HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-01-09, Page 2Care Committee Mr. Riddell
investigated again and was told that
the application would be looked 'at at
the end of January.
Now we are not begrudging
Vanastra its first and Wingham Its
second Day Care Cent) e. But we are
concerned that their proposals, both
considerably' ' more costly than
Seaforth's received such 'prompt
approval while Seaforth's application
still , sits on a Queen's Park shelf.
The holdup in consideration of the'
Seaforth Day Care proposal is
annoying because the renovation
work on the proposed 'new Centre
could probably best be done in the
winter .months. In the spring and
summer construction companies
naturally like tcpdo the bigger, outsider
jobs. It also•means that the Seaforth
council's option to purchase the,
property repeatedly must be
renewed. Local mothers worked hard
on the submissionencl., the delay
rrf probably is driving the up the wall.
Approval must be received soon if a
fully staffed and equipped Day Care
Centre is to open next fall.
The Seaforth proposal was most
carefully researched . and
documented. It was suppoqed with
figures and with survey results which
forecast a need for the Centre over
the next few.years. And although the
submission was 4eril, to the
shortly aft 30,e -Xenastra
submission, there had been an active
committee considering the need for
Day Care here long before there had
been any rumblings on the subject
from our Vanastra neighbours. Surely
that should count fot something with •
the Ontario Government,
We would like to hear something, •
and something positive, from the
Ministry in Toronto soon. Our
children need their Day Care Centre.
— .
A forlorn tree
Sugar and Spice
By Bill Smiley
A positiie step Dear Mr Hydro
Dear Mr. Hydro:
I just came in the house, with. a handfull
of yesterday's mail from our rural mail box.
As I passed the hydro meter, J noticed it
spinning frantically. Now I know it sure
has been reved up this past few days, but
surely it must be spinning on its past
momentum this morning.
No one but me is up, there are no lights
on, everything is dead silent. ' I'll grab a
pen to complain of a faulty meter. HoW
should I start my complaint.
There is a darn tap dripping in the
background, how can I concentrate? It only
drips when the pressure gets high in the
„tank. Hew wait a minute. that is metered
p`t5trer. There is also a radio in another
room silently grumbling, yes that fares
power too. That blessed fridge makes an
aggravating sound when you- try to
concentrate. Well sure! That is, hydro
power too.
. That evestrough out there, is sure
dripping for such a cold morning. °hies!
Its those roof heat cables. Sure they really
eat up the power. I Imust get the motor
fixed on that space..heater that just turned
on, and that sun* pump in the basement
sure does jolt the after Chrtgirias nerves.
I wonder if the kids tattled off the
basement lights. Why thosec icids forgot to
turn off the lights on their outSide.treel I
hope the old car starts, I'm sure I plugged
it in. Oh well, what time is It? That' clock is
ten slow if thehydro wasn't off last night.
There's that faulty blinking light on the
deep freeze, it may only need a drop of
solder. I could use my new soldering iron
or maybe a spot of weld on the base, I have
those extra fine welding rods • in the
electrode heater in the shop. That heater
,sure keeps them dry. There goes the bell
on someone's electric alarm clock, guess.r
should net my chores done.- rinse new
cow bowl heaters sure are slick on these
cold mornings.
Oh Sorry! Mr, • Hydro, I guess my -
thoughts got carried away. Now about, that
power-interruption yesterday. I don't give
• a darn • if Niagara Falls did freeze up
yesterday, you led us into this, now you
just get a hand . crank on that darn
contraption. And last week when that big
fish got stuck in your blasted machine, we
also suffered great grief. The, very life of
. my family depends on you. ,
Boy, have I ever got a headache' this
morning! That sure was some party. Oh
yes! Mr Hydro, I didn't see you at.the party
last night, guess you grit caught in the ice
storm. So th'ugherd-just-drofryou a line.
Happy New Year Mr. Hydto.
FaithfUlly yours
Robert E. Ridley
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Where is the new Day Care Centre?
Everyone is asking these days. The
chairman -of the lodal Day Care
Committee is getting queries from the
Public, even from Town Council
members, who cannot understand the
delay. ,
Planning for a Day Care Centre in
.Seaforth has gone on for 'more than a
year and Town Council sent an
application for , funding to the
Ministry of Social and Community
Se6/ices back in October, • not long
after the ministry announced that
more funds were available to provide
.,4:• mere day care places.
Since then neither Tow Cotindil
nor its, Day Care Commi ee , have
heard .anything from Que n's Park
about ' the ; Seaforth su mssion.
Tuckersmith, which applied for a
grant fd 'establish a bay Care Centre
at Vanastra, just before the Seafbrth
appliCation went in, received a grant
to establish the Centre way back in
November. The Town of Wingham,
which already .has one Day Care
Centre, applied to the Ministry after
'the Seaforth application went in, for
about $100,000 to construct another
Day Care Centre,. especially for
handicapped children. The second
Wingham bentr'e received approval in
Deceriber.
'In an Attempt, to find out why .,
Seatorth .. was apparently
being ct IS darn i &tag a S t we caltedg,
local MPP Jack Riddell. Mr. Riddell-
repeatedly has been in touch with the
Ministry of. Social 'and Community
Services in an effort to find out what
is happening to the Sealorth
application. When he first inquired,
he was told that the local Day Care
application would be considered early
in December.
When,. December had come and
gone with no word to the lodal Da
Since the organization of, county
schoolboards, -the input of public
participation in the field of education
has lessened.
This is not just the feeling of sorrte
frustrated parents. Trustees
themselves and teachers as well have
expressed concern over the erosion of
their power. What the ultimate aim of
the Ministry of Education is, we don't
know. We do know there are very few
people around *today Who are satisfied
with the way things are, or appear to
be heading, in education.
Given this feeling of discontent,
anything that can be done to promote
understanding and harmony between
the school and the community ought
• to and must be supported. ,
I am interested in promoting a hobby,
which can be no more costly at the outset,
Or subsequently, than a participant cares to
make it, and indeed if some judgement and
restraint' has been exercised an • actual
dollar profit can be obtained at a future
date, should there be a reason• to
discontinue or reduce. It can be indulged
,( in by people from six to 7 aS long as they
wish to indulge in mental activity. It can be
as interesting, and as educational, and
time passing, or finite consuming as the
person makes it.
It is coin collectineram referring to.
Until the Air Force evacuated Clinton,
there Used to be a club there, the most of
-Whose 'Members came from Ruron and
Bruce tettntyopliis RCAF personnel. It
. May requite rotating meetings (monthly or
bt weeklyt between Goderich, Wingham,
Clititim, • Seaforth so that &We—hot
wishing to travel far would have a
OnVertient Meeting to attend every other
' 'Month-
Ait educational .rietiv§ bulletin with
ittfaftnitiittit ribOtitthe pieviOttS and' future
Just such a program was
undertaken recently by the Listowel
District Secondary School's
professional development..
committee.
A 'number of people from the
community were invited to the school
to discuss the role of the school in
educating the young and serving the
community. The resulting discussion
Was frank and friendly and as such
'did much to alleviate a sense of
alienation that has been growing
between teacheie as a body and the
• public.
It was a positive step in the, right
direction .and we hope, the first of
many.,
(Listowel Banner)
club
meetings would be sent to members. The
people attending meetings are a sober but
congenial type in my experience.. So the
fraternalizing and new friend making a
plus. Banks, Trust Compartys, Churchs,
Legion and Lodge-rooms usually provide
the locaticins.
If your readers would care to make their
interest , know. no membership fee or
joining expere or meeting charge is
intended.
Their letters , and -Suggestions will'
welcome and they will receive a reply. We
• - believe that if the /wishes of every
interested person is considered, a
successful format can be evolved, and the
next step decided upon. If your readers
would suggests a protein committee person
it would be helpful to have one from aeh
town or area, with whom a meeting could
be arranged.
Linda Gale
Acting Secretary
„ Sou-west Oat Coi n Collectors Exchange
P.O. Box 4638, Stn., em London, Ontario
This is being written in th pre-New
- ' Year hiatus. And I am writin i 'n the ,
pre-natal position, the hiatus bet en
being happy 'and being alive.
It's rather awkward, as my el
hitting my knees, and vice vet
However, I'm alone, with the lights out'
and the doors locked, so it's worth it.
My wife has been away for three days, so
that life has been rather peaceful in the
doMeStic confrontation field. On the other
hand, we are plagued with that infernal,
eternal thing invented by Alexander
Graham Bell, and eta:fly moment I expect
to leap with nerves at its shrill, and hear
the-beloved but expected voice on the other
end, pleading, "The house is an absolute
mess, isn't it?"
As a matter of fact, the house looks as.
though a ship-load of Vikings had Spent the
weekend, before going on to loot and rape
somewhere else, but I am equal to these
occasions and reply firmly, "I've just
finished the dishes, dear."
Brunhilda, at the other end of the phone.
line; doesn't know that this means I'vejust
'dropped and smashed a huge trayffil of
Beleek,,Spode, WorcesterShire and'fine old
Woolworth's Japanese.
But she senses- something. Some people
have-a., great 'sense of smell, or taste. My
wife:,hasa sgreat sense of sensieg.'0"You
souhtftfurtify;" she'll say, "What4are you,
up to?" ,
"Well," I chuckle, "it depends on what
you mean, dear. At the moment, I'm-up to
the phoneOn the fairly recent past, I've
been up to the bathroom, and up tb the
dairy to get 'Some milk." •
This goes over like a ton of feathers.
"Just as I thought, " she'll say. "The
house is an absolute mess." She seems to • '-
get seine strange, vicarious satisfaction out
of this idea. If the house is a mess, our
marriage is good and solid and I am to be
trusted.
"You are quite Tight," retort, 'llcnowing
the foimida. "Your daughter and your
son-in-law and your grandchild have just
left and your son has justarrived, and he is
going to 'Paraguay to pioneer the faith and
Para,guay is full of snakes and 'tortillas and
enchiladas and Mennonites and the Green
Hell and he wants money."
"Don't give him a cent, until I get
home," she command's.
This is what is known as intercourse,
between married people. Both parties
know what the next move is, and there is
• no confusion, clumsiness, or frustration. I
shudder to think what it must be between
single people.
Weil, that • was an imaginary, if
verisimilitudinous, conversation with my
wife. The rest of this column is cold fact.
My daughter was home with Pokey and
that other fellow she hangs around with. I
changed his diapers six times (Pokey's),
while his father slept and his mother ,
played contemporary music )slabs and
cords) on the piano.
The kid and I had our usual super time: I
must be getting old and sick and stupid and
queer because hers the only person I have •
any fun with any more. We wink solemnly,
smile gravely, crawlAder the dining room,
table and bump' our heads, and hold out
our arms to each other when everything
else palls. He .likes whisker-rubs and I like
satin cheeks.
According to his grandmother, he and I
have the two sets of most beautiful eyes in
the World. His are like-.two huge, dark
grapes with a,devilish light in them. Mine
are blue, blood-shot, fallen-angel type. We
also share an affinity for doilig things other
people think we should not do. He rubs the
cat the wrong way. I-ruffle my wife's
feathers.
-4Yd like to have had him for Christmas
but his other grandfather was 'apparently
%pacing the floorr.hitting his head against
things, and threatening to call out the
Mounties if he didn't see his grandson, se I
had to let him go.
However, I was not to be left alone and
lonely loitering, as r had ,so much looked
forward to, during the holidays;,, My son ;„,
Hugh arrived. My son is a bird of paradise
or a bedraggled sparrow, depending on
vv you feel.
I was a bit in the sparrow mood,
following the receipt, a few days before, of
his bag and baggage, to the tune of $46.60
express, collect.
Yes, he is going to Paraguay to spread
the faith. Yes, last year he went to the
Holy, Land. The Arabs didn't get him.
Neithet did the Jews. yes, he is broke.
Yes, there are chjladas and t,\d,\.
Mennonites in Paraguay. The enchilada is
. a.corpulent scorpion. If ou step on one
while he is resting in our shoe, and
squash him, you must eat him, and this
results in a disease calle enchiladitis,
which calls for the roof of your mouth to
cave in.
And, of course, if you step on a
Mennonite in the-course of spreading the
faith, you get Mennonitis. This does not
cause the. roof of your mouth to fall in, but
the front, including 4eeth.
There are shots for the former, but not
for the latter.
At any rate, Hugh and I dined in lonely
state on Christmas Day, from a capon. We
weren't lonely, but he was. He was the only
castrated rooster in the joint.
.JANUARY p, 1900
wring the past few weekS, W. Cudtnore
of Kippen, has shipped from the • N
neighboring stations over 40 cars of hay, all
destined for the Old, Country. He received
a tele am from the agriculture
dept tent at Ottawa, asking him for a
tender for a quantity of hay to be sent to
South Africa and he wired an, offer to
supply- 200 lions or. more.
Robert Charters of the Mill Road liaS"
recently made several good sales from his
fine herd of shorthorns. 'Among the buyers
were Henry Datars of Hay, John Pfaff, of
Hay, and D. Grassick of Stanley.
Miss Clara Maud Slceth, age 17, passed
away. She was a bright• promising young,.
maiden.
At the' annual meeting of .:Eginondville
Church Messrs. John Beattie and Geo.
Coleman were appointed to the managing
.board instead of Mesgrs. P.M.Chesney and
John Love who wished to retire.
Wm,. Ament of town has had a telephone
placed in his residence on Goderich St.
Charles Wilson of town ha's disposed of
his grocery stock to Messrs. Beattie Bros.
who are selling off , the stock.
B. B. Gunn of town . has purchased the
entire stock of the Seaforth Carding Mill
and will add these goods to his already full
stock in" his dry goods stores.
Munn Bros. of Leadbury have 'placed a
4Q horse power engine in their. new saw
mill.
Findlay McIntosh, of Leadbury is busy
cutting stove wood, grinding grain and
cutting straw for the neighboring parties.
Tuesday morning about six o'clock, the
most serious fire . in Blyth's history
occurred. It started in Mr. Stothers,bakery
which was completely consumed, together
with J. G. Moore's hardware, W. Scott,
boots and shoes, Heffron Bros. and the
Bank of Hamilton.
JANUARY 16, 1925
The Cromarty congregation held a very
successful wood-bee in Andrew
McLachlan's bush, cutting about 20„cords
of wopd for use in the church.
Miss Rebecca Bruce of Cromarty left last
week for Detroit where she hopes to secure
a position.
The ice harvest of Walton is improving
as the winter strengthens and the
merchants and bUtchers have secured a
good supply.
Percy McMichael of Constance, held a
very successful wood bee and on the
following Monday treated the boys to a
P4riY• '
An address referring to one of the most
enterprising business, J. W.. Ortwein of
Hensall was given him by the Hensall
Methodist Sunday School.
Arch Campbell of McKillop left for
Cleveland to visit his sisters who live' there.
The sacred cantata "The Light Eternal"
was repeated in First Presbyterian Church •
before a congregation that filled the church
to capacity. Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Rennie
were the leader and organist and the
following took special parts: Miss. Edith
McKay, Mrs. V.A.Wright, H. Murray,
James Scott, J. Beattie, M.R.Rennie,
D.R.Reid, Miss.Janet Hays, Dorothy Kent,
Miss Patterson,
The death occurred at her home on James
Street of a highly respected citizen of town
, in the person of Mrs. James Cuthill, who.
had reached the age of 83 years.'
Miss Olive McCormick of the Bell '
. Telephone office had the misfortune to trip
and fall at the Kirk and break her ankle.
• While curling• at the rink Neil Gillespie
had the misfortune, to , slip and fall on the
handle of a curling stone and fracture two
ribs.
JANUARY 13, 1950
"'' A former warden of Huron County and
b
for many years a leading - citizen and
usiness man of Seaforth, John Wesley
Beattie died at his home -on Goderich St.
West.
• Mr. and Mrs. John McGavin of
Tuckersmith, Marked the 50th anniversary
of their wedding. They were married by the
late A.L.Russell of Seaforth.
Following the Christmas and New Years
holidays, three young boys, Jack, Bob am
Peter McCowan of Roxboro, killed two
snakes, 2 feet long on their way to Np.2
• school. Later when they were down at the
river, they found a polly-wog, and a frog.
Four of the volunteers shovelled
industrially in preparing the foundation for
ice in the Seaforth Memorial Centre. They
are Willy Crich, Teckersmith; Lac Walter
Smith, ,Vancouver; Frank Johnson, -1,
Dublin and Wilson Campbell , 1 Dublin.
Miss Mary Holland, and Teresa
Maloney suecessfully • passed the
examinations set by the Registered Music
Assoc.
Province
. ofovOnteae frioo.
The
Ontario Savings Office
has been moved to the .Cardno Block. •
The many friends of J. Arnold Case are
sorry to learn that be is confined to his
• hoTmweethrough
windows w
illneersesh
blown in at the home
of Mr. and Mrs: James F. Scott, Thornton
during
setlhCeolhIghansv, Tinudc.
Mr5
kersmith, is in
Hal l ,
tit ,.Ru Memorial Hospital, suffering from a
fracluredhip.
Many friends had- the opportunity of
hearing the beautiful tenor voice of
W,T.Hays; on a recur d. -He 'had some
Made and sent them to his sister, Mts. J.
M.GG°ordvoertniW"Lic..Willis of Detroit, has been
named vice president of the National Bank
of Detroit.
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 9, 1975
Where's our Day Care Centre?
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A posi we step
To the Editor
Wants to Oart- coin
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