The Huron Expositor, 1977-03-31, Page 2'For almost eight years a group of women ,
have been meeting at Seaforth District
High School on Monday evenings. They
are of all ages, from mid-teens to senior
citizens with one common bond. They have
a weight problem. •
Some have always been on the 'chubby'
side, others seem to put on weighewith
each pregnancy, or maybe they have
',middle-age sot-cacti.- Whatever the, reaSon,
they realize they'd be much better off
Withobt the extra poundage.
As the Seaforth Non-Nibblers, they meet
weekly to discuss healthy eating. diets,
exercises, etc. and'"" giveeach Other
encouragement. It is most important that
we are able to look and feel our "best, so
that We ,may be healthier_ ourselves and
learn proper nutrition for our families, and-,
not make overweight a problem to pass on
to our ehildren and gtandchildrem--
Half .a,„ century ago, When-, Gr
-
andma
,stuffed' everyone with cookies, cakes-and '"
pies, the yOubg'uns walked to , school,
Gran:thrift did her I4sark by hand and tn6t of
the then 'folk did nfannal work. thuallY only
bankers,; lawyers and Office type people
were 'portly' (which is a polite way of
saying, fat) but it was considered a sign of
wealth.
Now, with less' manual work and
exercise, more people are having heart
attacks and strokes at a much earlier age.
We will certainly be helping oursevles,
'our families andeur community as a whole
if' we try -.to star:at-the propetlx7eight.
Losing' weight is not easy. It's certainly a
lot harder than gaining it. It can be made
More plea'sant by haviiiecompany in your
misery.,
Ladies if you have' a weight problem, or
have someone in the family who does, join
us at SIGHS on Monday evenings. The
meeting starts at 8 p.m. but come earlier
and visit awhile,
The Non Nibblers are not affiliated with
any other' club, so the dui are very
reasonable. It costs $1 to join and 25 cents
each week; plus a small .fitie..if yen
We hope to see Many of you at our coining
meetings.
Arty men interested iti a similar club can
phone the ge cor,,aDoeirneetti:treya t 5522;10185812: 4
To the editor
Lung Association
received' *4311'
The Huron Perth Lung Association, your local Christmas Seal
Organization sincerely appreciates the consideration ancl
co-operation of all facets of. the Community in the 1976-1977
Campaign just completed. We received $4,311.58, which is an all
time- high for this area.
Special thanks to the local Post Offices and Media for their
continued,. support. -We are deeply 'appreciative also of the,
Church Service proceeds of the Perth County Junior Farmers and ,
the' special dance project proceeds of the students of Wingham
District Secondary School.
Respiratory Disease is,tfte fastest growing,health probletiror
this .cetititient and the most common cause of absenteeism in
schools and industry, We are werking to change this pattern in
educational,, rehabilitative and research programs. We can not
operate at all without the Constant assistance of the residents of
Huron and Perth counties, sineetev,
Mrs. beryl Dunsmore;Ikeg,N.,
Ettective Director
4'
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MAIRcti 23;1877
Ave unlicensPgrhotel keepers of the town were
summoned Woe the mayor and Justice Beattie and
Strong by Inspector Ballantyge to answer to the charge
of selling liquor without a license. In pub case,
conviction was made and a fine of $20,00 imposed.
Hugh Love of Hay Twp. sold a span of heavy horses
to Mr, Houghton for the sum of $300.00.
Mr. Lusby b4s finished.taking the censuk of Seaforth,
The population of 2,573 showin an increase of 447 since
incorporation.
Thelastskatin g carnival was held in the. Victoria
Rink.The Firemen's band was in attendance.
A sad and fatal accident took the life of Robert' Kelly
of Hullett. Some people called on him but not finding
him at home, went tone Woods and found him lying in
the snow.. He leaves a wife and four children. '
The business done at Brucefield station compares
favourably with that done by many more pretentious
villages along the line.
MARCH 21st, 1902
John Hart of Varna has sold his blacksmith shop in '
E.A.Epps
cker of smith,seld
Aylmer.
his 50 acre farm to
'the
Geo.m
village _ofc tuoy of T u
Grey Colwell, of Tuckersmith.
Wm.Murdock of Brucefield has received a carload of
cattle which he purchased in Paisley.
Hector Reid of Stanley has sold his fine farm to
James Aikenhead. The price paid was $6,571.00.
Geo. Love of Winthrop had an unfortunate accident
in Minnesota while working in the lumber woods. In
some way he fell breaking his leg. .
James Lennan of town had a serious accident when in
fronttif Baldwins store NU slipped and fell breaking his
wrist.
,James Archibald has purchased the lots at the north
corner of Victoria Park., He intends building a house
this summer.
James Sproat has moved into the residence adjoining
St. Thomas' Church.
The nome of Mr. and Mrs, H. Cooper of Hullett was
the scene of a. pleasing event when they celebrated the
25th anniversary of their Wedding.
The many friends of Sam. Dorrance regret to
learn that he had broken his ankle. While driving• home
his team ran away and he jumped from the rig and
broke' his ankle.
Robert Charters and sons of the Mill Road,
Tuckersmith, have a Durham cow.which is a veritable
gold mine and she has given birth to. thirteen calves. In
the lot were 3 pairs Of twins.
MARCH 18, 1927...
Miss Margaret Driscoll of Walton had the misfortune
to break her leg. ' •
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Venner -of Chiselhurst held a
shower at their home in honor of Miss Muriel Keyes on
the approach of her marriage.
James Wright of Chiselhurst has purchased the fatm
on the Kippen road lately occupied by his workmen.'
Wm. Houghton of Cromarty is -at present making
extensive improvements on his dwelling.
James W. McLean and Wm. McDonald of Kippen,
are making' improvements to the interior of their
dwelling.
A new town orchestra to be known 'as the Night
Hawks has been organized in Seaforth and includes
Earl Van . Egmond, C.Ross, E. Daly and R. Willis.
W.H.Trewerthy disposed of .-his brick residence
adjoining Seaforth on the west to Sam Cudmore of
Kippen. The property was formerly owned by the late
John Beattie.'
Geo. Stewart of•towh has purchased Miss Robinson's '
property 4ri Harpurhey.,
A very successfid sale, was held on the Highway,.
,West of Seaforth for Wes. Nott.
MARCH 21, 1952
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Tebbutt, residents of Seaforth, '
for the past 18 years, marked their 40th Wedding
Anniversary, Mr. Tebbutt was employed at the John
Boshart'Fitiniture factory.
SeafOrth Council ;turned down store closing
legislation.
The annual meeting of the First Presbyterian Church
hs'irwasheld witItlani-ES-T. Scott in the et-air: :the
officers elected were, President, 'Mrs. K.1.McLean; -
Vice Pres., F.E.Willis; secretary treasurer. Peggy Willis;
gown convener, Mrs: W.E.Butt„social convener, Mrs.
Frank Kling; librarian Robert Scott; Gift. Committee,
Mrs. W.A.Wright..
John G. Wallace announced this week the sale. Of his
business Huron Wholesale, • to W.O.Johnson,
Brucefield. •
St. Patrick's Day was observed in St. James'. Hall
when the C.W.L. sponsored,, a full course dinner...
During the supper. Miss. Alice Stiles played Irish Airs.
Miss Marguerite Dunn and Mrs. John James were
cso2noove:07s:of the event. The proceeds amounted to over
, The Firemen'at Brucefield held a successful euchre
patty. in the Othitellows Hall. The prize winners were
Ladies 1st. Eva stackhousc, first, second, Mrs: Lorne
Wilson; gents first, , Ken McKay; second, Alex
Thompson.
Alex. Gardiner of Cromarty has• returned to his,home
at ter visiting in California and also spent some, time at
the Mayo' Brothers' Clinic in Rochester.
it -"Was good news for Huron
taxpayers when, the Board of
Education discovered that two major
administrative positions that had
been filled at an annual cost of
$72,000 were unnecessary- and were
being eliminated. The positions
involved are those of a
superintendent and of the assistant to
the director. The encuMbents are
being appointed principals AO fill
vacancies that will exist.
Because of built in staff guarantees
which prev,ent adjustment to the
salary levels to which the encumbents
will earn in their new positions, it will
be at least another year before any
actual dollarsavings result.
Despite the deferred dollar benefit,
the average Huron County citizen will
hope that the board's ,rnove -is but- the
first in a series of Objective 'looks at
the overhead costs of education in
HUron.
Now that these two Senior positions
have been eliminated the public quite
properly may ask what is so different ‘,
today from a year ago for that matter
two years_ago, that suddenly makes
the positions redundant. *Was there a
real need to commit the public to an
Publishers of weekly community
newspapers across the province' were
verKinterested when they came upon
a recent story in the daiiies. Datelined
Ottawa and credited --kV. Canadian
Press -wire service, the story carried
an interview with the newly-eledted
president of the Ontario Weekly
Newspaper Association, Gerry Barker
of Bradford.
'The story opened with the words,
"Weekly newspapers, changing with
the times,, are growing, at twice the
rate of dailies in Ontario. In the last
'dailies
years readership Of Ontario's 300
1clailies has increased 240 per cent."
Thejeporter, the typist and the
proof-reader who handled the story
sure fixed tis„ but good. It wasn't the
dailies that grew by 240 per cent, it
was the weeklies — and the whole
point of the story was lost in that one
little error. •
However, the balance.of the news
, release did carry some interesting
Analysis
(By John-Miner)
New Democratic Party leader Stephen
Lewis must still-be smiling following last
Week's announcement by Gorden-Hill that
he will carry the NDP banner in the next
provincial election..
The recently retired president Of the
Ontarid Fedetation of Agriculture has the
respect and personal, loyalty of many
Ontario farmers': something the NDP 'has
seriously lacked. Although the N DP were
able to capture 'most of the seats in
northern Ontario and many in urban-
,Southeen Ontario last election; they
completely struck out with the rural voter.
,Since thatelectioti the NDP have worked
hard to develop a solid farni policy. They
vehemently denounced the Ontario
Government's lack of a landuse.policy and
consistently opposed the Conservative's
faille Weenie 'stabilization plan as being
inadequate.
Nevertheless the NDP ate still largely
Mistrusted outside the city limits. The
socialist label and the union connections
have been enough to ensure the party
urban, seats only. Until last Tueday it
looked like it, would stay that way,
- Gordon Hill's move to the :NAV can only
help that party in. rural Ontariei .Seeing
their former leatiet..throw his. lot with the
NDP . May stofteti some of the farther's
mistrust. But it' still won't change Many
farmers into card tarrying NeW democrats.
Mr. bill's move MaY, n6t as helpful to
fatrit Otgatiiiatiens., The reiteration of
Agriculture Wag .bible. to command respect
from all farmers because of itsIMSal to be
.t.abglit 'up in the web of party, politics.
,has very ;Closely
Wearied'with the 'DA and h.
nti '7$0. candidate many Liberal !mid
annual salary bill of $72,000 In the
first place? What have these two men,
been doing that can be so quickly
divided up among other staff,? ,,
• The assistant to the' administrator
Position at $33,000—'ealary • • was
created just, two years - ago. The
public may be excused for wondering
wheth er the Job was necessary.
Certainly there is a, smaller
enrollment in Huron classes than has
been the case previously but this has
been an ongoing condition and one
which some among the administration
cotlid have foreseen. Surely when
these added top administrative
positions were established so recently
there was someone among those in
charge who might have questioned
the need in the light ,of, a fig,c,r0.45irtgl
.student load and a steadily increasing
" budget.
But all this is in the , past. The
money has gone• and whether the
" positione were 'n eeded or . not is
academic now. What is important'and
hopefully is the beginnign of a trend,
is that, the board and administration
are beginning to look. more, carefully
at administrative posts.
information about community
newspapers. ``Weekly journaliirn
isn't the Old,fashioned, black
armband, green eyeshade sort of
thing anymore," said Barker.
"Cornputerizedtystems are replacing
pastepots and growing revenues
permit pUblishers to hire better
educated staff to produce a more
sophisticated product."
In a recent survey, conducted by
Clyde McDOfiehr Inc., an interna-
tionally known and totally indepen-
dent public analysis firm, it was
learned that in 'the counties -of Huron
and Perth more than 8.8 per cent of
homes. receive. a !oder community
newspaper, , compared with slightly
over '50 per cent for the dailies, a
concentration of audience which is
simply not' matched by any other L
medium. Most, of the remaining 12
per cent are qi.kite probably borrowing
the local paper frorn their neighbOrs.
(Wingham Advance Times)
Conservative farmers may be reluctant to
actively support the Federation.
Many of Mr. Hill's personal supporters.-..,
are still stunned by his annonncement and
a large group of farmers may feel betrayed.
A socialist goVernment in Ontario would
spell an end to their "free enterprise" way
of life they feel.
But Gordon Hill's move to the NDP gas
a logical one for, him. The Conservatives
have consistently balked at either
protecting farmland or the farmer' fiom
speculators.
The Liberals have lost much of their
credibility, first - condemning the
Goverinnenes farm income stabilization
plan and then' voting for a slightly
amended plan. The NDP has been the only
party more than willing to back
farmers' demands. And as Gordon Hill has
pointed out, the NDP 'may form the
Government with, or without any rural
support.
But Gordon' Hill, himself, has a lot of
hard work ahead if he expects to' win the
- Middlesex riding held by Progressive
ConServative Robert Eaton, parliamentary
assistant to Agriculture Minister William
Newman. M r, Eaton has a slialty hold'-on
the riding Which he won by a Anti 800 votes
over the Liberal candidate in 1975, but4Ir
N DP candidate Wailed by almost 7,000
votes. Mr. Hill will have to change a lot of
volers''' Minds if Middlesex is to become an
NDP
On the provincial level most people
dotibt Mr, Hill's move,will have a
--Signtficaut influence on electoral results.
then seven years' ago most people
ldn'tthink the -splintered " Ontario , „
Federation of Agriculture coul d Weenie an
'effeetWe Vette far the farmer', ,
A bit inaccurate
Has G. Hill betrayed farmers?
The old way
Amen
by Karl Schuessler
My mother and manners
, •
My mother, raised me up on a lot of
Victorian nonsense, And what really sticks'
in me, still are all those table manners she
hammered away at every time I sat down to.
eat.
I figure if I had to listen to all those'rules
for years, you can. too--at least for, one
column's worth.
But all those rules aren't news to you. •
You've probably heard them all yourself.
Thars,,what mother's are for; to bring a
little civility to 'her wild breed of brood..
Sit up straight. Close your mouth when
you chew. Don't gulp, Keep your spoon out
of the cup. Don't reach for the potatoes.
Ask for-fhern to be passed. Keep y 'our
elbows off the table.
• Now, what's, wrong with putting your
elbows on _the'table? i can't think of a
better place to rest my arins..,And besides,
those hands at the ends of those.
elbows-on-the-table rnakq a 'perfect resting
place for my chin. .
Even a lady likeAdy Vanderbilt, that
reliable etiquette book maker, has seen the
light.She writes it's okay to put your elbows
on'the table' between courses. Mind you,
not during, but between the courses.
Hear this, mother? Amy's got more
give than you ever had. To you, rules were
'rules. Manners were manners. Don't ask
why. Just do.
Just do chew your food. Chew, it
s-l-o-w-l-y. Chew each bite the number of
times you have teeth in your mouth. Good
heavens, mother! With my full, set .of teeth
yet, I'd need a two hour lunch break.
Don't•yourealize counting takes all the joy
out of eating? I want to taste my food, pot
count it.
But if I thought my, mum was bad, I 'had
another thing coming when I heard about
this other fellow's mum.' Well, ,it really
wasn't hiS mum. No mum could ever call
erself a mom and do that to a little fellow:
This poor chap was a home boy sent over to
Canada at age 10 'with a name tag around
his neck. 'He went into the home of his
aunt. And he not only had to count the
number of times fie cheWed his food, but
he had to take his bites of food in a Certain
order.
First vegetable, then meat, then bread,
then milk. Vegetable. Meat. Bread. Milk,
Vegetable, meat, Bread, Milk. In that:
order. In that rhythm. Perfect time. perfect
count. '
It's no,wonder that fellow grew up to be
a watch repair man, setting everyone in
perfect time. And it's no wonder, either,
'To the editor
Non-Nibblers
know better. I 'can live and eat with all
kinds of broken rules. Amy and mother are
only faint' echoes that come to haunt me
every now, arid then,
^ Like the time I-was eating out a couple.ef.
weeks ago. Trying to mind my manners, as
best. I could. So what if I didn't :notice my
serviette until dessert time? So what if I did...
help Myself to two servings of fruit ,during
the main course? HOw was I toknOw that
was deSsert? Was-it-my fault I didn't :see
the fruit nappies sitting right' beside?
Can I help it I like to talk so much? And
-while everyone is doing-in his plateful, I'm
dishing out with: all kinds of words. Is it any
ialet
was readyforain
tackling the' dessert,
w‘onder wth
h
ewyaesry:t
still tawck
course:?
But that's okay, mom. I. may be slow,
true. But this Was, a second helping,
• Honest. And not everyone in that' house
goes for second helpings. And , not
everyone in that house gets two des4erts,
either. The good lady gave me ice cream
for my second dessert.
Now, now, Mother. Don't worry. I don't
need your refresher course on manners.
I'm doing alright. I think they liked me
anyway. And besides, I wasn't out trying
for a job..
that he grew up so mad and ugly--with a,
mum like that ..
'That hOmeboy made you look pretty
tame, mother. I can hear you yet. , Don't
wiggle in my chair,, Don't tilt the chair
back. Use my serviette, not the table cloth.
Pretty tricky of me, eh, Mother?
Why settle for a small piece of cloth
when I can have a big one, hanging down
the whole.edge of the table, Those were the
days of white linens and much washing,
only because my dad 'couldn't stand oil
cloth. He always wanted to sit at a first
class dining table. " •
But not ,just my dad.. Even the kids at
camp this summer wanted a touch' of class
in their mess hall. They watched and
waited until they could say,
"Sarah, Sarah, if you're able
Get your elbows off the table.
This 'is not a horses' stable,
But a first class dining table."
My ..mothers_lavorite lunch time fibrror
story was the one about the mad who
couldn't make up his mind which chap he
wanted to employ: -So . he solved his
problem by taking each prospect. out to
dinner and watched the way he ate.
And on the table manners hung the new
Ahhhh! I'm glad I'm over forty now and
may help
Please find enclosed a cheque
for $1.56 in payment for an ad
" placed 'in your paper Feb. 21,
1977: „ -
I would like to express my
thanks, as, my hound was
returned to me, as -a result of the
ad.
Peter J. Colyer
R.R. 2, Kippen
• To the editor
Ad brings results