The Huron Expositor, 1978-03-23, Page 2now swans
essays into our earthly domain, be they
friendly or otherwise. The obvious, superiority
of such hypothetieal beings does nothing to
subdue our David v.s, Goliath thinking.
Might it not be infinitely more reasonable to
approach the whole theoretical matter with a
willingnesS to learn, Ito advance ourselves and
thereby to promote peaceful inter-galactic
relations? Have we not already enough War?
- Dirk Van De'r Werf
Clinton.
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in the determinations of the level of electrical
power supply reliability desirable and
necessary to meet the needs of all the people
of Ontario -as the future unfolds.
• The cost of interruptions to electrical
service is an 'essential part of the study. It is a
Most important criteria for establishing the
desired reliability level. The customer's
perception of the cost to him of an
interruption, is the only way in which to
establish the actual cost of providing various
levels of reliability.
I sincerely hope that farmers in general do
not share Mr. Vos' shortsightedness, because
the resultesg_the-study are most important to
the peopi€ of Ontario to help with the planning
of future electrical energy needs.
We will be pleased to provide MR. Vos with
all the information he needs on the project, as
we, have to others who have expressed
interest.
R. S. Griffin Chairman,
Power System Reliability.
Committee On
Ontario,Hydro
Behind the scenes
By Keith Roulston
•
We've been foolipg ourselv-es
Efexp •o itor
• Since 1860, Serving the Community First
Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS. PUBLISHERS LTD'.
ANDREW Y. McLEkN.;, Pliblisher
SUSAN WHITE. Editor
DAVE ROBB, Advertising Manager.
Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association
Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association
and Audit Bureau of Circulation '
he had millions..or that he owned the largest
publishing business' in the world, but in the
way he .used that publishing empire. •His
publication seldom printededitorial§ but, he
was 'adept at working his opinions into the
news in-such a way that he could lead- the
thoughts of his readers _while they thought
they Were simply being inforined. He used sly
adjectives to describe those he was against but
glowing ones to hail those he favoured, Thus a
Communist was always' going to come off
looking bad while someone like Senator jpe,
McCarthy, (who he supported in his anti-
communist witch-hunts until he became an
embarrassment) was • made to sound like a
hero.
• Luce used this power to set the disastrous
policy of, the United States toward China
where the Americans_kept_giving millions of
dollars of aid to the corrupt Chiang Kai-Shek
even though he was' losing the support pf-the
people of China daily., Even after the
' Communists won the war, the U.S., in 'a good
part due to •the propagandizing of the Luce
press, continued- to ignore the obvious that
Mao Tse-Tung was the real leader of China'
and that Chiang was a corrupt war lord living
in a fantasy world on Formosa island.
The Luce press conditioned the thinking of
Americans in the Vietnam war making all
those who were against the war seem-like_.:.._--e-
traitors and those who were for it seem heroic
realists. „
Luce's propaganda supported by other big
business leaders in the U.S. eventually
brought about the tragic alienation of the
generations that came to' a head over the
Vietnam war. The older generation had .been
listening to the Gospel according to Luce for
so many years that it believed that America
'was right through thick and thin, no matter'
where it was fighting througRout the war. The
younger generation saw through the
propaganda.
Luce, of course, was propagandizing here in
.Canada too, not only because of the huge
circulation of Life here, but because he•
published a special additipn of Tithe magazine
here that imprpted most of it's material from
its New York office, adding a few pages of
Canadian news and thus producing .a.•Product'
so cheaply that 'an all-Canadian magazine
couldn't compete.
This then is the kind of man in control of
many 'of the 'so called "international"
businesses that havehead offices in the U,.S..
.VV,e „Canadians deluded_ ourselyes .for many • • -.---•---
years into believing that, we could have the
good life the . multi-national . businesses
brought us withqut paying the price. 'Now we
find we cari't. We find that the Amerfean
businessnien were happy to come here as long
as they got Cheap materials and labour but
once they've used that up, they'll gp
elsewhere and .hen there is trouble in the
U.S., they'll,.el
01/4t
heir plants here and take
the jobs 'back ho el.
Frankly, for being as greedy and stupid as
we've been, we deserve our present
problems.
Look at UFO peacefully
Hydro replies to Mr. Vo;
The residents of Ontario have once again
demonstrated,• in a very taegible way,
remarkablei concern and understanding far the '
children of the world. .
' In the past year'llnicers prograens have •
generated an all time high revenue in Ontario
of approximately $892,000 to assist children in
the developing areas of the world.
. This support has come from • ,Ontarie •
residents at all levels:
.—from students who carried the Hallowe'en
boxes • engaged in walk-a-thons, starvathons
and many other novel fund-raising events..
• —from. banks, trust companies, vending
companies, etc. who assist in handling and
• remitting-funds- colleeted-.-------- • - .•
—from many good "corporate citizens" who
purchase Unicef cards, provide space' , for
volunteers to sell cards, and in many cases,
sell the cards themselves.
—from , many 'newspapers, radio stations,
television stations and "public figures". who
provide excellent free publicity •
I am writing to inform your newspaper of
our new name. Our agency', has been in
operation for approximately three months. and
we have filially obtained our name. The
official name of our agency is 110W The Town
and Country Homemakers.
Out agency is progressing extremely well
now, with.' a 'total of 1886 hours being used
thus . far , and approximately thirty-eight
homemakers beihg employed on a full-time
basis. Oteourse:"NQ' till have a long way toge
in order to become a completely self-sufficient
organization. but our goals are slowly being
By Debbie Ratlines'
With all the problems that have beset
Canada lately. Expositor 'Asks thought it •
might be interesting to find out if the people
were interested in a change of government
and asked, "If a federal election were Orcii
today. which of the three parties would you
like to see in power?"
Mrs. Gary Bannon of Winthrop said she ,
didn't care:
"TheY'reagoing to do. what they want
anyway. They're going to• do what they think
‘,1 is tigh and that's it," Mrs. Bannon said.
• Mrs Ken Weber of R.R.#2, Seaforth said
she ' mild like to see tho NDP get in,
"The parties we've had in so far haven't
done too ttmeh and maybe we need somebody
new in there to see what they, would de„They
say a, change is as good as a rest," she §aid.
Mrs. David R. Week of R.R.#2, Xippen said
that she didh't have any politidal preference
right now. She said she had lost interest in
politics but that as soon as they start
A
deserted by fellow committee'
members, one of whom, Jack •
`Alexander of Windham, missed •
committee meetings because ti was
on 'his annual sojourn in Florida.
Mr. Henderson belleve8 these
changes, w.hich include closing
. Walton school, make 'a lot of sense...
And he volunteers to start cutting in
his own area first.
Now_ furor is developing ' in ._the
Brussels area over boundary changes
which the board Iasi month agreed to
purse pasnd which would eliminate
portables at Brussels Public School.
The' Board has, much to their credit,'
agreed to, seek public opinion.before it
moves and it looks like the opinion it
gets iS in favour of the schools being
left as they are now.
' Mr. Henderson's committee has 'a
difficult task. On the one hand it has a
board mandate to save money and on
the other hand it's part of a board
that's subject to • heavy public
pressure to "not change OUR
school''.
The McKillop trustee is well
intentioned, and 'saddled with an
almost impossible job. It might help
local people who wonder about his
actions in the Walton issue to,
remember that.
The funds collected are matched by the,
Canadian International Deyelopment Agency
,(CIDA), and in mist Cases thiS 'total is
Matched again in soine-Way by. the,. recipient
country (labour, materials, transportation
etc.). Thus our Onearioesiised funds go a very
long way in supporting Unicef Canada's,
projects for this year.. ,
Many of these projects relate, in some way,
to the provision of clean • water.' This has
become opeof the major activities.of Unicef. It
is a disquieting fact to know:that at least half
the world's children live without access to
assured safe water. Water-borne diseases are,
in turn, among the worst kilierS and cripplers
of -.chi tem,. Could: we th ere fore.....Act... better
than focus on water as our major,intereit? No
single contributionwe could make carried with,
it such potential for positive than'ge.e ''''
• Jacqueline Bradshaw
Ontario Unicef Committee
38 Berwick Ave., Suite 101
' Toronto Ont. M5P 1111
realized with the help of many 'generous and
concerned groups and/or individuals in Huron
County.
would also like to take this time to express
:my gratitude for the assistance your paper has
given us through publicity, during these. past
months. This publicity has been extremely
helphful in Makiag our agency known- to-the
people 'of Elyrpn 'County.
Mrs.P.C, Gonie-Tak .
The TOWli and Country Homemakers
199 Joseph ine.St.
.Wingham 357-3222
y Keith Roulston)
C:B.C. television Sunday night produced a
frightening looR at the future ' of Canada's
- economy 'with its Quarterly Report.
The pro'grant predicted that by .the end of
the 1980's Canadians will not rank second in
the wortcritt Standard (4 living as we have for
---so long, butwon't even show-up-in the top 10.E
The program - had many explanations for
why we've' suddenly found ourselves in this
position, but ,the biggest seems to be that
we've been fooling ourselves about our own
prosperity oveptheyears. We simply couldn't
go on at the old rate when we import huge
amounts of goods and have nearlyall our large
industries controlled by other nations,
Supporters of big business say that there is
nothing wrong with 'the „ multi-national •
corporations that control so many aspects of
producticin in the world today. One shoUldn't
look at the nationality of the owner, they'll
argue whenever a Canadian .government tries
to something about foreign ownership. We,
sho.uld simply be glad to have the industry and
not care, where its head gffice is located.
' The fallacy of this assumption is ,rapidly
being proven of course in two way's: First of
all, the big multi-national companies• are
interested in profit and 'profit only and thus;
when costs become too great in' a country like
Canada, they . think nothing of moving
operations to. Asia -Or. Latin •America 'where
they can. easily get workers at cheap "prices.
Even Canadian controlled companies have
abandoned their own country for cheap wage
Countries. .
The second fallacy is that these companies
don't-really have a nationality. Sure they may
have their head office iii Philadelphia, but that
doesn't really• make them Americans, the
apOologists for big business say. That too has
been proyen ,wrong. Canadians are learning
todaywhaupeople of the rest of the world have
been saying for years: that the United States
may not be an imperialist nation in the regular
sense of the word, but threugh its octopus
tenticals of big business it is exerting 'control
over the whole Astern World. •
The evidence of the tree nature of the
American big ,businessman has been there all
along for us to see, but we in Canada have
been so close to the Americans, so enjoying
our high lifestyle, that we refused to admit it. I
recently finished re-reading a book on one t of
the greatest :American ..businessmen
imperialistS of them all, though probably one
you've never hea'tid of. His name was„Henry '
.R, „Late and. he was the man who, until his
death 10 years ago, controlled the ,huge
publishing empire of Time, Life, Fortune and
Sports Illustrated magazines. •
Luce translated the old Manifest Destiny
yearnings of the Americans into a new kind -of
expansionism. The son of a missionary in
China, he turned his missionary zeal into
making the world a place free for American
business to operate. He tied his belief in God
and his belief in businesS and his believe in
America so closely together that to oppose'
business or America was to oppose God,,
His power came not just from the fact that
To thy" editor:
Whether extra-terrestrial beings riding
about in table-saucer-like UFO's exist or not is
not here the question. The impOrtant
consideration is one attitude, not of belief.
We, of homo sapiens; have adopted an
unfortunate "shoot'em &Aye" attitude - shoot
first and ask question later --a* mentality quite
compSrable to the stong-arm tadties so
blatantly exhibited by sothe Union "goon
squads", in the London area recently. We
consider 'ourselves of an enlightened society,
yet we make foolish attempts to abort all alien
In a letter to you which you published in the
February .,23. 1978, issue of your paper, Mr.
Adrian Vos of the Huron Power Plant
Committee suggests that a survey now
underway is designed to scare the farmer into
supporting Ontario Hydro's position On
-electrical power system expansion.
It is unfortunate that Mr, Vos did not make
the effort to seek the reasons behind the
survey before accusing Ontario' Hydro of scare
tactics.
The farm survey is part of a broad study
examining the standard of power system
reliability for all electrical power users in the
Province--not just the farming conimueity.
The industrial, residential and commercial
sectors have Weedy been surveyed.
The study was started in 1975 at the request
of file Ontario Energy Board. An external
advisory group•-representing 13 organiza-
tions-is -assisting Ontario Hydro on the
project. Results will be made available-to the
Ontasio Eriel.gy Board upon completion. '
The survey questions' re designed to assist
I
n the year$,agorte
MARCH 220878
Some boys went to Mr. Tobias Ryekniap's ga;buSh
at ChiselhurSt for the purpOse of sneering off but their
fire was seen by Mr. Ryekman and he spoiled theie fun '
bAcoining back. Mr. Ryckman undertook to boll the sap
they had left. When it was boiled to molasses; he went
to get a pail in which to carry it home. 'Although he had
only gone about 6Q feet from the fire, as. wan as.' his
back was turned, one of the boys eTerged from his
hiding place and,stealthily secured and carried off the
pot of nolasses,,The boys had good feast at M.
Ryekmen's expense. He treats the matter as a good
joke.'i At the auction sale of Mr, James' farm stock in
•
a thoroughbred'heifer rising three years
old was mild tot E, Nicol of Wingham for the sum' of
$151.
St, Patrick's Day was celebrated in Seaforth by a
supper at Cartnichael's new hotel. At the appointed
hour,...-aboal,250 gentlemen sat, down to 'a most
sumptious repast prepared by mine -host, Besides the
leading buSiness and professional men of the town, we
noticed many .from Mitchell, Carronbrook,
Tuckersmith. McKillop 'and Hullett, Mayor eolemarr
was in the chair and the vice-chair was occupied by
George E. Jackson.
.MARCH 27, 1903 -
Although Mr. Cameron has- been fortunate in
securing quite a number of labouring men, the farmers
"atfai.quitar, find the supply is not equal to the demand..
David Holmes of McKillop has disposed of his fine 7.5
acre farm to 'Messrs. Bettes Brothers' and received the
handsome sum of $3,800.
It is hard to' say what the fUture may bring in the
shape of weather: At any rate the first three weeks of
March have been the prettiest seen in Canada for many
a day.
J. Irvine Jr. of Leadbury out down a tree the other
day in which he found a Very large nest of bees. A large
-Prepoitien Of the comb'hOWever, was empty, the honey
havingbeen consumed during-the Winter:
'.A fighter in petticoats at Leadbury created a
'sensation the other daY hYattaekitig a gentletrien with a
harnMer, the attacking being accompanied 'by a volley
of oaths. The trouble all arose over re-ontinued story in,
the newspapers. 'Verily there are dangerous 'characters
running at large.
Some of the people of Leadbury have tapped their
maples and the sap runs by fits and starts and in small'
quantities at the best:"
A pleasant time was spent at, the home of Archie
McGregor when quite a number of the pioneer settlers
-of TuckersmIth gathered togethet Wffh''e' number of
young people whO were invited to do honour to two
estimable ladies,- one, being the widow of the late,
Thomas Young Sr. of Sontsgarth, Manitoba and the
other the wife of Thomas Young Jr.
..1S4r. Knox of Brucefield, our ever-chatting windmill
expert ; was doing work for Bradford, spent a few, days.
at home getting his supply .of wood in shape for the'
following year.
The farmers are commencing to work on their land in'
Brucefield although: the .weather is not quite as
favourable as it was a few days ago. ,
,O.C. Willson was calling on old friends in Kippen.
Many years ' ago, Mr. Willson, was a resident' of
Brucefield.
MARCH 23, 1928
A successful auction sale' was conducted by G. H.
Elliott for Harry Horton Jr. Despite the condition of the
roads, a very large crowd was present. On the following
Monday evening. about 90 of the friends and
'neighbours of Mr. and Mrs, Horton assembled at their
new home in' Hensall to bid -them farewell when the
address was read by Mrs. Nora Sillery. -The
presentation was made by Mr. J. Percy Cule and Mr.
James Walker Jr.
tor Captain Oliver Goldthorpe of Bayfield returned on
Monday, after spending the winter., in Florida.
From correspondence received' and, newspaper
reports, the long sought-for*hydromay be looked for in
the spring in Bayfield. This is good news and a relief
surely to those who have so earnestly and at, such large
public expense endeavored to further this undertaking.
An Olde-Time Singing School was' staged in the
parish hall,, Dublin.
Relatives and friends will regret to learn of the death
in Edmonton, of Thomas Bell, son of the late William
Belt of the ,Londpn Road .and brother of James A. Bell,'
now on the homestead land a brother of Mrs. Alfred
Taylor of Hensall.
The ment,bers of the congregation of Goshen United.,.
Church, Stanley met at the home of E. Johnson and
family evening to spend ,a social evening with them
before ;their removal to Goderich,
D. H. Stewart who has'been conducting a successful
butchering business in Seaforth has disposed of his
business to his son.
A most successful tea was held in the schoolroom of
First Presbyterian Church when the Barbara Kirkman
Auxiliary served tea to a large number of people. Mrs.
F, R. Beattie and Miss ,E: Davidson poured tea and
Misses Ella 'and Rossie Elder contributed several piano
duets, and an orchestra comprised of Misses Margaret
Ross, Norma Habkirk and Norma Bolton played some
pretty numbers.
Word was received by J. McTavish of the death inSt.
Thomas of Edward McFaul who for more than 30 years,
was one of Seafoarth's most prominent and highly-
esteemed dry goods merchants.
Messrs. R. N. Bissonette and C. A. ',Barber were in
London on Saturday attending a conference of cadet
instructors for Military District No. 1.
MARCH 27, 1953
Dowager Queen Mary whose life exemplified the
stately dignity of aristocratic royalty died Tuesday
evening at London's Marlboro house. The Queen,
revered by millions of British and Comnionwealth
peoples, was 85. She was a courageous and unselfish
woman,' She was a wife, widow and grandmother.
An enjoyable play "Lookout Lizzy" was presented by
the Woodham L.O.B. members in the schoolroom of
Egmondville Church. During the intermission, Mrs.
Frank Kling and James-T. Scott sang solos and a duet.
Mrs. John McGregor accompanied.
Members of Amber Lodge, Hensall, and Pride of
Huron Lodge, Exeter, attended the regular meeting of
Edelweiss Lodge Monday night, with Miss May Smith,
Noble Grand, presiding. Mrs, Margaret Thompson
elected treasurer for the remainder of the year to fill the
vacapcy of 'the resignation of Mrs. Elva Hogg who is
moving to Collingwood.
The newly organized Seaforth Turf Club will hold its
first . harness meet when four classes and • one
free-for-all are included in the programme with a total
purse of $1,600. President of the club is Arthur
Nicholson, Tuckersinith, and secretary in charge of
entries is W. C. Oke.
A large group of ladies gat▪ hered in' St. Andrews
United Church, Kippen, to honour Mona Caldwell,
bride-elect. ,
Henry Stacey, Kippen, has purchased Ski
MbArthur's farm of Hensall.
Andrew Houston accompanied by his daughter left
for her home in Glanworth, Saskatchewan. Mr.
Houston intends to spend a few weeks there.
Clifford GrOund of Walton has sold .his house to Mr.
and Mrs. Donald McNeil of Blyth.
In all the furor over the proposed
'Closing of _Walton PubliC School
McKillop trustee John Henderson
repeatedly appeared as the villain of
the piece:
Now, Mr. Henderson is used to
that. His earlier career on the county.'
board was a lively one and gained-him
a reputation as a scrapper. Then, last
year he lead the crusade against
certain English books covered in
Huron's high schools... a crusade that
this newspaper disagreed with —
B.ut in all fairness to the McKillop
and Seaforth trustee 'it should be
poihted out that in the Walton case ne
was only carrying out what the board
had asked his committee to do. He
even volunteered to be a sacrificial
lamb, in the interests of cutting costs
to Huron taxpayers and raised the
board's plan first in his' own. area.
The EXpositor does not agree with
Mr. Henderson's conclusions...that
Walton school should be closed and
Seaforth Grade 8's .attend clasSeS at
the high schOol...But Mr. Henderson
stuck out, his neck to defend- a
proposal that was developed
sometime ago by the board
administration when Gord Phillips,
now CHSS principal, worked in the
board office:
And to :tome extend he was
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-a"..AFORTH, ONTARIO:, MARCH 23, 1978 .
An: impossible 'job
To 'the -editor
Unicef explains program
Homemakers have new name
Expositor asks:
If an election were held today, whIch party
would you like to see 'in power?
campaigning and an election gets Closer she'll
be more interested.
David Brown of Aim Street in Dublin said.
• -The Liberals 1 guess. I figure one's as good
as 'the other.'
. Fred Elder of R.R.#2, Hensall-said. "I think
if 'it came right down to it. right now I'd
probably vote for the Liberal party. I just think
they're not doing too awfully bad."
Mys. Howard Hackwell said, ."It would have.
to be the Progressive Conservatives for me.
It's just a favorite," she said when asked why,
"I think a change is as good as a rest
anyway," She 'added.
(Editors Note: In the Expositor Asks column
which appeared last week one of those who
commented was Martin WOO R. R. #1.
Dublin. Unfotonately_hi'S reply was reported
in a way that suggested there was doubt as to
whether separation or MieniplOymetieteeS
most important, In .fact in his reply Mr.
Murray had emphesized that keeping CAnada
together was most important.)