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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-02-27, Page 2• Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH,-ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS: PUBLISHERS LTD. ANDREW Y. McLEAN, P#isher SUSAN WHITE. Editor Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly' Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $10.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $12100 a Year SINGLE COPIES —?5 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephone 527-0240 . SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY. 27, 1975• In the . Years *one FEBRUARY 26,1875 The'young 'men of the Mobyan Church. here gave a social for .the benefit of the poor. The several , readings, the psera leiseterosrthoyf .music and the entire proceedings were most The new Masonic Hall, Seaforth, will be dedicated soon. It will be under the direction of Bro. Kerr of Toronto. Last week, a party of four boys, having through ,tickets, arrived in Cromarty whee they were, met with every kindness, They know very little about work but were capital musicians. Dr. MacTavish, Messrs. Taggart, REading and Wilson consented to keep them over the winter. Not one of them can speak a word of English. A • public meeting of the residents of Blyth, was held in Shanes Hotel, for the purpose of considering the propriety of rming a joint stock company to sink a salt well in the ge. .W.Drummoncliwas appointed secretary and Mr. gan and Grey occupied the chair. Owing to the severe storm, the fishing traffic at Drysdale was completely cut off, compelling the worthy fishermen to store up large quantities of fish. However, the weather has abated and ten 'palls have been shipped to various points, making an aggregate of 4000 dozen. The wholesale price is 18c per dozen. Why not a wompn secretary." The question here is, why would Miss MacDonald as leider want 'Mr. Camp as her secretary? Miss MacDonald started in politics as a secretary herself, not as a hand picked political fat cat. She has 'apparently retained an unsnobbish, un'af'fected manner which should go a, [Ong way in endearing her to voters who are tired of remote, `.`above it all", leaders. ' But' Miss MacIDOnales self-made- women background means that she'- does not command the money that,is necessary to run a serious campaign for the leadership. Estimates are that a leadership campaign thiS year might cost in the range of $350;000. A' high figure, but as someone was reported saying at a recent women's conference "That's only $1 from 350,000 of us." The MP from Kingston certainly stacks up well against all the males who have been mentiOned, as,possible .... undeclared candidates for the leadership, most of whom are ex- politicians like •John Robarts or present Premiers like Peter Lougheed who are unlikely to leave a sure thing for the role of opposition leader. - • The opposition to Miss MacDonald,. shbuld She decide id' become 'a leadership candidate, can hardly be based on her competence. Most national observers say she can handle the job. The opposition, although it will perhaps not be, so openly phrased, will probably be' on the 't grounds .that she is a woman. • Although our political contests have become' quite personality oriented there wilt be those who look behind' the, candidate and carefully examine his or her views. Suppose say Miss. MacDonald makes a try for the PC leadership and she is rejected by a majority -of- delegates because they do not like her thinking on national issues. That's fine, . but rejecting a person's ' candidacy' in 1974 because she is' female is neither good politics nor good common sense. The victory of ,Margaret Thatcher proved that. Icic more, from feed to fertilizer, from machinery to fuel. Mr. Whelan was optimistic that the farmers could "iron out the peaks and troughs", but we can't agree with hint: 1 - In Huron County' there isn't that s' -much to be hopeful about. The farm population Is decreasing each year at an alarming rate, so much so that by the' turn of the century they may be as few as' 1M0 In the whole county: The average age of area farmers is in the fifties, and what happens when they retire, because, according to the Canadian Bankers association, it cost an average of $85,000 to get into farming last year. And with such poor return oPhe investment, who Can afford it? Both the Federal and Provinc governments, along with the m media are myopic. By demanding tta producers take the slimest of profits or in many cases a loss, they are jeopardizing the future of the whole country. And without toed, we are nothing. (Clinton News Record) Ulcers for farmers? Blit &niters Column Is not available because of the Postal strike. Tne emergence of Merger t Thatcher as the leader' of the Or sh Conservative party is a turn of events that few' Britons or Canadians would have dreamed of a year ago. Now that a woman leads the chief British opposition party, there has been , increasing credibility given in Canada 'fo :the possibility of another woman, MP Flora 'MacDonald, capturing the I eadersh ip of the Canadian Progressive COnservative party. And to that possibility we say, with apologies to the Canadian International Womens' Year Secretariat, why not?. ' Miss MacDonald, who has' not declared •herself a candidate for the leadership vacancy that will occur sometime within a year when present Tory leader Robert Standfleld resigns, has an excellent record as an MP, She also has a very good record at winning elections, both in her own Kingston constituency and as a Tory party organizer earlier in her career. . As Conservative Indian Affairs " critic she esfablished a reputation for ,knowledgeability, compassion and effectiveness. In recent articles in the national ores's, she comes across as honest, likeable, . intelligent 'and definitely, leadership material. Tony organizer Eddy Goodman has been quoted as saying "She has a first class mind, a great sense of historyi and a knowledge of the country, all the requirements of a leader. I think she has a• good chance of Winning." • MacLean's magazine editor Peter Newman says Miss MacDonald is • "ideologically in-tune-with the times, she's bright and energetic, she know every party organizer in the country .by his or.her first name and above all, she's honest." Another Tory organizer, Toronto Star columnist Dalton Camp also praised Miss MacDonald in a recent column but said she had no chance whatever of becoming PC leader because she is a woman. Mr. Camp promised however, that 'if by some fluke she did win the leadership "I'll take up shorthand and offer to be her Last week's predictions made at the Agricultural Outlook Conference are going to cause more than a few ulcers among the local farming population. According, to the Conference, even thoUgh the grabs farm receipts will rise by four percent, the: net farm income will nosedive by nearly 12 percent,, mostly because of rising costs. We find it increditle, With .everyone else seeking cost `of living increases-, that the farmer, 'the single met important man in our society, , should., be taking a pay 6-ut! Outrageous! We indeed live in a society with a warped value system. On the one hand we pay some lock".$100,000 a year for six months work `to bang a pleb, of rubber around on an ice Surtace,,but can't even give the man Who keeps us all eating, the farmer, a &tent wage. ACCording to the Federal Agriculture Minister, Eugene Whelan, every tingle thing the fernier wilt buy this year will cost Amen By Karl Schuessler I was talking on the phone to a woman in New York city. Business. Business in New York. • And when she asked me my address, I said, "Bornholm, Ontario." "Is that all?" she said. "Yes, that's. all you 'need," I said, "Spent. B-6 4-n -h-o-l-m." • • • in:' "I can't believe it," she said, "It's absolutely amazing." - "It's out in the country, " I" went on, "Maybe that's why some people want'to spell it B-a-r-n-h-o-l-m. But no matter. Whether it's Bornholm or Barnholm, that's all- the address you need." ' "I still can't get om it," she insisted, "Are you sure you'll 'get my' letter from New York City?", "Yes, ma'am, Write me one and try it." "In a big place like Canada I suppose you can get away with only that one line? It's amazing." "Sure: Sure," I tried to reassure her once again. The mail lady knows where I live." "Well, if you say so," her voice trailed off ratherlimp, "1 -still can't believe it." And she hung up in°Clisbelief. But I'm waiting for her letter. To retore her faith in our great postal system. Our great country postal system. I didn't want to confuse the matter with all this Nok 1A0 business. That scramble of letters and numbers I've never been able to sort out --even after a year now. I must admit. I wanted to impress her. To let her know how uncomplicated life can be. How the mails do .go through. In such utter simplicity when you live on a rural post line. In the suburbs we thought the post office was going modern when a few mailmen started to delivei the mail in motor carts. But our rural mail lady Minnie Vock has been doing it for years. And she just doesn't deliver the mail either. She takes it away. And if you don't have the stamps, money in the mailbox will do as well. And when the package' is too "big for the 'box, there's none of this po st card to tell me all about it - and it's mind, if I go to the post office and claim it. To the Editor Two headlines in your Expositor last week Feb. 20 particularly caught my eye, as they affect many of us where it hurts, in the pocket book. The first one on page one read Huron Board of Education raises own pay.100% to $300.00 per month. We all know they have a heavy work load as stated in the related story,. some seventy meetings a year, approximately one and one half per week. Suppose they • attend seventy-two meetings in a twelve month period they are now being paid $3600.00 for doing so, this -means they receive ten dollars a. day, -seventy dollars a week, $300.00 a month or fifty dollars a meeting. Let's look at the school bus driver an employee of this same board. Is he receiving the same compensation for his None of that. She honks her horn. I know her beep. And if I miss it one day, she beeps the next. And back at the rural post office, there's other great things going. "Mrs. Postmistress," I'll ring up early in the morning, "I'm, going to the city today. Will you hold my mail? I'll pick it up in a half hour." And Margaret Morrison will do it. And where else but a country post office could my daughter get a letter delivered to her with only "Sarah" written on it? Her last name forgotten by her little pen pal. And where else but a country post office i would the postmistress know where to delilver a Christmas card? Written in maiden name to a girl now five years married. 'Where 'else? But in a rural post office! My mail ladies know what they're doing. Because they know about all the people they're doing for. I figure my mail ladies know all about me. My monthly bills. My insurance premiums. The book clubs I belong to. The magazines I subscribe to. The parking tickets I pay. Th'e newspapers I write for. The property taxes I pay. The people I work for. Where my grown-up sons live. Who banker is. My doctor. My dentist. My church. My favorite charity. My overdue library books. Why, my mail lady must have a full profile on every mailbox owner. ' She has to be a goldmine. A natural resource. An unwritten encyclopedia of people plus. I'm not complaining. Don't get me wrong. I don't want off her line., Because I never want to give up my line. My one line. Bornholm, Ontario. efforts, 'I think riot. He works 1.85 days 'a year, and makes two trips each day, so he attends. 370 meetings a year, for which he is being paid $2405.00. This means they receive $6.77 a meeting compared to the board members' fifty dollars. I wonder if the right- people got the 100% increase. The second headline appeared on page 8A of the same paper and.states. Net Farm Income to go down 8%. This was the prediction of W.L.Porteotts, Director of Statistics, Canada Agriculture Division, for 1975. It's rather ironical that those who are taking an 8% wage decrease must help pay those who are taking a 100% increase. Where' is die balance?, Sincerely, Ken Moore Egmondville FEBRUARY 23, 1900 The opening address at the,recent 'Farmer's Institute meeting in Murdie's school house in the Township of McKillop was delivered-by Master Alexander Wright, son of Chas. Wright: This lad is not 14Years and his address .would do credit to very much older heads. Wrn. Scott, who lives north of Seaforth, on the gravel road, contemplates building a large barn. It will be 60 x 130 feet. Mr. Doig of Tuckersmith has the contract and is taking out the timer in the neighborhood of Leadbuty. he first Carnival of the season was held in the skating ri Seldom, if ever, has such a' large crowd got themselves into the rink. The ice was good, the band was' there and the customers were numerous and original.. Ladies character ,,- Alice Campbell; second •- Alma Reid; Ladies' comic - Annie Robertsz gents character - H. Israel, F. Crich; Gents comic - fA Stewart, IL Abel, John Bell. John Rankin held the 1iicky number. The 33rd Battalion Ban d the officers of the Seaforth Volunteer Company are preparing for -a grand concert, oh— which occasion the medals will be presented to the heroes of the Finian Raid. C.E.Mason of Brucefield• has sold his Clydesdale stallion "Union Bank" to Messrs. Balla'ntyne and Richardson of St. Marys. Wm. Ross of Brucefield, sold a 5-year old gelding to John McMann, Seaforth for $175.00. Wm. Scott of Brucefield, has disposed of the Glasgow House to Mr. P9stelwaite at a good figure. The ice harvest at Brucefield has begun and Messrs. 'Munroe, Graham and Snell are putting in their supply. Mr. Holmes of Tuckersinith has purchased a Doherty organ from C. Hoare of. Clinton. Twelve more electric lights have been placed on the Zurich streets. The old and • well known post - office store in Kippen, caiducted by the Mellis family, has been purchased by John Balfour. FEBRUARY 27, 1925 Ernest Adams of Londesboro is in Toronto this eek .attending the Good Roads ConVention. Miss Alma McKay of Baytield has been home from- Lon on where she is attending Westervelts Business College 'for a week owing to illness. The crow and the robin havc been heard again, which is an indication that spring is approaching. Scarlet fever and measles have struck the Village of Manley and 'are tieing up business to a certain extent. The young men of Dublin put on a splendid Minstrel Show. The singing was a feature of the evening.Dr. Traynor, Chas. Sills and John Flannagan were the soloists, W.J.O'Rourke a Dublin has disposed of his fine farm in McKillop Two.' to Jack- Murray for $8,000.00. Geb. Lowry of the Huron Road, shipped-a number of choice baby beef to-Toronto. He also sold three head to D.H.Stewart, butcher of town. -The death occurred at the home of his son in Toronto of David Douglas Wilson in his 86th year. In -1865 he started a produce business in Se.aforth, and became the largest exporter of eggs in the province., F.G.Neelin, Collector of Customs, is at present ill in the hospital here. Messrs. Stewart Bros. have had the interior of their two large stores decorated throughout. W.C.Bennett of Winthrop received a car load Of salt and was busy unloading it on Tuesday. • Many old friends in Seaforth regret to learn of the death of Mrs. C. W. Papat which occurred at her home in Georgetown. Mr. Papst conducted a large stationery business and, also conducted the first telephone exchange in Seaforth. The annual congregational meeting of Egmondville Presbyterian Church was held with a large attendance of members present. Arrangements were made to take a vote on Church Union. FEBRUARY'24, 1950 Mrs. Archie Somerville, one of Seaforth's oldestresidents; marked her 91st birthday. Many friends called and wished her well and extended congratulations. Placyd Chomicki wa§ found dead in the garage on his farm near Winthrop. He was overcome by exhaust fumes while he was warning up the car. Mr Chomicki was an officer in the Polish Division of the British Army. He came to Canada 14 Months ago. A very enjoyable social evening was spent at the spacious home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Oke, in Tuckerpmith when 40 neighbors and friends gathered to do honour to Mr. and Mrs. John McGavin on the occasion of their '50th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. McGavin were presented with a satin bound wool blanket and a ball point pep was given Miss Mary. • . Seaforth and district received the first real share of winter when the 'temperature dropped to 10 degrees below zero. Snow plows were out for the first time this winter. Fred Smallacombe, the, man who helped build Hensall's first ice rink and one of the oldest Sportsmen in the community,'cut the ribbon for the official opening of the new . $35,000 Hensall Community Centre. Senator W.H.Golding, Seaforth, moved the address in reply to the speech' from the throne. W. J. Glanfield of Wallacetown, was killed and his wife seriously injured, the former Muriel Elcoat of Seaforth, when they were in an automobile - train collision in St. Petersburg, Florida, • The death occurred at her residence, Seaforth of Jemima Morrow, wife of Robert Wright in her 71st year. They retired from Huilett Twp. to Seaforth in 1947. There were 16 present at the Farm Forum meeting held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Anderson, Hullett. Euchre was played and the winners were'Ladies 1st - Norma Dexter; Lone Hands - Mrs. Harvey Taylor; Consolation, Frances Cook; Men, 1st - Geo. Hoggart; Lone Haiuls and Low Prize - • Wes. Hoggart. - Henry. Stitnore passed away suddenly at his home in - Walton. He was in his 74th year. ' es Pay raises and income cuts