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The Huron Expositor, 1978-03-30, Page 2the :17) ur 00 .Sinc01860. Serving the community First 'Published at SEAFOATH, ONTARIO, every, Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS, PUBLISHERS. LTD. ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Publisher SUSAN WHITE. Editor DAVE ROBB, AdVertising Manager Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription 'Rates: Canada (iti advance) $12.00 a Year, Outside Canada (in advance) $20.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 25 CENTS EACH Second ClaSt Mail Registration Number 0696 ' Telephone 527-024() .• SEAFORTH, ONTARIO MARCH 30, 1978 Let's be sensible To the editor: -OldersOiOnt wants..stri Vie. to exid I am writing to your paper to,voice a few of my own .opinionS regarding the Teacher's Strike in H,uren County. It haS reached. the point where we. 'the parents' and ratepayers, should speak up. 1 am not taking sides in •this issue but am very concerned for the future of . our young, people. Itseems tome they are the real losers in the..whole issue. And speaking 'of issues, I believe that oc,...the public are not being made aware of the real ones. -AS the' saying goes "It taal -two 'to tango.". but who ' is calling the tune? ' • . You may wonder why I,am so interested in, this issue and rest assured, it is not- for -• personal publicity.' More than 4.0 years ago I . had to quit school on account of being fery ill with scarlet fever and just three subjects. short of having my Grade 13. At that firm my friend and teacher. Miss Irene .DoUglas was paying my -Way through school so I could become a nurse. Her. salary at -that tinie was $1,000'per • annum and we had our own local school 'hoards. 'All of these years I have been .resentful,' that I could' not have completed': schdol, so three years ago, I called Joseph __Wgeden,.the.Frineipal of So_utliktur.On.Itistriet.._ Hig h School in Exeter and.asked perMiSsion to . return to high school to attain the remainder - . . of my education, in -the Secondary School, system.. I have been -accepted as an eqtial by the -• students with, whom I -attend classes, • with • respect and assistance from all the teachers I have had. I hope to graduate, with dignity, . I • this year With my Grade 13 diploma. 1 have worked very hard, as have my 'classmates only to have two groups stage a strike, lockout and much publicity while the pupils of Grade .)3,.. especially, worry about their future. It is not a case of Life and Death in my, case whether or not Jgraduate but I should like to tell you that one of the' proudest moments of my life was when •I had my graduation photo taken. Before any of you "jump the gun" and think that education is a selfish thing for myself, I mdst • • . remind you that We have eight children who all attended High School in Exeter and several of them have excelled in the Academic field. At date of Writing, we hay.e one son working for his Master's Degreelir Engineering and his mother working like blazes for Grade 13.. My aim is to goon tohigher education so that when my retirement age rolls.,arOund, I will have the knowledge tei write ,shot' stories . perhaps a few 'long ones. Education is a' jj fe-long thing, one should learn something. new every day and lately we have. learned things which Will not helped-to attain a , diploma. .` ' - I firmly believe that the fartheg one is from the problem, the less one cares, about, it. In the not too, far. distant past, ‘Aie had local school boards who cared about our problems and did, not have suppertime meetings'itiodfic-u-ss the' • • probleQ Their pay was not high. but they •. were proud when the students did good' work.: • We teach 'our children to respect their elders,' and I'm beginning to' wonder' why. Granted,' we' needed unions in the Hungry Thirties but I believe 'they la-e become too.: strong. I am certain that tpany of "you.readers • will remember the'bread lines, and what it was like to haye hungry transients knocking on the door, begging for a bite to eat. an you not see how things' and I mean conditions, of the present .are'leading to'the same kind of future for our kids?' • I can, speak with conviction about the students' future btcause many of them ask my advice and tell me their problems. feel very ' honoured. to have beep a student, in the. • daytime, along with the younger generation. ''Having spent nine years in polities and four ', Years as a Nurse's Aide, I hones' say the. Past three years have been the most -rewarding ones I,have spent, ether than being the mother of eight' children and the Wife of ,a good man. lhave not heard the students condemnin'g,_ - either side in this strike but thaVeliiiiirtkin • . • • -saying, all they want is to get back'to se ol. Remember,, they are our future men and woMen• and will govern us. ,Do you think they, ' can make any worse mess than our generation has done?' 'My. sympathies are with the students who really want to go to -schodl and get an education. • I suggest that the Board of Edlication make' - public the real issues at sfake.and tell us, their employers just what the issues are. We have a right 'to. know and I for' one 'believe this "fight" has gone on long,enough. Please end this "farce" for the sake of our kids. Surely -both Sides in the dispute can sit down and talk about the problems and if not, they should call in ,an arbitrator. , Also a Student, Mrs. Minnie Noakes Hensall' MINNIE NOAKES, who hoped to • graduate from .Grade 13'this year. • in eh years agorae Coal famine over in 1903 MARCH 21, 1903 • St. Patrick's Day ;was delightlYttly -Celebrated at the residence'of Mrs. J. F. McMann (Sontmerset.Cottage) who gave a reception Of .afterhoon euchre to a number of her intimate friends. During the. afternoon Miss Durkin sang a few chantingly reudered 'solos. Word was . received in town of the' death 'of. W.H.Hunter. late" proprietor of the Grip House. , • Th6 good roads question' will be discussed in the municipal nomination meeting MCKillop. It would he well if there was a good turnoufkof rate payers. • George Murdie lhas sold his sorrel riding Mare to Mr. Farrow of' Stratford for $150. Mrs. Alec Kerr of MeKillop,was'a subject Of a very critical surgical operation here last week, • James McMichael met with a painful accident. He was in the hay loft of his stable and stepped into a hole in ',the floor injuring .hiS side. . • The Domiii,ion sank in SeafOrth do not seem dispoSed to hide their light tinder a bushel. They have had, a handsome gilt and black sign erected on the, side Of their building. The coal famine is nosy .a• thing of the past. The. dealers all have now an abundant supply and are only- anxious to get rid of it before the weather sets in. S. Mullett has gone out of the hardware business and has gone into real estate, Tobias Nash, formerly of McKillop, is visiting friends in the vicinity at this time. As evidence. of the recent balmy weather, George' • Murdie has given us.a sprig from his rasPberry• bush in his gar'den Which is out in full leiff. John Beattie .of.the firm of Beattie Bros. 0..r9=5.,,•• • Seaforth, has purchased the ForSyth residence in •Egmondville paying •for it $1,100. . John, McCaa has leased his' farm south of Egm.ondville to JOhn'MeGaviii„ his neighbour '.across the road., • ' Sneak theives helped themselves to sonic articles frem clotheslines in the north ward, its ,a pity that some people will. make. themselves so small. 18 years leaves shortly for London where he has secured a good position. . MARCH 30; 1928 • . • The farmers froMCh•iselhurst are busy tapping. They had a good run of sap and many took off good boilings. ' The tw.o weeks short. course which was held by the, W.I. this week was largely attended; there being 42 joining the cjass. . • ' ' • ' The weather over the weekend in the Seaforthdistrict 'has amply demonstrated the fact that either cars ,or • trucks will have to he-kept off the roads in weather suchas we have had or that permanent toads will have to be built. Many leading roads.as. well as' many side . .roads were literally cut to pie_ c,e8 by cars and trucks, and the cost of repairing will be a heavy burden on the tax payer,, . • , , , • Rpbert,Laird spent .Several weeks at the-hotrie of his . • uncle, .1. R.. Govenloek; returned to his home in Grafton, North Dakota. . . . . . Some parts' of the road in the'Community of ,Kippen are in very bad 'condition.. • Frank ,COrriveat of Drysdale has purchased 'a.. htri.d-red--acre r eq,fih near Blake occupied by • Norman •Gascho of„,Zurich for $7,300. • ' ':•'. The storm .on Monday' night in Zurich did. '' considerable damage to the telephone Huck. A:gang -of • . men has been repairing the lineS 'en all circuits. .. . The problem .of. hired help far farmers seems to ,he .solved by Hensall area faimers..1sline men arrived to . Work for services some monthS ago: They are -paid $20 a month and .board for the first year,. ' •. The reeve and council of Hensall have made a good . ' job of cleaning up streets, partietilarly in the businessc part where the snow gets packed hard and forms ice. .. Dr. A. R. Campbell, of Hensall, last week got the' stable he bought from Robert Eacrett moved to the rear .- •ot his lot. . . . . .Leyi Rands . of Hensall intends moving into. the . . . dwelling On 13.teck Street which he purchased from J. -"--Kilpatrick. •- , ., . The farmers are busy getting their seed grain ready .......41 Manley,' There seems to be a scarcety of seed on 1,, A couple of young men from the township'of Hay had a load of beautiful green Shrubs in town offering them for•sale. The demand for them was dull and there were very few sold. Gouinlock and George Gouinlock took a trip from ' Roxboro to Goderich by the Maitland River last week. :,John Scott, son oftAlee Seottof thistown,-ha.s gone-to-- , Clinten for the purpose of taking interest in the sash and door factory 'of Messrs. McCarntney, appointed fo'take„Mr. O'Leary's position. The capable manager of the Seaforth Community Ceitre and Lions Park for the past four seasons, Leo Stephenson will. step into a new position, Mr. Stephenson becomes District Sales :Manager for Thompson Confection. The new Commanding officer at RCAF Station, Clinton, will be Group COPtain Harold C. AshdoWn M.B.E. He replaces Wing Commander E. G. Miller, who has beeacting commanding 'officer since the' death of G. .A.D. Hutton in January. A pleasant evening was spent at Ow home of Mn. and Mrs. John •MOughlin of Tuckersmith when neigh- bours gathered to honor them priOr.to their Moving to Egmondville. James Doig read an address prepared by Mr. Love and Bill Taylor 'presented them with a handsome trilight lamp. . ' APRIL 5, 1878 •. A contract for the erection. of the Methodist • Parsonage, Londesborp, has been awarded to Mesrrs. R. Hayward and Cooper WM/Kenzie of Clinton: The price is .$2.000. • - A petition is in circulation asking Stephen council to pass a ,bylaw to prevent driving on sidewalks-in the various villages in the township. A' number of gentlemen from Usborne• Township • have organized-an association for the sale of farm stock. The first sale .was held in .Farquhar and was ,fairly successful. • account of the western crop being short and no oats arc Mr. W. H. Gregor, civil engineer, has just completed being shipped from there. . a Map of the towashipo,McKillop for the County Atlas: A.quietpretty wedding was aolmeniztd, act home It. is remarkably well executed being one of the most - - aceuirate in every A M: Stewat•t,of Side Bisect Seaforth., respect we haVe ever seen, shows 'when their daughter Anne Mac was united to Chester •distinctly:everY. jog in every road as well as the of Mr and Mrs R. Henderson. of McKillop: Previous to the marriage, windings in the various streams', ' showers were_ held at the home of Miss Beatrice Seip. William togan's.resident an, groan son North Main Mis.s_Martha Reid, mrs. J. E. Keating and Mrs. G. A. Street were disposed of by au . y J.P.. Efrine to James Reid who has•been coneetect With Big Mill for-- Stewart. William Lee for the sum of $1,810. ' APRIL 3, 1ps,3 A pleasant evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Erlin Whitmore, Tuckersmith. 'When .the Tuckersmith Federation .of 'Agriculture met to honor Mr.' and. Mrs; Ignatius O'Leary who, have Moved to - London. After lunchwas served, Mr.and Mrs. O'Leary ' were presented with-a-swing-armbridge.larap. Robert Archibald read the address and Gordon Richardson made the presentation. Carl McClinthey has been • • sr The time has ,come to be sensible. Today. •Hui-on county students are starting their 22nd day out of high school. Discussions between the board of Leduc ation and 274 high school teacherS have stopped; relations, between them are a •sharribles. It'd, be fair to say we think that 90 per cent. of the people of Huron County back the board. So does this newspaper. Members of the board of education, apparently unlike the secondary school teachers • of Huron, have a sense of the reality of life in our COunty. Board members know what the average wage in the county,", They knew that most of .the, farmers, workers and small business People of Huron are lucky,if they get paid whet-) 'they are really sic. Never. their - fondest dream's could they hope to receive Money for sick leave not, taken after 12 years on the job. Board members -app.ear" to understand that ideally _everyone would like to have.contr61 over how, many peOple they wait on9r,teach have_ to deal with in the,pourse ,of a day but that with that control goes ,responsibility. Those who -take the risks and pay the bills, whether they be ,trustees who stand for election, or farmers or business people who take the chance of loSin eir shirts 'must have some control so -th t -they, can pay the piper. Granted teacher salaries,- though this is hard for the average $10,000 a year Huron worker to grasp, aren't among the highest in the province. But a teacher earning $20,000 a year gets an additional $7,000 in fringe benefits, ....things like fully ,paid. OHIP, dentai and. drug plans, life insurance and hOlidays: The b0ard knows, even if the teachers dO not, that the average. Huron- taxpayer, ''the woman or man who pays teacher salaries, . has .n hope of such -benefits: -Privat e- business can't, afford thein.; And therein lies the crux of :the To the editor: (Editor's Note: Th6 followitrgT letter was. • received by Tuckersmith 'Clerk Jack McLachlan. and passed to the Expo.sitor for 'publication. Anyone with information could write directly to Mrs. O'Connell.). I• aril 'interested in obtaitiitd what information 'I can train your reeords, oil thL.' family of Mary Dorsey horn 1843 died Ja unary 8. 1929. She was the daughter Of Denis Dorsey and .lane Tucker. 11n1 mainly intrusted iii photost atit.s-eoriies of marriage certificates (martiO Jan. 9, 1865 or 18641, birth and death *matter. in Huron, teachers are a . privileged ;minority. France had a revcilution when overtaxed peasants could no longer put, up withItie aristocracy .they supported. We're not that badly off but many people in Huron County are • hopping mad about having to shell out for teacher salaries and benefits more than they, often with equal education and experience and in equally demanding jobs, will ever 'make, This is not to say that Huron County is hard Up or that its people aren't willing • to pay those who 'educate their children a fair Wage. But in return the people of Huron have a •right to"expect.a comm)t.tment to community welfare and -a sense of responsibility from its teachers. Both appear to be lacking in the present The 'Huron Board seems to have been.fair in its offer to end the lockout' and pay teachers at their new higher rate while negotiations continued with the kids in school.. The teachers are concerned that going back cuts off any possibility of fUrther sanctions against the board if cdntraat talks continue to stall. But surely it Wasn't fair .to start -'dff the' Good Friday, marathon talks with a list of „brand new requests. Teachers have lost a lot more than their ply by their -resistance to compromise.. The worst casualty of this strike Could be the bitterness between teichers ..:..parents, teachers and board that it may leave ' behind. We'd appeal to' the teachers to look ar und, to try and understand just wh uron can and cannot •afford. We'd appeal to the board to try to keep talks open and not answer a stall with a stall of its own. t. We'd appeal to the province" to come and have a look at the impasse in Huron high schools. It our students -are not suffering by.missing weeks of school, why do weneed schools at all? 'Surely -that ei 6Ofthe Fealque-ifidn we'll have to look at. vertificatef I do not mas Humiliation of the family. parent's birthplace,. names :mid other issue Of the marl:Lige. nould appreciate any information On Denis •Dorscs 's.family. a nd occupation: Please advise beSt methods to use to find out information. Enclosed find $2,00. and ads ise f.owc you more. Thank s.ott,for your attention. Miriam M. O'Connell 381V 7 40 Silver Glen Road St, Charles. Illinois 0017.4 Woman seeks Ancestors ... Behind the scenes By Keith RouistOn Interviews a reminder that unemployment is agony The tragedy of unemployment is an, oft-talked about topic these days but few of us. can realty understand the -agony that those ,*,;.who are unemployed ace going through. . It is easy to say, as this writer often has, that we. as a .nation deserve the problems we now are suffering because of our greed and irresponsibility.' It's probably true that we must periodically go through hard times like this to straighten our priorities. That doesn't however, Change the fact that for the individuals who are the actual unemployed, it's a cruel situation. The ;unemployed are less visible in• the • 1970's than they were say in the depressiOn years of the 30's. We have unemployment ' insurance and other benefits today which Mean we don't have to worry abeUt bread lines on the streets. Taking away the threat of hunger, however, doesn't mean,that being unemployed is all that Much better than itt times past: I had a short taste of utiemploy4 ment one summer when I was still in. school- and can say from experience that it 'is not an • • enjoyable state.. It means going 'to job interview after job interview. at first with hOpe. later 'leith the hopeless feeling that you know before you go you're wasting your time,' It means feeling guilty when you take time to relax that your-re not spending that time to find a job.:It means sooner or later that you begin• to wonder what's wrong with ydu that nobody wants ;you. Lutkily for me I only Offered fora short while and l knew all the time that just-a few weeks ahead I'd be back in the comfortable world of college. The situation for Sbnieone who had beeo without a job for .months with no end in sight would be infinitely worse. I came to think• bout these things lately because I've hod several opportunities to see things 'from the other end of the dilemma. On three separate occasions I've been in the , position of interviewing people applying for jobs and it can be a heartbreaking experience. The people applying for these jobs were all • well educated, Some with Several degrees to their credit, yet they were applying tor lows that many labourers would claim .were too tow in pay. . Perhaps the worst situation arose recently' when 1 sat •in on auditions for the Blyth Summer Festival acting company. There are a total of 11 positions open though many will be filled by members of the company returning rnfrohnl:i' ti y es. oetahre. r etttnIrt: as.nadti.tino.71.1wrient•on for • seven days at a.raie of one personfevaellryda2y0 hoping that someone might not show up ,for his audition and they'd have a ehance to step in. Others left letters and resumes because they diary Ihtiateydncoo'ftuhti,dieicehrsieaavbpele to get in for an audition. The artistic director ill chqrge of the hiring because of ail the people looking fOr jobs. The job auditioned for montha talented. The were tremendously before they'd be lOoking for work again. they didn't have any government assistance* last only 10 weeks however, Unlike other unemployed people,. all because actors can not draw Unemploy- ment insurahce. The situation wasn't quite so bad later when I was part of a team interviewing applicants• for an administrative position for - the - organization but it was still sad. About a dozen applications were received for - one positiOn, a position that wasn't that well-paid in any' event and Was only full-time-for part of 'the year- With their background experience and education these persons could have, expected, . only a few years ago, to have had the world at . their .feet. They• had been brainwashed by parents and the educationists into thinking ' plat they-had gearanteed'riches for life if they completed their education, yet here they were without jobs. v . • The situation can be almost as hard on the person hiring as oft -the applicant. It becomes very depressing to know that you are going to disappoint so many people. It becomes hard to choose who will really be best for the 'job' because yen can Start feeling sorry for everybody and wishing you could hire them all. • It's a sad• situation for which there doesn't seem to-be an easy solution. Those who want to see massive stimulation for the economy to produce more •jobs ina'ybe trying to save the unemployed of today hardship Only to cause greater troubles ' for the inferriployed of tomorrow. We're in a mess and I don't think anyone,, government or opposition politicians, economists, newspaper columnists or even the unemployed themselves know just what we should be doing to get out of the mess. The one thing we can all do, however, is to realize that it is a tragedy; that all the people who are unemployed are hot gold-brickers seeking a paid holiday on unernploymefil benefits; that many people really watit to work even if there isn't much money involved and that these people deserve opr understanding, compassion and our help.