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"1$-..-THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JANUARY. 20, 1077
WHAT IS IT? -- It's a snow sculpture, -created at the , ....
Optimist-Park on 'Saturday for the winter carnival.
It's a man rowing La .boat, but it didn't win a prize.''
The sculptures were fudged by Rob Tetu -and Addy
McPhee of 6eechwood PotterY.! (Expositor Photo)
er ra lly big carnival success
-- Teams from St. James Separate School won first and „.., - 5 'in the winter carnival row sculpture contest
members are'Steven -M cKellar, Jiff Cook, Cheryl
for their sculpture of a snowrnobilel The second priie
;,Obuld. - (Expositor Photo) *
FIRST PRIZE SCULPTORS
second prizes for grades 1
-Saturday. First prizeJeam.
captain and Jeff McKellar,
team was captained by John
Separate Schoolk: Cheryl Cook's:
St. Janies.! team won first in the -
grades 1-5 class and John Gould's'
team was second. The compett:-.
tion for grages 64C-Was won _by-
Joanne' Albert's teain,'7 .„ St,
Coln in ban an d':Gair"9A1nrke • s
team placed second.
• The secondary school' 'snow
' schlpfdre 'trophy was won . by.
Phoenix House of SDHS with
Aurora Borealis House 'coming
second. In tug of •ar 'and other-
high school cdmocti nis Phoenix
House got-the-top o er all, points
and won -.a large. trophy. ',They
were followed-by Aurora Borealis,
Comet and Taurus houses. About
40 SDHS students toOk part' n the ....
Saturday activities at the Optimist -
Park. — •
The Atom -hockey tournament.
• Saturday was a great success,
aecording • to -organizer Jack'
Bedard. Seaforth was defeated' in
the- finals by' .Brussels in an
exciting 4-3 game and Brussels
won, the -B. Championship.
Hanover were the A champs: The
Optimists hope to make the
tournament a two day affair next
year.
The' course followed for, the
snowmobile poker rally Sunday
atterpoon.was cut in half because
of very cold weather, according to
Ken Cardno. 7 who: was
co-chairman-of the carnival with
Ken Coleman. First prize went to
James ,Landsboropgh, who won
• $75, Frances Kling placed second
to win $50, Ken,Glanville won $25
-ferooming in third and the three
`final placers were • Jeff Allan,
Brueefiei4 Robert Schenck , and'
. Joanne Clark..
DVe, -Robb
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PHOTOGRAPHY
...... W4ddings - Anniversaries
Portraite:"Indusiriar
Team & Group Pictures
SEAFORTH 527-006'4 ,
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• • the new 1977-78 term of office,
developer .. - the 'Huron County lleard -of
Education took the regular step of
A developer who has had his appointing architect and, sollicitor
for the next two years on Monday proposal to enlarge a moible .
home park 'south of Vanastra to afternoon-, •. , .
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Brian darratt of the firm Kyles, ,,,about'-70 units turned down twice Kyles and Garrat of Stratford-is to _,12/ ,linron_connty Plannieg . -ere- retained' as the consulting Board was' told -by' planning' -architect to the Board fof 'the aiati..,,,„ ditectory Gary Davidgen that" he ,ealendar -years of 1477 and 1978. Can resubmit his application, and - _.•
The ;firm of Donnelly and at the same time file an appeal for.
an 0M Murphy, Barristek and Solicitor's
enuticil on
' 13 hearing at TuCkerSna
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Tuesdayglif7 ni- ith -- of - Goderich- -was-,-----retaified as
solicitors for the 1977-78 term. Approval of the enlarged park
• requires :a change in the county
Founder and cheif driving force
behind the school band at . official plan: and a zoning change
• because the plan directs growth Homesville Public School, Mrs. '
E to' the north of Vanastra, Mr. Irla D. Stewart, annoiinced her
resignation On •Menday, afternoon Davidson told ' deVeloper Doug
if: . - -•-• • ...........,......... Morgan,' "It'S :'!; not , .„. just in a letter to the Huron Count,
ammending the plan, : it's Board of Education.
Hol
Having initiated the "band 1 'reorienting groWth from the
north program at niesville, Mrs. to the south," Mr. Davidson said, .,P Stewart noted in her letter
that He told councillors that they Stewart
would get objections -:she---was most anxious, that the
' from land owners to the north of band continue. "For that, reason,
We continue to serve the Seafarth- the base if the development was I am giving early notice of my
,resignation in erdersthet.you Svill
have time to find a suitable . ' l' The official .plan calls for
area by providing requirements for _...: .completing 75 pet' cent growth, the •
tnSide Vanastra and then moving e resignation is effective • .
north, the planning directory June '30, 1977. 1
$---•• , ' 40 Posters, Lett heads, tnvelopes,. , said. Mr. Morgan 'objected' that The music teacher -explained
land north of the former base is that she intends to help in-bet• ---
. Booklets,- Wedding Stationery and prime farm land while his land hisband's office in Goderich on a
art time bSis and•be available, • ._„„,
isn't. Councillor Frank Falconer, Po travel with ,
him on business who is in the process of selling other prin'ilng.. Call us when: you land to Mr. Morgan, also trips. - .
.. _. -, 'Unfortunately," she noted, maintainetLibat the land wasn't • ,
, . "This 'is flo compatible with the pripie farm landf,,- requite printing !. regular routine of teaching. I i ,.“1141.-
. Davidson iold_.the meeting 'know, I' will nilaS working with that 'most mobile
home. children and. music,-perhaps even developments in the county want' mire than I know at this time."
to eventually have 400 units and.
that council would have 'trouble Wig. Stewart did add that if the
keeping'" Mr. Morgan from Board " ibquired '-- occassional
substitute'music `teaching next expanding to that size, once he
got approval for the 70 units. yek., she would like td be
considered. .. • If ' the plannilig •board did
, ' , She also thanked the hoard for .... .approve Mr. Morgan's - most py . application, there Would have to ' '' . its support during her four years
be a public meeting and Mr. on the Huron County Board of
)education staff. Davidson advised the 'Council not .. .
' to take a ' position on the Mrs. Stewart founded the
developnient before them. Holmesville - School Band, the
, , . • - —Mr. ' Morgan .could develop only elementary school batin '
- '1" Swiitdrth . . Phone 50-0240 some additional , mobile . home the county, thret, years ago. Her
`''vvork in orgauizitkoperetths and
- ',units iultite 4tett, that's shown as
. ; :. mobile irtmes..01:the dhoti plan, Autsic nights at the sdheef was
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Min highly tegattlid by the Mr. OaVlds —en agreed, to a total of
perhapS IS to 30 units, ' . 7 IkafdVparents andstilideniX.
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accepts„,.
resignation of
Aminammoimmiamm band leader
• If the feds re-enlisted a brigade or two of
• • old kriegies (prisoners-of-war) they'd have
_ their hands full First of all, the kriegies
would steal,-:just 'out of habit; everything
that was not nailed or bolted down.
Secondly ; kriegies are t rained to escape,,.,:,
' and head west. Stick tivo brigades of.them
on the Quebec border and in a couple of
weeks, after, stealing a train or,two, they'd-
Wind up in Alberta.
Ancient naval persons might be better
off in a civil war. They don't have'to walk to
Work. They couldeharge up.-and down the
Ott awa River, firing broadsides of
bilingual propaganda into the streets Of
Hull. . _ "- not dramatic enough for you, here's my
• Ex-airmen wouldn't be of much use-- final offer. " • '
' Most of them are so portly they wouldn't Muster all the politicians, lawyers and .
be able to get through the escape hatch if Women's LiherS in the rest of Canada. Fly
their aircraft were hit. Perhaps they could .4hem to a remote section of Newfoundland. .
_.,- be reorganizedA s a special low-flying Muster all the-/politicians. lawyers and
force; equipped 'th, snowmobiles.,
and Anglophobes in Quebec. Fly them to the
sent out to harass tl
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e enemy by driving all same place. No conventional weapons for
over his farmers' fields on the snow, thus either side. , . • •
ruining his crops for the next season.. ' Then let them beat-each other to death
Former paratroopers wouldn't be of. with unveiled innuendoes, deliberate mis-,
, much -use, either. Most,,nf them have information, absolute ambiguities, legal
grown 'so heavy that they'd plummet like torts, trial balloons, and shrill cries Of
bricks, and the screams of arthritic agony _ "French male . chauvinist pigs." and , .
when they 'hit the ground would destroy -':'Maudites Auglais abortionisteS." ' '
any element of surprise. It would be lovely and peaceful in the • .
Thinking it over, we must conclude that rest of the country. :And the bleeding." -
a civil :war in Canada, e-N
using nothing but battered winner's could havewfy, where 1
reservists, would certainly be comical,. but ' the locals would hunt them down kir sport.
not, too dangerous. Most of the casualties as they did the Beothuk Indians. ' , '
man. "Ya: She said the frogs captured a wit* . - .
Most of us Would have trouble ' battalion of the Canadian'Army today an
competing the de,shabille of a stripper in •a there wuzzen a man in it below the rank of
burlesque show, let alone stripping, a sergeant. Eighty-five colonels, .150 majors
machine gun. '' and so on,"
And I think we might have a little trouble, : , "Right. And 50 percent of -the,• officers
completing a route march from, say, was French-Canadian,"
'Kingston to Cornwall, to repell an invasion "It figures. But she's ,a good lookin
strike from La Belle Province. Personally, 1 ,broad, right?" . •
am puffing like a grampus after scraping-e' If it does come to 'civil war, you can
bit of ice off my windshiel d) ,have toi lie include me out. And that goes for all my
down for five minutes after carrying ofit the • old friends, including, a few Germans who •
garbage. I . fought on the-other sidein WW 11 and are ,
Can 'any of you guys of 'my vintage, now happy Canadians.
imagine being sent out on a night patrol, But that doesn't mean iwe'Vvouldn't make
probably on skis, to-.take a few prisoners? our contribution, mit sacrifices, if needs
'---What we'dprobably-have-todoisdump the must. .
I was glad to hear, in his end-of-year
news doiiferace, that crime Vfinister
Trudeau had no plans for keeping Quebec
within the .,,Dominion of Canada by. force, -
should separation of that province be.
approved by its' people in -a referenduin.
Pm sure many another old sweat of my
vintage who is still on the reserve list also
breathed. sigh of relief. One of the many
things we old vets don't need is a civil war:
One war in one lifetime is enough for any
across, the border,- and bring back a couple
of go-go' Might be fun at that, if
they'd` et 'us , use some common sense;
which, of course, the military will never
allow.
skis, hail a cab, head for a .bilingUal bar My, contribution would .be to over-all
r-a- would be in the Legion halls, each night
after the ''-fighting"-was-over., -
' And speaking of the Legion .halls, a civil
war would certainly add a little spice to the
rather dreary dialogue that is the norm.
Instead y monotonous nuitterings about
the last bingo game •or the next'
shuffleboard tournament, you'd hear stuff
like this:
"Ja hear what Quebec Cora said on the
-TV tonight?"
.'strategy, which has always been Thy strong
point. You should see me plotting to get ,
someone else to mew my lawn, put on my
storm windows. shovel my walk:
Hereby 'some suggestions, First, if the
feds want a short, swift victory: Muster
every aircraft in the country, load them
with every scrap of paper in Ottawa, man
them with civil servants under the
command of Otto Lang, and bomb. Not
the separatists, but the entire
prOVince•of Quebec, would be obliterated
fOr a generation. • .
Ah alternative to this would be to build a
fence right around the province,
constructed of all the red tape in Ottawa,....lt
would take the ,Quebecois 10 years to cut
their way out. and they'd have forgotten
referendum& and such.
If these methods of an easy, solution ,are
Plannermeets • Meeting in its first session•Of
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w There was lots of sno and..
, pleniy ofaction anti-610th annual
Seaforth Optimists-- Winter
Carnival on the weekend and
organizers say they're' "very
pleased" 'with. the results.;
Friday eights ca - sinonight
the arena and the three••dances
Saturday night were all . well
„artencle.d. The • best response of
the. iveekend came on Sunday
when 1.69 people .braved below
iero temperatures intake Part in
the snowmobile poker rally. .
The girls hockey game at thc.
arena Friday eight.,Wa,s won
. Mitchell "Who :defeated the local
girls 'by a score of 5-1.
f Winners o the snow sculpture
competitions at the Optimist Park
• Saturday were teams from St, ,
.James',and St. Colure ban
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