lions or lionesses, as the case may be. Any weekly editor- will back me up on this. ... When I, was a weekly editor, "I regidarly received 'ferocious letters from dear -old ladies stating -flatly that the paper wasn't worth three cents a week but since. they had paid for a year, I'd darn well' better see that it was delivered on time. I know how. .they 'feel. I'm one of those addicts mentioned in my opening paragraph. I take two daily papers and half a:dozen weeklies. If even one of them doesn,:f arrive on time, i m not it to live with... • • The only time I can.get along without my papers is when I'm camping in the wilds. .Even &n, the first morning or two, I'm greatly tempted to leap into the car and drive' thirty miles to buy a paper. It takes me a 'couple of days to "dry .out". It's not- that there is. anything particularly important in the paper. The front page of the dailies is junk and can be scanned in three minutes. Then l*mp to the editorial page, which is only about 90 per cent junk. Then I read a couple of columns, leap to the entertainment critics, scan the sports page and it's all over, I !gnpre the financial section and the 'women's pages, which think arc an insult to women. In half an hour, I've skimmed 'several thousend,words, and am no, better off or -happier t! an when I began. Stupid, isn't it? But you might as well try to tell an alcoholic that drinking is stupid. He'll agree, and as soon as your back is turned, lid-vc a coitple of stiff ones to - steady his nerves. readoholiC too, will agree that he doesn't need t 't morning pick-me-up. And the moment out baelrisqurned, he's peering out the wi for the paperboy, twitching in \ every' neriie., Or he's got his head in they garb ge pail, absorbed .in a story in die newspaper the garbage is wtapped in. • I've tried to get the monkey .4f my back. First step was to shut my •ey`e while brushing my teeth. This meantI would not be reading he directions on the tooth ste tube', in French and English,: during operattoir, I tasted two days .beldrejWai\ sneaking peeks. Last. summer, in. England, I thought I might kick the habit. After all, I wasn't interested in Britain's disasters and divorces and football pools, which took up most of the space. I wouldn't read a single paper. First morning, having breakfast in bed, I felt as helpless and frustrated • as a man who ha's, just lost both arms. Second morning, and thereafter, I sneaked down to' the lobby before breakfast arrived, bought ttn armful of papers, went back to the room and lay there reading piggily, happy as a boozer in a barrel of bingo. Reading weeklies is a different matter. 'You not only, read the front page more 'slowly, but with greater interest. There are naMes of old friends. their children's marriage ,deaths that' shock. There's also a pretty good . running account ' of what's -happening in the old home town. No sensationalism. Happy little stories.People helping people. InSide the paper, the classifieds make good reading. That's because you know half the people who are seeing a lot or buying a baby cakriage or advertising that thiey.ksyidlletb no longerbe'responsible for their wife's * • And then there's the writing 'of the country correspondent's. Some of it is.. priceless and personal. Here's an item my brother sent me, and- I'd like to share it. It appeared ,in the Madoc Review, in the 50 Years Ago column: "Rev. Bundock, of the Apostolic Church, was tendered a warm, ,fhough not unexic,cted, reception on Tuesday 'evening, when several citizens of t e town and district waited on lijui at close of evening service with cats and treated'him to 'a drive in the country, landing .finally at Anderson's Island;, where they ated him to still further generosity b making a slight addition to h toilet in f e way of tar and feathers. T ' demonstration of affection was acetyl panied by a very earnest request that he continue his journey, making tracks with the heels toward Stirling or a still greater display of feeling would he Manifest.J;d by all 'present, "My Bundock could hardly elaim -to be taken by prprise as he had been warned of what might happen to him and in fact,on 'friday evening oflast week some Ode attempt was made to carry out this same program, but the generous use of firearms prevented the' affair being pulled off. "My Bundock has been in Stirling for a • couple of years and claimed to be a faith healer." - Now, there is the kind of style, elegant but incisive, that you'll never fled in a daily paper. \ JANUARY 6, 1899' . On Christmas Day, Mrs.David Campbell, of Walton; was waited on'by her $unday School elass.in Duff's Church and made the recipient of several valuable and useful presents. The Walker farm, in Tuckersmith, belonging to ,the estate of the late John Walker, was sold to• Mr. Caldwell of Granton, for $6,100. It is a good farm, with good buildings and is well worth the price. Mr. and Mrs. Elam Butt of Kippen, left for Toronto for their new home. • Alex McBeath of Kippep purposes starting a portable sawmill on the farm which he recently purchased. The school meeting in Egmondville passed off quietly. G.E.:iackson having been re-elected trustee for the coming three The years. social twelve gave a dance in. Carno's Hall when a pleasant time was spent. Good music was furnished' by J.F.Daly and L.T.DtLacey. Miss Grace McFaul left this week to visit friends in Toronto and Detroit. Owing to the recent thaw, the sleighing is very nearly gone, leaving the roads in a miserable condition at Blake. The members of • Court Constance, Constantine, Canadian Order of Forresters, surprised Dr. Cooper with a handsome gold headed cane. Geo. Turner of Brucefield has completed the repacking of the apples he had•in cold , storage at Toronto and has returned home. A very large ,number of the young people assembled at a' vacant house of David - McCloy's in Tuckersmith and tripped the light fantagtic' until the dawn' showed forth. The hotiled Mr. and Mrs. Alex Harvey, London, was the scene 'of one of those happy events which are of 'interest to old and ybung. The occasion was the marriage of Francis James Burrows, M.D. of this town to their eldest daughter, Elizabeth. Major Anderson , of town, has 'been working hard to get the outdoor skating rink on the bowling green in shape. He has excellent ice on the rink.-He purposes at an, early date giving a carnivat that will eclipse • anything ever seen here. • JANUARY 6, 1924 4„" The Municipal nominations for Seaforth are: - M'ayor 'W.H.Golding (acclamation) Reeve • J. - Grieve v.s. J.W.Beattie; Councillors, Geo. P. Cardno; •..W.E.Chapman; Wm. A. Crich; G.D Haigh,' F.D.Hutchison, G.T.Turnbull. Tim Lynch of BeechwOod, met with a serious accident while cutting wood, the axe slipped and cut a gash in his foot that required nine stitches .to close. leMavr inagndonMar. ns eAxtnednrdeewd Oliver areolf0S,0t0a0ffa ami trees by steamship and railroad travel. They will travel to New York City. to Havana, Cuba, through the' Panama Canal, to Los' Angeles,California, to Vancouver, to Winnipeg to Chicago, then home to London. - • While Mrs. Cohn Hudson of Hensall was lifting a boiler off the stove, it splashed on her leg. She is in bed receiving treatment for the built's. A serious fire occurred in the frame block op South Main Street owned by R. ? ° The ro f. and upper rooms were gutted and C used as a grocery store 61 ark and . the stock in the store was badly daMaged by water. Mr. Clark, an invalid for some years was taken to the home ofMrs. J.F.Reid. Mrs. W. Devereaux, Sr. is at Windsbr owing to the serious illness of her brother, very Rev. Dean Downey. An unique function in the annals of history of the town had its inception- in the splendid reception extend by the nursing staff of the Seaforth Hospital. The nurses were assisted by Mrs: A.A.McLennan and Miss M. Cleary, the superintendent. The lunch was presided over by Miss M. Wilson, R.N. , JANUARY 7, 1949. .? One of the oldest agents of the C.N.R., London, Huron and Bruce line, George Swan of Brucefield was honoured on the occasion of his retirement after 31 years' service, at a gathering of employees at the C.N.R,Station, Hensall. Mr. Swan, received a tri-light lamp and his wife a,box of red roses accompanied by an address. F/L.T.Dale Jones, has appOinted Rector of St. Thomas Anglican Church, Seaforth, and St. Mary's Church, Dublin. He has been padre of R.C.A.F.Station, Clinton, 'but is resigning from the Air Force to 'accept the appointments. Three persons were injured in a head-on collision on Main St. A sedan ariven .by Sylvester Johnson of Seaforth, was in a head-on•colAsion with an on-coming coupe mdraivreiann byc 0 Nu tot rsn: saun ffe Hick,r ede fya c iSael alfaocr te rha. t iMo ni Miss s. Mr. Hickey and his passenger Murray Styles, also received facial lacerations. An egg, on ,which was written the &aide of Cecelia Connlily, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Connolly, McKillop has resulted in Miss Connolly receiving a letter, from England. The egg was contained in a case shipped overseas by Isaac Hudson. Reeve Arthur Nicholson was re-elected Reeve of Tuckersmith for his sixth term. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kellarr Leadbury, were guests of boner at a social evening when friends and neighbors marker departure to their new home in Seaforth. A tri-light lamp was presented them, the address being read by Joan Ryan" and the presentation being made by Frances McGavin. .- ,I. Harold Finlay ofBlake,has been nursing '''sore hand. He happened with a burn while lighting a gasoline lantern. Robert Smith is having a hot water heating system inst allied ift his residenCe on Goderich St.:East. in a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doig, Ken Doig, playing hockey with a 'Scottish team, tells of his team tying .a "Swedish team 4 - 4. DIstriet 45 ('Huron County) Ontario Secondary School. Teachers' Federation. S ' . qt •