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TH"IE HURON EXPoSIT4R, FEBFIPARY 1977
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by pal Smiley -
Winter Musinwis , •
agreed to wear 'atuitede while addressing a'
bunch of American bj.g-Sheis ia-4 pitch for •
• loans for Quebec, So much foltliF.Aunted...
' independence of the new Quebec. • •
Wok . German Chappell& Helmut •
Schmidt:says-Germans are annoyed about .
- the way they•are.depicted in World War
movies on British television. Tough
toenails, Helmut. How would you like to be.
represented/ As a dedicated' band of social,
workers., A movie- about Germans in
wartime - . without.... a ' ceuple • of _good,
"Schweinhutidsr in 'it WoelifitYbe worth
. the- powder. • „'" •
A couple of neat items: a judge in
Brampton,. ordered •a...20-year-old :woman
who was defrauding the Dnempipyinent -
sio Cominisn 'to donate a pint -of
blood every six months -for two years;. a guy
in Illinois is living with his in a cave -
and his heating this winter will cost him
only $1.29 for gas and oil-forhis•chain saw.
This IS the type of, stuff that restoresmy
faith in' the ingenuity of the human spirit.
The deadly dullneSS., of Maclean's
magazine underlines the reasons so many
of us read Time and Newsweek, those .`
horrible purVeyors•• of 'American free
enterprise, lively news stories, and.
excellent book and movie reviews,
The annual NHL all-star game is the,
least exciting spcitts event of the' year
British Cblumbia. is talking_abont giving
everyone guaranteed wage. Why in• the
holy old jumpin' was I horn 30 years too
soon?
After spending about 20 bucks on
battery boosts from . the tow-truck, I
installed a block eater in my new old car,
Naturally and inevitably, the 'spell
ended, and I don:t need the thing. Another *
$15 down the drain.
When the ice •on 'my roof built up to a..
height of about 36 inches, moved swiftly
and got a gang in to remove it before we
'were plunged, willy-nily, into the
Basement. They did a great j9b, for $50,:,_,•.,
and threw in a bonus lialf a dozen,
shingles removed, along 'with the ice.
the Brazilian winter'ends.11.111.oulat:it_And„ A columnist says out-government is-stale -
if they do, as Marie Antoinette woiddhave and exhaustedI would have used the words
- said, "Let 'em drink brandy." At 12 bucks' 'Hamlet did: "Stale, -flat and unproflta-
• a bottle. • . ble." It has the same stale demands for.
A TerontO borough is battling to keep taxes,, the same flat denial of any
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unielated'People from sharing 'a dwelling. 'reasonable appeal against them And the
Why? I'm nor related to my wife, and only people who ever make a 'profit from
we've shared the same dwelling, even the. dealing with it are civil _servants and
.' same bedroom; for Many a' y,ear.` Arlia't's bureaucrats. . •
It hasn't been all bad this winter.
There's been some great news , froth
Florida. All those rats who -leave the
ke-coated Canadian ship every Winter to
bask in the sun have been, freezing 'their
butts off this year.
So much for mid-winter Mutterings,'
Lica
ron
This week, with no great, st ark theme
demanding my intense and earnest
attention, I thought we'd 'have some
'Mid-winter musings, for a change.' Show
me the Canadian who. Can be fiery in
Pebruary, and I'll show you a saint. Or. a
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One. thing l'nf Sine of.-They're going to
come with a large butterfly net one of these
days; aria cart my wife away.
She.doesn't sleepwell. Many a morning,
. in the pitch dark, when the boy v,vades.,
through the snow with our morning paper,1
he lopks into our-:Brightly-lighted dining.
'room and sees this funny,, lady in her
nightie-gown, sewing a fine seam at_the
dining-room' table, on her new- sewing,-
-niathine. -
La st night, or rather at four a.m. this
morning a? curious passerby might have
been rather intrigued had he looked -
through our cellar window. There,
crouched on the floor, was •a blowtorch
burning b in her dressing:gown
-and slippers. _She was removing the wax
from our skis, It's a good thing we don:t
• have anythineresembling Gestapo in this
country.. They'd have -had her in a_
'concentration camp long ago, on general
principles. .
My daughter's going a bit the same way
herself. After a mere 20 y,cars of education,
and only -two children, she'-s--decided-to
enter the real 'world 7, She's going to stop
being a student, and -go to teacher's
College. Maybe. My son-in-law, who has a
measly 22 years of schooling;:, is no such
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four-letter word: "Work" and be wants no
,.--education,
patHe w f_i oittt. fpny oronasr futenhwai n
t years
owe athe y
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"A pound of coffee soon $5,7 queries a "
newspaper headlilne.,Who cares? There's
still a lot more mileage in a pound 'of java -
than „there:is in a guar t of good rye, at
$7.8OAnd nobody will 'force you to drink
either. So we still have some freedom of
choice in this country. The news Story-.said
' 'people will get hysterical in Rine, just as
the fuss?.•The only reason I can think of for
the concern is that peoplestart looking like
each other if they live tegether too long..
Forsoine,, this is a real bdnus; for others a
nighttbare: - •
Rene Levesque disappointed me tingely ,
when, after first refusing, he gave in and
t oct_s
committee.
A- request from John McCarron
for permission to. visit. the
separate schools in Stratford to
present the Young Olympian
program was held over until the
__next meeting._..,, the board on
February 14 in: order to secure
activities. Each represent-A.1We, Read would be taking the three
after scho pal
will return to his or her school to trips. a, day - morning, noon and
plan with the principal and other trrttai tseeeds s7wmheo-
teachers what that school will -do questions
seemed to have forgotten that
among trustees
during the week..
When a decision is Made the noon-hour busing was done in the
- plans. will-be submitted-back-JO system. It'-'=i's -also - done- --at--
committee the-county comiiteq which will- Poderich.
co-ordinate Ale activities and • Trustee. Michael Connolly of
publish a booklet outlining . the Kippen 'saidhe (thought "we
whole program. • This ' list of - should take a harder look into .._
activities will be available to the noon hour-busing". He did not
think it was right for it to be done parents. ,
. Trustee Arthur Haid of R:R.4, iu ,some area only.
Listowel, willrepresent the board Mr. Young said it was done for
6ic'ilie-bi:Rility Education ,Week these children as they were more
than a mile : from 'school. •
...Because ordistanee they had to
-IcaVe gone MA6 - nearby public —
be bused. Otherwise' they might
school." •
Mr. Young-sal s was I eked
itilii o
into constructively last year, hut
anyone • over- -a ..mile from the
• (By Wiltna, Ole)
'Education' Week • will., be
Marked.- by in the
separate schools • under the
••jurisdiction• of the. Huron-Perth:'..
County Roman' Catl-Oe•Separate-
Schbol'oard, if was learned at a
board meeting in DOBAI. Monday.
Stipprintendent .of Program,
William Eckert, said•the therhe of
, Education Week this year will be •
' GroWing with Dignity: Ile said a
' teacher representative frotheath
.school -Will be • named. by 'the custodjan atthe-sehodl,. wh•Cilia;S=board- -was •-•itwited :Isifr- submit
principal. and this 'committee of been drivingen. temporary basis' articles- if desired. .-
*county representairves will Meet in addition to his custodial duties. „ Chairman Mickey Vere.said the
Wednesday to -discuss various When it was stated-.Mr, —
'more inforination. , •
Vincent Young, Gpderieh
trustee,-chairman of the transpor-
tation coninlittee,repommended,
that JameS Spettee Read ---b
appointed school.bus, driver othe
board-owned vehicle at
Name of Mary Scheel at St.
Marys, subject to his successful
completion of his driver's
examination and obtaining his
school bus driver's liceiice. He
will succeed Walter Kilgallin,
school shoulfl come' forward if
they wished to be considered for.
noon-hour busing. However, Mr.,
Young' said where noon-hour
is.done he did not-think,-*lt
worthy of changing for the- few
dollars we' would save,'
John Vintar," Director of
Education, reported the 1977 fee
• for the Ontario Separate School
Trustees' Council was increased
• by 8.5 per cent or about $300 for a
. charge of $4;447.00, He said the
Final Clearance of Men s and Boy's
STOFZEWIDE
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conference of the Stratford Mr. Vkntar was asked to contact
Leisere -Advisory Council will be the Dean of Huron-Perth Deanery
held -February 17 at 7:30 p.m. in to ask if there was any, unified
Stratford and-ini(ited any trustees effort against pornography being,
to' attend if they wished.'' planned in the area: _
The board..supported a reso- Michael Connolly, expressing ,
talon from the Niagara South " concern •about snow loads on
Board of Education that with the school roofs and safetyof roofs,
dale of surpluS buildings and was told that a check was-made byi••-
properties thpFe would not beiany Kyles, Kyles & Garrett of
grant 'deductions. Stratford ,last fall, and a report
The board supported the- made to the Minisry that all •
HastingS-Prince Edward County *schools in the sysi em in, Huron
Separate-SehoOTBoard-resolution and Perth met• safety regulations.
on the concern about porno- All principals will be asked to
graphY.- • ' check roofs for snow problems.
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MEET. TtiE, PREMIER A Dublin man, Frank
Kistner, left, the outgoiLpg_Ar_e_sisiffintsi_f4n-epntario
Farm Drainage AssociatiOn talks with Premier Bill
Davis- Wihen he spoke:to the association's Convention
Thursday in-London. Past presideht Stewart. Saul of
Carnaladhiei- and former, agriculture Minister , Bill
Stewart are also in 'the group.
NeWs of Dublin
Mr. and Mrs, Gerard Lorentz
R.R.#1, St. Agatha and Mr..--and
Mrs. Clarence Lorentz;6S'Church
Street • St. Columban took
advantage of the sunny weather.
on Monday to v•Lsit Mr. and ;vitt,
'Wilfred Maloney.
Father. Jack Cottellb -
TillSOnburg spent Sunday and
Monday with his mother' Mrs.
Dan Costello..-
Father Jack has just returned
from playing hockey in Gannoque
• with the famous -.Flying Fathers
hockey team:
Februari't 10th to March 5th,
PANTS or SHIRTS
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Seaforth
OOO Sq Ft, of Irelmen
$80 fer ,the units. - • •
The Ontario ' Ministry of
Consumer and Commercial 'Rela-
tions:has produced an information
sheet' about smoke • detectors,
their- installation, operation 'And
maintenance. •
For a copy-of this information
sheet, write:
Ontario 'Consumer
Queen's Park'
Toronto, Ontario
-M7A 2H6
SMoke detectors now .being
marketed :in Ontario can save
lives, but setne . salesmen are
trslng ;high pressure'. "Scare"
• tactics to 'sell . the units' -at
excessive, prices.
Conscientious, parents ate
easy prey"for unscrupulous door- .
to-door: salesmen painting grim •
pictures ' of tragedy .
detectors at inflated prices:: says
-Sidney Handleman: minister 9f
consumer .and commercial,. rela-
tions, warning consumers to shop
carefully before they bey.
Fire claimed the lives of nearly
300 Ontarians last Year, many of
whom could Kaye been saved had
detection, been made earlier. •
Dublin
man past
presirctent
Frank Kistner of Dublin
handed Over the gavel last week
after :a year as president :of the
Ontarie •Faim _Drainage •Ass,ocia-
flan at a" convention in London.
-Mr. kistner, who hai been a'
draivage-cri Wyeari, .
Was 'succeeded as president by
Lee y McCatighrin `of R.R.2,.
Dresden
Premier William Davis, guest
• speaker at the' convention on
Thursday night, critieiMd city
•dwelling. "overnight expels`' on
farmland preservation.
1Prerhier • Davis and , former ,'-
agricititure minister Bill, Stewart:,
Were both Made honorary life
I•netritierS of the association.
-Ontario cabinet-Minister tome
Heridettott Was • a• •head 'table
gliest at one of the comientiob
dinners, „ • .
.1- About '450 people attended,
lesS than the-600-expetted. Manse.--
'i.vere kept away , by stormy
• weather ,
The Kistners had quite a- Om 1.
goting tti toridto for an,exeCutive
meeting tied* night
home just nisrth of Dublin. They
fiad to go berth to Brodhagetrarir
Bornholm arid tlidi south to
lulitcheii and Stratford itr °Motto
ieto.ttitidott."
Smoke detectors •fall into -two'
categories: ionization type and.
photoelectric'. Ionization type
detectors sense""- "PrOdUctS-of
'combiistion'-', often before there
is any visible indication .of fire.
Photoelectric detectors, trigger an
alarm,witenstimke interferes with
the flow •Oflight iti-the unit.
Bofh types'indicate fire danger
much more -quickly- than heat--
activated units now installed in'
Commercial and • industrial
The Ontario -,Building Code,
enacted by the Ontario' govern-
ment in 1976,. stipulates that all
„new residential dwellings, must
have ionization detectors •wired
into the electrical system, the
minister said:
Units available for existing •
houses include battery • operated
and plug-in units' as- •Well as- the
electrically-conneeted types.
Prices range from about $40• to
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