The Huron Expositor, 1977-02-17, Page 2ti
Amen.
by Kari- Schuessler
' Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEA14ROS. PUBLISHERS LTD, • .
ANDREW Y.,McLEAN, Ftubfisher
• SUSAN WHITE, Editor .
DAVE ROBB, Advertising Manager •
Member Canadian Conimunity Newspaper 'Association'
Ontario Weekly Nespaper Association
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Since 1860, Serying the Community First
FEBRUARY 10; 077 • . -
We understand that the: 'Methodist Congregation of
this town . intend eecting• a ftne new church 110#
summer on the site' of the pres%ut edifice,
• J.R. Williams has disposed of Ida pump factory stock
and good business to Noble guff.,. .He sold it for
'the sum of $1150. ' •
A canary bird belonging to Mrs, VT, H. Scott of this.
•• town hatched out a. clutch of yeautg
The Masquerade carnival held the' Vieteria
skating. rink 'teas. the 'most successful. yet been held, "
There were 700' person's in the rink. The' prize winners,
were Ladies 1st. 'Best Costume, Miss K, Adams; 2nd.
'Miss Nate Wilson;. comic -costume*„.Miss S: Taylor;
Men's first, John Nopperi2nd. Robert Campbell! The ,
following acteci-as-Judges W.S.Robertson
and E. Towrisend, - , • 2
. The induction of Rev. Mr. Thompson to the Pastorate '
'of Union Presbyterian ghureh,,Bruo0field, will be'•held,
on Feli,21.st., ' . . • .• , , •
- • '''--Hugh McKay Of MeKillop hos rented his*farm on the,,
11th Concession fOr a period ot4 years to Messrs, Fair
of the 12th concession, . • ••
• A -.Meeting of. those -intereated: in the Briteefiett,-.
Cheese Fctory was held in the Town H.all.. Walker
was appointed chairman and Joseph Higgins: secret
tary. • • • •
- FEBRUARY 14,1902
.G.Plewes,- of the, west end Tuckersmith, who some
• tine ago Sold'50,aeres.to Iddo Crich, for $1200, has now ..,
'l /sold the balance of his farrn,,, .50 • 'acres, to his
brother-in-law, Levi Strong of Sarnia fo.r ”000. He
intends leaving for ,,,Sault Ste- Marie 'where . he will
-• engage in the Manufacture' of brick. • '
'Owing to the big storni at Varna last•Week,,the roads
in all directions were completely blocked. " ".
A large number of beef. cattle; were delivered in '
Brucefield, there, being 100 head. Messrs,:tfiaiReid,
John, Reid and . Staithury and -Dick were the principal-
buyers.
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Harry Gibb of tovrefiao purchased the' residence' on •
• Goderich St., in which he has 'lived for many years for : ••
,$750. •
-Wm. Patterson of town had the misfortune tO have
another finger sliced by a saw in the furniture factory.
John McCaa of Egmondville has -Spld. •his, • brick
, • -• residence• to . Mr: John -Regele for $1800. , ..•
:• .11 S..__Reid_has_Purctiasedille-Greg. farm ort.the_IvIill
---Years AgOne.
',Array for David
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top '-seCreta". sweepstakes either. An expose situations that may exist and
NOP , member of the -Legislature, • to prevent high handed dealing in the
Donald S. MacDonald,.. has been future. MP's too, even some Liberal
trying for years to get a Weedom of "--MP's, cOmplain-that.they-pften bantt-L--- —
Information act ;through -queen's --get information--from-=government- •
• Park. departments, because some cautious
bureaucrat . hasTdeCreed that it is But the feds keep a really tight rein
on how Much citizens and the press secret.
are-allowed to know about what they The „government has resisted
There have-been Malty complaints in
• past -about various things. __-
put before 1 shy What mine 'is, I must say
the town crew has ,,been doing -a great job
on keeping the streets fairly clear ,under
unusual 'amounts of snOw even the
sidewalk ,on one .side,,-of, the street. I:
haven't see that anywhere else, not even -
- an the highway into other towns. •
Sate it's hard to see at corners, I don't
care for, driving% that either, but if every
One would slow down, and remember that
people are, trying to get away from slippery
•-edriters and high banked, streets, it would
be a little better. Then when the, crew has
time-'they 'could chop the banks doWn,
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SEAFORTM 1' ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 17, 1977
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On government secrecy
remain private, otherwise it's . all
available to the public.An our country
things, are the other way around. .
our_ gqvernments, through the years,
have assumed that most of their
internal documents are private and
have only given the public accessIO
them if they want to.-There has been
no obligation to' do so. -
Private citizens and the press
would like to have access tolnforma7
tion enshrined .as a right, both to
- are doing. - - pressure for an, information act by
As a Canadian citizen yely have 'a saying• that It it answerable to the
• right to information abOut what your .public through members of parlia-
"government doing, as long as it ment. But that argument breaks down
isn't about things. that might affect , When you understand, that even an:
:MP may be powerless to get
information, ,for a constituent or for
himself.''' •
The Canadian Ear Association has
joined. the parliamentary voices who
have been calling for some time for a,
freedom of, information act.. When
most of the - country's lawyers are
worried about abuseS caused by
excessift government' secrecy, we
believe it's time for the rest i51 uS. to
be worrier!" too. •
Information that's being collected' 7 ontehalf of those who.govern-lis,: so
that they can do a better loll at it; (thid
that is what government is there for,
isn't, it?) shouid be, pUblic informa-
tion. It's as simple as that.
rivers irresponsible.
There's• 'nOthing—itifilte like a
blizzard to prove that people can be ,
funny. Or perKaPs "sfilPid" would be
a more appropriate definition.
How els,e can one explain the
apparent desire of some people to risk-
their: lives by heading out. onto the
highWayS when it is obvious that
travel is virtually 'impossible? And i
• yet, there were repeated examples
throughout last week of motorists
tempting fate to reach a destination.
It is not:difficult to sympathize with•
people who were caught in the
frightening throeS cif the blizzard
when it , quickly -descended and in
minutes reduced visibility to nil and
made travel ' extremely hazardOus.'
Weather forecasts, have never been
able th provide accurate klications of
the, extremity of any weather'
movement to thepoint where it can be
deterrnitied ,well in advance what'is to
befall us.
HoWever, it is difficult to'
To, the editor
Reader thinks snowplow
Operators. deserve praise
like David. My wife likes David.' My
, boys like David. My daughter Sarah' likes
David. And most of all, Laura likes David.,
'David is the big Vaiefitipe'S, romance
around our house. We've all-taken a -fancy
to Laura's fiance.' '-
it's official. now -.this engagement of
--Laura and DaVid. It's been unofficial for at
• least a month now. People have apected,
-suspected and expressed it ever since
Christmas.. Why, people have been corning
up to David and congratulating him on his
engagement since New Year's. *
But that's the way-things- go in the
country. News breaks before it happens..
. As .a newsman I like to think report things
as they happen. But in the country, they
report thinigs before they happen. And with
all the rumour's flying, what can a young
couple do?, But accommodate and make
,things happen.
I 'like the idea of• having a new
son:it-levy:having a do-it-yourself son-in-
1'm:4-None of those years of feeding and
- caring 'and bringing him tip. None of•this
borrowing the car, taking out enough car
insurance, getting in on time; or expecting
a certain amount of work around the house.
No; none of that,, He's . here, Arrived. He's
all ddife7Itstant son. "
But there are a few things we h o get
straight, David. For one thing, jus I me
"Dad". I know it may sound strange at
first, but I'm breaking you in a, few months_
early.' I'm puttingyou -on a head-start
program. , ,
I've learned my lesson , with our
daughter-in-law: 1 never put her through -
the pre-marriage paces of saying "Dad",
And it shows, Why, it took her over three
months after the wedding to saythatnagic
word. And iheti only said if once. I had to
Work real hard, to get it , Mo. I made her
repeat practically every sentence she ever
said to me. Waiting. Hoping. Listetingim
not the. period Of the sentence, but for the
comma, and the word "Dad" at the end,
"Would yoti: say that again, Anne?" I
persisted, "Would you try that, question-
`over again, Anne, I think you forgot
something."'
• •1. hope understand, David. I'm
ready to ,settle for Dad--right now. I know -
forsenie months tVii've watite-d_me to say
r-,- u ”Call me Kart I never have,. have I ?
I told you once to forget abctit air that Mr.
arid Sir business, That led you with about
nothing to' call rate. And nothing is exactly
what I got,
But I knew what I was doing, David. You
Can skip right over Karland hop right into
-Dad.
Rear,hear.- David. I just heard you laugh
and say "Granddad". None of that. David.
You're: rushing'things.
That's another thing I want: to get
straight. My father told it to me 'and now
I',m telling it to you. He shook his finger at'
my, wife-to-be and me and said,
"Remember, grandpas come nine months
.after•the wedding -- no sooner".0kay?-•
And another thing. She's all over to your
David. For years.„ we've pajainaed and
prayered her. Sept her off to Sunday
Schorr} 4traightmied her teeth. Gave her
piano'lesson.s Loaned her the car. Lent her
my Charges,cartl. Ate her burnt chocolate
chip •cookies, Bought ,her grade 13
textboolts. Offered her a,job Now 'it's your
'turn. It's all over. ,,,,...•fb yt3u.
Another thing. YoU're lucky'
'
, David. I
don't know one thing about farming'.. You
won't have to stiffer through all my good
advice on farming. I don't even know the,
vocabulary, lltn the one- who talks about
raising'corn and growing cows. I'm the one
' who thitika a disc is something in my back-
-And Plymouth Rock is where- the Pilgrims
landed.
And one last thing. I'm glad we're going
to haVe another Presbyterian in the house.
We have. on already, you ichow-that
no .nonsense Presbyterian clothes dryer I
bought front Jack Isaae. It's doing a terrific
'job warming our. clothes--just' right.
And you're doing a terrific job at
warming our hearts T. just tight.too, All I
can say is Hooray for the Presbyterians,
Hooray - for .tlre 'Scots" 'Hooray for the'
warm,th! Hooray for love! And most of all,
'Hooray for David_ Drummond! ,
From time to time this neWspaper
. has chided local governments and
j ..,politicians for their tendency to do
public busineSS -: in private. That'
previous. .,criticism notwithstanding,
we'd. like to say that another level of
gOvernmen1 has 'the what-we're-
doing-is-none-of-your-business, all-
, tied up by a -country mite.
We're referring toythe povernment
of Canada.-Of course4 the Govern-
ment of Ontario is no slacker in the
national security or personal inforrnt .
tion about someone else. Flight?
Wrong. Our Federal government is
under no obligation'-to release inform-
atiOn about anything to anyone
because Canada doesn't have a
freedom of informaiimact.
Under Canadian law, all govern-
ment information is automatically
secret and citizen's have to make a
pretty ,goOd case in :order _to get
reports from government depart-
Ments, copies of research studies, or
. jest about anything.
, Under the Freedom of Information
Act that exists in ,the United States,
the government -there has to prove
that certain information should
f?yrripaihi4e :With people who head out
into such a storm once it has arrived
and end up in the carnage of wrecked
vehicles which dotted area' highways.
Some people would argue that a
citizen has that freedom of: choice.
They would claim that such drivers
are endangering , . but
themselves or others who may be
similarly displaying their lack of
_intelligence.
gut that is not correct! Once -those
people get into_trouble, they expect
ambulance drivers, policemen, tow
truck operators and snow plow crews .
to come to their assistance. it is an
eRtiectation-.
1,t_ becomes ap_parent that the police
must be given griater authority to
halt traffic when the need arises to
save toolhard 9 motorists front-
es and to alleviate the 'risk
that- Must subsequently .taken by
their rescuers.
(Exeter Times Advocate)
appreciation should, be giVeh to the Alen
who strive_the-snOwti316*
Township, Duiing the t-ft* storm in
January when my husband's stock truck
went off the road they-irrere out, almost •
immediately to help, him and then they led
the Way babk
get our livestock off the truck.
Last night diltif,tifie bad blowing they
Were tray. fielpfut again and they led our
truck horrid Witt the p low. We were out oh
the Dublin road and hturaii-fiee tiOries
the traildt, They IWO :helped a. Christian
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A think word Of - pia* and great group that come out front Toronto every
week to Mr. Spalding'S fatm get out, so-
they-could get back home.
They jtave kept our reads in great shaPe,,
and Ipersenally wish, to thank them. I hope
you will print this letter so ,everyone can
see, just how great a job, they.,are doing. I,
.hope every township can. say the same for
the `Itt thath d men, work, t toa s.
Thank you tor letting in& express my
oppie4tion.
Mts..LaVernd Robson.--
RmALT, Matta
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To the editor
Reader wants change
bylawsin dark%ng .....
especially on • highway' cotters,. .Other
drivers kpow lib":tiiffictil( it is -to-drive 'at •
this time of Year.
Now ' slay complaint, • Durilfg Widier
driving is diffienft. What makes it worse is
that odr'S ate aflowectic, park on both sides
of die street. and very seldom can, two cars
meet. Could they, not bade parking on only
•one, side .of the • street 'for the winter
months,' (Eg. the chtirell' streets are quite
bad'.for tWo sides' being • parked 'on), •
•••I hope others agree and -something
• be done. Thanks . for listdoing. .A
'concerned citizen: -
Mrs. Louise Dick
Goderieh.
W.A.Wright was in Toronto getting deli very of an
Overland car. ' .
• FEB. 16, 1952
Flight Lieut., .1,,M.McMillah, Seaforth, received his
wings as a radio officer at a 'Wings parade held at
R.C.A.F.Station, Clinton.. . - •
Marking "the 25th Anniversary of lvIr...ond Mrs.
J.A.Stewart as leader and organist of Noi-thsideelfeir,
the choir with •their wives and husbands, field an
anniversary dinner. Miss A bbie Seip preiented Mr.
and Mrs. Stewart with a piece of Royal Ddulton china.
Miss CAtherin'e Rowland, &lighter of Mrs. John
McIver, 'St. Coiumban, and the late Edward Rowland
was a recent "graduate of St: Joseph's Hospital,
London.„,,,„ „„.,„
Max- Ferguson, radio impersonator was the guest „„„.
speaker - at the Father and Son banquet sponsored by
the Men's Club of First _ Presbyterian. He was'
introduced by. K.1.McLean, 'Bruce McFadden moved a.
'vote of 'thanks to the speaker. '
Named after the late Wm. Aberhatt, ,Seaforth native
and forMer • premier of. Aliierta,'. theAlberta
Government has just completed one 'cif the WOrld'S beSt
gquippped sanatoria at a east 'of $3,000,000.
The _funeral of Xing George VI took place on Feb. 15
and the people of the Free World will join the ,citizens of
the British Commonwealth of Nations in, paying final
±ribitte"fra gOod King.
Mr. and Mrs. Lew Tebbutt of town •marked the 46th•
anniversary of their wedding by holding a dinner patty
at their home. •.. . • •
Mr: and .Mrs. D. N.-Eastman have leased the
residence '-of.....-Mr,•• .darence.. Walden, Louisa St., *
Seaforth. •
Geo. Coleman of•Egmondvdle has disposed of his •
hetise and property to Andrew-Hcoston wfio gets—.
, possession March 1st. .
Road; Timlierainith., He' paid $2750 for it •
Dr. McGinnis of town- has had a telephone inStalled
in his office. „ ' . •. „
WM. Smith of LeadhurY had a -successful wood bee
last week. • •
Samuel Stitt of Leadbury has bought a lot from .the
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Canada 'Company on the .Greg boundary-and is •engaged
taking timber off it.
The fire whistle. at Seaforth,•was plainly, hearcr by
people-12.,miles away one morning not .long age:
Mr. and. Mri.J..H.Ward left 'Hensel)! for their new
home in New Hamhorg, where he -has received a
position in, the electric light station.
• Thos. McElroy of Winthrop. intend§ to ereet a new
'residence 'this summer, and has 'finished hauling. the
stone.
G. R. Anderson, an old Seaforth boy exhibitedsome
beautiful experiments on-wave 'meteor and-polarization
Of light.•
FEBRUARY 18thi 1927 ••
Francis Ryckmari Who has•had his fatit tented for a
.nuinber of years;interids taking up farming again in the
'spring., ; • '4 '
W. G. Neal of Walton is having a sale. of several
line,s of.-goods. '
Misa Jean Archibald entertained her friends to' a
.dance. •
quilMrsti.James Finlayson of Tuckersmith entertained at.
Holland,'who: 'has beet the very efficient and
painstaking, treasurer of McKillop for 21 years has
resigned. F. Bruce Medd h as been appointed treasurer
to, succeed Mr. Holland_ ..
Apleasant surprise party was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs.B. Rising in McKilldp when 125. friends and
neighbors gathered to say farwell on the eve of their
departure for Toronto.
They were presented with a club bag each and a mirror
to Miss Levada. The presentation' was made by Oliver
Elliott and Donald' Abeshart,
Jaihes Hugill and T.W.Nott of Alma have been
Plating in,their supply of ice.
Tenders are now being asked for Something over 11 • .„
miles Of the Huron. Highway which when completed will
have only-eleven miles not paved from Stratford to
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To-the editor
Reader enjoys pkize.'
Ark a note to Say "Thank Yet" for 'the
year's subscripticin to Your. paper which I
won at the Seafotth Fall Fair-for having the
Most point' in roots and vegetable-S. I can
assure you we are -enjoying it very much.
McInnes
-Boit 47;11tYth, Ontarte'
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