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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1977-01-13, Page 2• Since 1860, Serving the Community First, . It's not much fun being snowed in, but at least it's a rest. • - But a' heaVY snow storm like we've had this week makes just thaopposite of a rest for a few essential people.. To them, we'd like to say thanks. " They are the snow plow operators; . some of whom 'worked , round 'the clock, fighting a losing' battle against snow that just kept corning. While many of us were holed up at home ' they had to brave the storm to get to work and Th en _keep on braving if On town, township and • countrroads. TheY are the hospital Workers who . know that patients don't get sent -home-just- because-.there-'s storm--. They also had 'to make extra efforts to get into work this week so that no. patients would be neglected. A nurie Or a kitchen employee••at Seafacirth ' Community .Hospital can't just look 'out the window-and then go back to • bed. -They get up 'earlier and try harder so that they are at 'work when they're scheduled 'to be there. There are the policemen who know - that heavy snow means extra busy shifts. Arid they stay on duty throughoUt the storm, closing roads,. • advising motorists and rust generally - • . Wer:tioect.::a:cornival. In the nine• yearsthat there'S been snowsculpturing Class. . •Get your . an Optimist Winter.Qarnival its safe friends and neighbours together and to say that Seaforth 'and area has - see WhatyOu can create from all, this — . never needed a carnival weekend snow. quite' so badly as it does now. With the programs the .Optimists After three or four straight days have planned, starting on . Friday being Snowed in, at 'home, with the - night, there's Just no excuse for the winter blahs. By Sunday night •we'll be ,pitypig those poor people 'who' escaped winter and went south •a • couple of, weeks Ago! . Lack of snow will 'definitely not be a . and ready for aweekend of relaxation PrObleM-, unlike some other years .... a lively weekend out with other when trucks were hauling in. peOple, at the least, a fev4 hours Out bf: The proceeds, all go towards , the the goll darned house., - - Optimists work In Seaforth and area. And that's what the Optimists have Do yourself a favoUr our and enjoy __planned. There'll be skating and yourself at. the 'carnival and at the • 'snoWrnObiling, hockey and dancing, same'time support this,hard working There's something for all of us ..and service club, To the editor • Police story- :as errors' kids-out of school, Thom and dad. away from Work and the. WhOle family unable to get - outside the door because of fierce chilling winds and mile-high snowbanks, we're, all good boy do we.need its It alt starts Friday night at the A special event this year is an open - arena: See you there. r easier. The twenty -..miles - over sounds much sweeter Coming from a lady. ' One night Diane stopped a middle-aged Man for speeding. When She walked over to his' ear, she could see 'she had the man all psyched out. He was ''•itervotts,. apprehensive, plain embarrassed, forced,‘, to come to a halt by. a 46%an and her radar. He made all sorts of explanations, It was late. He'djust finished putting on show, r' • as a magician. He u'as tired, he wanted to - get home. Boy, I bet if that guy ever' wished he could make himself disappear, that would have been the moment. But no such luck, no such neat tricks that night, ' , He did convince the constable, that he _was a real magician. He got out of the car, went to the trunk and showed her all of his rigs and gadgets for his performance. But he still couldn't make, the 20,- miles - over go away. She gave him a ticket and she can still But police work isn't all one comedy ,scene for Diane Brock . Not too long ago she "rode one oft those life - and - death speed chases. She got her man alright'- - a young man in a stolen car. But it took a 130 mile an 'hour 'Chase. before he ditched his car in a country field. L The OPP awarded' her 'their • highest award, - - the Certificate .of Valour or dragging the man from • the burning wreckage. She matched her 126 lbs. against his 165 pounds unconscious frame, weighed down with heavy work boots and hampered.by the Corvett's roll bar that got in the way.' • That'S the heavy side of police work for Diane Brock. But,,,it doesn't darken, the lighter side of 'her- :WOOL She's a ( policewoman. who's in' iheFeto stay: <She'll keep on patrolling the provincial highways and byciays. And this spring she'll have it made,' She'll be First •Class Constable Diane Brock. It's 'one 'thing to be pulled off to the side Of the road by an OPP cruiser. It's quite anothet thing to look up from your driver's ciew.and see a polieekoman standing in tit of,-you. • , That'S the way things go nowadays. that's the way it is when' Constable Diane Brock walks up to your car. Diane admits, "When'. You see the. -red light.coihe Oti- , aniat night and when you hear the crunching of the stones as. an officer ap'proach'es -Your -vehicle, you-- irat u expect to 'see a man." . ' • Diane knows the shock waves.she sets up' in•your system. She says she can see the look of astonishihent spread all over your '' Itate. And it takes you a minute or- so to - recover from her approach. "But those are valuable,,secOnds to •,her. It's this surprise element that gives her the advantage-. She's had ''''''' jump ''out' of their car and start yelling "What are you stopping me for?" But once ,they realize they',re screaming at a woman, they stop short. "They lose tight there," she says. the time they gel themselves used to'a woman, I'm in chargeof the situation. I am in control:" There she is. In line,Of duty. Taking' a rait May_____Kpiisopetto the lockup Rte ahead opens'the door for, him. But no, he rushes past her. He insistis•he-must open. the door for her. Often they argue - - Who's gOingy open the door for ,whorn?- Then there are the teenagers she's caug ht' drinking on some a the-back sideroads. And just as she's ready to pick up the case 'of beer to 'put it' into -her cruiser, the boys step up to help her carry it ' into her trunk. . ' • - And then there's thelnan who didn't pay his fine for a Minor traffic violation "I'm going to let them send out a commital for me and then you.can come IV arrest me," -he said. She tried to tell him this wasn't the thing to do - to refuse to, pay 'the fine - on purpose, -just ,So she could escort him Diane knows she has you well •ins hand. personally, into court, But h h 1- What hands! To have a young Well, it boineranged on him anyway. lady dell you she's locked you in on 'her When the commital same; Diane wasn't in radar at 20 miles over the limitl•Now that's his zone that day to serve the warrant on not so bad is it? Why, it's something like him. A male 'officer escorted him to court' taking a bitter pill froni`a pretty nurse. Her instead kind of medicine, goes down- so much smile ovets•-the smile he gave her before he drove off. Getting a speeding ticket isn't all that bad -- not when you- get one •from; Constable Brock.... - Diane has that way abont her. She performs her duty alright -- Yet you still ..feel all right. It's probably because she is such a' lady. Her new police roll can teally tear up some of the men inside. • • • Snowed in A policewoman • w.,xx'.►~,.... If ... ... Amen • 'by Karl SchLiessler •5 ! visitor Published at SEAFORTH, OC,IIARIOv-every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS. PUBLISHERS LTD. ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Publisher • SUSAN WHITE, Editor' DAVE -110E1B, Advertisihg Manager • . Member Canadian-Community Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Nespaper Association and Audit Bureau of.cireulation Subscription Rates: - -Cats -clalitt adVance)$11.00-a-rear Outside Canada (in advance) 00.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 25 CENTS EACH - Second class Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephone 527.0240 3EAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 13, 1377 The dedication of these workers is especially' worthy of praise when' we„, remember that many Of these'same essential. people won't enjoy the normal. Christmas and New Years• holidays that most of us do.,:lt'S a rare, h ospital employee who evelbets both. Christmas and ;New Years off. It doesn't stop snowing for Christmas and New Years 00' snow plow operators usually work 'Over, the" holidays too.The police too are working while 'the rest of. its are , •-ceiebrafirig. • • There' are .other ,peoPle who .work • . hard to_ keep.. things moving while almost everyone is snowed in. They are bus drivers, mail :employees, bread, rhilk and 'transport truck drivers, farmers, 'grocery store and• newspaper employees. • Ev ,•y storm is valuable because inctividual acts of heroism. It's when it snows and blow's that we ,•.••. really , pridersta.nd i hoiv much we depend on our feljOW hailer); beings. We're all in this, together but . in weeks like this One we appreciate the extra effort .that a. Yew . dedicated people have to make. Thanks. • keeping an eye on things; , The article oti page .3 concerning police 'shifts contains some temarks that are blatantly erroneous. Although it is true that the chief of police does not-get paid overtime, • those hours were credited towards his next long weekend. With' regards to councillor Ellis' reinarks, I am curious to know • how he, can Jpdge theefficacy Of, the , shift systeiii under chief .Cairns, especially since. Mr Ellis works out of town. 7 7, I would -.hike to address myself to. several being'of the citizens of, Seaforth nor theWeil articles that appeared id your newspaper ,of being of his constables at heirt when-it came . Jannary 6, last. to watching overtime: For example, on court day in town officers have to appear in court In refernce to the article concerning salary ' "schedules of councillors on page one, I find whether "on or off duty,Thismeans the the cominents. made by the veteran meinberi- afduty Officer-gets-paid overtime,- -•.•••- Of council' not only amusing but also not to the It Often happened that all "Although I agree that Way those ,-carrsthilles were in court when one of them - councillors who actually attend 'meetings was soddenly needed•in toWn.'On•occasion the should be remunerated, the, Mr. Bennett, off-duty officer would have to`answer the call. should have realized by now that a distintien The result of this WaS that the officer would ;between being an active and a _passive • - not have much time to rest before starting his `miinber of Council has to be amide as well. In evening duty. The points made by the above this vein, perhaps a by-law should be passed are 1) the chief can reduce the need for stating that all councillors who attend council payment ofovertime by staying on call while meetings only to rest or to get caught up--oh the cosntables are in court the constables theft' sleep should also-not be remunerated, going on evening shift would have got adequate rest had the chief answered 'the calls. In.this vein, I'really would'like to know what "watching,. overtime" means. Finally, I would like te-aftreat titeW•446rds with regard to Mayor Cardrio's comments on page,20. I also bell eve 1077 should be a year of planning for Seaforth.' I agroe-with her concern that more and more young people are leavink- town because of the lack, of employMent Opportunities available. This seems to be a problem throughout our , With regard to Mr. Ellis' comment that chief Cairtit "watches " ovettime, a country, and we should do everything possible clarification of this, statement would bet .. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ensure that when an ' ,employment ,aPprebiated. It teettftto rue the chief does riot , "• efportunity eitists, a fellow Canadian' will- be wakli-tkvertinia.t, in an efficient mannei:' - gii/tn priorit y' ' ' • Furthemioro the chief had imither the well ' .$ Charlotte Lanza*, 11.11.2, Seaforth. Atirtitnetig that in the'eveet of-typographical effor, the advertising apace cidliiiteif tty the Ortehebus together fitith reasonable iillo*8rio0 for signu'd'e wrlr not'let t1p ettifigea for bOt the belariceCitthetitivettiecifetit will be ttelif Wet** applicable rate, event of error oftectifatogtieedt,Of aefeleee et awrong ant goods Of *OtOlOo mayAditettiilOgiVniettASt AO Offdt oil 'May, 1* withdrawn at any tune. thti• H u tea toNot be sold titi tot '1k not ' ecapetiiihre for the Iola br damage 'of ehOOlkitett manuscripts or photos. . , rite ositor Win. Little, sawyer for Eltdper Bros., Londesboro h• was changing the guides of the. saw, the wrench slipP 4 ---and-his-hand-cameln-contact-Livith-the-savrand-helos the finger of his left hand. At the annual Meeting of the election of officers, Mrs. Henry Watson was presented with an address accoinpanied by a handsome Bible. charles Troyer of Hay, has sold his faill on the Parr Line to Mdaltalt-Pollock of Hillsgreen. One day last week, as the threshers were engaged in • threshing grain on the‘farm--eriehireamered, they • came across lathe bottotitiof the maw a regular nest of rats. Sixty-four-.rats were slain. The • first steam smoke stack was raised in Londesboro, last week. - Wm., Allen of Tuckersmith 'last week sold a pig to EclOtird Cash of Seaforth, eight months and a half old which weighed. 343 pounds, for ,!;rich he received $26.44. ' „ Alexander Kerr of-MeKillop, was Sleeted Deputy, Reeve without opposition at,the council• meeting. Wm, and Elijah Abby, aged 16 and 14 years, sons of Cornelius Abby of Hullett, cut between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5;30 p.m' 70 saw logs averaging 15" in diameter. •• At the meeting of Tuckersmith Council, Wm. McConnell ,was re-appointed clerk-treasurer; DaVid Sproat assessor; and' S. Carnahan, collector. • JANUARY 10th, 1902 . - -Edmund Peck, of Bayfield, who was home tor the -holidays, has returned to Toronto where, he wa's • . enaployediathe_carPet department of the T. Eaton'Co. _ The Presbyterians at Bayfielc1 have begith digging ' the foundation for the new church to be , built next summer. . • About eight o'clock Saturday night fire 'was discovered in the frame klyvelling of C. Stanlake' of Stephen Twp. The haiise was totally destroYed. Mr. Hoy of Burks Falls, who recently purchased' a • house and lot from W.M.Smith of Walton has started in • the butchering business. , Addison Johns commenced his duties as teacher in No. 4, Hullett." Miss Margaret Daly of Egmondville-; daughter 'of Thos. Daly, who has been teaching school in Logan Twp. was recently made the recipient of a handsome gold chain bracelet by the choir Of St. 'Brigids Church, Beattie and Miss Beattie, had a most - miraculous escape from a serious accident. When in front of Dick's Hotel they were overtaken by a team of horses. They were bruised somewhat but not too serAioliVec. Young of town is improving from his recent illness. Miss Lizzie Dorrance , who has'severed her connection With No. 10 McKillop, was presented with handsome floWer stand by her pupils. James Stewart of Egmondville is laying down.. - material for his new tense which he intends - JANUARY 14;1927 - -- The entertainment and box social held at No. 2 McKillep-:was a decided success. The programme . consisted of readings, solos and dialogues, wag-put on _iv the pupils and local-talent: Miss' Medd was the teacher. Mr. and •Mrs. James Simmons of Alma-and Mr. Chas. Boyd showed an unusual gift There was a large crowd at the carnival that was . 'held oir the open rink at Walton. The, prize winners -Were as follows: Fancy costume, Gertrude Miller; comic ostume,... Alex-Clark; under 15 years, Althea ' Clark; Ray Carpenter, fancy skating pair, Gertrude Miller and John McDonald; boys race J. McDonald... • Mrs. Bertha Bell, of Hensall left this week to attend, the millinery openings at Toronto. alid Mt 'James R. Wright of Galt celebrated the 25th anniversary,of their wedding on New, Year's . day. TheREv. Dr. Larkin performed the ceremonY, 25 years ago. . . . F. G. Neelinleft for Florida where he will spend' the ]. -Winter moaths. . The, ice harvest is: in full swing and the quality this year is excellent. ' • • . . Harvesting pine roots is the Order of the' day in Mavvninley.. Well in the coining years: . • marked his,75th birthday. His manylfriendSTYviSh him when Agnes. Nigh was unitea in marriage .to Thos. Hicknell:Or McKillop. . A quiet wedding took, place in St. James' Church, Lane of Goderich, Co. Treasurer, - JANUARY 11th, 1952 • In appreciation of many years of outgtandin in the Seaforth Agricultural Society, service awards were were presented to past president WM. Broadfoot, and former secretary-treasurer E.B.Goudie 'at the annual „ banquet .held in St. ThomOs Church, Hall. In what was the most hotly contested election in, this distriet in some- years, Dublin voter's elected a new beard of Trustees for the 'police village, 'Heading the - -three man board was Gerald Holland,. next was Chas. • Friend. and Patrick Maloney. Seafeith firemen responded to a call to the residence of James H, Grant. An electric motor on a circulatIng fan in the furna,ce had burnt out and caused smoke to be . blown throughout the house. • Stuart Humphries of Walton, dislocated. his - shoulder when he became overbalanced while carrying ail armful of giocerfes. 77::•-• • 7Ediputi-7-DiT3i and Geo. Daly of Seaforth and Toronto leave for Beranda and Barbados, B.W:1: They expect , to be away several weeki. Two women had a remarkable escape from serious • 'injury. Miss,Donna Watson star ted off in her ear when it skidded on the ice, pinning Mrs. Geo. Love and Mrs. Andrew Coutts between it and another "Car. . anks for the effort - • a letter to the itor to • ." a ‘K.