The Huron Expositor, 1978-06-08, Page 1ensoll meets council,
with Tuckersmith
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ROTATION METHOD -- Johnny Nielsen, the
1-,e0ord-breaking Seaforth shot putter, winds up to
throw the 12 pound Shot during a practise session.
(See sports page) (Expositor Photo),
on his way 0 the 'meeting and
picked a magazine and a novel off
_the store shelf. He said the two
were what be called pornographic
adding that he would "refrain
from being truly' Offensive and
will not read from' the book or
show you pictures from the
magazine",
Dr. Collins pointed out that the
material he had purchased was
available to all studenis any time
without any real • atte'mpt by
parents to control it. He said the
Audents constantly face ()Wee!
tioriable material ._. _in-- -
television, magazines and trash
novels and parents -Seemed
unconcerned, about the matter.
He said schools control the use
of such material through trained
professionals trained to use
judgement and expertise putting
such material into proper pers-
pective rather than sensa-
tionalizing it as the letter from the
parents had done. He said the
board must trust its teachers.
- "Banning the books, is, the
surest way I know of getting the
students to Seek out the books,
read them, and have them
adversley affect them by not
having the contents • put into
• proper perspective," he said.
Dr. Collins said the alleged
blasphemous material was not
blasphemous but 'was language
commonly used.,in everyday life.
He said blasphemy is taking the
Lord's name in vain or making a
deliberate attempt to dishonor
God.He said just about everyone
in society makes comments
during a day that could be
considered blasphemous.He said
. "most of us try to avoid psing
them in our speech but habit or
reflex prevents that". He said the
use of the words is "habity'° not a
"deliberate attempt to dishonor
God" - -
He pointed out that the
children in the schools know those
words exist• adding that 'it is far
better for. the children to .learn
about "life language and-sex" in
a controlled environment rather
than in a drug store or out on the
street.
Trust your teachers
"You trust your doctors and
your ministers you'd better 'trust
your -teachers," he warned,
. Peggy Rivers told the board she
represented a group of people in
the Goderich area "concerned
with the quality _of education
offered" and who feel it is
worthwhile to "spend time
(„,shekg - support for our
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Inside this week
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Homers celebrate 62 years of marriage. P. 7
Health Unit hires students P. 7
Mardigras pictures and highlights... P. 9
John drich makes last soda P 'IA
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• SDHS NEW STUDENT COUNCIL — Last week, students elected their 1978:79
student council executive in a hotly contested` battle. The new ,eXecutive .:(left to,
right) are Mary 1-jak, the secretary, appointed by acblarrigkortf-Charles 'St&art,".
second vice-president; Gayle Vander Velden, the president; Joanne Rimmer, first
vice-presidetit and on their knees, Ron Scott, the social convener and Kathy
,Caldwell, who was-appointed treasurer by members of the Council.
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Deborah Ann (Debbie)
Simpson, 17, of Seaforth, died as
the result of a single car accident
Saturday night or early Sunday
triorning.
..,Driving west along CopeesSion
2, McKillop Township about 21/2
miles northeast of Seaforth, Miss
Simpson's car left the road on the
south side and dropped over .40
'feet into a gravel pit and after
another ,few feet, dropped
another 30 feet and rolled over
several tittles.
The girl's body was thrown
about 25 feet from the car. The _
.engine of the car was torn off and
Ianded-in-a deeper pareof the pit.
A passerby reported he saw the
demolished car while driving
along the road before 8 a.m.
Sunday morning, but didn't
realize the accident had occurred
recently.
It wasn't until shortly before 11
a.m. that morning that the
mishap was reported to the
Seaforth police, who called the
Goderich 0:P.P. •
Ah autopsy performed. Monday
morning by Huron coroner Dr. R.
W. Flowers of Clinton found Miss
Simpson, died as the result of
multiple injuries.
constable George Hiles of the
Goderich O.P.P. is continuing an
investigation of the accident.
Born in Toronto, Debbie was
the daughter of Robert. Simpson
of New Brunswick and Mrs.
Phyllis Cusack of Seaforth.
Miss Simpson was employed in
Stratford at American Motor
Products. . .
She is, also survived by her
stepfather. Laurence Cusack, of
Main Street, Seaforth; a sister,
'Darlene and a brother, 'Robert,
both at home. Also surviving are
Miss simpson's grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Luciano of
Scarborough and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Siropson of New
Brunswick.
The funeral service was held on
Wedpesday at 2 p.m. from the
R. S.. Box. Funeral Home with
'Rev. M. E. Reuber officiating.
Interment followed in
Eemondville Cemetery.
Pallbearers ,were: James Nast',
Randy Scott, 'Ross 'Govier, Les
Sherwood, Harry Mero and Brian
Nigh. •
Flowerbearers were: Kathy -
Coombs, Elizabeth Golding,
Alvena Totten, Robert Nash
Danny Nash and Brian Cooper.
Two weekend accidents sent_one
local girl to the hospital and
resulted in one driver, being
charged with following
another vehicle too closely.
The.first accident occurred on
Saturday morning at 2 a.m. when
Debbrah-Robinet of Egmondville
lost control of her car as she was •
driving south on Main Street and
collided- with• a pickup truck
parked in front . of. Flannery
Cleaners.
The truck was owned by 'Roy
Scott,, of Spading Street,
Seaforth.
Miss Robinet was taken to
Seaforth CommunityHos pt ial
with facial injuries, and stitches
were required, to close a gash,on
her lip.
There was a total of $2,000
damage to bath vehicles:
On Saturday afternoon, at 6
p.m., two cars proceeding west
on Goderich Street East collided.
A 1978 Triumph sports car
drivexiity Randall. McClinche_y of
Sarnia, formerly of Seaforth,
cdlided with the' rear of a 1978
Chrysler driven by Angus
Mactean of 39 George 'Street.
The two. cars sustained a, total •
of $800 in damages. Charges are
pending in both accidents
Seaforth police say.
Ken MacDonald, 19, of 135
Mill Street, Seaforth, received
minor injuries on Saturday
evening when he was knocked
from his bicycle on Highway #8,
just west of the town. '
The driver of the 1970_ Ford
involved in the accident was Ken
Nahrgang, of Rostock.,
The accident occurred at 10:30
p.m. on Saturday, and was
investigated by the Goderich
O.P.P.
'No charges were laid in the -
mishap.
Post Office
new hours
test case
As a result of a questionnaire
sent around earlier this year, the,
Seaforth Post Office has' an-
nounced its new hours. -
In the future, the post office
will be open form 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
cn Menday to Friday and from 7
am., to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.
who want to have access. to their,. ublin song. has been recorded
can apply to the poStmaster for a-
key to the lock box lobby door.
A deposit' of 75 cents is
required and will be refunded on
return of the 'key.
Postmaster Orville Oke said
this system is being tried as a test
case for area post offices which
have been plagued by vandalism.
He said six people have already
paid their deposit for keys for the
cuter' door,
He said if the experiment
proves succesiiiil, it will continue
indefinitely.
[by Alice Gibb]
Sometimes it's a lonely
business--tossing the ,12 pound,
shot put casually into the air
before getting in position on the
small area of concrete. whirling
Naturalist column
starts this week
This e eek the Huron Expositor
begins a new sports page column,
Naturally Speaking by Steve
Cooke of Clinton. Steve, who
studied biology at the University'
of Waterloo, writes for Angler and
Hunter Magazihe. • •
His column is also carried in
the Clinton News Record. Steve,
32, is a graduate of CHSS who
came back to Clinton' two years
ago to work with his father in
K.C.' Cooke Florist.
Naturally Speaking will talk
about various outdoor activities.
He welcomes questions or sug-
gested topics for future columns.
Write to Steve care of this
newspaper. 4
Watch for Naturally Speaking
' by Steve Cooke, every week in the
Expositor Sports pages.
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who, operate the kitchen of the
Huron Hotel, in Dublin, have just
written a song called "Dublin,
Ontario" which has been re-'
corded by the group Cloudbftrst
and released as a single.
The song was really written as
a birthday present for the Village
of Dublin on its 100th birthday
and as a challenge fOr the girls,
who are both interested in
creative writing. •
The story really start 2)..bst it
two years ago when Phyllis Hinz.,
who, grew up in the Brodhagen
of. Fat Frances, the athlete
Nielsen has competed against,
and often• lost to, for some years:
In practise sessions, away from
the pressure of competition,
Nielsen has thrown 18.4 metres
and the distance of his throws is
improving all the time.
The Canadian inter-scholastic
-meet record for senior athletes,
which Nielsen would like • to
challen.ge, is 19.1 metres with a
12 pound shot.
Move Up
Next year, Johnny Nielseni wll
move up into the senior category
in high school track and field
competitions. He'll be losing his
main competitor since McPhee is
going on to, university, so next
'year Nielsen said his stiffest
ccmpetitor will have to be
himself.
"I don't think there will be
anyone to challenge me. I would
like it if he (McPhee) had an extra
year because it gives me someone
to compete against," Nielsen
said.
As he enters the senior ranks of
competition, Nielsen will face
even more • pressure in
competition--although he admits
he doesn't let the pressure get to
him.
' The added pressure is the fact
American scouts. from leading
universities attend the OFSSA
track and field meets, picking out
top senior athletes and offering
them scholarships to -colleges
south of the border.
Nielsen said at the recent
OFSSA meet, three top seniors
received offers from American
colleges.- ei° Although such offers would be
area, enrolled in a creative
writing class at the University of
British Columbia. In her class,
was -Lamont MacKay, a'Surrey,
B.C. native who was teaching
school.
The two girls discovered that in
addition to an 'interest in writing,
they both wanted to travel, so
Miss •MacKay took a leave of
absence from teaching at the end
'of the year.
Before-lea,vin-g-for Europe,-th e
,6rls decided to visit the Hinz
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welcome, the 'Seaforth athlete
said, "I think Canadian univer-
Shies should offer ,scholarships
since it downgrades. Canadian
sport (when our athletes leave the
country.)"
If our universities did offer
athletic scholarships, then
Nielsen said, "we wouldn't Rave
Canadians going across the
border all the time."
In addition to athletic scholar-
ships, shot putters at the OFSSA
meet who can throw 19 metres
usually get an offer to take part
in a two week training camp in
The Huron County Board of
Education' was told ,Monday it
should trust the judgement of its
teachers when decidieglf literary
'pieces to be used in high school
classrooms are fit foreducational
purposes. '
Three . delegations attending
Monday's board meeting
explained to trustees at
considerable length 'why three
'English literature textbdoks
should not' be banned from
secohdary school book lists. ,The
books, Catcher in. the Rye by
J.D.Salinger, The Diviners by
Margaret Laurence and:Of -Mice
and. Men by _John Steinbeck --
were considered ,blasphemous
and obscene by a group of parents
from Kingsbridge who started a
campaign to have them banned
from school booklists.
Dr. Tom Collins, Chairman of
* English department at the
Univeraity of Western Ontario,
told the board that the three
books were not at all
blasphemous, or obscene but
rather were of "superior quality"
He said the' books all had
excellent educational value.
Dr. 'Collins said the purpose of
a literary piece was to educate the,
imagination of readers by
creating "construct" worlds that
the reader can • become familiar
with without actually living in
them. He said the worlds created
are usually ones' people wouldn't
normally live in but can become
aware of through the books. He
suggested the worlds could be
"better ones createdsin fairy tales
ones lived in by terrible
Hamlet".
The professor said the books in The
question may contain -POrtions
that will be offensive to some
people but added that if only
material that could be offensive to
people was sought out The Bible
or the works of S kespeare could
alsO fall into tha category.
He • said the definition of
pornography is material used for
the purpose of prov oking sexual
amusement for its own sake. He.
said the material in the three
.books in question was not
pornographic in the context in
which it was 'used • in
the books. •
' Dr. Collins sugge sted that
students have two ' major
environments iii which they
function, school and the rest of
their time. He said the time they
spend away from school is
--ronsisrently—filleyff material-
"I truly label pornographic". He
said he stepped ip at a drug store..,
California, all expensed paid.
• Rather Stay Here
But Nielsen, like many other,
amateur athletes in Capada,
would rather stay here, "if they
offered scholarships and
outstanding coaching."
Right now, Nielsen is concen-
trating on getting in shape for
summer track and field meets---t
practising his shot put and:discus
throwing for an hour a day, and
Working out with weights to
strengthen his muscles.
At 6'1" and 190 ,pounds_ the
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,fry L.itness ieported her
windows bent from the force of
the wind and Carl. Dalton had a
number of windows broken in his
home.
Although crops were badly
damaged on the Bob Dalton farm,
R. • R. #1, Londesboro, Mrs.
Dalton reported on Tuesday that
their corn was sending up shoots
again and Mr. Dalton decided he
wouldn't have to re-plant the
crop.
The next morning after the
storm, people couldn't see the
gravel on the 'road for shredded
green leaves; the Hulleys said.
Some of the shredded leaves are
still glued to the siding. Luckily no
, serious damage resulted,
although the wind had terrific
force
By Wilma Oke
Tuckersmith Township council
will paVe two miles of the Henson,
road east from the village this
summer. Courted will advertise
for tenders for the contstruction
work • with the deadline for
tenders On July 3.
- Road superintendent Allan
Nicholson reported Ministry of
transportation specifications call
for the construction work to be
completed by September 30.
He reported too that a pumb r
cf people are paving their rive-
ways withoilt getting permission
to start work from the road
superintendent.
Mr: Nicholson was authorized
to make a vehicle •count on
Bayfield Street which is the road
to the Seaforth Golf course from
Egmondville. If the number of
vehicles is large enough he will
seek approval from the' ministry
of transportation and 'com-
munications to pave a section of
the road or improve the surface.
Requests from homeowners in
the area call for paving_two_blocks
On either side of County road
twelve to cut down on the dust
nuisance.
Council endorsed two re-
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4 weekend crashes
Local girl
dies tin-one
WE LOVE A• CLOWN — Patricia Rimmer was one of
the many clowns who added their smiles and antics
to Saturday's Mardigras parade sponsored 'to
celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Seaforth
Optimists. (Expositor Photo)
by Alice Gibb . :
"Hello, is this CJBK radio?
Well, listen, I have. a request
could you play that song about
Dublin,' No, not the one about
Dublin in the Green, the song
about Dublin, Ontario."
While this is only an imaginary
conversation right now, ,in ,a
week's time Phyllis Hinz
and Lamorit `Mackayhope Teeple
will be phoning area , radio
stations with a request very much
like-,tire-one you'veirariea d
THe reason is the two girls,
around-and tossing the shot into
the field, measuring the distance
it went this time, comparing it
With the last throw and then going
back and doing the same thing
again and again,
But the effort is worth it when
the athlete achieves a goal he has
been aiming at , for sonic time.
Last weekend Johnny Nielsen of
SeafOrth achieved one of those
goals--winning the junior boy's
. shot put, event at the Ontario t high school track and field
championships in Kingston and
setting a meet record at the same
time:
The record was a throw of 16.92
metres, which • top ped -the
personal best of Darren McPhee
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However; lock • box customers ,
mail boxes seven days a week,
A freak -wind and hail storm
Thursday evening tore through an
area west of Winthrop riddling all
the green plants and foliage in its
path. damaging roofs and
blowing down trees.
Bob Hulley said it was the
worst hail storm he had witnessed
in Ontario. The hail stones were
piled four inches deep on the
cement walk at the side of the
Hulley house and were the size of -
hickory nuts. •
The dints are quite visible in
the aluminum trim clad siding on
the south side of the building.
The only thing that saved the
windows from being broken were
the shredded leaves from the
bush which acted as insulation..
ohnny Nielsen is Ontario char),
Freak storm hits
Winthrop area
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