The Huron Expositor, 1978-06-29, Page 2t k
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It's strawberry time
By Keith Roulston
They write us off
_ .
Pia( up a paper or watch' television and
somewhere along the way you're likely to hear
some comment on the fact that the majority of
Canadians live in cities and in a few years it
will be a large majority at that.
There are figures, of course, that disprove
this notion. Most' of these statements are
based on looking at census results that
tabulate people on the basis of urban or rural.
status. People simply take the urban-tag and
assume everyone liVes in cities, when actually
it includes all people living in towns of larger
than 1;000 population. In addition, it is
dangerous to take projections of 'current
growth patterns and extend them many years
into the future. Patterns change and to project
that cities like Toronto will continue to grow at
the same ratein the next 25 years as they have
in the past is foolhardy. •
Yet planners continue to accept the figures
and the inevitability of the projections. Many '
seem to already have written off small-town
and rural life as if all of us out here don't
matter. .
The latest instance seems to be in the
matter of television and its future. More and
more the talk is turning to the future of cable
television and through cable, of pay
television. Already television 'for many
people, and many people invgived in the
business, means the programs received over,
cable' television.
The arguments that have been "fought over
cable television in the last decade have been
many and often bewildering. Most bitter and
damaging to the country have been those,
where people have complained because an
American television channel was removed to
allow a French language channel to be added
to the service leaving the poor unfortunates
with only five or American. channels left to
watch. Cable television has undermined the
Canadian" way of life even further than the
coming of television in the 1950's did. In those
early"days of television, only Canadians living
along the U.S. border watched American
programming. Later American programs 'were
bought by,Canadian stations but the American
input was at least- regulated. for people living
in Ottawa and &Wintry and Calgary and other
places well away from the American border.
But cable television meant that the American
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stations were piped in even to cities 1,000
miles away from the U.S. border.
All the fuss about Cable television has of
course been academic to people living in many
small towns or inthe country. Right , now there
are still many small towns without cable
television and it seems unlikely in• the
forseeable future that villages and 'farm
homes will have the problem of deciding
which of nine or ten channels to watch, We're
stuck with one or two or three or if we're really
close to. the U.S., maybe a couple of more.
Some places in northern Ontario can hardly
get television at all.
But the planners continue to proceed as if
we all had the little cable !reeked to_the back of
our television. When they talk about cable
television and pay television in the future,
they are excluding millions of us from the
• future. Already those of us without cable are
suffering. We are paying, for instance, for
educational television here in Ontario which
many of us never see. The stations :of the '
network are spread thinly throughout the
province and in southern Ontario, at least, are
of the low power UHFIcind which means they
don't stretch their signal very Tar. For people
with cable television that's .no problem
because they can get in on cable. For those
without it, well, we continue to pay for others
but can't see it ourselves.
But if it were only) this;•it wouldn't 'be too
bad. At least w'e'd have otieregalar charitielS
left. The problem with cable television
however, is that it is threatening the future of
regular television stations. It stands to reason
that if people have a choice of 10 stations
instead of three, fewer people are going to
watch the original three. When fewer people
watch,' fewer people want to advertise and if
they do advertise they want to pay less. It
means that the station makes less money: In-
extreme cases, it can mean the station goes;
broke but even if it doesn't, it certainly means
less money can be spent on programming
Which means the quality of show available
goes down and we without cable, without an
alternative, suffer.
There's a bright spot, of course, in that we
can all spend . more time in the garden or
reading a good book, but the fact still remains
that it is hardly a fair situation in a land
boasting equality for all its citizens.
To the editor:
Archie Bunker is alive and well
'Archie Bunker' was in Clinton on Tuesday
night; his strident "stifle" rang raucously
throughout the High School Auditorium:
"Ban the books ; don't corrupt our youth!"
The best known contemporary bigot and
anti-in tellectual paraded his fears, his
intolerance and his hostility before four
famous Canadian writers of distinction;
English teachers; senior students; and
parents and.citizens• opposed to the efforts of
organized pressure groups to suppress novels
of literary merit on the Grade 13 curriculum,
Probably the most baffled and frustrated
-,cre the students. They mad known that
Archie' had existed throughout the ages, but
they had not before met a completely closed
mind face to face, Deeply involved in having
their own minds opened up through the
educational process, they could not under-
stand an 'Archie' whose only response to
liberal and• rational concerns was
"„Meathead."
Unable to see beyond his own self-
righteousness, ' he labelled dissent as
blasphemy.. The 18 year old students said:
"We can handle the dirty words: trust us;
trust our judgement." Archie said: "I can't
trust you."
The ' Arch ies' of this world, however, can't
protect themselves by professing to protect'
their own children. They can't push onto them
their own anxieties and .insecurities, in an
attempt to cope with "their own perceptions of
threats. The threats that Archie perceives
have been accepted for many years by 18
years old as p art of the normal verbal world of
growing up. •
Secure in his, own fantasies;':'Archie has' "
blocked out the reality of the elementary
school bus and school yard, where in a few
minutes he could hear more four letter dirty
words than are printed in the' three novels he
is concerned about. We' don't completely
disapprove of children because of the dirty
words they use. To b an good books because of
dirty words is to ban good children for the
same reason. To condemn these books is to
condemn an eight year old child.
'Archie Bunker' the adult and parent has
insulted the school trustees and teachers; his
own children and perhaps most of all himself.
If students are going to be corrupted by dirty
words they will have been corrupted long
. , before Grade 13 and if so, only poor parental
training would permit such corruption.
In our free society, we must tolerate the
'Archie _Bunkers' of this world, but we must
not run scared from their fears. The young
people in our high schools are free of such
weaknesses; they have the strength of good
judgement, Let's trust our young people.
Sincerely
C. Ken Lawton
(235-0880)
92 Gidley Street
Exeter
CKNX defends coverage
Editors Note: The following is a copy of a .
letter forwarded to Mr. Adrian Vos in reply
to: a letter Mr. Vos addressed to area
newspaper's last week and which appeared in
this paper. • .
With reference to your letter to the editor of
the Wingham Advance Times of last week, I
would like to clarify a few points...to perhaps
put the situation into proper perspective:,
You accuse CKNX News of being lax in its
coverage of the Swift Canadian strike...and its
effects on a large part of our audience. 1 beg to
differ .
CKNX News carried, from the previous
Wednesday on, continuing reports from the
Ontario Pork Prbducers Marketing Board and
various industry sources on the impending
strike....what to d6 when it arrived...and how
the hoard was going to try to cope. This
coverage carried well into the 'weekend, on
AM, PM and Television.
The excellence of this Coverage was due
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Royal treatment
If' you've ever been treated badly
fortable - and that's the last way a
'while visiting another country, visitor wants to feel.
• province • or city you know the 2. LISTEN., Some visitors have
experience is enough to make yo.0 different languages, different
firmly decide never to set . foot there accents, different customs. If you
again. listen carefully to a tourist's needs,
And you tell all your friends about you'll be better able to help him.
• the rudeness or unpleasantness you
ranAnts:Ea niLin_effect_ tel hem-n ot -to
bother visiting that spot themselves. you can say to make a visitor feel that
3. BE POLITE. "Thank you" is
most- important thing - —
Anybody who travelS anywhere his visit has been appreciated.Simple
knows that people make the place. courtesy will work wonders.
Lazy, inattentive people make the
4. BE PROMPT. Most tourists only
place unpleasant, just like friendly, have a short time to visit with us, so
helpful people make it somewhere naturally they don't want to spend
their time Waiting to be served. Do -you want to come -back to:
..• That's- why we think. a "We treat you like waiting on your vacation?
yOu royally" blitz that Ontario is 5. BE HELPFpL. Try to. know your
sponsoring around, the province is a area well so thaezYou can help visitors
`good idea. "We treat you royally". find their way.Visitors often ask
buttons .are sprouting on those who direction to hotels, banks, -hospitals,
serve tourists and travellers. restaurants, sightseeing attractions,
Seaforth isn't a great big tourist • liquor ,outlets and a hOst of other
places.., area,' no. But .we get our share of
visitors and we should be prepared to 6. BE CLEAN.. Nothing turns- a
treat them.so well 'that they'll want to tourist off like grubby people and
come back. , dirty places.
Just -this weekend we'll probably 7. 'RESPECT THEIR MONEY. A
visitor's money represents 'his get quite a few of the hundreds of •
visitors who come home' for country, his work and his worth.
Centennial weekend. It'll be a good
However much or little it's worth in
time' for Seaforth to practise the royal
terms of Canadian dollars, never treat
treatment. it as "funny money" and always give
There. are eight simple ways to the best possible rate of exchange.
treat visitors royally, ithe proVince 8. WISH EVERY VISITOR A
says: I • HAPP DAY: It-makes a tourist feel .
1.. SMILE It's the quickest in good fo think that somebody cares.
the world to make a friend. If you 'look, And if a visitor feels good, he'll come
angry, your visitor will feel' unCom- • back again and again.
Canada Day
There's a birthday on Saturday. - As a result it's questionable if the
No, it's not Johnny Jones' down the people of Huron County are getting
street, it's. Canada's birthday. their share of Ottawa's celebration
Radio and TV' watchers likely spending. Neighbouring Perth AS
already know that, as they've been having at least one party, Dublin's
subjected to slogans and calls to 100th birthday.
celebrate for some time now: That's something for which we
It's probable that the feds will
have nobody but ourselves to blame.
spend well in excess of the more than And probably more or less, money
$3 million they dished out to mark spent by the federal government
Canada Day last year. Is it money well would not result in organization of
spent? . more local festivities.
It is in a sense, seed money There undoubtedly are more
'stimulating the.economy and helping socially produbtive ways that Ottawa
to organize celebrations at which could have spent several million
• more money is spent. A case could be dollars.
made that government spending .on But that's not t& say we shouldn't
Canada Day is economically sound ..., use Canada Day to think about and
or at least more sound than lots of celebrate what it means to "be
other government' spending. Canadian.' That need not be
But when we look around us in expensive. And around here at least it
Huron -County we have to qUestion won't be community oriented either.
outright animosity is to blame, .very
the wisdom of the spending. Whether
local apathy, lack of lea*ship Or County's Canada Day- participation
rate would have been had the Fathers
We'd hate to think what Huron
little of that federal money has 'of Confederation done their stint in
trickled down to celebrations in our February rather than July.
area. So, it's Canada Day on Saturday.
In tact there are almost no The least we can do is to give it' a
celebrations in. Huron. Only Goderich
fleeting thought as we cut the grass or
as far:as we've seen, plans to do chafe at the sacrifice of familiar
anything . at all official to mark
Saturday night TV, shows to the
Canada's 111th birthday. national Canada Day special.
Expositor asks:
Is Canada Week worthwhile?
[by Debbie Ranney] said. • 'it would be too Pad to let Canada go
well in Seaforth and the local area as only
positive responses were received in answer to
worthwhile project or is it just a waste of
the Expositor Asks question, "Do you think
having something like Canada Week is a
money?"
thing because it helps the children to
remember what Canada is like."
they have to do something. They've' got to
way things have been going, I don't think they
Street in Seaforth 'said, "I think it"s a nice
start somewhere. I think it's a good idea. The
could leave things the way they were."
Canada," she said.
situation.
"1 think it's a good idea. It promotes unity in -
Patriotism in Canada seems to be alive and
Mrs. Irene Bisback of 127 North Main
Keith Eaton of Seaforth said, "Well, I think
Mr. Eaton was referring to the Quebec
Mrs. Doug McKay of R. R. #2, Staffa, said.
Mrs. Cameron Vivian of R. R. #2, Staffa,
'and we're proud of Canada.
July celebrations but as for the rest of the
week I don't know."
cities, it tends to bring people together. It just
think it's a worthWhile project."
back a lot of gettogethers and memories," he
down. I think we should at least have first of
aware of the nation. I realize in the bigger
said, "I suppose it is. It makes everybody
makes everybddy join in. There are different
nationalities and everybody joins in and this is
a good thing."
going on the • corrithunities for people to
remember. "I think something like that brings
We stand up tar what's right for our country
Canadian," she added.
said.
"Yes I think it's a worthwhile project because
Mrs. William Poppe of R. R. #1, Dublin,
Leslie Riley Of R. R. #1, Hensall said, "1
He said for Canada Week there's something
"Canada is a country and rrn proud to be a
Mrs. Gilbert Smith of R. R. #4, Walton said,
In at ears agorizoi
—hest been prepared• and will be published next week.
for a High School and erect and furnish the .necessary building
Angus McCloud and 'William Scott of McKillop have returned
home from Manitoba/They speak highly of the prairie province • 4.,,
,Messrs. David McNaught and George Cardno.of Seaforth and
The by-law for the purpose,of raising $6,000 to purchase a site
JUNE 2.8,1878
but all of them prefer their comfortable home in Huron.
A little girl, daughter of A. Calder, photographer of this town, 4.1
met with a painful accident. She was playing in the garden and ,
stepped on a pitch fork. When a prong entered her foot under the 111:'
second toe and came out below the instep making a bad' wound.
While playing in a baseball snatch, John Lainb of the Star team rt,
received a hurt which knocked his shoulder out of joint. He was
immediately remdv,ed -to a doctOi'S office and the shoulder
attended to.
A little boy about threeyears of age, son of. John Latimer; while
playing on a pile of lumber, fell and broke his leg in two placed...
Donald McKinnon of Tuckersmith a few days' ago sold to
Messrs.' Haughton and Sharp a four year old colt for $180„
George Fitz sawyer in John ThcimpsOn's Saw Mill near —4
Kinburn sawed 4,500 feet• of pine lumber in one hour and 15
minutes.
The -roads 'of Hensall. have within the last two weeks been .
graded and a heavy' coat of gravel added to them 'under the ..1i
supervision of the path master.
July 3,1903
Dominion Day wad observed in Hensall as a public holiday and
there being no celebration the villagers spent the day at the
different points on the lake shoie, and at Centrallia where the
Hensel] band was engaged to play.
The Sovereign Bank of Hensall placed in position this week a
very handsome gilt sign.
F. C. Neal of Walton is enjoying a well earned rest beneath the
parentd1 roof prior to improving his talents in the healing arts as
it is his intention to take a course in the hospitals of London,
England.
a
f moving the Methodist Church in Walton has • The contract o
been let to Willim Riley_who wiji commence operations shertii. •
Miss Lilly Barr of Blyth has secured a' postion with Dr. Long in
his —pa.rlor where _she • will be very useful.
The Hurons had a surprise up their sleeves1dr the $erlin team " .
when they defeated the Rangers on their own grounds by one I I
A I
goal to none.
-- --A young son of John Oldfield of Tuckersmith was somewhat ,
upset, a few evenings ago. While eating a boiled egg' for supper
he was surprised to find 'a complete egg inside the one he was
engaged upon. The inside egg was complete in every respect and
, was about the size of a robin's egg.
Miss Beatrice Scott who graduates from the Toronto
Conservatory of MuSic has.been offered, and has accepted a hood
position in Brandon, Manitoba.
Roy Scott lies returned from Buffalo and has resumed his
former position as manager at the Electric
and,
Plant.
L. L. McFaul is having his residence repainted on Goderich
Street.
Dickie Reid who has been a respected resident:of Seaforth for a
good many years intends going to Exeter shortly where he has
taken a situation with Mrs. Page at the Northend Hotel.
Major Anderson and Lieutenant Watson have been engaged
for .two weeks cutting the grass on the sides of the town streets.
Several farmers in this vicinity have started hay' harvest.
Thd new-bolter shop in connection with the Bell Engine Works '
of Seaforth is now nearly completed and the machinery has, been •
The
mail placed.
train going west was nearly two hours late on
Tuesday. •
Messrs. Ralph Cresswell , and Heber Morrison leave on
Saturday for the Northwest. The former goes on a pleasure trip
and the latter will likely remain there. •
Post Master Dickson has left us a haSket of fine new potatoes
which he has grown on the lot in the,rear of the POst Office where
the old, Fester Hotel itsed, to stand, „
Robert Dodds of Winthrop has raised up his barn and is putting
in a cement foundation. J. Lerper has the contract.
George Taylor's barn raising occurred on Saturday and was
completed without accident which speaks well for the contractor
Mr. McCloud of Walton.
Messrs. Fred Hess and sons of Zurich are turning out a large
number of rubber tired buggies.
Robert Gray of Leadbury has a number of teams engaged
hauling grain and hay to market preparatory to leaving the farm
which he sold recently.
July 1,.1928
A funeral took place to Colburn Cemetary, Goderieh, of a high
esteem resident in the person of James McClure. He was 93
years of age. He was born near Seaforth in, 1.834. He was a
stauneh Liberal.
Mr. Nelsen Govenlock of Winthrop was in Toronto last week
having an examination of his, hand. He has to have another finger
amputated.
The Scotch Concert given in the Town Hall in Bayfield was one '
of the best of the season. The gaelic songs and highland dancing
of Misses McDugals, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McDugals
were something new and a real treat.
The Provincial Highway department has purchased several
acres of gravel pit from C. Alexander and will shortly begin filling
up the London Road. The Tuckersmith council have put in a
crusher in the Alexander Pit and intended to gravel the Hensel]
the
Road.T h
forthcoming
rains of last week have given the crops a fine start in
•
sportsmen ire Chiselhurst have been busy practising for Local
horseshoe contest in Hensall.
ChiSelhurst. Many have sown their peas, others are putting in
their roots and preparing the land for beans of which there is a '
large acreage Which has to be sown in this district.
Smith Brothers of Dublin are busy at their new garage. L. J.
Looby is doing the cement work.
• John Watt 'and John McGavin shipped a large amount of
livestock from Walton and both gentlemen were in Toronto on the
weekend disposing of the same.
George Patterson of Walton who lives west of the village, has
bought a fine steel barn, 40 by 74 feet, and it will be erected on
his farm to replace the, barn destroyed by fire.
John Dietz of Manley broke a record when he crushed 120
yards of stone, and kept 15 teams going on a distance of 2 miles.
At the holiday-doubles Bowling Tournament Harry Boyd and
Harry Jeffrey were the winners of the first event and the second
went to C. P. Sills and Ross J. Sproat.
The 24th of May celebration in Hensall was a great success
viewed from every standpoint. The day was very fine and the
roads were in excellent condition.
July 3, 1953
Mr. arid Mrs. Malcolm McKellar were taken by surprise on the
day of their 40 wedding anniversary when friends visited them .
During the evening euchre was played, John Beattie sang several
songs, and Mrs. Thomas J. Flinn and Eric McCue contributed
musical selections. Later in the evening they were presented with
leather luggage by John Carter and Mrs. Wilber Miller. .
Ladies of St. Andrew's -United Church, Kippen, held their
annual strawberry festival. About 350 people were served.,
Rev. J. L. O'Rourke who has served-in St. Joseph's Poman
Catholic Church in Clinton since 1951; was presented with a
purse of money prior to his leaving to become pastor of St.
Joseph's Church in Sarnia.
Rev. A. W. Gardner preached his farewell sermon to a large
and appreciative congregation in Egmondville Church prior to
Gardner with a chime clock withl wall mirror and a trilight lamp.
going to Alviston.• Following ,the service, Stanley Jackson,
Wilfred Trenie and Lenord Strong, presented Rev. and Mrs.
-• Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Reid, Walton, celebrated their 20th
wedding anniversary, at their home with 50 friends and relatives
present. They were presented with lawn chairs and lace
tablecloths.
Stanley Township school children enjoyed a picnic last week in
the Lions Park in Seaforth. Miss Turner who is leaving the school
Was presented with a gift.
The Eastern Star of Seaforth held its annual picnic at the Ljons
sports and Mrs. David Lemon lunch.
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Park. Mrs. George Miller and Mrs. Lou Baily were in charge of
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